Recent Novelties and Other Rare Flowers 
Campanula fragilis, Heavenly Blue (perennial) 
A beautiful, ball-shaped Campanula whose lower 
branches have a drooping habit. Especially valuable for 
pot-culture, hanging-baskets, and also for the border. 
Blooms about an inch across, of a lovely celestial blue 
color. Pkt. 50 cts., 5 pkts. $2. 
Two Lovely New Hardy Border Carnations 
PERENNIAL —Earliest Dwarf Double Vienna 
Othello. Dark velvety crimson. Pkt. 35 cts., 3 pkts. SI. 
Prof. Malmgreen. Brick-red. Pkt. 35 cts., 3 pkts. $1. 
Cephalaria alpina (perennial) 
Best described as a giant, hardy, yellow scabiosa, with 
plants that grow to a height of 6 to 8 feet, branch freely, 
and bloom practically all summer and fall. The flowers 
are very double, of deep canary-yellow color, and look 
exactly like a scabiosa on extremely wiry stems from 
18 to 24 inches long. Pkt. 35 cts., 3 pkts. SI. 
Campanula fragilis, Heavenly Blue 
Cephalaria alpina 
Chrysanthemum Mawii 
Carnation, Prof. Malmgreen 
Dianthus Allwoodi 
a I pin us (perennial) 
A New Hybrid Race 
The result of crossing .All- 
woodi with Deltoides, Neglec- 
tus, and Alpinus. It is a 
marvelous plant for rockeries, 
dry walls, stone paths, etc. 
Only 4 inches high, and blooms 
perpetually from spring to late 
fall in a delightful color-range, 
chiefly pink, white, and purple. 
Pkt. $1, 6 pkts. S5. 
Centaurea macrocephala, Rays of Gold 
Centaurea macrocephala, Rays of Gold 
The flowers, which resemble the Scotch thistle in shape, and are of about the same 
size, are borne on 3 to 4-foot stems. The numerous finely laced florets are of a deep 
golden yellow color. It is a hardy perennial which blooms the first year from seed. 
Pkt. 25 cts., 5 pkts. $1. 
Chrysanthemum Mawii 
A new, hardy, single Daisy Chrysanthemum with large pink flowers 
about 2 inches across. The beauty of the flowers is enhanced by the silvery 
foliage. Ideal for the border or rockery. Height about 1 foot. Pkt. 50 cts., 
5 pkts. $2. 
Digitalis, The Shirley Giant Spotted, Mixed 
An improved strain with spikes of 
great length and individual flowers of 
largest size appearing in all the colors 
known in Foxgloves, handsomely 
blotched with crimson, maroon, and 
chocolate. Pkt. 25 cts., 5 pkts. SI. 
For effective control of Japanese Beetles, see page 94 
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