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H. G. Hastings Co., Seedsmen, Atlanta, Georgia. 
Delphinium or Liarkspar 
Cosmos 
Chrvsantheitiums and Japanese (No. 764) — This is one of the best 
Will flowers for the South and is easily raised from the seed, 
the plants from early sown seed flowering the same year. Almost all the new and strik- 
ing varieties are the resuit of plants grown from seed, and the amateur is as liable to 
originate new and splendid varieties as is the professional florist. They are of the easi- 
est culture and always }ive satisfaction to those who cultivate them. These are all 
hardy in this latitude and farther South, and can be left 
in the open ground through the winter. Sow seed in shal- 
low boxes, barely covering the seed with finely sifted soil. 
Keep moist and place box in a w'arm sunny room. When 
young plants are 3 inches high transplant to open ground. 
Our seed is saved from Japanese and Chinese varieties 
(named sorts) grown in Japan, and the bloom you get 
will surprise you with the odd and beautiful forms of the 
flowers and abundance of the bloom during fall months. 
Packet, 25 cents ] 2 packets, 45 cents. 
Handsome, very free flowering annual 
originally from Mexico. Adapted to the 
entire South. Do not plant in soil too rich, as it makes 
too tall a growth. Sandy or light clay soils are best. Sow 
as soon as danger from frost is past in open ground. 
They grow 4 to 6 feet tall and are covered profusely with 
flow'ers from August until frost. White, pink and crim- 
son mixed. Cosmos, Finest Mixed (No. 762) — Packet, 6c. 
Giant of California (No. 763) — ^A large flowering strain, 
the flow’ers being more than double the size of the original 
strain. Flowers pink, w'hite and crimson mixed. Pkt., 10c. 
Klondyke Cosmos (No. 764) — Striking golden yellow, 
flowers borne on long stems and are 2^ to 314 inches 
across. Packet, 10 cents. 
Delphinium (Larkspur) 
ing annual, producing erect spikes of beautiful flowers 
of various colors. Sow in early spring, thinly in shallow 
drills. Thin out after well up, to 10 or 12 inches apart. 
This makes a pleasing display and is very satisfactory. 
Delphinium, Dwarf Double German Mixed (No. 776) — 
Of rather dwarf growth, ten to eleven inches high. The 
branching spikes are thickly set with double flowers of 
many distinct colors. Packet, 5 cents. 
Delphinium, Tall Double German Mixed (No. 776)— 
Grows 2 feet in height. The tall, rock-like spikes are 
profusely covered with fully double flowers of various 
colors. Packet, 5 cents. 
/II a 777 \ Glove is one of the easiest to grow. In the South it 
*^*B"^**“"® wlWCy ^nUi • i * J prefers partially shaded locations, but does well in open. 
It is a beautiful plant, and also valuable for medicinal purposes, for which the leaves of the second year’s 
growth are used. Mixed colors. Packet, 6 cents. 
California Poppy. One of our most popular flowers for bedding in the South. 
b9Wll9WllVlCAilCl Sow as early in the spring as ground can be worked, scattering seed thinly over 
the surface and raking in lightly. Covered wdth large showy flowers, it makes the most brilliant display 
beds that can be made. So wonderful is its growth it has been made the State Flower of California, the 
state famous for its beautiful flowers. Eschscholtzia, Single Mixed (No. 800) — Single, cup-shaped flowers, 
in shades of bright yellow, orange, and white. Packet, 5 cents, Eschscholtzia, Double Mixed (No. 801) 
—Same as the single in habit of growth and colors, except that the flowers are double. Packet, 5 cents. 
and Chinese Chrysanthemums 
Hastings’ Superb aiixed Dianthus (No. 778), or Garden Pinks— Packet, 10 Cents; 3 Packets, 26 Cents 
Hastings’ Superb Mixed Dianthus (778) 
Most of our friends prefer a few plants of many varieties of pinks 
and do not wish to buy each variety separately. To meet this de- 
mand we have made up a magnificent mixture of all the following 
varieties and many others, giving a mixture of all the Chinese and 
.Japanese Pinks, having the widest range of form, color and mark- 
ings imaginable. Earge packet, 10 cents; 3 for 26 cents. 
Dianthus — Chinensis (No. 779) — Double China Pink. Free 
bloomer. All shades and colors. Packet. 5 cents. 
I>. — Chinensis Alba (No. 780) — Double China, identical with Chi- 
nensis except that the bloom is pure white. Finest selected. Pkt., 60 . 
D. — Heddewiggii (Japanese) (No. 782) — Finest double mixed, 
large flowers, often 2 to 3 inches in diameter. Packet, 10 cents. 
— Heddewiggii Single (No. 781) — Select mixed. Packet, 6 cents. 
D. — Heddewiggii Atrosanguinea (783) — Double crimson. Pkt., 6c. 
^•““Mouming Pink (No. 784) — Extra double flowers with body 
coyerlng of very dark velvet mahogany, almost black, in striking 
contrast to the finely fringed edges of pure white. Packet, 10 cents. 
D. — Double Diadem Pink (No. 786) — Very large double flowers, 
finely marked. Magnificent in both coloring and varieties. Mixed 
colors. Packet, 5 cents. 
D.— Crimson Belle (No. 786)— Single. Large flowers of deepest 
glowing crimson, beautifully fringed. Packet. 5 cents. 
D. — ^Eastern Oueen (No. 787) — Large single flowers. 2 to 4 Inches 
across. Finely fringed, beautifully stained in rich shadings of sil- 
very white, each flower having crimson center. Packet, 5 cents. 
D. — The Bride (No. 788) — Large handsome flowers of silvery white 
with rich purplish red eye surrounded by a still darker crimson 
ring. Packet, 5 cents. 
D.— Lacinatns (No. 789)— Large single and double fringed flowers 
in many distinct colors. Packet, 6 cents. 
D.— Salmon Queen (No. 790) — Single flowers of beautifully rosy 
salmon color, a rare shade of pinks. Packet, 10 cents. 
D.— Tmperialis (No. 791)— Double Imperial Pink. Double full cen- 
tered flowers, large and showy. Fine range of colors and markings, 
and one of the most popular varieties. Packet, 5 cents. 
