12 FLOWERS FOR AMERICAN GARDENS 



COBAEA SC^USTDENS. 



Elegant, rapid-growing climbers, attaining a height of 20 to 30 

 feet. Particularly desirable for covering arbors, walls, etc. Can 

 be grown in the conservatory in winter. Flowers large and bell- 

 shaped. 



Culture same as Cyclamen except that they should be planted out 

 in the open from the t<vo-inch pots, after danger from frost is over. 



COLEUS. 



Plants with richly colored foliage of maroon, green, crimson, yel-* 

 low, etc. For groups on lawns, and ribboning they are indispens- 

 able, and also valuable for pot culture. Although tender perennials 

 they attain perfection from seed the first season; 1 to 3 feet. 



Culture same as preceding. 



COSMIDIUM. 



Very handsome new annual, forming elegant, many-branched 

 bushes 1 >^ to 2 feet in height. The flowers are golden-ydlow with 

 a broad circle of a rich orange around the disk. As the plants pro- 

 duce a succession of bloom throughout the simimei and the flowers 

 last well in water, this will be found very useful for cutting purposes 



Sow out of doors when danger from frost is over. The soil should 

 be well pulverized, the seed covered to a depth of about four times 

 its size with light soil; press down firmly with a board and thin out 

 so that the plants are not crowded. They can also be sown in shal- 

 low boxes (2 inches deep) in the greenhouse, hotbed, or in light 

 window of dwelling house, if desired early; transplant into similar 

 boxes when two or three leaves have formed, and plant out in the 

 open ground after danger is over from frost. 



CYCLAMEN PERSIAN* 



Most beautiful winter and spring flowering plants for the window 

 and greenhouse. Not only are the flowers of striking beauty, but 

 the foliage is also highly ornamental. 



Sow in shallow boxes of light soil in a greenhouse, hotbed or light 

 window, in a temperature of 50 to 60 deg., at any time except during 

 hot weather (spring months preferred). Merely press the seed in 

 the soil with a board, rub a little light soil through a fine sieve over 

 them until covered not over 1-16 of an inch deep; water with a fine 

 spray, and do not allow them to dry out. When they have formed 

 2 of 3 leaves transplant 1 inch apart into similar boxes, and pot ofiF 

 as soon as large enough and shift as the pot fills with roots, until 

 the size of the pots get to be 6 to 7 inches. 



CYPRESS VINE. 



These beautiful twining annual climbers are not as much grown 

 as they deserve. Seed started in pots early in the house or hotbed, 

 and the seedlings set out in the garden after danger from frost, will 

 make plants 20 feet high and be completely covered for 3 months 

 or more with beautiful star-shaped tubular flowers borne in clusters 

 that contrast effectively against the feathery, fern-like bright green 

 foliage. Sown in the open ground they will of course commence 

 flowering later. In the latter event the hard shelled seed should be 

 soaked in hot water. Culture same as Cosmidiimi on this page. 



DIGITALIS or Foxglove, 

 Foxgloves are very showy, hardy plants; they are easy to grow 

 and produce freely soikes 4 to 5 feet high, bearing large flowers of 

 various colors, including white, cream, rose, red and other shades, 

 all of which have beautiful throat markings, spots and blotches 

 of purple, maroon, etc. Culture same as Delphinium on next page. 



