MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. 

 NEW FRENCH COLEUS. 



These ornamental foliage plants 

 with their rich colorings are univer- 

 sally known and admired. Although 

 perennial, the plants grow rapidly and 

 attain perfection the first summer. 

 Read the testimony given below and 

 see how little a beautiful Coleus bed 

 need cost. Choicest French hybri- 

 dized plants and beautiful fringed va- 

 rieties. Sow in cigar boxes, and when 

 the plants are three or four inches 

 high, they can be potted off or trans- 

 planted into the garden. Splendid 

 mixed. Pkt., 6 cts. 



Fairgrove, Mich.. Oct. 26. 1S97. — "I had upward 

 of thirty Coleus plants from your seed, about 

 ifteen varieties, some very handsome." 



Mas. Sajhtkl R. Jamesos 



Byron, Minn., June 11, 1897. — "I followed your 

 directions in sowing the Coleus and have thir- 

 teen little plants." Mss. X. L. Ccttotg. 



Coleus 



COCKSCOMB. 



Interesting and brilliant annuals for the 

 house or garden. Blossoming in the late sum- 

 mer, they make the garden brilliant all dur- 

 ing the fall with their bright colors. 

 Xew Japan Cockscomb. A beautiful 

 variety, much branched and pyramidal in 

 shape, each branch bearing a comb, finely 

 fluted and of a rich crimson color. The 

 handsomest of the tall varieties. Pkt., 5c. 

 Queen of the Dwarfs. The finest of 

 all the dwarf varieties, now more popular 

 than the tall Cockscomb. Only 8 inches 

 high, but it bears immense combs, 7 to 10 

 inches across, of a most brilliant scarlet. 

 The best for potting. Pkt., 4 cts. 

 Feathered Cockscomb. A charming 

 new fringed variety. The plants grow to a 

 height of two feet and bear a profusion of 

 graceful, feathery spikes of brilliant crim- 

 son or bright golden yellow. Mixed red and 

 yellow. Pkt., 5 Cts. 

 Ifixed Cockscomb. A mixture of the 

 above three varieties. Pkt.. 4 cts. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM. 



Annual Chrysanthemum. Also called 

 "Painted Ladies." Petals pure white, yellow 

 or crimson, or zoned with darker shades of 

 yellow, bronae and red. Double and single, 

 mixed. Pkt., 3 cts. 



Japanese Chrysanthemum. Manv beau- 

 tiful and often new varieties of this perennial 

 Chrvsanthemum mav be got from seed. That 

 here offered was raised bv specialists in Japan, 

 —the land s© famous for its beautiful Chrys- 

 anthemums. Mixed. Pkt., 7 cts. 



