Double Cosmos 
CLARKIA 
Klar'-ki-a 
Fr. Clarkia Ger. Krettzblume Sp. Clarkia 
Very free flowering' annual of easy culture 
producing handsome double flowers on leafy 
stems and valuable for bedding for borders 
and for cutting. 2 to 3 feet. Sow in spring 
or fall in sun or partial shade. 
2711 Double Apple Blossom. 
2712 Double Brilliant Rose. 
2715 Double White (Alba). 
2716 Double Salmon Queen. 
2717 Double Scarlet. 
2720 Double Choice Mixed. % oz. 30c. 
Price of the above varieties 10c per packet. 
Collection of six packets for 40c. 
CLEMATIS 
2722 Paniculata (Japanese Virgin's Bower). 
Strong rapid grower with dense, rich green 
foliage and producing a wealth of fragrant, 
pure white flowers in summer. Packet 10c. 
CLIANTHUS 
Kly-an^-thus 
Fr. Clianthui 
Flandsome sun-loving perennials from Aus¬ 
tralia, bearing clusters of bright pea shaped 
flowers. Sow the seeds in a dry sunny situa¬ 
tion and water sparingly. 4 feet. 
2727 Puniceus (New Zealand Parrot’s Bill). 
Large bunches of showy red flowers. Per 
packet 25c. 
2728 Dampieri (Australian Glory Pea). Clus¬ 
ters of brilliant scarlet flowers marked with 
black. Per packet 25c. 
COLEUS 
(Flame Nettle) 
Fr. Coleus Ger. Blumennessel Sp. Coleo 
2733 New Large Leaved Hybrids. Our strain 
of large leaved varieties produces the most 
highly colored and novel foliage plants for 
summer bedding or house culture. Sow in 
seed box in early spring and transplant. 
2 feet. Pe*" packet 25c. 
2735 Finest Mixed. Beautiful variegated fo¬ 
liage, strong plants, 2 feet high; of great 
decorative value. Per packet 15c. 
COREOPSIS 
Fr. Coreopsis Ger. Madchenauge Sp. Coreopside 
. Mayfield Giant Improved (New). Very 
large yellow. V 4 , oz. 50c; Pkt. 15c. 
2749 Lanceolata Grandiflora. Perennial, showy 
golden yellow flowers, abundantly produced. 
They thrive anywhere and bloom the first 
season. Oz. 50c, packet 10c. 
2747 Flora Plena. Double yellow. % oz. 55c; 
packet 15c. 
2750 Auricula Superba. Petals golden yellow 
with brownish zone encircling center. Pkt. 
25c. 
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GERMAIN'S COSMOS FOR SUMMER AND FALL 
Koz'-mos MAMMOTH COSMOS 
Fr. Cosmos Ger. Cosmos Sp. Cosmos 
Very graceful tall annuals, with large long 
stemmed flowers and finely cut foliage. Cos¬ 
mos are invaluable in the summer and 
autumn garden; the plants are bushy, 5 to 8 
feet high and produce a wealth of excellent 
cut flowers. They are very useful for back 
grounds and screens, or wherever tall heav¬ 
ily branched flowering plants are needed. By 
using both early and late flowering strains 
they may be had in bloom from early sum¬ 
mer until late fall. Easily grown from seed 
and succeeding anywhere. 
GERMAIN'S EXTRA EARLY GIANT 
COSMOS 
A new strain producing large flowers and 
commencing to bloom in the early summer. 
2752 Early Giant Crimson. 
2753 Early Giant Rose. 
2754 Early Giant White. 
2755 Early Giant Mixed. Oz. 60c. 
Price: Any of the above 10c per packet. 
Collection of a packet each of the three 
colors for 25c. 
NEW SENSATION COSMOS 
. Sensation Mixed (New). Extra large 
flowered. ^ oz. 35c; packet 25c. 
.Sensation Pinkie (New). Rose pink. Pkt. 
25c. 
.. Sensation Purity (New). White. Pkt. 
25c. 
This beautiful strain attains remarkable pro¬ 
portions; bushes are broad and tall, flowers 
of largest size and with wide overlapping 
petals. If given an early start they bloon 
from mid-summer until late autumn. 
2756 Mammoth Flowering Crimson. Brillian' 
deep red. 
2757 Mammoth Flowering Pink. Bright pink 
2758 Mammoth Flowering White. Very larg( 
pure white. 
2760 Mammoth Flowering Mixed. Oz. 30c. 
Price of the above varieties 10c per packet 
Collection of one packet each of the thre< 
colors 25c. 
EXTRA EARLY DOUBLE CRESTED 
2767 Carnelia. Crimson. % oz. 75c, packet 20c 
2766 Peach Blossom. Pink. % oz. 75c, pe 
packet, 20c. 
2763 Whirlwind. White. Va oz. 75c, packet 20c 
2769 Extra Early Double Mixed. % oz. 60c 
packet 20c. 
DOUBLE CRESTED COSMOS 
Flowers well filled in the center with a cres 
of narrow petals; some singles will appeal 
but these are also very beautiful. 
2763 Crimson King. Rich deep red. Pei 
pflck©t ISc 
2764 Pink Beauty. Soft satiny pink. Pei 
packet 15c. 
2765 White Queen. Pure white. Per pkt. 15c 
2770 Germain’s Double Crested Mixed. V 4 . oz 
60c, packet 15c. 
One packet of each of the 3 colors for 40c 
ORANGE YELLOW COSMOS 
. Orange Flare. Early flowering orange 
Pkt. 15c: % oz. 25c. 
2762 Klondyke. A tall, vigorous species with 
large orange yellow flowers abundantly pro¬ 
duced in the fall. Vs oz. 30c, packet 10c. 
CUPHEA 
Firefly. (New). Compact border plant. 
Color fiery scarlet. Packet 25c. 
CYCLAMEN 
Syk'-la-men 
Fr. Cyclamen Ger. Alpenveilchen Sp. Ciclamen 
Saubrot 
Charming tuberous perennial plants for the 
house or sheltered situations in the garden. 
Foliage rich deep green, flowers brilliantly 
colored and fragrant. Seeds should be plant¬ 
ed 1/^ inch deep in well prepared seed boxes 
and seedlings moved to small pots. Cycla¬ 
men bloom in about 15 months from seed. 
2782 Cherry Red. Bright cherry red. 
2786 Pearl of Zehlendorf (Glory of Wands- 
beck). Deep salmon. 
27S7 Rose of Zehlendorf. Bright salmon. 
2783 Rose of Marienthal. Bright rose. 
2781 Vulcan. Beautiful dark red. 
2796 Pure White. 
2795 White. Carmine eye. 
Price: 100 seeds $2.00; per packet 50c. 
2800 Persicum Giganteum. Finest Giant 
strain mixed. Per packet 35c. 
2798 Papelio (Butterfly). Petals prettily 
fringed. Mixed colors. Per packet 25c. 
CYNOGLOSSUM 
Syn-o-glos -sum 
(Chinese Forget-Me-Not) 
Fr. Cynoglosse Ger. Hundszungt 
2807 Amabile. Brilliant metallic blue; % oz 
30c, packet 10c. 
CYPRESS VINE 
Attractive climbers of the Morning Glory 
family with delicate feathery foliage ano 
abundance of pretty flowers. Annual, 10 ft, 
3212 Scarlet. Per packet lOc. 
3213 White. Per packet 10c. 
3215 Choice Mixed. Per ^ oz. 35c, packet 10c. 
DAHLIAS 
Fr. Dahlia Ger. Dahlien Sp. Dalk 
While Dahlias are more frequently grown 
from tubers or roots it is quite possible and 
verv interesting to grow them from seed. 
This may be done in one season, even fron 
seed sown in the open ground as late as 
April. 
2810 Giant Double Flowered Mixed. Saved 
from a beautiful collection of giant decora¬ 
tive and cactus varieties. Per packet 35c. 
2812 Single Sorts Mixed. All colors. Per 
packet 10c. 
2814 Pompon Mixed. Dwarf small flowered, 
very double. Per packet 35c. 
GERMAIN'S PRIZE CINERARIAS 
Sin-er-air-i-a 
Fr. Cineraire Ger. Cinerarien Sp. Cineraria 
It would be hard to And a flowering pot plant 
or bedding plant of more resplendent beauty 
than the Cineraria. It produces gorgeous 
spikes of large blossoms in the most vivid 
shades during the late winter and early 
spring and delights in a cool shady location 
succeeding wonderfully well even out doors 
in Southern California. The seed should be 
sown in summer or early fall in seed pans. 
2704 Germain’s Giant Exhibition Strain. This 
is by far the most beautiful and flnest strain 
we have seen. The flowers of enormous size 
are borne on sturdy plants about 18 inches 
in height. The colors range from white and 
light pink through rose, scarlet and purple, 
to deep crimson and royal blue. Packet 35c. 
2700 Choice Hybrids Mixed. Very beautiful 
large flowering strain imported from the best 
European sources. Packet 20c. 
2705 Stellata (Star Cineraria). A very popu¬ 
lar strain producing innumerable star shaped 
flowers of good size and in a fine range of 
colors. Packet 25c. 
2706 Maritima Candidissima, This as well as 
the white leaved Centaurea, is called Dusty 
Miller. The downy deeply cut foliage is sil¬ 
very-white in color. Packet 10c. 
Giant Exhibition Cinerarias 
