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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. 
German Carnation 
Carnation—German 
Canna (New Dwarf Frencl 
of color and fragrance, 
hardy. Finest double. 
Known and praised for 
the richness and beauty 
Sow seed in the house. Half 
Large flowering. Foliag 
* ' luxuriant and varied r 
Carnation Marguerite 
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, 8 c. 
Vi oz. 50c. 
color from the brightest pea green t 
dark rich bronze. But their greates 
merit consists in the form and great eiz 
and dazzling brilliancy of their flowers 
The colors range through all shades o 
yellow to richest crimson and vermiliot 
Best mixed. Pkt. 5c, Vz oz. 25c. 
Canna (Indian Shot) J^g 
of tropical luxuriance, valuable for it; 
ornamental foliage. Sow seed early, ii 
house, transplant in open ground aft« 
middle of May. Fine mixed. Pkt. 5c 
oz. 35c. 
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. 
10 c, 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 ^rlfn^orthfs 
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, 
1/2 oz. 25c, oz. 40c. 
Lemon Queen ^-,^11- 
double flowers of a rich lemon yel¬ 
low. Pkt. 5c, V 2 oz. 25c, oz. 40c. 
Best Mixed showy, free- 
flowering, hardy 
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. 
A most brilliant hardy annual, 
flowers on the outer edge are yellow, 
ing a dark purple center. Treat same as Aster. 
Mixed, Packet, 5c. 
Calliopsis 
Candytuft 
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. 
Candvtuft ^ most popular hardy annua! 
^ almost equally as sweet a 
sweet Alyssum; of easy culture: very good fo 
bouquet making. Cultivate as Aster. Mixecj 
Pkt. 5c, Vz oz. 15c, oz. 25c. 1 
Cacalia (Tassel Flower) 
A fine and profuse flowering plant, producing 
scarlet and yellow tassel shaped flowers, treat as 
asters. Hardy annuals. Mixed Pkt. 5co 
CAMPANULA (Bellflower) 
Campanula (Canterbury Bells) 
(^a1f-Ark1ai-in Fine Mixed (Houst Plant) 
Peculiar, pouch-like blooms 
in many colors, many attractively blotched, 
spotted, tigered or laced. Very colorful. Pkt. 20c. 
fine bieil 
p 1 a n 14 
usually sown in the fall, but if sown very early in the spring wil 
flower the same season. Mixed. Pkt. Sc, V 2 oz. 25c. 
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. 
Canterbury Bells (Cup and Saucer) ^’b^utlfo 
variety of Campanula. The bell or trumpet of the flower grow 
extra large, is the same color as the flower, presenting the fora 
of a cup and saucer. Colors are blue, rose, lilac, white. Pkt. 10c 
New Annual Canterbury Bells Many years « 
careful selectioi 
Catchfly (Silene) a showy fine bloom- 
' mg, hardy annual of 
the easiest culture. Sow seeds out of doors in 
May. Mixed. Pkt. 5c. 
Canterbury Bells 
have at last given us an Annual Canterbury Bell which bloomi 
from seed in less than six months. It should now be possible ti 
have this beautiful flower in bloom at almost any time of the yea* 
The plant grows from two to two and a half feet tall, each plan 
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. 
