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NEW 
CARNATIONS 
CHABAUD’S GIANT IMPROVED 
Cardinal and 
White Carnations 
green throughout the entire spring and summer. 
May, and in some localities, June. Pkt. 30 cts.; 2 pkts. 50 cts.; X oz - 
S4: Xoz. $7.50. 
ARCTOTIS grandis (African Daisy). A handsome annual from south¬ 
west Africa. Plants 2 to 3 feet high. Flowers white on the upper 
surface and the reverse of petals is pale lilac-blue. Beautiful for cut¬ 
ting as well as garden decoration. Pkt. 10 cts.; 3 pkts. 25 cts.; X oz - 
30 cts.; Xoz. so cts. 
BALSAM APPLE (Momordica). Hardy Annual. A curious climbing vine; 
grows 10 feet from seed; the foliage is very ornamental, while the 
fruits are golden yellow, warted and, when ripe, open and show the 
seed in the brilliant carmine center. Pkt. 5 cts.; X oz - 25 cts. 
BALSAM PEAR. Same as the above except the fruits are long pear- 
shaped. These are used for medicinal purposes. Pkt. 5 cts.; X oz - 
25 cts. 
BABY’S BREATH (Gypsophila). Charming, free-flowering, elegant 
plants that do well in any good garden soil. The dainty, misty white 
panicles of bloom are used extensively for mixing in with other bouquet 
flowers. They are grown by the acre in the suburbs of Paris and 
London to be used with other cut-flowers. Plants grow about 2 feet. 
Elegans alba grandiflora. Annual. White. Pkt. 5 cts.; Xoz- 15 cts.; 
Xoz. 25 cts.; oz. 45 cts.; X'b- $1. 
Rosea (viscosa). Annual. Delicate pink. Pkt. 5 cts.; X° z - 15 cts.; 
Xoz. 25 cts.; oz. 45 cts.; Pilb. $1. 
Paniculata fl.-pl. (Double.) Hardy Perennial. Plants grow 3 feet and 
are covered with dainty little double white flowers, on much-branched 
panicles. Splendid for bouquets alone and with other flowers. Retain 
their beauty for 
Our illustration shows their beauty. This is a new acquisition in Carna¬ 
tions. They excel any strain we have ever seen. Coming into flower in 
four to five months after planting the seed, they continue to bloom the 
remainder of the summer until frost. Plants are of robust, upright habit. 
They form ten to twenty stalks bearing huge flowers comparing with the 
finest greenhouse-grown varieties. Highly scented. Yellow, Cardinal, 
Rose-Pink, White, Salmon-Rose. Also Schell’s Splendid Mixture. 
Each, pkt. 15 cts. (1 pkt. ol each of 5 colors 60 cts.); y 4 oz. $1; V20Z. 
$1.75; oz. $3. (For other Carnations, see page 44.) 
ACHILLEA Ptarmica, The Pearl. Hardy Perennial. The plant grows 
about 2 feet high and from spring until frost it is covered with heads 
of pure white, double flowers. It is very easily grown from seed and 
blooms the first season if sown early. Pkt. 20 cts.; 3 pkts. 50 cts.; 
Xoz. $ 1 . 75 - 
Millefolium roseum. The illustration shows the pink or red flowers. 
Plants grow about 18 inches high and bloom in June and July. Pkt. 
15 cts.; 2 pkts. 25 cts.; Xoz. 50 cts.; Xoz. 95 cts. 
ARGEMONE (Mexican or Prickly Poppy). Annual. A very pretty and 
odd ornamental plant about 3 feet high. Pale green, spiny foliage with 
silver midrib. The poppy-like flowers are 3 inches across, of very 
satiny texture. Sow seed in spring when soil is warm and they will 
begin blooming in July and continue until frost. 
Platyceras roseus. Rich ruby-rose color. Pkt. 10 cts.; X oz - 25 cts.; 
Xoz. 45 cts. 
Hybrida grandiflora, Mixed. Pkt. 10 cts.; Xoz. 25 cts.; Xoz. 45 cts. 
ANCHCSA myosotidiflora. Perennial. As the illustration shows, 
it is a very beautiful little blue flower resembling the much-loved 
forget-me-not. The plants are dwarf, 12 to 18 inches high. Its big, 
heart-shaped, dark green leaves make a veritable carpet of green 
under the pretty blue flowers. It is of exceptional value as a flower to 
grow in shady places, as under trees or by the house and in half-dry 
soil. It makes a fine ground-cover plant as the foliage remains rich 
Blooms during April, 
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Anchusa myosotidiflora. An excellent perennial 
for shady places 
months after 
being cut. Pkt. 
10 cts.; Xoz. 
$ 2 . 50 ; Xoz. 
$ 4 - 50 . 
Paniculata (Single). Hardy Perennial. Single white flowers. Pkt. 
10 cts.; Xoz. 30 cts.; Xoz. 50 cts.; oz. 90 cts. 
Paniculata repens. A very pretty hardy trailing variety of Baby’s 
Breath for the rock-garden. Covered with clouds of small white 
flowers in July and August. Pkt. 10 cts.; 3 pkts. 25 cts.; Xoz. 40 cts.; 
Xoz. 75 cts.; oz. fi.50. 
BACHELOR’S BUTTON ( Centaurea Cyanus, Blue), and Globe Ama¬ 
ranth. Hardy Annual. The latter is also called Bachelor’s Button. 
The Centaurea Cyanus, Blue, is also known as Cornflower, Blue Bottle, 
Ragged Sailor, Bluet, or Kaiserblume. The flowers of Globe Amaranth 
resemble clover heads and are dried and used as winter bouquets. 
(See page 46 for Centaurea Cyanus and page 45 for Globe Amaranth.) 
BALLOON VINE ( Cardiospermum Halicacabum) . Hardy Annual. A 
rapid-growing annual vine; does best in a light soil and warm situa¬ 
tion; flowers are white; the seed-pods look like miniature balloons and 
are of great interest to the children. Grows 15 feet. Pkt. 5 cts.; 
Xoz. 15 cts.; oz. 25 cts. 
BALSAM or LADY’S SLIPPER, Camellia-flowered. (See page 46.) 
BLUE FLAX. See Linum. 
BRACHYCOME (Swan River Daisy). Annual. The plants grow 10 
inches high and are a mass of very pretty blue and white flowers 
throughout the summer. Fine for edging, for massing, pot culture, 
and as a short-stem cut-flower. Pkt. 10 cts.; Xoz. 40 cts.; Xoz. 75 cts. 
BROWALLIA (Amethyst). Annual. Very beautiful in the garden where 
it blooms profusely from July until frost. Plants grow iX feet high 
and if lifted and potted in the fall and cut back, they will bloom 
indoors throughout the winter. Flowers are somewhat star-shaped. 
Blue, White, Mixed. Each, pkt. 5 cts.; Xoz. 30 cts.; Xoz. 60 cts. 
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