Dependable Flower §eeds 
Ageratum, ltluc. Rapid grower, early and constant bloomer. 
Very fine plant for narrow beds, borders, boxes, etc. 
Alyssum, Sweet. A very neat and pretty plant, for edging, 
rock work, beds or vases. Sweet scented and blooms profusely 
all summer. 
Aster, Many Sorts, Tall Double Mixed. This very fine mixture 
embraces all varieties and all colors. The Aster is one of the 
most charming of all flowers, sure to give pleasure and satis¬ 
faction under generous treatment. 
Aster Ostrich Plume Mixed. Beautiful wavy petals and large 
blossoms with long stems, making them ideal for cutting. 
Rival the Chrysanthemum in effect. 
Bachelor’s Button. Also known as Centaurea, Cornflower. 
These are among the most attractive of all hardy annuals and 
one of the most popular flowers. Double Mixed. 
Balloon Vine. Also called Love in a Puff. Grows 10 to 15 feet, 
bearing delicate clusters of bloom, later round seed pods re¬ 
sembling balloons. 
Balsam or Lady Slipper. Double Camelia Flowered. An old 
and favorite garden flower, producing its gorgeous masses of 
beautiful, brilliant colored double flowers in the greatest pro¬ 
fusion; of easy culture; succeeds in a good rich soil. Unrivaled 
for great variety and size of flowers. 2 feet. Many colors and 
combinations. 
Blue Bonnet. Charming, easily grown annuals with long 
graceful spikes of blue pea-shaped flowers. 18 to 36 inches 
high. One of the lupines. 
Blue Lace Flower. The flower heads are made up of small, 
azure blue flowers produced in flat, round clusters. 
Bouncing Bet. (Saponaria) A pretty annual variety, 2 feet 
high, bearing masses of satiny pink flowers somewhat larger 
than Gypsophila. Excellent for cutting. 
Calendula or Pot Marigold. Freely flowering plants of 
easiest culture, succeeding everywhere and flowering con¬ 
tinuously. Flowers double, showy, and of large size. One of 
the best old-fashioned flowers. Mixed colors. 
Calendula—Orange King. Outer petals slightly overlap, 
while those in the center are curved as on a peony. Bright 
orange color. 
California Poppy. See Eschscholtzia. 
Calliopsis—Cor. Maxima. A beautiful annual with large yel¬ 
low flowers on long stems. Prolific bloomer all summer. Grows 
1 to 1 y 2 feet. 
Calliopsis or Coreopsis. Showy and beautiful free-flowering 
annuals, blooming all summer and excellent for cutting and 
massing. Mixed. All colors. 
Canary Bird Vine. A dainty vine with beautiful cut leaves 
and delicate flowers of pure canary yellow. Blossoms some¬ 
what resemble a canary bird with wings spread. Will grow in 
shade. 
Candytuft. Universally known and cultivated. When sown in 
April it flowers from July until frost. Very hardy and easy 
to cultivate. Height 1 foot. All colors mixed. 
Canterbury Bells. If seed is sown early indoors, may be 
treated as tender annual—but usually grown as hardy bien¬ 
nial. Produces long spires of bell shaped flowers rich in color. 
Carnations, Marguerite. This new class of Carnations blooms 
in about five months after sowing the seed. The flowers are of 
brilliant colors, ranging through many beautiful shades of 
red, pink, white, variegated, etc., exquisitely sweet and fully 
80 per cent perfectly double. The plants succeed alike in the 
open garden or in pots. Seeds sown early in the year will give 
an abundance of flowers in July. Sown in May and kept 
pinched back, plants will bloom late in the fall until checked 
by hard frosts. Mixed colors. 
Castor Bean. Tall majestic plants for large beds alone or 
with cannas, dahlias, etc. Grows rapidly. Start early outdoors 
or transplant. 
Chinese Lantern Plant. A plant with showy scarlet seed pods 
which are easily dried for winter bouquets. 
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