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QIANT=FL0VVER1NQ MARGUERITE 



Carnation Seed. 



These gorgeous and fragrant garden Carnations 

 flower profusely summer and autumn, from 

 seeds sown in the spring. --^^""^ 



THE flowers of this wonderful strain often measure 3 inches 

 across, and are usuaUy as double as double can be The 

 varietv of color includes white, blush, deep pmk, salmon, 

 carmiie, scarlet, dark crimson, maroon, and many beauti- 

 fully variegated flowers. Most of them have beautitull.v tnng- 

 ed petals, and are delightfuUy fragrant. One great merit ot 

 these Carnations is that they commence to flower in about 

 twelve weeks' time from seed. Seeds sown mthe sprmg will 

 produce luxuriant plants that will be contmuaUy lull ot 

 bloom from August untU killed by severe frosts, or seeds may 

 be sown during the summer for the -mnter-flowermg plants. 

 Giant Double Marguerite Carnation, Mixed Fkt. lOc. 



.. >< .< " Pink loc. 



<< .< " " Yellow 15c. 



• ■ " " White 15c. 



€. << << • Striped 15c. 



•< << «« " Scarlet 15c. 



The collection of above 5 separate Giant Marguerites. 60c. 



"/ raised 33 plants of the Giant Marguerite Carnations from 

 one packet of your seed. No two were alike. Nearly all were 

 very large and double, with colors I had never seen before i n a 

 Pink." IDA M. DA V EN PORT, E. Brimfield, Mass. 



Chabaud's Giant Fancy 

 PerpetuaI=FIowering Carnations 



THESE latest and best creations of Mons. B. Chabaud, 

 the famous French "Carnationist," surpass aU the 

 race in richness and variety of coloring, the combinations 

 of which are surprisingly beautiful. Heretofore this grand 

 t\T>e of Carnations only flowered once a year— 15 to 18 

 riionths after sowing — but now we have Fancy Pinks, with 

 all of the qualities of the old Perpetual Carnation, flowering 

 continuously after 6 months from sowing. Plants thick- 

 set and bushy; stalks stiff and upright, bearmg immense 

 double blossoms of perfect regularity, some with fringed 

 edges, some smooth, some with rich, solid colors, others 

 tinted and blended, and others with featherings "and picotee 

 markings, and all perfuming the air with their sweetness, 

 of incontestable merit for winter flowering and hardy enough 

 for garden culture. (.See cut.) 



Chabaud's Fancy Carnations, Mixed Colors. . .Pkt. 20c. 

 Marie Chabaud. Large, pure canary-yellow flowers. . 20c. 

 Maria Immaculata. Noble pure white flowers, 20c. 

 President McKinley. Brilliant scarlet, very fragrant, 20c. 

 Avranchin. Chamois yellow, striped rose and red. . . .20c. 

 " Your Chabaud Giant Fancy Carnations turned out ex- 

 ceptionally well. They secured two first prizes in last week's 

 shoir of the Horticultural Society" 



W. C. WOOIJJAR. Gympic, Australia. 



Henderson's Hardy Garden Carnation Seed. 



'TPHI.S is a very fine strain, particulars^ adapted to garden planting. Seed sown in the spring 

 ■•• will produce large, thrifty clumps that will stand out over winter and bloom throughout 

 the following summer and fall. All colors, shades and markings are represented in the 

 mi.xture and most of them will come double. Mixed Colors Pkt. 10c. 



"Your hardy Carnation seeds surpass all others that I have seen. The flowers are immense, most 

 of them perfectly double and all sweetly fragrant." Miss R. A. MOORE. Deep Rirer, Conn. 



Large-flowering "King" Calliopsis. 



^^XE of the showiest and most easily grown of garden an- 

 ^^ nuals. These new large-flowering sorts are great im- 

 provements; the plants form perfect little bushes about 

 10 inches high by 1 foot across, and are a perfect mass of 

 bloom from early summer until cut down by frost. The 

 flowers average nearly 2 inches across, and range through 

 yellow, golden and crimson colors, usually with a garnet 

 eje. 



King Calliopsis, Mixed Colors Pkt. 10c. 



Golden King. Large golden blossoms, with dark 



eye? 10c. 



Crimson King. Rich dark crimson flowers 10c. 



Calliopsis Tom Thumb Beauty. 



OilPACT bushy little plants only S inches high; liter- 



allj" covered with flowers of golden-yellow having 



garnet eye. A gem for pots or gardens Pkt. 15c. 



Coreopsis Qrandiflora, 'jK."* 



ONE of the finest hardy garden plants grown, forming 

 large clumps 2 to 3 feet high and increasing in 

 beauty, luxuriance and floriferousness each year, though 

 it flowers the first season from seed sown early. It is an 

 improved variety of the lanceolata grandiflora type, 

 producing long-stemmed, immense, rich yellow flowers. 

 shaded -nith orange, flowering in profusion for a long 

 period during the summer; unequaled for cutting; grows 

 anywhere. (See cut.) Pkt. 10c. 



Coreopsis Grandiflora, "El Dorado." 



THE lone-lasting flowers are simply perfect, measuring 

 3 inches and over in diameter, and are borne on 

 stalks 15 to IS inches in length. Color, brilliant golden- 

 yellow. This variety, although a hardy biennial, will 

 flower the same season from seed sown early; compact, 

 bushy plants — about 2 feet high — blooming abundantly 

 during the summer and fall Pl.t. 15c. 



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