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Slate's Good Seeds and Prompt Service^ South Boston, Virginia 
Chrysanthemum 
Cosmos 
Single Dahlia 
CALLIOPSIS (HO 24 in.) 
1065—Crown of Gold.—A remarkable cutflower and one of 
the easiest to grow. Flowers of pure golden yellow produced 
on long stems all summer. Thrives on almost all soils, and 
seed may be sowed in the open ground. 
Pkt. 10c, oz. 30c. 
CANDYTUFT (HO 12 in.) 
Candytuft is one of our most important bedding annuals, and 
is highly prized for cutting. Seed may be started early indoors 
or sowed in the open ground after frost is past. 
Pkt. Oz. 
1066— Unbellata Rose .$ .10 $ .30 
1067— Umbellata Lavender.10 .30 
1068— Hyacinth Flowered White.10 .30 
1069— Umbeliata Crimson.10 .30 
1070— Umbellata Mixed .10 .30 
1057—Miniature Gem.—This dainty little hyacinth flowered 
type of candytuft will prove a veritable gem for the rock 
garden, low borders, or ribbon beds. Growing only 3 ^ inches 
tall with erect spikes of dainty flowers in brilliant colors, it is 
a sight to make any flower lover go into raptures. 
Pkt. 10 c, oz. 45 c. 
CANNA (T# 3 to 6 ft.) 
Gannas may be grown from seed started in a window box 
very early in the spring and will bloom the first year. There 
is always a novelty in growing them from seed because new 
varieties may appear in your plantings. Cut a notch in the 
seed and soak for twenty-four hours before planting. 
Pkt. Oz. 
1071— Dwarf Mixed .$ .10 $ .40 
1072— Tall Mixed.10 .30 
Imperialis make excellent cutflowers. 
perennial border plant of great value. 
The Gympnocarpa is a 
Pkt. Oz. 
1084—Cyanus Double Mixed, Ragged Robin....$ .10 $ .30 
1082— Cyanus, Double Blue.10 .35 
1083— Cyanus, Double Rose.10 .35 
1085—Imperialis Mixed, Sweet Sultan.10 .50 
1086—Gympnocarpa, Perennial Dusty Miller.10 .35 
1077—Jubilee Gem.—This is one of the finest of the new 
double cornflowers or centaureas. It is dwarf growth, about ten 
inches and bears a profusion of fully double, comflower-blue 
flowers over a long period of time. Sow the seed in the open 
ground in early spring. 
Pkt. 10c, %-oz. 35c, oz. $1.25. 
CELOSIA (HO 12 to 36 in.) 
This old garden favorite has been improved until it offers 
some of the most rmusual and strikingly beautiful of our an¬ 
nuals. They are easy to grow, vivid in color, and of great 
value both as garden decorations and cutflowers. The Liliput, 
Firebrand will make a most vivid pot or window box plant. 
Start seed early and transplant or sow in open ground in 
early spring. 
1087— Lilliput, Firebrand; New Dwarf.$ .15 $1.60 
1088— Plumosa Triumph of Exposition, Mixed. . . .10 .40 
1089— Cristata Dwarf Pres. Thiers, Crimson.10 1.20 
CARDINAL CLIMBER (TO 25 ft.) 
1076—Ipomoea Cardinalis.—This is one of the most popular 
of all climbers. Its foliage is fine and fem-like and the vines 
are covered with cardinal red flowers. Seed slow to germinate, 
so should be soaked before planting. Plant outdoors after warm 
weather comes. 
Pkt. 10c, oz. 40c. 
CANTERBURY BELLS (HX 30 in.) 
This is one of the most beautiful and showy of garden plants. 
In the South it can be treated as a hardy biennial but in the 
colder climates, it may die out in the winter. Sow the seed 
very early in the spring indoors and transplant after heavy 
frosts are over. Or sow seed in the summer for next spring’s 
blooms. The single flowers are of much neater appearance than 
the doubles. 
Pkt. Oz. 
1073— Single Mixed .$ .10 $ .30 
1074— Double Mixed .10 .40 
1075— New Annual, Mixed.10 .80 
CARNATION (HH# 18 in.) 
The carnation has become one of the most popular flowers 
of America and the wide range of varieties makes them adapt¬ 
able to many different uses. In the following list the Chabaud 
Everblooming are hardy perennials and suitable for bedding or 
border work. The Marguerites are best treated as annuals or 
if protected will live through the winter. 
Pkt. Oz. 
1080— Chabaud Everblooming Mixed.$ .10 $1.85 
1081— Double Marguerites Mixed.10 .90 
CENTAUREA (HO 24 in.) 
The Centaureas come as a great boon to people having but 
little time to devote to flowers. Once sowed they will bloom 
for a long time and take care of themselves. The Cyanus and 
CLARKIA (HO 18 in.) 
1101—Elgans Single and Double Mixed.—These flowers 
require little attention and bloom in a few weeks from seed 
sowed in the open ground. They make bright beds or borders. 
Pkt. 10c, oz. 40c. 
CHRYSANTHEMUM (HO 24 in.) 
The plants grow fast and are covered with dainty flowers in 
many forms and colors. If kept cut, they will bloom all sum¬ 
mer. Seed may be started outdoors after frost is over. 
PkL Oz. 
1092— Single Mixed .$ .05 $ .25 
1093— Double Mixed .05 .25 
1094— Double White .05 .25 
1095— Double Yellow.05 .25 
COLEUS (T# 30 in.) 
1103—Hybridus Mixed.—^These grow readily from seed 
started in a box in a warm place. Fine large plants are easily 
grown and many remarkable color combinations w'ill be found. 
They are good for borders, beds, or as pot plants. 
Pkt. 10c, Va oz. 85c. 
