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Theodore Payne, Seedsman and Nurseryman 
Payne’s Giant Branching Comet, or 
Ostrich Plume Aster 
This magnificent strain is without doubt the 
best of the late flowering asters for our climate. 
They grow from 2 to 2 y 2 feet high, and form 
strong, much-branched bushy plants. The 
flowers are produced in large quantities, on 
long wiry stems, and are of immense size, 
often four or five inches across; they are of the 
most perfect form, with long, broad and curled 
petals. For cutting purposes this strain has 
no equal. I offer them in 8 different colors: 
White, shell pink, light pink, rose, crimson, 
lavender, dark blue and royal purple. Each, 
per pkt., 15c. Mixed colors, pkt., 10c. 
SPECIAL OFFER. Full collection of the 
above 8 colors, one packet of each, for $1.00. 
Aster, Violet King 
By many this is considered the grandest of 
all Asters. It forms a large branching plant 
with long, stiff stems and luxuriant dark green 
foliage. The flowers are of large size, many 
of them measuring 5 inches in diameter, of 
rounded form with the petals more or less 
quilled. The color is a soft shade of violet. 
Pkt. 15c. 
Mammoth Double Daisy 
(Beilis perennis flora pleno monstrosa.) 
A new strain of this popular perennial plant, 
remarkable for its strong, robust growth, and 
abundance of immense very double flowers. 
These are carried on long stems, often twelve 
to fifteen on a plant. Rose, red, white or mixed, 
each, per pkt. 15c. 
Cardinal Climber 
A new and absolutely distinct annual climb¬ 
er, being the result of a cross between Ipomoea 
quamoclit, “Cypress Vine,” and Ipomoea coc- 
cinea. I consider this the most brilliant and 
beautiful annual vine ever introduced. It will 
no doubt attract universal attention, not only 
for the beauty and number of its bright, car¬ 
dinal-red flowers, but for its hardiness, its 
quick growth, reaching a height of 20 to 25 
feet in a short time, and also for its rich green, 
laciniated foliage, which resembles that of a 
fine Japanese Maple. The flowers, which are 
about \y 2 inches in diameter, the tube being 
about 1 finches in length, are borne in clus¬ 
ters of from 5 to 7, and their vivid cardinal-red 
color against the abundant dark green foliage 
is most effective. This vine thrives best in a 
good soil and a warm, sunny situation. Sow 
the seed in the open ground as soon as the 
weather is warm and settled. Pkt. 15c. 
New Double or Anemone Flowered Cosmos 
This valuable introduction from England, 
was offered for the first time last season. 
Though not exactly a double flower, on the 
disk flowers there is produced a thick beard¬ 
like growth, giving the flower a full or double 
appearance in the center, as seen in the accom¬ 
panying illustration. While they do not come 
altogether true from seed, a large percentage 
of the plants produce flowers with this peculiar 
phenomenon more or less in evidence, the re¬ 
mainder bearing large blossoms of the ordinary 
type. I offer them in two distinct colors: Pink 
Beauty, pkt. 15c; White Queen, pkt. 15c. 
New Double Cosmos, White Queen 
New Early Flowering Mammoth Cosmos 
A new strain of Cosmos similar in all re¬ 
spects to the Mammoth Perfection, but having 
the great advantage of coming into flower in a 
much shorter time from the time of sowing the 
seed. In three colors: White, pink and crim¬ 
son, each, per pkt., 10c. Mixed, pkt., 10c. 
New Mammoth Fringed Cosmos 
This new strain of Mammoth Cosmos pro¬ 
duces flowers with beautifully fringed or lacini¬ 
ated petals. Though they do not come abso¬ 
lutely true, a large percentage of the plants 
produce blossoms of this type, the remainder 
coming with flowers similar to the ordinary 
Mammoth Cosmos. In three colors: White, 
pink and crimson, each, per pkt., 10c. Mixed, 
pkt. 10c. 
