//. G. Hastings & Co., Seedsmen, Atlanta, Georgia. 
Hastings’ Lar^e 
® ® Lannas 
Few plants have shown so great Improvement In recent years as the Canna. They 
retain their value as a tropical looking foliage plant, at the same time the magnlUcent 
bloom ofihese new varieties In many instances Is equal to that of the most costly 
orchids. They are easily grown anywhere In the South, and bloom the hrit season from 
seed. Start the seed in boxes In February and March In a warm place. These boxes 
should be shallow and filled with rich garden soli sifted fine. The seeds have a hard 
outer covering. This must be either filed or cut through so that moisture can reach the 
germ. If not filed or cut, they often remain dormant for many years. When young 
plants show 4 or 6 leaves they can be transplanted to open ground. If all danger of frost 
Is past and the ground is warm. Make soil very rich and set IJ 4 feet apart each way. 
We have seed saved from the finest introduction embracing all the finest shades and 
colors. Packet. 10 cents; ounce, 15 cents. 
^ Named varieties (or</«riy co/or) 10 cents each; 81.C0 perdozen, 
At-MOlo postpaid. Assorted varieties, 6 for 40 cents; 75 cents per 
dozen; postpaid. (See named varieties, page 89). 
^1 I • One of the most popular of annual flowers. Better for central South 
than for Florida and the Gulf Coast regions. They are semi-hardy, 
standing considerable cold, and of the easiest culture. Sow In good garden soil as early 
as ground can be worked. They are rapid growers and constant bloomers from May to 
September. Single Mixed —All colors. Pkt,. 6 c. Doable Mixed —All colors. Pkt.,Bc. 
a-k-i* ^Tkirlixi* 'PljiTif f very free flowering, hardy annual of 
or rridXIL branching nablt, growing 4 to 6 feet in 
height; each plant terminates In a large spike of rosy-pink flowers. Plants grow freely 
from se''d sown In open ground early In summer and contlhuing until cut olf by frost. 
Fresh flowers appear constantly at tops of the branches as they Increase In height; they 
have long slender stems, making them quite feathery in appearance. The flowers are 
succeeded by long seed pods on slender stems, and as they are set thickly on the stalks, 
have slight resemblance to a giant centipede or spider. Packet, 10 cents. 
Cyclamen 
Persioaoi— Popular, free bloom 
Ing, bulbous plants for home cul¬ 
ture. Seeds produce the bulbs 
which flower the following 
spring. These should be grown 
entirely In boxes and pots, never 
In the open ground. Colors 
range from pure white to deep 
crimson. Finest mixed colors. 
Packet, 10 cents. 
Hastings* Large Flowering French Cannas 
'■•xTss ca-nX-Yi A-mnxn (Chinese and Japanese) —This is one of the best flowers 
UlXlB 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 striking varieties are 
the result 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 easiest culture and always give satisfac¬ 
tion to those who cultivate them. These are all hardy in this latitude and further South, and 
can be left in the open ground through the winter. Sow seed in shallow boxes, barely cover¬ 
ing the seed with finely sifted soil. Keep moist and place box in a warm sunny room. When 
young plants are 3 inches high transplant to open ground. Our supply of seed is saved from 
the Japanese and Chinese varieties. Packet, 20 cents; 2 packets. 35 cents. 
Centaurea Or 
Dusty Miller 
Largely used for borders 
or edgings and thrives in all 
parts of the South. Height 
about 1 foot. Pkt.,10cts. 
Centaurea— ‘ 
Bachelor’s Button 
Attractive and graceful 
flowers of easiest culture, 
blooming through the entire 
sumpier. Finest Mixed- 
Packet, 5 cents. 
Japanese and Chinese Chrysanthemums 
Japanese Morning Glories (ConVOlVUlUS,) 
In recent years a new race of Morning Glories came to us from Japan, of such 
large size, vigorous growth and rich colors, varied by all sorts of remarkable and 
beautiful variations, striped and blotched in every manner imaginable, that we can 
hardly recognize in it the original type. These now embrace something over 30 dis 
tlnct shades and colors, and some show variegated foliage, the rich dark green being 
blotched with white and golden yellow. A packet of them will surprise you with 
^e rich return ol beauty and flowers covering your porches, trellises and fences. 
Packet, 10 cents;3 packets, 26 cents. 
Dwarf MorninX Gloriea— A perfect bush form growing about one foot tall. Mixed, 
6 cents; ounce, 10 cents. 
Tall MorninX Gloriea— The old favorite. Best mixed colors. Packet, 6 cents; 
ounce, lO cents. 
Our Imperial Japanese MorninX Glories 
