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Carnation 
The Carnation is one of the hardiest of our perennials and will come 
through the winter uninjured. It is easy to grow and blooms all season. 
Seed planted early in the spring will produce blooming plants the second 
summer. The blooms are richly colored and have a delightful spicy 
fragrance. Height 11% to 2 feet. 
Clematis 
An excellent hardy climbing perennial for trellises, arbors, verandas, 
and the like. It thrives in most locations and produces an abundance of 
fragrant white or purple, star-shaped flowers. Height 10 to 20 feet. 
Cockscomb 
For ease of culture and brilliance of color few annuals surpass the 
Cockscomb, or Celosia. They produce large flower-heads or ‘combs,’ 
bright red or yellow in color, all through the season, and are unsurpassed 
in the border. Height 1 foot. The “Ostrich Plume’’ varieties produce 
large, showy, bright-colored plumes, curled and curved, like an ostrich 
plume, and are 2 to 3 feet in height. 
Cosmos 
Cosmos One of the best of the fall-blooming annuals. It is a strong, tall grower, 
reaching a height of 4 to 6 feet. The dainty crimson, pink, or white flowers 
are borne in great profusion, and are most effective with their setting of 
feathery green foliage. Fine for broad masses or long background borders 
against evergreens and fences. For early flowers, start indoors and 
transplant to dry, sandy, or poor soil in a sunny location. 
Dahlias 
Everyone knows and loves the Dahlia, for its blooms come at a time 
when the flower garden is beginning to look ragged, and they continue 
in profusion until cut down by frost. There are no richer colors than will 
be found in Dahlia blooms, and they come in a variety of forms—single, 
semi-double, double, cactus, and collarette varieties. Many persons do 
not know that these beautiful flowers can be secured from seed sown in 
early spring, but this is the case. Bloom in late summer and continue 
until [ate fall. Height 3 to 6 feet. 
Foxgloves 
One of the most showy of the hardy perennials, but most satisfactory 
when treated as a biennial. Sow the seed outdoors in spring and trans- 
plant the seedlings to their permanent places. They will bloom magnifi- 
cently the followmg spring, giving an abundance of flower-spikes 2 to 
3 feet high. They are particularly effecttve when grown among shrubbery, 
in masses, or as a hackground for lower growing plants. The colors are 
rich and attractive, such as purple, rose, white, and yellow, all with 
throat mottled with darker colors. 
Forget-Me-Not 
There is no daintier plant than the Forget-Me-Not, and it gives an 
abundance of bloom in early spring and fall. It thrives in a cool, moist 
situation and establishes itself by self-seeding, never reaching a greater 
height than 8 inches. It is excellent for borders and edgings. The blooms 
are white, pale blue, indigo-blue, or rose in color. 
Four-o’Clocks 
A handsome, free-flowering, sweet-scented, half-hardy annual of the 
easiest culture, opening its blooms at 4 o’clock, hence its name. It makes 
a splendid display when planted in masses in beds and borders, for it 
a a blooms profusely, and the flowers vary in color from white, yellow, and 
Foxgloves red to variegated and striped forms that are very showy. Height 2 feet. 
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