Barton, Wis.. AprM, ' From one packet ol your Cvclamon Btwd I 
tiave nUto«n fine blooming baibi. " Mrs. A. Duncan. " '"^ * 
MINNEAPOLIS. Minn 
ORNAMENTAL COTTON. 
Somotliing now tind curious. In hnbit ifclslllco 
thp cominou cotton of thosoiuli, wliicli is iiiuood n 
loToIy plant. Tho loavoH nud atoms uro a dcop red, 
hko n dark Colous. Ttio llowors rosomblo tlioso of u 
Hibiscus uud ouopcainK in Lho raorninfriiro eronmy 
wliito, strcnkod end duabod on tho oulaido with 
pink; toward noon they change to a deep pink, and 
at sundown oro rod. Tho unripo bolls arc rod but 
when ripe thoy burst, nnd ont streams th<3 snowiest 
white cotton lint. . Protty for masriuff in a bod» or 
handsome as siofflo spocimous. PkUi 12 seoda. 5 
cU.j2pkts.,8cU, 
CUPHEA PLATY- 
CENTRA. 
Tho Cigar PJant, nn old fnvor- 
ito for tho sumnjor garden, bear- 
ing inuumorablo scarlet, tubo- 
shapod ilowors. "Dsnd nlso ns u 
pot plant. It is oaaily raised 
from suod,which should bo sown 
in tho liouso in tho oarly spring. 
Pkt,,5cU. 
DIDISCUS COERU- 
LEUS. 
A ][>rotty and intorosting an- 
nual introduced from AusLrnlia, 
It grows about 18 inclios higli, 
has protty,soraowhat (u7./-y loavefl 
and boars myriads of cxmiisilo 
la vendor blue flowers. Excol- 
luut foe cutting. Pkt., 5 cts. 
AVafhInstou. D. 0., April, '05. "Tho 
eccdB ymi uonc lor my portli Iioxcb Ii>r 
my mimmur hoiiiv, wcni vory Bnilnfac 
tor>'. I wnn pnrtlrularly plruitctl wlih tliu 
Sumuiur Cyprt-B<." Mn. Alux. U. UcU. 
CYCLAMEN GIGANTEUM. 
Charming window plnnU, with orunmonral 
foliagp and richly colored, orchid-liiio liowurH 
in pmlc, whilo and crimson flhadog. Tlioy aru 
easy to raiso from Snod, scarcely n anod failing 
to gorminaio, nnd tht»ic cnlluro la intorosting 
mV**^*JI"^'> "loro economical than from bull)a. 
lho Giant variotics produce lov.ily liirgn Ikiw- 
or«, standing well ubovo tho fuUago. I havo 
taken pains to procurosecd from so voral export 
groworB to malco sure of ofTorlng asplondld 
strain, with a Inrgn number of varhitios. PkU, 
20 seeds, 12 etc; half pkt., lOiiOods, 6 cU, 
