FLOWER SEED SPECIALTIES. 
BALSAM. “ Prince Bismarck.” The brilliant salmon-rose of this sort represents an entirely new color 
in Camellia-Flowered Balsams. The plants are free bloomers. The flowers are the perfection of form 
and doubleness ; comes true from seed. Pkt., iocts. 
B1DENS, Atrosanguinea Superba. A tuberous- 
rooted, tender perennial of dwarf growth, that 
flowers from June until frost. Height, one foot. 
Daisy-like flowers a*e borne singly on stems well 
above the foliage. The color is blackish purple. 
The petals of the flowers are irregular in size and 
frequently crested and curled. Pkt., 10 cts. 
BEGONIA, Hybrida. “Butterfly.” Remarkable new 
strain of the tuberous-rooted, large, single-flow¬ 
ered Begonias. The flowers are marbled or spotted 
white on bright scarlet or brilliant carmine. It 
comes quite true from seed. Pkt., 25 cts. 
CANNA, Variegata. New variegated leaved Canna, 
reproducing itself true from seed. Leaves, light 
green, lined and blotched with red and yellow 
and edged with light red. A novel and beautiful 
plant for decorative and bedding purposes. 
Pkt., 25 cts. 
COSMOS, Klondyke. A cross between the small 
early flowering and the large late flowering 
yellow sort. Sown in March and transplanted 
to the open ground in May it will bloom in June, 
and continue to produce on good, strong stems a 
succession of bright golden yellow blossoms until 
frost. The flowers average from 2 y z to 3% inches 
in diameter and are equal in substance and finish 
to the well-known pink and white favorites. 
Pkt., 10 cts. 
New Early Blooming. While many people will 
continue to grow the large and exceedingly 
beautiful flowered sorts, although to do so suc¬ 
cessfully means a little trouble, yet this strain, 
because of its early flowering will find favor with 
many. The seed we offer was grown in Massa¬ 
chusetts and is the result of patient selection for Cosmos, Klondyke. 
a number of years. ^ The flowers are of fair size and many lovely shades. Pkt., 10 cts. 
Early Blooming, White. Same strain as the preceding. Pkt., 10 cts. 
CALLIOPSIS. “ California Sunbeams.” This is an improved strain, being larger flowered and of earlier 
blooming habit than the / ancifolia hitherto offered. The flowers are borne on long stems, and are all 
beautifully fringed or toothed. The color varies from light to deep yellow shades. Pkt., 10 cts. 
CARNATION, Giant Margaret. “Sulphur Yellow.” A color hitherto lacking in this favorite, easily 
grown, early flowering carnations. The color is as its name implies, a pure, deep, sulphur yellow. 
The flowers are large, double and well formed. This class blooms from seed in about four months. 
Pkt., 20 cts. 
CENTAUREA, Imperi- 
alis. New large flow¬ 
ering hybrids of the 
sweet scented Centau- 
reas, the result of 
crossing C. Margaret 
w i til C \ M o s c h at a. 
They inherit the vig¬ 
orous growth of the 
latter, and form large, 
branching bushes three 
to four feet in height, 
covered with long- 
stemmed, noble flow¬ 
ers, of the exact form 
and of the same fra¬ 
grance as those of the 
popular C. Ma rga ret 
but of almost double 
the size. Unfavorable 
or wet weather docs 
not affect these flow¬ 
ers as it does the other Ceutaureas. The plants bloom 
profusely from July until frost. The following varie¬ 
ties come almost entirely true from seed. Alba, White, 
Pkt., 25 cts.; Armida, Delicate Lilac, Pkt., 25 cts.; 
Favorita, Brilliant Rose, Pkt., 25 cts.; Purpurea, Purple Rose, Pkt., 25 cts.; Splendens, Dark 
Purple, Pkt., 25 cts. ; mixed colors, Pkt., 20 cts. 
Centaurea, Imperialis 
See Special Offers on third page of cover. 
