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HARRIS’ RURAL ANNUAL FOR 1897 
COREOPSIS. 
DIANTHUS, OR PINKS. 
GOLDEN WAVE COREOPSIS. 
One of the mostcharming 
and attractive of annual 
flowers, easily grown, and 
producing an abundance 
of flowers all through the 
summer and autumn. The 
plants are about two feet 
high, and should stand not 
less than one foot apart. 
Keep the soil free from weeds 
and you will have a bed of 
the cleanest, brightest and 
most attractlv e flowers of all 
shades of yellow and brown. 
Sow the seed In the open 
ground In the spring. 
GOLDEN WAVE-A most 
attractive and beautiful 
flower. The plants grow 
about 18 inches high,and 
are covered with golden- 
yellow flowers with ma¬ 
roon centers. A row or bed of these plants, with their long, graceful 
stems and bright foliage, In contrast with the gorgeous color of the 
flowers, present a most pleasing sight. The plants continue to flower 
through the summer and fall. Pkt. f>c., 3 pkts. 12c. 
Bl-Color, Dwarf Mixed Flowers a little smaller than the above, and of 
every shade of rich maroon, yellow and brown. Very handsome. 
I'kt. 6c,, 8 pkts. 12c. 
GOLDEN KING A new dwarf variety, growing only 8 and 10 Inches 
high, and covered with flowers of the richest maroon bordered with 
.yellow. A very useful variety for edges and borders, where It will arid 
greatly to the beauty of a garden. Pkt. 10c., 3 pkts. 2>c. 
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NEW MARGUERITE CARNATIONS. 
These now Carnations are really a great addition to ourout-door flowers. 
Hitherto Carnations could only bo grown In hot-houscs, but now, since we 
have the New Marguerite Carnations, they can he grown successfully In the 
open ground, and will flower within four months from the time of sowing 
the seed. The flowers are perfectly double, of good size, and beautifully 
fringed; and this, combined with their charming and varied colors and 
delicious fragrance, place them among the most desirable of all out-door 
flowers. The plants are dwarf and compact, and have stlfl’sloms that hold 
up the flowers well without support. The seed should ho sown early In the 
spring, In boxes In the house, and the plants set out In the open ground as 
soon an warm weather comes. The plants can ho taken up in the full and 
will flower a long Mine In the house. Pkt, 10c. f 8 pkts. 26c. 
Very popular and ef¬ 
fective flowers, easily 
raised, and afford a con¬ 
stant s u p p 1 y of bright, 
handsome flowers during 
the sumrnerand autumn. 
CULTURE.—Sow the 
seed early in the spring 
in the open ground, ana 
thin out the plants to a 
foot apart. The plants 
will last over winter and 
flower the next summer. 
New Single Dianthus. 
. We think everybody 
will appreciate these new 
varieties of Pinks, which 
are one of the most pop¬ 
ular and attractive of our 
hardy flowers. The great 
charrn of the single va¬ 
rieties lies in their exquisite coloring ; a bed or row of them is a perfect 
blaze of beauty. They can be sown in the open ground in the spring and 
will flower the first season. 
Crimson Bell— A charming single variety with large flowers of a beauti¬ 
ful, lustrous crimson. Pkt. 10c. 
The Bride—Flower single, large and beautifully fringed. The color is 
white on the edge with bright red shading to purple at the center, pro¬ 
ducing a very pleasing effect. Pkt. 10c. 
Snowflake—A pure white, single, fringed variety. Very beautiful. Pkt. 10c. 
Eastern Quee n— Very 
large, si ng 1 e dowel’s, 
beautifully shaded with 
rose and white. One of 
the most showy and at¬ 
tractive varieties. Pkt. 
10c. 
Four Varieties Mixed— We 
will send a mixture of 
the above four varieties 
for 10c. per packet. 
One packet each of the 
above four new varieties of 
Dianthus forZfic. 
DOUBLE VARIETIES. 
Laclniatus— This isa biau- 
tifill double-fringed va¬ 
riety. The flowers are 
very large and of many 
beautiful colors. Pkt. 
5c , 3 pkts. 12c. 
Heddewlgll, Double 
Japan Pink— Remark¬ 
ably large and double, 
and of brilliant colors. 
The flowers resemble 
Carnations. Oz. §1.00, 
3 pkts. 12c., pkt. 5c. 
umnonsis, Double Chinese Pink- Flowers very double and produced in 
clusters. Pkt. 6c., 3 pkts. 12c. 
NEW CYCLOPS PINK. 
A hardy, ever-blooming and fragrant Pink, coming true from seed. 
The rose and crimson single flowers, six Inches In circumference, have a 
delicate, dove-like fra¬ 
grance. They are borne 
In great profusion from 
May until frost, after the 
plant Is established, and. 
If the seed Is sown early 
In boxes in the house or 
hot-bed, will give abun¬ 
dance of flowers the first 
season. The plants grow 
from 12 to 15 inches high, 
and are very valuable for 
bedding as well as cut¬ 
ting, for when massed to¬ 
gether their mass of bloom 
produces a most brilliant 
effect, in addition, the 
plants are perennial,flow¬ 
ering with undlmlnlshed 
splendor for several years. 
We ad vise all our custom¬ 
ers to try this valuable 
novelty. Pkt. 10c.,3 pkts. 
~ :,C * NEW CYCLOPS PINK. 
SINGLE DIANTHUS. 
