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ALNEER BROTHERS RELIABLE SEEDS, ROCKFORD, ILL 
ew Mammoth 
Cosmos 
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Plants four to six feet high, literally covered in autumn 
with large single flowers. Colors range through shades 
of rose, purple, flesh and white. 
Mammoth Hybridus Pkt ‘ 5c ’ 
Early Dwarf Mixed. Pkt. 5c, y 2 oz. 20 c. 
These grow to a 
height of about 
three feet, forming a perfect bush, massed with bloom, 
bearing beautiful double flowers of good size, on long 
stems. They come about 65 per cent double from 
seed. Pkt. 10c, J / 2 oz, 50c. 
Cyclamen 
One of the choicest of all the green house or window 
plants. Root bulbous in shape; foliage rich and beauti¬ 
ful; flowers bird-like and fragrant. Colors, white, pink, 
crimson, etc. Should be sown in light soil, containing 
leaf mold. 
Cyclamen-Persicum 
Choice mixed. Pkt. 10c. 
Chinese Woolflower 
(Celosia Childsii) The flowers 
are ball-shaped and resemble a 
ball of wool. The plants will 
average 2 feet in height. They 
branch freely, and by midsum¬ 
mer are simply covered with 
blooms. It keeps blooming all 
during the fall and retains its 
full beauty and color until se¬ 
vere frost destroys it. Sow out¬ 
doors right in the border the 
latter part of April. Mixed. 
Pkt. 10c. 
Double Cosmos 
Cyclamen 
Clarkia An favorite plant, with pretty looking flowers, 
grows very freely. Sow seeds early in spring in 
open ground. Hardy annuals. Mixed. Pkt. 5c. 
A fine and profuse flowering 
plant, producing scarlet and 
yellow tassel shaped flowers, treat as asters. Hardy annuals. 
Mixed Pkt. 5c. 
Cacalia (Tassel Flower) 
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Chinese Woolflower 
Chrysanthemums 
Gould) 
CELOSIA 
(Cockscomb.) 
Celosia (Pride of Castle 
This new ostrich plume 
celosia is an entirely 
distinct type. The plant grows 
pyramidal and compact about 2 V 2 
feet high, with immense, extra fine 
feathered heads, giving the plant 
a most striking appearance. Can 
be grown in the open ground or as 
a pot plant. Its quick growing 
habit and bright and intense colors 
of plumes, with beautiful foliage 
are greatly admired by all where 
ever shown. Pkt. 10c. 
Celosia Cristata (Cocks- 
Magnificent free flower- 
' ing, graceful growing 
plants, very showy and fine. Sow 
seed in house in April; transplant 
outdoors in May in a sunny place. 
Half hardy annuals. Finest mixed. 
Pkt. 5c, y 2 oz. 35c. 
find 
in. 
been getting your seeds for 35 years, and AlUlUal Varieties hllXed 
them most reliable of any seed I ever put , , ,, , , 
The colors have the appearance of be- 
Mary Banska. ing laid on with a brush; for this 
-- reason they are sometimes called 
“Painted Daisies.” Mixed annual va¬ 
rieties, easily grown. Pkt. 5c, oz. 30c. 
Golden Feather 7 he beaut . iful 
large, daisy¬ 
like flowers are from 2 V 2 to 3 inches 
across. The dark velvety disk in the 
center is surrounded by a circle of 
bright, golden-yellow, followed by an¬ 
other clear cut circle of rich crimson. 
Pkt. 5c. 
Clematis 
Jackmani 7 ery la r^ e , flowers (4 
to 6 inches) ;■ blue, 
white, purple, etc. The popular hardy 
climber, an old favorite. Pkt. 10c. 
Paniculata Gro , ws , easily from 
seed; glossy, green 
leaves, never troubled by insects; 
bears a dense mass of blossoms, 
thrives in sunshine or shade. Small 
star-like white, fragrant flowers; 
grows to a height of 20 *to 30 feet. 
Pkt. 5c. 
Chrysanthemum Mixed 
Showy, hardy plants, many having beautiful 
silver foliage, good for ribbon bordering. Sow 
early in house and transplant out doors in May. 
Half hardy annuals. 
Imperialis Mixed An excellent sweet 
r scented variety, also 
called Sweet Sultan. The flowers are finely 
laciniated and are about the size of a carna¬ 
tion. They have long stems and keep well after 
cutting. Colors range through white, rose, 
lilac, purple and yellow. Hardy annuals; about 
eighteen inches high. Pkt. 5c. 
Cyanus (Bachelor’s Button) 
oz. 30c. 
Candidissima ?^y er white, deep cut 
foliage, fine for bedding. 
Pkt. 10c. 
Gymnocarpa f s o i i ve b e d ding age pkt a . ri i 0 c. fine 
