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CROSMAN BROTHERS’ CATALOGUE . 
PHLOX DRUMMONDI. 
PHLOX—STAR OF QUEDLINBURGH. 
For variety, brilliancy of 
color and constant show, there 
is no flower that equals the 
Phlox. This highly prized hardy 
annual is indispensable in every 
garden for bedding and ribbon¬ 
ing. During the whole summer 
and autumn a good bed of 
Phlox presents a most gorgeous 
display, dazzling the eye with 
its brilliancy. The Phlox re¬ 
quires a good soil, and will grow 
about fifteen inches in height ; 
set the plants about eighteen 
inches apart—if too thick they 
suffer from mildew, pkt. Cts. 
Fine mixed Colors .10 
Grandiflora, mixed colors; 
large-flowered variety. A 
more effective plant for pro¬ 
ducing rich masses of color 
could not easily be found. .10 
Bright Scarlet .10 
Pure White .10 
Star of itucdlinburgli, 
mixed colors.10 
POPPY. 
A remarkably showy class of 
free flowering plants, producing 
a rich and elegant display in 
mixed borders, shrubberies, etc. 
Seed should be sown early in 
spring, where the plants are de 
signed to bloom, as they are dif¬ 
ficult to transplant. Thin to 12 
or 15 inches apar; Succeed well 
in almost any sou. Hardy an¬ 
nuals. 
Pkt. Cts. 
Shirley, flowers large, very 
graceful and elegant, rang¬ 
ing in color from purest 
white and delicate pink, 
through innumerable 
shades to bright crimson : 
mixed colors.10 
Iceland, blooms continuously 
from early in June to Oc¬ 
tober; mixed COlor8 .10 SHIRLEY POPPY. 
Papaver uinbroKiim brilliant: flowers rich vermilion with shining black 
spots on each petal; 18 inches high. 
mikado, large double flowers, pure white with fringed edges of crimson scarlet. 
Ranunculus-flowered, double; mixed colors. 
Carnation, double; mixed colors. 
Paeony-flowered, large flowers, very double; mixed colors. 
Tulip Poppy, a new and distinct variety, and a decided novelty. Plants from 
twelve to fourteen inches high, producing well above the foliage fifty to sixty 
large and splendid flowers of the most vivid scarlet imaginable. From a mere 
description no adequate idea can be gained of its strikingly beautiful effect, it 
commences blooming early in June and flowers abundantly and in uninter¬ 
rupted succession for a period of six to eight weeks.10 
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