Bedding Plants 



CROMWELL GARDENS. CROMWELL. CONN. 



COLEUS 



The varieties offered here are selected as the best 

 for bedding purposes from an extensive assortment and 

 can be absolutely relied on to give satisfaction. 



Rooted cuttings, $1.25 per 100, $10 per 1,000. From 

 2Vi-inch pots, 50 cts. per doz., 34 per 100 



Anna Pfister. Bright yellow, marked crimson. .\eat 

 and compact in growth; very desirable for dwarf 

 edging or carpet bedding. 



Beckwith's Gem. Center velvety maroon, bordered 

 with red; the edge is green, changing to creamy yellow 

 at the point of the leaf 



Cecil Brown. A trailing variety useful for window- 

 bo.\ or basket planting. Bright green, marked with 

 chocolate, yellow and light red shadings. 



Duneira. .A. magnificent Coleus. A fine, showy Ijcdder. 

 standing the sun as well as \'erschaft'eltii. In color 

 it is a combination of various shades of crimson. 



Firebrand. Bright maroon. 



Golden Redder. Golden yellow; the old original, true 

 to name. 



Golden Queen. The standard yellow. 



John Pfister. Bright crimson, edged with gold. 



Compact in growth. Companion variety to Anna 



Pfister. 



Lord Alverstone. Velvety plum, with yellow, green 

 and pink markings. A handsome combination and 

 has a constitution that will resist sun-scald and 

 drought. 



Lord Palmerston. A beautiful variety that immedi- 

 ately commands admiration. Deep maroon center 

 with dark crimson venation. 



Queen Victoria. Cardinal-red with distinct golden 

 border. 



Ver^chafTeltii. Standard crimson. 



Fuchsias 



English Daisy 



FANCY COLEUS 



American Beauty. Red. green and yellow. 



Blizzard. Deep maroon, edged with green. 



Brilliancy. A combination of red and gold. 



Hurricane. Light reddish center, mottled with 

 maroon, eili;c of leaf green. 



Messey. Dwarf; pearl-white and silver-green. 



Neptune. Green with mottling of red. 



Prince Edward. Reddish center, shading deep crim- 

 son, edge of leaf green. 



Saboni. Red, with faint edging of yellow. 



CUPHEA 



Platycentra. Cigar Plant. A popular bedding plant 

 with brilliant red. funnel-shaped flowers from which 

 the name "Cigar Plant" is derived. Useful for mas- 

 sing, edging or window-bo.xes. Each Doz. loo 



Rooted cuttings $2 oo 



F"rom 2 '4-in. pots So lO So 75 5 00 



l<r(>m 3-in. pots 15 i 00 7 50 



DAISY 



English. Bellis perennis. The improved giant-flower- 

 ing Monstrosa strain, white and pink. Transplanted, 

 frame-grown, in bud and bloom. 35 cts. per doz.. 

 S2.S0 per 100. 



DRACAENA 



Indivisa. This variety of Dracaena is used extensively 

 as a center plant for vases and for porch- and window- 

 boxes. It will stand full exposure to the sun and its 

 long, graceful, narrow leaves make a beautiful con- 

 trast with other plants. Each Doz. 100 



4- in $0 30 $3 00 $20 00 



5- in 40 4 50 35 00 



6- in 75 7 50 60 00 



FUCHSIA 



A well-known variety of plants used for planting out 

 in partially shaded positions; also for early flowering 

 in the window and greenhouse. 



Rooted cuttings, 5 cts. each, 50 cts. per doz., $3 per 

 100; 2'^-inch pots, 10 cts. each, 75 cts. per doz., $4 

 per 100; 3-inch pots, 10 cts. each, $1 per doz., $6 per 100. 

 Director Poiny. Tall-growing; sepals long and re- 

 flexed, light red; large, wine-crimson corolla. 

 Little Beauty. A fine double, with dark red sepals 



and corolla of lilac-rose; dwarf habit, making the 



best Fuchsia for pot-plant culture. 

 Lord Byron. Small, double; purple corolla, red sepals. 

 Marinka. Red-flowered; tall grower. 

 Mme. Van der Straus. Sepals long and reflexed. pure 



red; large, white corolla. 

 Patrie. Corolla light purple, tube and sepals deep 



pink; dwarf in growth. 

 Renan. Small, double; pink corolla with white sepals. 

 White Beauty. Tube and sepals light pink, corolla 



creamy white; growth upright. 



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