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SINGLE DAHLIAS FROM SEED. 



Although perennials these will flower the first season from seed if sown early. 

 20TH CENTURY. Immense single flowers, 4 to 6 inches across, white, 



marked carmine and pink ; very handsome Pkt. loc. 



GIANT PERFECTION, Mixed. Immense single flowers of various c jlors, in- 

 cluding many beautifully stripad and spotted sorts 15c. 



A'COLLERETTE, Mixed Colors. Flower, of various colors, adorned with 



a collar of small petals around the centre, novel and beautiful 20c. 



COLOSSAIi. A new French race prodiicing flowers that attain the extrao.- 

 dinary dimensions of 8 to 9 inches in di.ameter or over two feet in circum- 

 ference. The flowers are composed of three or more whorls of wide over- 

 lapping petals — placed one above the other — in the manner of certain Japanese 

 PcPonias. The stems are long ;md rigid, beariT? the flowers well above the 



foli.'iire; the colors are rich aTid varied. -\ no\-'4fv of gre:it merit 20c 



LXJCIFER. A 

 new blaek- 

 leaved variety' 

 forming com- 

 pact bushes 2i 

 feet high,bear- 

 i n g large 

 single d a rk 

 scarlet flowers. 

 This variety 

 is V a 1 u a b 1 e 

 not only for 

 its brilliant 

 flowers, b u t 

 the rich, ma- 

 r o o n-b lack 

 foliage renders 

 it a very ef- 

 fective garden 

 plant e s p e - 

 cially when 

 bedded out, in 

 contrast witii 

 C a n n a s or 

 other green- 

 leaved plants. 

 Pkt loc. 



Double Dahlias from Seed. 



They flower the first season if so\\'n early. 

 CHOICE, Large-flowcrlng, Double, Decorative and Show Varieties, Mixed. .Pkt. 10c. 

 CACTUS D.AHLIA, Double, Mixed Colors. Saved from the choicest show varieties. .10c. 



GLOXINIA-FLOWERED 



DIGITALIS or 

 FOXGLOVE. 



These improved Foxgloves are very 



showy, hardy perennial plants for 



the garden and herbaceous border; 



they are easy to grow and produce 



freely long spikes, standing 4 to h 



feet high, well furnished with large 



Gloxinia-like flowers of various colors. 



including white, cream, rose, red and 



other shades, all of which have beauti- 

 ful throat markings, spots and blotches 



of purple, maroon, etc. They are more 



robust than the ordinary garden Digitalis 



have stouter stems and larger flowers. 



Digitalis gloxinoides, Mixed Colors Pkt. lOc. 



Digitalis Montrosa, Mixed Colors. A very 

 unique and beautiful type, producing long spike; 

 of large flowers of various colors, many of which 

 are beautifully spotted, etc., but the striking feature ot 

 this strain is the enormous bell-shaped blossom that tops 

 each spike of flowers. (See cut.) loc 



Delphinium, or Hardy Larkspur. 



Giant Double Hybrids. 



.\ splendid race of these popular hardy garden 

 plants. The seed has been saved from one 

 of the choicest named collections in Eng- 

 land, all carefully hybridized, so that 

 plants, spikes and flowers of magnifi- 

 cent proportions will be produced. 

 1 he individual blossoms are of im- 

 mense size, semi-double and per- 

 fectly double, dressing the grace- 

 ful, towering spikes for from 2 to 

 5 feet of their length. The colors 

 and shades are wonderfully 

 lovely and varied, ranging from 

 pure white and most chaste 

 lavender up through every 

 conceivable shade of blue to 

 deep indigo and purple, sev- 

 eral shades being blended in 

 some of the varieties. The 

 plants are tall growers, from 

 6 to 10 feet in height; there 

 are but few plants that con- 

 tribute so much to the beauty 

 of garden or herbaceous bor- 

 der. By cutting off the spikes 

 immediately after flowering, 

 these Delphiniums may be had 

 in bloom for several months. 

 (See cut.) 



DELPHINIUM, GIANT 

 DOUBLE -FLOWERING HY- 

 BRIDS, Mixed Colors. Pkt. 20c. 



DELPHINIUM HYBRIDUM 



NANUM. A new semi-dwarf type 

 of single - flowering hardy perennial 

 Larkspurs, each plant producing several 

 well-furnished flower spikes seldom ex- 

 ceeding 3 to 34 feet in height. The flowers 

 are very large and continue long in bloom; 

 colors vary from Ught celestial to deepest 

 If sown early they will flower the first 

 15c. 



FULL CULTURAL INSTRUCTIONS ARE PRINTED ON ALL OF OUR FLOWER SEED PACKETS. 



