Trees and grass are Mother Nature's dress, but, womanlike, she wants flowers to give herself the lace and trimmin's 125 



COLEUS 



COLEUS (Flame Nettle) 

 Tender Perennial 



Foliage plants of exceeding richness and beauty; indispensable for 

 orders and bedding; excellent for greenhouse and window culture. 



1244 NEW BRIAR 

 CREST. No place 

 could show such a col- 

 lection of coleus as we 

 had at our farms last 

 summer. For years we 

 have prided ourselves 

 that our collection of 

 coleus was unsur- 

 passed; but have kept 

 right on breeding it 

 up, until now, in varie- 

 ty of colors, shape of 

 foliage, mammoth 

 size, etc., we have se- 

 cured a selection far 

 ahead of anything ever 

 seen at home or abroad. 

 Seed of the Briar Crest 

 coleus is worth more 

 than its weight in gold. 

 Highly ornamental as 

 a pot plant, especially 

 with its spikes of blue 

 flowers in autumn. 

 Packet, 2 cents; 

 3 packets, 50 cents. 



1245 LARGE-LEAVED SUNSET SHADES. A Strain of coleus 

 jmarkable for diversity and richness of color combinations. Leaves 

 >metimes attain a length of 10 or 12 inches and a width of 6 or 8 inches, 

 oliage very ornamental, being curled, serrated, cut or fringed In a 

 lost delicate and 

 aried way. The 

 revailing colors 

 re indicated by the 

 ame, being a rich 

 ambination of all 

 le tints in a gor- 

 eous sunset. The 

 andsomest foliage 

 lants obtained so 

 asily from seed, 

 laking fine speci- 

 len plants in two 

 r three months; no 

 wo exactly alike, 

 'acket, 15 cents. 



1246 CHOICEST 

 ITBRIDS. From 

 he best named 

 arts. Pkt., 15 cts. 



1247 FINEST 

 UXED. Tallgrow- 

 lg, with smaller 

 saves. Pkt., 10c. Coleus, Large-Leaved Sunset Shades. 



1249 ROCOCCO. (New.) The forms and designs of the leaves are 

 irange and peculiar. The leaves start from a broad base, run out into 

 oints, and towards the margin are covered with blisters. The green 

 alors surrounded with golden yellow, which prevail on the margins, 

 ppear on white ground and give a peculiar charm to the plant. 

 Packet, 80 cents; 3 packets, 50 cents; 7 packets, $1.00. 



Coreopsis, Harvest Moon, 



COREOPSIS 



Hardy Perennial 



The coreopsis is one 

 of the most showy of 

 yellow flowered hardy 

 perennials. Culture 

 easy; thrive anywhere. 



1253 SUNSHINE. 

 Bright yellow flowers. 

 Every spring it reap- 

 pears In vigorous and 

 graceful form. 



Packet, 5 cents. 



1254 HARVEST 

 MOON. Producing 

 large, long stemmed, 

 rich golden-yellow flow- 

 ers, in great profusion 

 all summer. 



Packet, 10 cents) 

 ounce, 30 cent*. 



COSMOS 



Hardy Annual 



A tall, graceful, showy annual, enjoying the widest popularity. It 

 has been developed into a variety of shapes and colors. Three to six 

 feet high. Blooms profusely in late summer and autumn. The season 

 of bloom can be lengthened by starting the seeds in frames or window 

 boxes, in early spring. Excellent for cut flowers. In the Northern 

 states, where the giant flowered cosmos often gets killed by frost be- 

 fore they bloom, we advise planting our Extra Early strain. On the 

 third cover of this Seed Book we illustrate these cosmos in colors. 



Cosmos, Extra Early Mammoth Flowering. 



EXTRA EARLY MAMMOTH FLOWERING. The great flow- 

 ers, borne in abundance on loug and graceful stems, are 4 to 5 inches 

 across. Seeds sown out of doors in early spring produce plants that 

 will bloom in 60 days, and continue until killed by frosts. This strain 

 is the earliest flowering one we know of, being fully two months ahead 

 of all others, a fact that will be appreciated by those in the Northern 

 states. If you have planted cosmos before and they have been nipped 

 by early frosts, try this strain and you will not be disappointed. 



J262 PINK. Packet, 10 cents; !4 ounce, 30 cents; ounce, $1.00. 



1263 CRIMSON. Packet, 10 cts.; % ounce, 30 cts.; ounce, $1.00. 



1264 WHITE. Packet, 10 cts.; % ounce, 30 cts.; ounce, $1.00. 



1265 EXTRA EARLY MAMMOTH FLOWERING, MIXED. A 

 noble mixture of large flowered forms, embracing all colors, such as 

 white, pink, crimson, white tinted rose, etc. Fine for cutting. 



Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 25 cents; % ounce, 40 cents; 

 ounce, 75 cents; 2 ounces, $1.25; % pound, $2.00, postpaid. 

 NEW DOUBLE. A beautiful new cosmos in pink and white. A 



large percentage come 

 true from seed, both as 

 to color and doubleness. 

 The single flowers which 

 this strain produces are 

 very beautiful. All are 

 free bloomers, and are 

 fine for cutting, being 

 very attractive. 



1258 PINK BEAUTY. 

 A lovely shade of pink. 



Packet, 15 cents. 



1259 WHITE Q.UEEN 

 Pure white flowers. 



Packet, 15 cents. 



ORDER AIL FLOWER 

 SEEDS by name or 

 number; ii by number 

 only, give it correctly. 



Cosmos, New Double. 

 1261 FINE MIXED. A fine mixture of all varieties. Plants grow 

 6 feet high, and each is a mass of feathery foliage, studded all over with 

 long stemmed flowers. A magnificent selection of all colors. 



Packet, 10 cents; % ounce, 25 cents; ounce, 40 cents. 

 NEW GIGANTIC FLOWERING LADY LENOX. The flowers 

 are immense, 6 to 7 inches in diameter, with wide overlapping oval 

 petals. Flowers are borne on long stems, making them exceptionally 

 desirable for cutting. Plant grows 4 to 6 feet high. 



2255 SHELL PINK, LADY LENOX. An exquisite shade of shell 

 pink. Packet, 10 cents; % ouuce, 30 cents; ounce, 50 cents. 

 1257 WHITE LADY LENOX. Pure white. Very desirable. 

 Packet, 10 cents; % ounce, 30 cents; ounce, 50 cents. 



