GIANT EXCELSIOR 
CARNATION... 
This is a greatly . improved 
strain of the New Marguerite 
Carnation', produces fine, frag¬ 
rant, double liowers in only four 
months from seed. The plants 
are dwarf and compact. Produce 
much larger and more finely 
double flowers and continue to 
bloom profusely until the flower 
buds are destroyed by heavy 
frosts. Pkt., 50 seeds, 8 cts. 
GRENADIN SCARLET— Very early, habit 
dwarf and compact, brilliant double scarlet flow¬ 
ers. Pkt., 75 soods, 6 cts. 
GRENADIN WHITE— Double, early flowering, white. 
Pkt., 75 seeds, 6 cts. 
CARNATIONS. 
(Perennial Varieties.) 
EXTRA FINE DOUBLE MIXED-SeecLs 
saved from the finest and choicest Ger¬ 
man, French, Italian and English stocks. 
Pkt., 75 soods, 6 cts. 
DOUBLE MIXED — Producing 
many double flowers of all.shades 
and colors. Pkt., 75 seeds, 4c. 
NEW DOUBLE YELLOW —Comes true from seed. 
Pkt., 20 soeds, 8 cts. 
Giant Excelsior Carnation. 
Marguerite Carnation. 
CiANT EXCELSIOR CARNATION 5 
as illustrated and described above is a selection from the ^ 
marguerite class of larger and greater doublencss and P 
blooms the first summer from seed. 
MARGUERITE CARNATIONS. 
TniS NF.W CLASS OF FRAG¬ 
RANT Margi-lritk Carna¬ 
tions WILL 1ILOOM IN A HU l T 
I OCR MONTHS ARTUR SOWING 
THE SEED. 
The flowers are of brilliant 
colors, ranging through many 
beautiful shndesof reds,pinks, 
white, variegated, etc., exqui¬ 
sitely sweet and fully eighty 
per cent perfectly double. 
The plants succeed alike in 
the open garden or in pots. 
Seeds sown early in the year 
will give an abundance of 
flowers in July. Sown in May 
and kept pinched back, you 
will have fine flowers late in 
the fall until checked by hard 
frosts. Sown in the autumn 
the flowers will be in full 
bloom early in the spring. 
Thus, by planting at different 
seasons, flowers can be had 
all the year around. Pkt., 
60 soods, 4 cts. 
Cockscomb, Dwarf Queen. 
This is the best dwarf-growing Cocks¬ 
comb; plants about eight inches high, 
with well-balanced large heads, ten to 
twelve inches across. They grow 
uniformly and present an unusually 
effect in color, which is a rich, ruby red, 
of'extreme brilliancy. Pkt., 100 seeds, 
3 cts. 
Cockscomb, Ostrich Feather. 
This new Feathered-Celosia produces 
very large plumes which are*exquisitely 
curved and curled in exact resemblance 
of an ostrich feather. The plant grows 
about three feet high. Most effective 
ornamental plants for either pot or out¬ 
door planting. Pkt., 50 seeds, 3 cts. 
Cockscomb, Dwarf Queen, 
