CROSMAN BROTHERS 9 CATALOGUE. 
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EVERLASTING FLOWERS. 
The Everlasting, or Eternal Flowers, as they are sometimes called, are a very 
popular class of plants, retaining their form and color for years, and are used for 
winter bouquets, wreaths and decorative purposes; they are known by the French 
as Immortelles . 99 Some of the Ornamental Grasses make up into bouquets, etc., 
splendidly with Everlastings. The flowers, generally, should be picked before they 
are fully open, and hung up in small bunches, so that the stems will dry straight. 
ACROCLINIUM. 
One of the best ; the flowers should be cut when partially expanded; plant 
about six inches apart; grows one foot high; half-hardy annuals. pkt. Cts 
Mixed Colors.. 5 
AMMOBIUM. 
Alatum Grandifloruni, is a very desirable white everlasting, pretty for the 
garden as well as drying; grows two feet high; hardy annual. 
GOMPRHENA —(Globe-Amaranth.) 
A remarkably handsome and well-known everlasting flower, often called 
English Clover. The flowers should not be cut until fully developed, otherwise most 
of their beauty will be lost. Seeds of the Gomphrena should be sown in a hot-bed, 
if possible, and if the cottony coating is removed the seed will be more sure to germ¬ 
inate. Transplant to one foot apart. 
Globosa Aurea Superba, orange, large and distinct.5 
Globosa, mixed colors.f.5 
GYPSOPHILA. 
The Gypsophila we commend to our readers as one of the most desirable plants 
known for ornamental purposes; it dries admirably, and is a treasure in winter for 
making winter bouquets; it is a free bloomer and succeeds in any garden soil. 
Pauiculata, white; fine for cutting., 5 
HELICHRYSUM. 
The Helichrysum is a very beautiful and valuable everlasting, very effective in 
the flower border, and is indispensable for winter bouquets, for which cut before 
the blooms are fully expanded. Seeds germinate freely in the open ground. Half- 
hardy annual. 
Monstrosuni, double; mixed colors; two feet. ft 
HELIPTERUM. 
One of the finest everlastings in cultivation, growing about one foot high. 
Flowers small and produced in globular-shaped clusters. Sow seed early in a hot¬ 
bed, or later in a warm border in the garden. Tender annual. 
Sandfordii, flowers of a golden-yellow color.5 
RHODANTHE. 
A very delicate and charming little everlasting, highly esteemed by all who 
have grown them, both for the flower garden and also for winter bouquets and 
ornaments when dried. Sow seed under glass; transplant into a warm, rich soil, 
six inches apart. Tender annual. 
Maculata, mixed. 5 
XERANTHEMUM. 
A free-growing, half-hardy annual, showy as a garden plant, and the flowers of 
which are valuable, when dried, for winter bouquets and ornaments. Bears trans¬ 
planting well; plants should be set 8 or 10 inches apart. 
Double, mixed colors... .5 
