20 Knight & Struck Company 
Novelties of Our Own Introduction 
Distributed by us exclusively and only genuine if procured direct from us. 
We announce with pardonablo pride the introduction of several splendid annuals of Amer¬ 
ican origin, which we are sure will add lustre to the history of American Floriculture. We do 
not wish to claim the credit for the production of these novelties, but are anxious to place the 
glory where it is due. 
It is to encourage the patient and tedious work of growing new flowers among the Ainericnn 
gardeners that we have searched the country over, and feel well rewarded with the results. 
Please Order by Numbers Only 
Cosmos Heatherhome’s Midsummer Giants 
Blooms in July with gigantic flowers and continues to bloom until frost. 
Produced by the renowned florist, Mr. J. H. Slocombe, who tells the histor y of this flower as 
follows: 
"About ten years ago I procured some seeds of ‘Early Dawn Cosmos,’ which was then 
rather new, and, getting the seeds late in the Spring, it flowered almost at the same time as the 
‘Late Giants.' I fertilized the best flowers of the late with the best of Early Dawn, with the 
result that the following year I had several plants which flowered in August with blooms ns 
large as the Giants. I re-selected from year to year for size, perfection, and earliness, until 
now I seem to have reached perfection itself." 
The strain is absolutely fixed now, and, as we sell the originator’s seeds txnly, we have the 
serenest confidence in this most sensational novelty. 
As to the w'onderful advance this flower presents in comparison with existing early flower¬ 
ing sorts, one single trial will efface any doubt of the skeptical. At no time should this novelty 
be confused with "German Early Giants” or "Italian Early Giants," for they have no resem* 
bianco to our novelty. 
The bushy plants, which branch freely from the base, grow to a height of -1 feet, bearing, 
beginning with early July, flowers which average fully 4 inches, many reaching the extra¬ 
ordinary dimensions of 5 inches and more. The flowers are composed of overlapping, large 
broad petals only, reaching an acme of perfection never before attain'd in Cosmos. Notwith¬ 
standing the fact that the plants begin to flower so early, the flowers, even of October, arc just 
as large as the early ones. Seeds must never be allowed to form, but cut, cut, and cut again, 
and the more you cut the freer it will bloom, for it is an inexhaustible producer Seeds do 
not require to be started in the house or hot-bed, but sown out of doors in early May and 
thinned out will produce flowers within eight weeks from the day of germinating. Allow 
2 feet of space for each plant. 
The flowers of this new Cosmos appear in several additional shades that have never been 
known before, such as apple blossom pink, flesh pink, orange pink; in fact, in almost every 
shade of pink, and in glistening white. We can assure prospective purchasers nn even blending 
of all shades even in a single packet. 
1700. — All Colors Blended.Liberal pkt., $ .15; large pkt., S .50 
§1701. —Apple Blossom Pink. An exquisite shade. .Liberal pkt., .25; 5 pkts., 1.00 
§1702. — Lavender Pink (R Amaranth Pink).Liberal pkt., .25; 5 pkte., 1.00 
§1703. — Pure White.Liberal pkt., .25; 3 pkte., 1.00 
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