MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. 
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NEW FRENCH COLEUS. 
These ornamental foliage plants 
with their rich colorings are univer¬ 
sally known and admired. Although 
perennial, the plants grow rapidly and 
attain perfection the first summer. 
Read the testimony given below and 
see how little a beautiful Coleus bed 
need cost. Choicest French hybri¬ 
dized plants and beautiful fringed va¬ 
rieties. Sow in cigar boxes, ana when 
the plants are three or four inches 
high, they can be potted off or trans¬ 
planted into the garden. Splendid 
mixed. Pkt., G cts. 
Fairgrovc, Mich., Oct. 20,1SQ7.—"I had upward 
•f thirty Coleus plants from your seed, about 
tftcen varieties, some very handsome.” 
Mrs. Saxurl It. Jaxeso.w 
Byron, Minn., June 11, 1S97.—"I followed your 
directions in sowing the Coleus and have thir¬ 
teen little plants." Mrs. A. L. Ctjitixq. 
Colons. 
COCKSCOMB. 
Interesting and brilliant annuals for the 
house or garden. Blossoming in the late sum¬ 
mer, they make the garden brilliant all dur¬ 
ing the fall with their bright colors. 
New Japan Cockscomb. A beautiful 
variety, much branched and pyramidal in 
shape, each branch bearing n comb, finely 
fluted and of a rich crimson color. The 
handsomest of the tall varieties. Pkt., 5c. 
Queen of the IlwarfS. The finest of 
all the dwarf varieties, now more popular 
than the tall Cockscomb. Only 8 inches 
high, but it bears immense combs, 7 to 10 
inches across, of a most brilliant scarlet. 
The best for potting. Pkt., 4t ctH. 
Feathered Cockscomb. A charming 
new fringed variety. The plants grow to a 
height ol two feet and bear a profusion of 
graceful, feathery spikes of brilliant crim¬ 
son or bright golden yellow. Mixed red and 
fellow. Pkt., Sets. 
Ixcd Cockscomb. A mixture of the 
above three varieties. Pkt., -1 cts. 
CHRYSANTHEMUM. 
Annual Chrysanthemum. Also called 
“Painted Ladies.’* Petals pure white, yellow 
or crimson, or zoned with darker shades of 
yellow, bronze and red. Double and single, 
mixed. Pkt., 5 cts. 
Japanese Chrysanthemum. Many beau¬ 
tiful and often new varieties of this perennial 
Chrysanthemum may be got from seed. That 
here offered was raised by specialists in Japan, 
—the land so famous for its beautiful Chrys¬ 
anthemums. Mixed. Pkt., 7 cts. 
