
Cosmos (A) 
DOUBLE SENSATION (New) 
2016 An extra early, double form of the popular 
Sensation Cosmos. Two forms of double flowers 
are found in this new strain—the regular double 
crested and the newer and novel fluted types— 
and both will average between 4)% and 5 inches 
across, Mixed Colors. Per 500 seeds, 75c; pkt., 25c 











“SENSATION” 
EARLY SINGLE FLOWERING 
This beautiful new variety produces flow- 
ers about 4 inches in diameter and blooms in 
about ten weeks after the seed is sown. It 
will prove a great acquisition as a cut flower. 
The plants attain a height of from 3 to 4 feet. 
2018 A "'Pinkie,"’ Clear Rose Pink. 
2018 B *'Purity,'' Pure White. 
2618 C *’Cardinal,'' Crimson. 
2018 Mixed Colors. 
Price of above, per 500 seeds, 50c; pkt., 15¢ 
2018 D Collection of above 3 varieties 35c | 
ORANGE FLARE, Early Klondyke 
2029 The color is the same vivid orange of 
the ordinary Klondyke, but it flowers in less than 
4 months from seed 
Per 500 seeds, 25c; pkt., 10c 
MIDSUMMER, Large Early Flowering 
The flowers average 3 inches across; the 
plants forming compact bushes only 4 feet high, 
Blooms from June to frost. 
2002 Crimson, 2006 Rose. 2008 White. 2010 Mixed. 
Price of above, per 500 seeds, 25c; pkt., 10c 
DOUBLE CRESTED, Early Flowering 
A distinct type, having double centers, with a 
row of guard petals around the base. It is a 
highly decorative garden and cut flower. 
2011 Crested Crimson King. 
2012 Crested Pink Beauty. 
2013 Crested White Queen. 
2019 Mixed. 
Price of above, per 500 seeds, 50c; pkt., 15¢ 
Cy 20g los sum 
CHINESE FORGET-ME-NOT (A) 
2051 Amabile Blue. A fine border plant, grow- 
ing 18 inches high, producing sprays of bright 
blue flowers which bloom all summer. 
Per 500 seeds, 25c; pkt., 10¢ 
2051 A Amabile Pink, Per 500 seeds, 50c; pkt., 15¢ 
2051 B Firmament. A welcome new dwarf type 
15 to 18 inches tall and bushy, of rich blue color, 
always in garden demand, and should prove 
most popular............ Per 500 seeds, 60c; pkt., 25¢ 
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Dahlias 
FROM SEED (A) 
Dahlias may be grown and flowered the same season if the seed is sown indoors or in a 
hotbed in February or March. Tubers are developed during the summer which should be 
dug in fall. 
2065 Cactus-flowered, Double, Mixed Colors. 
Saved from choicest varieties. 
Per 500 seeds, $1.00; pkt., 25¢ 
2068 Orchid Flowered Mixed. The petals are 
attractively twisted and Cturled. 
Per 500 seeds, $1.00; pkt., 25c¢ 
2070 Coltness Hybrids. Very distinct plants 18 
inches high, covered with charming single flow- 
ers. Mixed Colors....Per 500 seeds, 75c; pkt., 25c 
2072 Collarette, Mixed Colors. Flowers of vari- 
ous colors, adorned with a collar of small petals 
around the center......Per 500 seeds, 60c; pkt., 25c¢ 
2075 New Double Giant-flowering Decorative. 
Flowers often 7 to 8 inches in diameter. Mixed 
Colors... enn...Per 250 seeds, $1.00; pkt., 25c 
Daelphinium 
The modern Delphiniums are unquestionably the 
most majestic of all hardy garden flowers. Many 
lovely garden pictures can be produced by com- 
bining them with other plants, as, for instance, 
the Hardy Lilies listed on page 104. 
2083 Chinensis Cambridge Blue. It is a rich clear 
Blue. Habit of growth about 2 to 3 feet high, fine 
for cut flowers.......... Per 500 seeds, 50c; pkt., 25¢ 
2084 Chinensis, Blue Butterfly. A beautiful blue 
variety of compact growth. This is a perennial 
but blooms the first year if seed is sown early. 
Height, 18 inches . Per 1000 seeds, 50c; pkt., 15c 
2085 Belladonna Fanny Stormonth. A greatly 
improved variety of the ’’Belladonna” Larkspur; 
it retains the early blooming habit and the light, 
azure blue color, but the flowers are much larger, 
and the stems are from 5 to 7 feet high; the upper 
2 to 3 feet form a huge branching raceme of fine, 
well-placed flowers. 
Per 1000 seeds, 50c; pkt., 15¢ 
2087 Formosum. The color is deep blue with a 
white center. The branching plants grow from 
2 to 3 feet high ...... Per 500 seeds, 50c; pkt., 15¢ 
2090 Giant Single and Double Hybrids. A splen- 
did race of these popular hardy, garden plants. 
The blossoms are of immense size, single and 
double, borne on towering spikes from 2 to 5 feet 
of their length. The colors are white, lavender, 
blue, azure, indigo and purple, several shades 
being blended in some of the varieties. The 
plants grow from 4 to 6 feet in height. 
Mixed Colors... Per 1000 seeds, $1.00; pkt., 25c¢ 
2100 Single, Fine Mixed Colors. 
Per 1000 seeds, 50c; pkt., 10c¢ 
2102 Wrexham Hybrids. Their graceful spire- 
shaped spikes are rapidly bringing them to the 
front as the most popular flower for cutting or 
the gqrdén. The mixture contains all the colors 
in Delphiniums . Per 1000 seeds, $1.00; pkt., 25¢ 
Delphinium seed may be sown over an ex- 
DAHLIA MINIATURE HYBRIDS 
2076 Miniature Hybrids. The plants aver- 
age 21/ feet high and the flowers about 3 
inches in diameter. Our hybrids will pro- 
duce various interesting types, semi- 
Seed started 
indoors or in a frame during February and 
March will produce flowering plants the 
Same season. — 
Mixed Colors....Per250 seeds, $1.00; pkt., 25¢ 
a 
double, double, cactus, etc. 
2080 Single Giant Perfection, Mixed. 
single flowers of various colors, 
many striped and spotted sorts. 
Per 500 seeds, 60c; pkt., 15c¢ 
Immense 
including 
HARDY LARKSPUR (P) 

DELPHINIUM HYBRIDS 
NEW PACIFIC STRAIN 
Shown in colors on page 79? 
This is the Vetterle & Reinelt strain 
which is now universally accepted as the 
finest strain of Hybrid Delphiniums in cul- 
tivation. It produces not only huge indi- 
vidual flowers and spikes which have 
been bred for balance and grace, as well 
as for color, but it also possesses a vigor- 
ous mildew resisting constitution. 
2101 All Colors Mixed. The colors range 
from pure glistening white, through myri- 
ads of tints and tones of lavender and blue. 
Per 500 seeds, $1.50; pkt., 35¢ 

tended period of time. Some growers prefer 
to start their seed in flats during the month 
of February. This permits transplanting the 
seedlings to the garden in late spring, and 
frequently a small flower spike is obtained 
before winter sets in. The following year they 
develop in all their glory. Many gardeners 
start the seed in a small outdoor seed bed in 
April. Good results are also obtained by sow- 
ing the seed in a cold frame during the 
months of July and August. 
In order to grow Delphiniums to perfection, it 
requires a deep rich soil. Some growers of 
exhibition flowers dig the soil to a depth of 
two feet and place a tamped-in 6-inch layer 
of rotted stable manure in the bottom of the 
trench. The balance of the trench is then 
filled with good top soil, which has been en- 
Yiched with either garden fertilizer or bone 
meal; a small quantity of hydrated lime is 
frequently added to the soil. 
Subsequent care includes spraying to control 
aphis and fungus diseases; a combination 
spray of Bordeaux Mixture and Nicotine is 
effective. 

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