CARPENTER SEED COMPANY 
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FLOWER SEEDS (Continued) 
ASTERS 
Comet or Branching;—A handsome and very distinct var¬ 
iety, resembling Japanese Chrysanthemums; half dwarf; mixed 
including many colors. Fkt., 5c. 
German Quilled—This is the popular Japanese Needle 
grows eighteen inches to twenty inches high, with thirty to 
forty flowers on long stems ; our mixture includes white, rose, 
carmine, blue, etc. Pkt., 5c. 
Lavender Gem—When first opened the flower is an ex¬ 
quisite shade of delicate lavendr, deepening with age. The 
flowers always full double, looking like a beautiful large chry¬ 
santhemum. Pkt. 5c. 
Giant Comet or Poodle Aster—The handsomest of the tall 
asters resembling Japanese chrysanthemums. Mixed or sep¬ 
arate colors. White, red pink, blue, and lavender. Per pkt. 
5c. 
AMARANTHUS—Valuable for its varieties or handsome 
foliage, whether grown in the conservatory or garden. The 
colors will be more brilliant if planted in moderately rich soil. 
Amaranthus Caudatus—(Love Lies Bleeing) —Well known 
Pkt., 5c; % oz., 20c. 
Amaranthus Tricolor—Leaves yellow, read and green ; well 
known as Joseph’s Coat; very showy in beds alone; hardy an¬ 
nual ; two feet high. Per pkt., 5c; % oz., 20c. 
Balsam or Lady’s Slipper 
BALSAMS (Lady Slipper, Touch-Me-Not)—Magnificani 
conservatory or outdoor plants, producing their gorgeous mas¬ 
ses of beautiful brilliant-colored flwers in their greatest pro¬ 
fusion. The soil should be of the richest possible character. 
Tender annuals. 
Balsam, Double Tail—Fine mixed; a particularly fine 
strain of Balsam. Per pkt., 5c. 
Balsam, Dwarf Double—Grows only one foot high. Pkt., 
5c. 
BRACHYCOME (Swan River Daisy)—Produces an abun- 
ance of daisy-like flowers about one foot high ; fine for edg¬ 
ings, beds of rustic baskets ; finest mixed. Per pkt., 6c. 
BACHELOR’S BUTTON—A showy annual, of easy cul¬ 
ture, flowering freely with a great variety of color, in com¬ 
mon garden soil; height, two feet. Pkt., 6c. 
CANDYTUFT—One of the most hardy annuals, almost 
equally so as Sweet Alyssum. Like it, it is one of the earliest 
culture and grown for a variety of purposes almost all the 
year round; mixed pkt., 5c. 
Centerbury Bells 
CANTERBURY BELLS—A handsome perennial; with blue 
white and rose-shaped flowers, remaining in bloom a long 
time; fine for bouquets; height, one foot; hardy biennial. 
Campanula medium, mixed colors. Pkt., 6c. 
CANARY-BIRD FLOWER—One of the best climbing 
plants with graceful foliage of a delicate shade of green, with 
small yellow flowers, which when half expanded have a fan¬ 
ciful resemblance in shape of canary birds ; height, eight feet, 
half hardy annual. Pkt., 5c. 
CASTOR BEANS (Ricinus)—A luxuriant expansive foliage 
plant of tropical appearance, that should have a place in every 
garden affording the requisite space. The stalks of the plant 
of this variety are of a brownish red ; the leaves are very large, 
palmate and strinkingly elegant; height, six to seven feet ; 
tender annual. 
Ricinus Sanguineus—Large Red.—Pkt., 5c ; oz., 15c. 
Ricinus Zanzibaricnsis—New Zanzibar ; a large-leaved var¬ 
iety. Pkt., 10c; oz., 20c. 
CENTAUREA—(Marguerite, Corn Flower)—A sweet scent¬ 
ed Centaurea, about as large as a medium-sized Carnation. It 
is a sort from Centaurea Odorata, and the plants are about 
eighteen inchs high. The flowers are beautifully lacinated and 
produced on long stems, their lasting quality after being cut is 
remarkable. The beauty of this easily cultivated annual Is 
certainly to excite admiration. Pkt., 6c. 
CYPRESS VINE—One of the most beautiful of the climb¬ 
ers ; fine delicate-cut foliage, dotted with small scarlet star¬ 
shaped flowers ; for covering pillars, trellis work, etc., is not 
surpassed for grace and beauty; height eight feet; tender an¬ 
nual ; mixed color. Pkt., 5c. 
