A new class, especially adapted for carpet bedding. 
The plants only grow 6 to 8 Inches high, and require 
no pinching or cutting back, excepting to remove any 
flower-stalks. The leaves are very large, broad and of 
lasting substance and of a rich blackish red, flaked and 
spotted with light red. (See cut.) ... Pkt. 25 
Oak-leaved Coleus (C. hybrid vs querclfollus). Very 
uuiqueoak-shaped foliage; of various colors,mottled, 
etc. Pkt. 20 
N^DiNd CONVOLVULUS. 
Tricolor Compactus. A very compact, bushy type of 
the dwarfor bedding Morning Glory; especially decora¬ 
tive for either garden or pot culture. Several colors, 
from white to violet, are in the mixture. (See cut.) 20 
Tricolor rosens superbus. A beautiful variety of the 
bedding Morning Glory, with bright rose-colored 
flowers, enlivened with intensecarmiue star-like stripes 
and a white throat. Pkt. 20 
N'S&blb cyclamen. 
CONVOLVULUS TRICOLOB COMPACTUS. 
NEW COSMOS. 
California Improved Dwarf Yellow. This 
pretty and useful variety is greatly improved; 
the flowers are about twice as lurge as the type, 
or 2% inches in diameter, with broader petals, 
and the plants are more upright in growth, form¬ 
ing compact bushes about 15 inches high. It 
begins blooming when very young, and flowers 
continuously and profusely, a perfect mound of 
bright golden yellow, until frost. Pkt. 20 
Large-flowering*. Tall, Orange-Yellow 
(C. grnndlfJora sulphurea). Entirely dis¬ 
tinct from the Dwarf Yellow Cosmos. This 
large-flowering tall yellow Cosmos grows 
from 0 to 8 feet high, forming beautiful 
upright, sturdy plants, with large fern-like 
leaves, and even when not in bloom presents 
a wonderfully pretty appearance. The 
flowers are of rich golden yellow, and 
measure from (5 to 8 inches in circumference. 
In the North, to get them in bloom before 
frost, seed should be sown early in the house, 
and the plantsgrown on in small pots until 
time for planting out in May. We intro¬ 
duced this variety last season, and we 
understand It is being reintroduced by 
some houses this year as “ Early-flow¬ 
ering Klondyke,” which Is unfortunate, 
as ItTs not early flowering, excepting from 
fall-sown seeds, which In mild climates live 
through the winter and produce the next 
spring dwarfer, stocky,early summer-flow¬ 
ering plants. Pkt. 15 
Weareenabled this season to offer seeds of four sepa¬ 
rate colors of this new,large double-flowering type, which is dis¬ 
tinguished from the single sorts by numerous undulating, crispy 
petals hanging below the throat, giving the flower a distinctive 
beauty, and the greater substance and longer duration of these 
double blossoms render the plants of exceptional value for room 
decoration in winter.* (See cut.) Double: Crimson, Pkt. 85 ; 
Spotted, 85; Pink, 85; White, red base, 85; Mixed 
Colors, 85. 
single 
tin 
NEW CYCLAMENS. 
Cyclamen. “Begonia-leaved.” A type of large- 
flowering Cyclamen with magnificent large heart- 
shaped foliage, each leaf having a dark centre, 
widely margined with silvery gray, while theedge 
of the leaf is dotted with dark spots. The flowers 
are equal to the large single sorts, while the 
plants, even when not In bloom, are equal in 
decorative effect to a Rex Begonia. Pkt. 75 
Cyclamen, “Papilio” (Butterfly). A 
magnificent new type with single flowers 
of several colors, white, rose, blood-red, 
etc., the edges of the immense petals being 
scalloped and fringed, giving a graceful 
and charming effect. Pkt. 10 seeds, $1.00 
ERYSIMUM COMPACTUM 
AUREUn. 
A charming new garden annual,compactly 
branching and only G inches high, completely 
covered with golden yellow flowers. The 
regularity in habit is so perfect that it can 
be used for edgings and ribbon gardening 
with striking effect. Pkt. 15 
GERARDIA HYBRIDA. 
A handsome garden plant, forming a 
•pyramidal bush lYt to 2 feet high. The branches are 
thickly set with large Pentstemon-liko flowers, vary¬ 
ing in all shades from pink to purple. Although a 
perennial, it will flower like an annual the first summei 
from spring-sown seed. Pkt. 20 
DAHLIA, 
NEW SINGLE FANCY. (D. variabilis laciniata.) 
A new and curiously interesting type, even more beautiful than 
Cactus Dahlias. The petals are more or less slit or 
fingered, curled and twisted. The colors are varied, 
including some new shades. Plants dwurf and branch¬ 
ing, flowering the same season from seed sown in 
the spring. (See cut.) . Pkt. 25 
New DIANTHUS, or Pinks. 
NEW PITC LARGE 
DWARF LEAVED 
DAHLIA, VARIABILI8 LACINIATA. 
A new early-flowering hybrid “Californian Poppy” of free-flowering, 
bushy form. Flowers 4 Yz to G in. in circumference, pure yellow, with 
golden centre; foliage glaucous blue and finely divided. The great merit 
of this variety is that it is in full bloom at least 2 weeks earlier than any 
other kind; 1 foot high. Pkt. 20 
DIANTHUS, QUEEN OF HOLLAND. 
“Queen of Holland” (D. Heddewigii alb us.) A 
beautiful Indian Pink, with large.round,entire edged 
single flowers of glistening white. Occasionally a 
faint salmony ring appears around the eye, but 
usually the flowers are of purest white. The plants, 
about 1 foot high, are fairly covered with flowers 
from early summer until frost from spring-sown 
seed. (See cut.) . Pkt. 20 
New Barge-Flowering* Fancy Oriental. From 
south Japan; splendid flowers, from 8 to 4 inches 
across, the petals being full, overlapping, crinkled 
and laciniated. They range in color from pure white through shades 
of pink and crimson; the coloring and markings are rich beyond 
description. They are perpetual bloomers, needing only to be cut 
back every few weeks to bring on a new crop of flowers. Pkt. 15 
ESCHSCHOLTZIA D0UGLASII. 
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