SUN SET SEED 
PLANT 
Three New Carnations. 
Ready for delivery March ist, 1896. Price, <0c each, or $1.00 for the three. 
Qold Nugget. A yellow seedling of our own introduction; delicately penciled with carmine, petals 
deeply fringed. Of free blooming habit; strong, vigorous grower. This variety we think will 
supersede all other yellows for outdoor culture. 
Helen flcQowan. A California seedling of great merit; flowers three inches in diameter, very full, 
deeply fringed; color briglit reddish-scarlet, fringes pure white. Has been exhibited at the Cali- 
foniia State Floral Society's monthly meetings, and has attracted widespread attention by its 
remarkable beauty. Best adapted to growing in the open ground. 
Peachblow. Dark blush-pink; strong, stiff stems; plant vigorous and free. 
Five Sterling Carnations of 1895=6. 
Awarded certificates of merit by the American Carnation Society at Boston, 1S95. 
Ready for delivery April ist, 1896. Price, 35c each, or $1.50 for the five. 
Armazindy. Pure white, very lightly penciled scarlet, can almost be used as a w hite; magnificent flower, 
large; calyx never bursts; stem slender but stiff, nearly 3 feet in height. E.xtremely free in bloom, 
and absolutely free from disease. 
Jubilee. Intense scarlet, very bright; quite full and well built; calyx never bursts; a most persistent 
bloomer. One of the 
largest flowers 
among the scarlets. 
Stems slender but 
perfectly stiff, aver- 
ages 18 inches in 
height. Truss stiff 
and compact, of me- 
dium size; a model 
plant in habit; very 
strong, robust consti- 
tution. It is a splen- 
did keeper and ship- 
per, having taken 
first premium over 
all reds at the exhibit 
of the American Car- 
nation Society, at 
Boston, 1895, after 
traveling from Indi- 
ana. 
Meteor. Deep, 
brilliant crimson- 
scarlet; medium- 
sized bloom, on a 
firm, strong stem 14 
inches to iS inches 
high; good calyx, 
free bloomer. A 
free, vigorous grow- 
er; clean foliage. A 
most promising dark 
sort. 
Triumph. Pure pink, yellowish tinge, never shows a trace of purple; is very prolific, and responds to 
very ordinary treatment; calyx never bursts; one of the very largest of^ blooms ever seen; stem 
perfectly straight and from 2 feet to 3 feet in height. A strong, heavy grower, entirely free from 
disease. A splendid keeper and traveler. 
Storm King. Pure white. This variety is certainly a great acquisition, being almost perfect in form ; 
verj' large; a good keeper, and has a good stem. 
Pelargoniums. 
Price, 5oc each. 
Alexander Craw. A sport from Biish Hill Beauty, whicli is a seedling from Mad. Thibaut. It is mucli 
superior to both. Flowers large; of a mottled deep rose shade; double; edges much fluted. Haliit 
of plant excellent. 
Anita. A lovely shade of brightest rosy-pink; upper petals grandly feathered with dark velvety-crim- 
son, with an almost white center; of extraorainary size, combining with it great freedom of liloom. 
Seedling from Pilot. 
Mrs. O. W. Childs. An entirely new and distinct variety. It has handsome trusses of extra large, 
fluted flowers of exquisite rose-pink color, with scarcely any markings on petals. Seedling from 
Dorothy. 
VERBENA, WESTERN STAR. 
