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ALNEER BROTHERS RELIABLE SEEDS, ROCKFORD, ILL. 
Calendula 
Scotch Marigolds 
An old-fashioned annual glorified by plant 
breeding, which increased its size, purified its 
colors and improved its form. The finest new 
varieties retain the vigor and free blooming 
qualities of the race, flowering from early 
summer until freezing, with continually im¬ 
proving size and quality. 
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German Carnation 
farnatinn_German Known and praised for 
carnation merman the ric hness and beauty 
of color and fragrance. Sow seed in the house. Half 
hardy. Finest double. Mixed. Pkt. 10c, Vi oz. 60c. 
This new race of Car¬ 
nations, unlike all oth¬ 
ers, blooms in about three months from the time of 
sowing the seed and continues to flower until checked 
by frost. They embrace a fine range of brilliant 
colors, are very free flowering. Best mixed. Pkt. 8c. 
Vi oz. 50c. 
Carnation Marguerite 
Calendula (Pot Marigold) 
New Orange Shaggy 
Novelty. All-America winner. A 
distinct break in Calendulas. Petals 
long and distinctly fringed or laci- 
niated; color, deep orange, shading 
to slightly lighter orange in cen¬ 
ter of blooms. Stems long. Pkt. 
10c, oz. $1.00. 
Chrysantha (Sunshine) 
All-America winner. A new Cal¬ 
endula which originated in Aus¬ 
tralia. The large, double, clear 
buttercup-yellow flowers bear a 
striking resemblance to a chrys¬ 
anthemum. Long stems. Pkt. 
15c, oz. $1.00. 
Orange King 
popular flower. Double, dark or¬ 
ange red blossoms average over 3 
inches across under ordinary field 
cultivation. For the florists, this 
strain is a money-maker. Pkt. 5c, 
V 2 oz. 25c, oz. 40c. 
Lemon Queen j££| 4d "gfe 
double flowers of a rich lemon yel¬ 
low. Pkt. 5c, Va oz. 25c, oz. 40c. 
Best Mixed 
annuals, growing in any good gar¬ 
den soil, producing a fine effect 
in beds or mixed borders and con¬ 
tinuing in bloom until killed by 
frost. One foot high. Pkt. 5c, 
1/2 oz- 20c, oz. 30c. 
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Canna (New Dwarf French 
HvbricH Large flowering. Foliage 
luxuriant and varied in 
color from the brightest pea green to 
dark rich bronze. But their greatest 
merit consists in the form and great size 
and dazzling brilliancy of their flowers. 
The colors range through all shades of 
yellow to richest crimson and vermilion. 
Best mixed. Pkt. 5c, V 2 oz. 25c. 
Canna (Indian Shot) foliage 
of tropical luxuriance, valuable for its 
ornamental foliage. Sow seed early, in 
house, transplant in open ground after 
middle of May. Fine mixed. Pkt. 5c. 
oz. 35c. 
T«5 
A most brilliant hardy annual, 
flowers on the outer edge are yellow, 
ing a dark purple center. Treat same as Aster. 
Mixed, Packet, 5c. 
Two colors mixed, a solid rich dark brown 
red, and the same color freely spotted with 
gold. The plant is very dwarf, compact and symmetrical, 
and a perfect bouquet of bloom all the time. Perfectly 
charming. Pkt. 5c. 
Calliopsis 
Radiata 
Candytuft 
Candvtuft ^ most popular hardy annual, 
J almost equally as sweet as 
sweet Alyssum; of easy culture; very good for 
bouquet making. Cultivate as Aster. Mixed, 
Pkt. 5c, V 2 oz - 15c, oz. 25c. 
Cacalia (Tassel Flower) 
A fine and profuse flowering plant, producing 
scarlet and yellow tassel shaped flowers, treat as 
asters. Hardy annuals. Mixed Pkt. 5c»_ 
ralrenlaria Fine Mixed (Houst Plant) 
Ldiceoidna Peculiar, pouch-like blooms 
in many colors, many attractively blotched, 
spotted, tigered or laced. Very colorful. Pkt. 20c. 
Cactus from Seed Mixed Varieties 
(House Plant) A 
choice assortment of many interesting types 
and. forms that are easily grown from seed. 
It is surprising how quickly they grow. The 
seeds germinate irregularly, over a period of 
from 14 to 40 days. Pkt. 25c. 
A showy fine bloom¬ 
ing, hardy annual of 
the easiest culture. Sow seeds out of doors in 
May. Mixed. Pkt. 5c. 
Catchfly (Silene) 
Canterbury Bells 
CAMPANULA (Bellflower) 
Campanula (Canterbury Bells) v ? r y fin ? bi ? n - 
r . nial plants, 
usually sown in the fall, but if sown very early in the spring will 
flower the same season. Mixed. Pkt. 5c, V 2 oz. 25c. 
Canterbury Bells (Cup and Saucer) An exceeding- 
7 ly beautiful 
variety of Campanula. The bell or trumpet of the flower grows 
extra large, is the same color as the flower, presenting the form 
of a cup and saucer. Colors are blue, rose, lilac, white. Pkt. 10c. 
New Annual Canterbury Bells Many years of 
careful selection 
have at last given us an Annual Canterbury Bell which blooms 
from seed in less than six months. It should now be possible to 
have this beautiful flower in bloom at almost any time of the year. 
The plant grows from two to two and a half feet tall, each plant 
having from six to eight spikes of blooms. We offer this in mix¬ 
ture, only, containing the following colors: dark blue, light blue, 
pink, rose and white. Pkt. 10c. 
