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"Waverly, Kan., March 1, 1897.— "I like your cata- 

 logue, so like a woman, short, tasty and containing 

 just what a woman wants." Flora B. O'Leary. 



DWARF CANNA. 



Formerly cultivated principally for its state- 

 linesSj but in its dwarf forms, with their crowd- 

 ed spikes of greatly enlarged gladiolus-like 

 flowers, it is a great favorite on account of the 

 beauty of its blossoms. There need be no 

 trouble in raising Cannas from seed. If the 

 seed is filed off a little on one side and soaked 

 in hot water for a day, almost every one will 

 sprout. It blooms the first season. 

 California "Good Venture mixture." 

 Splendid, large-flowering, dwarf French va- 

 rieties, from 2 to 4 feet high; flowers with 

 four and five petals, with colors clear yellow, 

 deep carmine, salmon, and shades of scarlet 

 bordered with gold. Some with light and 

 some with dark foliage. Splendid mixture; 

 no better offered. It will be sure to bring 

 some new varieties. Pkt., 6 cts. 

 Madam Crozy. Dwarf French. A well- 

 known, popular variety. Finest mixed. 

 Pkt., 3 cts. 



Battle Creek, Mich., Feb. 15, 1897.— "We were very much 

 pleased with our Asters and Pansies (Royal Challenge) raised 

 from your seed last year. People often stopped on the street 

 to admire my Asters, and people blocks away requested me 

 to save seed. My Pansies were lovely." Mrs. A. L. Curtis. 



MISS EMMA V. WrIITE, 

 CASTOR OIL PLANT. 



With its stately growth, ornamental foliage 

 and showy fruit, this makes a grand plant for 

 the center of a sub-tropical bed, or standing 

 by itself, or in a clump on the lawn. They 

 row rapidly and easily from seed, and if 

 irections are followed there is no reason 

 why any one cannot succeed with them. I of- 

 fer a mixture of two of the newer and most 

 desirable varieties, Zanzibarensisand Cam- 

 bodgensis. In the former the leaves are 

 some light green, others coppery and pur- 



{)lish brown or bronze in color. Those of the 

 atter are of a bronzy-maroon color, with 

 dark red veins, while the stems are ebony. 

 Pkt., 4 cts. 



Castor Oil Plant. 



