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C. A. Reeser, Seedsman and Florist, 
CLARKIA. 
A beautiful tribe of favorite plants, with pretty, cheerful-looking, double and 
single flowers, growing freely and blooming profusely under almost any circum¬ 
stances. 
Clarkls, Fine Ulxed.—Double and single.6 cents. 
CLEOME—Spider Plant, 
singular looking rose colored flowers, 
packet,. 
Cleome. 
The stamens look like spider legs. Per 
.5 cents. 
Chrysanthemum, Annual. 
CINERARIA—Maritima. 
Very handsome silvery white foliage, very ornamental as a pot plant, or lor 
bedding .5 cents. 
CHRYSANTHEMUM—Annual. 
The great and growing demand for the annual varieties has brought Chrysanthe¬ 
mums into general favor. The flowers are exceedingly beautiful, the color having 
the appearance of being laid on with a brush, and lor this reason they are frequently 
called “ Painted Daisies.” 
Chrysanthemum, Bnrrigeannm.—White, with crimson band. Beautiful. .5 cents. 
Coronarium.—Double white, fine border plant, hardy annual.6 cents. 
Duniiettii.—Immense double, snow-white flowers.10 cents. 
Uunuettil Aurenum.—Large, double, golden-yellow flowers.10 cents. 
Frutescens Grandillorum, (“The Marguerite,” or “Paris Daisy.”—Immense 
quantities are grown by French florists, and find a ready sale. It produces freely 
its large, white, star-like flowers under the most unfavorable conditions. Per 
packet,.10 cents. 
The Sultan.—Rich velvety crimson maroon, with golden rim surrounding a dark- 
brown center.10 cents. 
The following are the well-known half-hardy perennial varieties so extensively 
grown in pots lor late Autumn and early Winter flowering. No one should be with¬ 
out them; 
Chrysanthemum, Indlcnm.—Mixed, three feet.15 cents. 
Nanum, (Dwarf Pompon.)—Mixed, small flowering varieties.16 cents. 
For new varieties of the above, see Novelties. 
CONVOLVULUS MINOR—Dwarf Convolvulus. 
Beautiful, free-flowering, and remarkably showy plants, with exceedingly 
handsome, rich colored flowers, producing In beds and mixed borders an unusually 
brilliant effect, either In distinct colors, ribboned or mixed. 
Couvolvulua Minor. 
Beilis Perrennis. 
Convolvulus, Tricolor.—The flowers are violet and purple, with a white center and 
yellow eye. Price per packet,.5 cents. 
Tricolor Koseus.—A charming novelty, with rose-colored flowers, pure white cen¬ 
ter, fringed with purplish violet, and shading towards the throat In five broad 
bands of golden yellow.10 cents. 
Manrilanicus.—A beantiful trailing plant for hanging baskets and vases, producing 
numerous lavender-colored blue flowers. Also fine for Winter-blooming in the 
house. Half-hardy evergreen perennial.10 cents. 
DOUBLE DAISY—Beilis Perennis. 
Charming little plants for edging and borders. The flowers are quilled and flat- 
petaled, white, pink, red and variegated. Not all will come double from seed, and 
the single ones should be pulled out. 
Daisy, Double White.—Large, double, pure white flowers.10 cents. 
Longfellow.—A fine, large, double-fiowering Daisy, with dark rose-colored flowers. 
Price.10 cents. 
Double Daisy.—Mived colors, fine flowers.10 cents. 
DATURA. 
The Datura Is a coarse plant, bearing monstrous and yet beautiful trumpet-shaped 
flowers. To those who have never cultivated this flower it is a great curiosity. Will 
endure the Winter and flower for a number of years. Roots may be preserved over 
Winter in sand in the cellar, like Dahlias. 
Datnra Wrlghtil.—Trumpet-shaped flowers, from seven to nine Inches long, white, 
sweet-scented.5 cents. 
DELPHINIUM—Annual Larkspur. 
A fine genus of free-flowering beautiful plants. They are all hardy. Prevailing 
colors blue, white and pink. The dwarf sorts make a most beautiful mass of flowers. 
A bed In bloom is almost equal to a bed of Hyacinths. Set five or six inches apart. 
The tall, branching varieties grow two feet in height, and are fine for large bouquets. 
Plants should stand about eighteen Inches apart. 
Formosum.—Beautiful and attractive spikes of brilliant rich blue flowers, with a 
white center. Height two and one-half feet.Scents. 
Nudicaule.—Dwarf, of compact growth, with spikes of bright scarlet flowers. 
Eighteen inches high .10 cents. 
Double Dwarf Rocket.—Hyacinth-flowered Larkspur. Finest double flowers of 
mixed colors. One foot. Per oz., 60 cents..Scents. 
Double Stock-flowered.—A tall branching variety, with beautiful long spikes of 
flowers of various colors. Fine for cut-flowers. Two feet.6 cents. 
Imperlale Flore Pleno.—Emperor Larkspur, of symmetrical bushy habit, with a 
profusion of brilliant dark blue, red striped and tricolored flowers. One and a 
hall feet.6 cents. 
DIANTHUS—Pink. 
A magnificent genus, embracing some of the most popular flowers In cultivation, 
producing a great variety of brilliant colors and profusion of bloom. The hardy bi¬ 
ennials, or Chinese and Japanese varieties, bloom the first season, the same as hardy 
annuals. Height, one loot. The hardy perennial varieties are very fragrant, and of 
easy culture lor the garden or greenhouse. 
Dlanthus, Diadematus. 
Dianthus, Chinengig fl. pi. 
Fhlnenglg, Alba Plena.—Fine double, pure white flowers.5 cents. 
Dladematug, Double Diadem Pink.—Beautiful double flowers from two to three 
Inches in diameter. Mixed of varied tints of lilac, crimson, purple, to very dark 
purple, with the outer edges fringed and nearly white. Dwarf, compact grow¬ 
ing plants.10 cents. 
Laciniatug.—Flowers large, petals very deeply fringed and beautUully colored.. .Sc. 
Cashraerianum.—New species. Considered the finest of this magnificent family. 
Flowers dark blue, large and very handsome.10 cents. 
Eastern Queen.—Beautifully marbled. The broad bands of rich mauve upon the 
paler surface of the petals are very striking and pretty.10 cents. 
Crimson Belle.—As its name Implies, Is of a rich crimson color, flowers of very large 
size and substance, evenly and finely laclnlated.10 cents. 
Chlnensis Nanus Mixed.—An attractive dwarf plant, producing globular-shaped 
double, various colored flowers In the greatest profusion. Six Inches-Scents. 
Pheasant’s Eye, Plumariiis Simplex.—A beautiful single variety with fringed 
edged white flowers and a dark center. One loot. 6 cents. 
Plnmarins Srotieng E’lore Pleno.—Double Scotch or Paisley Pinks. A double, 
large flowering Pheasant’s Eye variety, with fringed edges of various colors, 
mixed. One foot.20 cents. 
Fine Garden Pinks.—Hortensls varieties. Beautiful, double, mixed colors. Two 
feet... -.10 cents. 
