

NORTHRUP, KING & CO..S VEGETABLE AND FLOWER SEEDS 

Chinese Lantern Plant, Physalis 
Franchetti 18 inches 
This hardy perennial ornamental plant 
has come into favor for its brilliant orange- 
scarlet lantern shaped fruit pods. These 
pods are usually produced the second year. 
The plant is an addition to any perennial 
border, the yellow and brown flowers being 
quite pleasing. 
Chrysanthemum, Eastern Star 20 ins. 
This hardy annual is a summer blooming 
sort, easy to grow and a fine addition to any 
garden. Flowers are of the daisy type with 
delicate primrose petals and brown center. 
Free-blooming, bearing the flowers on long, 
stiff stems. 
Chrysanthemum, Single Annual Mixed 
20 inches. A mixture of annual chrysanthe- 
mums similar to Eastern Star, but with dif- 
ferent colors in petals and centers, yellow, 
primrose, white. 
Clarkia Elegans, Double Mixed 2 feet 
A graceful and popular hardy annual 
which is excellent for borders, beds or cut 
flowers. Erect, bushy plants with attractive 
light green foliage. Rapid growers and con- 
stant bloomers. The stalks bear quantities 
of delicately colored double flowers in 
shades of red, white, pink and purple. Each 
stalk resembles a spray of Flowering AIl- 
mond, and the blooms are placed axially 
along its length. Each bloom about % inch 
across, resembling a small carnation. Does 
well in sun or partial shade. 

Coreopsis Lanceolata Grandiflora 
Columbine, Aquilegia, Long Spurred 
Hybrids Mixed 30 in. 
A hardy perennial which blooms early in | 
the season—light green decorative foliage | 
with long spurred blooms on slender, long — 
stems. Outer petals have a range of shades © 
—scarlet, orange, pink and blue. 
Coreopsis or Calliopsis Mixed 
18 to 24 inches. Many varieties of this 
hardy annual. Very satisfactory for beds | 
and borders. Blooms from early summer | 
to frost. Plants bushy with attractive foli- 
age, covered with a mass of bloom, ranging 
in colors through yellow, golden and crim- 
son. Flowers up to 2 inches across, excel- 
lent for cutting. 
Coreopsis, Lanceolata Grandiflora 
2 feet. This is the hardy perennial Calli- 
opsis. Fine bushy plants. The bright yellow 
flowers, about 2% inches across, are borne 
on long, wiry, graceful stems. Blooms re- 
semble daisies, and have broad fluted petals 
with ends attractively cut. They blossom 
over a long period and when cut are long- 
lasting. Plants usually flower the first year 
from seed. 
Cosmidium 2 feet 
This hardy annual is somewhat unknown 
to the gardening public and is sure to grow 
in popularity. Similar to the Calliopsis but 
flower stems are much longer. Blooms are 
1% to 2 inches across with overlapping 
petals of rich old gold and large brown 
centers. Continuous bloomers over a long 
period. 
Cosmos, Early Flowering 
Mixed 4 to 5 ft. 
One of the most popular of all hardy an- 
nuals. A single type producing white, pink, 
and crimson flowers. Plants are of bushy 
habit with feathery light green foliage, 
making very pleasing backgrounds’ or 
screens. The flowers are about 3 inches 
across with broad, fluted, overlapping 
petals. Long, graceful stems make them 
especially attractive for cutting. 
Cosmos, Orange Flare 314 to 4\4 ft. 
One of the finest background plants and 
excellent for cut flowers—feathery foliage 
with large single orange colored blooms 
borne on long graceful stems. One of the 
better all-American selections. Early. A 
hardy annual, 
Cosmos, Sensation 4 to 5 feet 
This annual cosmos comes into bloom ten 
weeks after seed is sown. Produces largest 
flowers of any variety of cosmos in pink 
and white shades, 
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