MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. 
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COLUMBINE (Aquilegia). 
Coining very early, before many other 
flowers are blooming, the Columbine is an 
essential feature of the perennial bed. The 
flowers are of curious formation, in some the 
spurs being developed to a great length. 
Don’t be alarmed if the plants do not appear 
soon after planting. Like most perennials, 
the seed is very slow to germinate, but if 
started in a box and kept moist the plants 
will appear in a month or six weeks. Out of 
doors they do not come so soon. 
Double White. Pretty for pots. Pkt., 5c. 
Double and Single, mixed. Containing 
the Chrysantha, beautiful golden yellow, 
long-spurred flowers, and Cerulea, outer 
sepals deep lilac or blue, with petals white. 
Very desirable. Pkt., 4 cts. 
Rowlesburg.W.Ya. 
—“I am pleased to 
seo women como to 
tlio front in any 
business." 
Miss G. Rioimnmt. 
Beardsley, Minn.. 
Apr. 17, 1897.—“I 
bad grand success 
with Petunia,Sweet 
Peas and Nasturti¬ 
um from your seeds 
last year. 
Mas. J. R. Cook. 
Ariel, Pa., Mar. 11. 
1897.—"I am glad 
to sco ono woman 
mako a venturo in 
floriculture." 
Mas. S. A. Bbowh. 
DUSTY MILLER 
(Cineraria Maritima). 
A valuable foliage plant, making a fine 
contrast when massed with darker folinge 
lants, or pretty for edgingbeds. I offer a 
ne mixture of the Centaurea Gymnocarpa 
and Cineraria Maritima seed. The folinge is 
silvery gray and deeply cut, especially in the 
latter variety, and in each the white, downy 
covering is present, which gives the name, 
“Dusty Miller.” Half hardy perennial. 
Pkt. 3 cts. 
CYCLAMEN. 
Cyclamen Perslemn. Beautiful for its 
orchid-like blossoms, in pink, white or crim¬ 
son shades, and ornamental folinge. Seed 
may be sown at any time, but for winter 
blooming should be started early in the 
house or hotbed, ns it takes from three to 
six weeks to germinate. By autumn a bulb 
will be formed, which will bloom the fol¬ 
lowing winter or spring. Pkt., 5 cts. 
Cyclamen Giganteum. Very large flow¬ 
ers and highly ornamental folinge. Pkt. 8c. 
COREOPSIS (OalliopBis). 
Golden "Wave. A new variety with gold¬ 
en flowers, much larger than the ordinary 
blossoms, growing on long, slender stems. 
Fine for cutting. Perennial. Pkt., 3 cts* 
Ii&nccolata* A lovely improved variety 
with flowers much larger than any hereto¬ 
fore offered, fancifully and appropriately 
called “California Sunbeams.’* Some of 
the blossoms are saucer-shaped, others flat, 
and some arc like great buttercups, while 
the petals have pinked or irregularly 
fringed edges. Some are light yellow, 
others a deeper shade and still darker 
around the eye. Hardy perennial, oiten 
blossoming the first year. Pkt., 5 cts. 
Finest Ulixed. A universal favorite, 
rightly named “Bright Eyes.” # A bed of 
Coreopsis alone makes a brilliant sight 
with its various shades of yellow, orange 
and reddish brown. If not allowed to seed 
very much, there will be one mass of bloom 
throughout the summer. Annual. PkL, 
B ots. 
