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Theodore Payne, Seedsman and Nurseryman 
CYCLAMEN PERSICUM. Perennial, 8 to 10 inches. 
Charming plants with rich colored, fragrant flow- 
ers. Blooming- in winter and spring. Generally 
grown as a pot plant. The seed may be sown in 
the spring or early in the fall in seed pans of rich 
soil mixed with leaf-mould and sand and potted on 
when large enough, 
persicum. Fine mixed. Pkt., 15c. 
giganteum. Fine mixed. Pkt., 25c. 
CYPRESS VINE. A popular annual climbing vine with 
delicate fern-like foliage and masses of small star- 
shaped flowers. Sow early in spring; soak the seed 
in warm water a few hours before sowing. Scarlet, 
white or mixed. Each, per pkt., 5c. 
DAISY. See BEL, LIS, 
DAHLIA. Perennial, 4 to 6 feet, flowering the first 
season from seed. Well known plants with large, 
showy flowers, useful for beds and masses. Sow the 
seed early in spring in seed boxes and afterwards 
transplant to the open ground. Dahlias like a rich 
soil with plenty of well rotted manure and should 
be watered freely. In raising Dahlias from seed 
many of them will come semi-double, although the 
seed is saved from the very best double varieties. 
The best varieties should be marked when in flower 
and at the end of the season the poor ones dis- 
carded and the better ones can be taken up and 
divided and again replanted. 
Cactus. Double, with long pointed petals; seeds 
saved from one of the finest collections. Mixed col- 
ors. Pkt., 15c. 
Double, Large Flowered. Mixed colors. Pkt. 15c. 
Paeony Flowered. Large, mixed colors. Pkt. 15c. 
Single. All colors; splendid mixed. Pkt., 10c. 
DIGITALIS. "Foxglove." Perennial, 3 to 5 feet. An 
old-fashioned flower with long suikes of tubular- 
shaped flowers. Sow the seed in spring or fall In 
seed pans and afterwards transplant, 
gloxiniaeflora. Beautifully spotted, fine mixed. 
Pkt., 5c. 
DIMORPHOTHECA AURANTIACA. See Flower Seed 
Novelties, page 19. 
ESCHSCHOLTZIA CALIFORNICA. "California Poppy." 
Annual, 1 to IVz feet high. A well known native 
flower with blossoms 2 to 3 inches in diameter. 
•Yellow, orange and white. Each, per pkt., 5c; oz., 25c. 
Burbank's Crimson-flowering. Crimson. Pkt., 10c. 
Rose Cardinal. White with rose on outside of petals. 
Pkt., 10c. 
Carmine King. Carmine rose on both sides of petals. 
Pkt., 10c. 
Golden West. Canary-yellow with orange blotch at 
base of each petal. Pkt., 10c. 
Mandarin. Inside of petals rich orange, outside or- 
ange-scarlet. Pkt., 10c. 
Mikado. Brilliant orange-crimson. Large Flowers. 
Pkt. 15c. 
Thorburni. Crimson outside, inside bright flame 
and gold. Pkt., 15c. 
FREE SI A. See Flower Seed Specialties, page 19. 
FUCHSIA HYBRID A. Perennial, 2 to 4 feet. A well 
known favorite flower both for pot culture and for 
the garden. Seed may be sown in spring or early 
fall in seed pans of light, rich soil. Single and dou- 
ble, fine mixed. Pkt.. 25c. 
Eschscholtzia californica, "California Poppy" 
DELPHINIUM. "Perennial Larkspur." Perennial, 3 
to 5 feet high. Beautiful summer flowering plants 
with long spikes of showy flowers. Sow the seed 
in spring or early fall in seed boxes and afterwards 
transplant to open ground. 
forniosum. Rich blue, with white centers. Pkt., 10c. 
Belladonna hybrids. See Flower Seed Specialties, 
page 19. 
Burbank's hybrids. Extremely large flowered; all 
the richest shades of blue. Pkt., 10c. 
Blue Butterfly. Distinct variety growing about 
18 inches high, flowering first season from seed. 
Plants produce freely spikes of large, single, Salvia- 
blue flowers. Pkt. 15c. 
cardinale. "Scarlet Larkspur." A native California 
species, with long spikes of scarlet flowers. Pkt., 10c. 
DIANTHUS CHINENSIS. Biennial, but generally treat- 
ed as an. annual; 1 foot high. Charming free- 
flowering plants with flowers of the most brilliant 
colors. Very effective for planting thickly in beds, 
chinensis. Fine mixed. Pkt., 10c. 
Heddewigi. Single fine mixed. Pkt., 10c. 
albus. Queen of Holland; single white. Pkt., 10c. 
Crimson Belle. Single crimson. Pkt., 10c. 
Eastern Queen. Single, marbled carmine-rose 
mauve and lilac. Pkt., 10c. 
hybrldus. Double mixed. Pkt., 10c. 
laciniatus. Single fringed, fine mixed. Pkt., 10c. 
plumarlus. Perennial, 1 foot high. A beautiful sin- 
gle pink. Flowers with fringed edge, white with 
dark center. Pkt., 10c. 
G ^ L eatly% A ring CTA * Annual « 1 to 1% feet high. Sow 
pieta. Crimson and orange. Pkt., 5c. 
Lorenziana. Double, fine mixed. Pkt., 5c 
G Vhh An f P 1A GRANDIFLORA. Perennial, 1% feet. 
rFBSiTiM We w varieties, fine mixed. Pkt., 10c. 
G ™en£^ sin ^ varieties, 
GERBERA. See Flower Seed Specialties, page 19. 
^S 1 COCcinexjm, Mrs. Bradshaw. Splendid peren- 
rrowT iv SJ°?T l°i- t] i e Sreater P art of the year. 
S M?r*i rtJ£i 2 £ e?t J? igrh and P r °duces a profusion 
of large double bright scarlet flowers. Pkt 15c 
GI +n IA f£ , * C ?i L ? R - J Bird ' s Eves -" Annual, 9 inches 
tSAfS?*^lfih. J lowers P aIe "lac, yellow toward 
w5«ffflf% Ji? fiv * P ur J> le spots. Charming com- 
bination of colors. Pkt., 5c; oz., 25c 
GLOXINIA HYBRIDA. Beautiful o'erennial stapti- 
?oS? «!S2J? hei ^ ht about 8"nches, P witT"a a rge^ 
t°£ f Q °" a £! a ? d , im mense trumpet-shaped flowers 
1W ° f a „ te . xt n ure llk e velvet, of the most bril- 
JSS^vnSL 0 * n^° le V Urp s le ' crim son, scarlet, pink 
?£? Qr?™ d ?£ ° ft I n , bea utifully blotched and spot- 
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