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CHRYSANTHEMUM—Normal germination, 8-20 
Days. Annual Single Mixed. 
COSMOS — Normal germination, 8-10 Days. 
Every year this flower makes more friends. 
Growing 4 to 5 feet high from seed it is valu- 
able for screens. Blooms until killed by frost. 
Cosmos is improved by indoor starting. Excel- 
lent for cutting. Originally from tropical Amer- 
ica. 
Early Mixed. 
DAHLIA (Seeds Only)—Normal germination, 
10-20 Days. A favorite for autumn flowering, 
blooming the first season from seed if started 
early. The flowers are so symmetrical and per- 
fect and the range of colors so wide and varied 
that they will always be popular where display 
is wanted. Will produce many choice tubers, 
which should be dug after flowering, buried in 
dry sand, ashes or peat-moss, and stored for 
the winter in a cool place. Seed-grown Dahlias 
bloom only about 2 weeks later than those 
grown from tubers. The Dahlia originally grew 
wild in Mexico. 
Finest Single Mixed. Wil] produce brilliant flow- 
ers running through a wide range of striking 
colors. Fine for cutting. 
DAISY-SHASTA (Leucanthemum)—Normal Ger- 
mination, 8-20 Days.—2 feet. 
DELPHINIUM. Hardy perannial and one of the 
most popular, Showy and useful in cultivation, 
producing nearly every requisite for beautifying 
the garden. The lovely flowers are borne on 
stems 3-7’ in height. These flowers are excellent 
for cutting. To prolong the season of blooming, 
cut off the old flower stems after they have 
faded and new shoots will bloom later in the 
season. 
DIANTHUS (Pinks)—Normal germination, 5.15 
Days. 
Laciniatus Splendens. Bronze Medal “All- 
America” Trials 1935. Very large single. over 
2 inches across, in a brilliant shade of crimson 
with glistening white eye. The most striking 
Dianthus we have ever grown. 
Chinensis Double Mixed (China or Indian Pink) 
Flowers borne in Sweet William like clusters in 
various colors, showy and double. Height, 1 
foot. 
Heddewigi Double Mixed. (Asia Pink). Very 
showy and fragrant. Double flowers 2 to 2% 
inches, resembling a carnation, many beauti- 
fully striped and mottled. 10 inches. 
os ro Eschscholtzia — (California Poppy) — Normal 
: germination, 5-10 Days. One of the most 
California Poppy beautiful of garden flowers. When grown in 
(Eschscholtzia) masses, scarcely any plant produces a greater 
degree of splendor. Foliage finely cut like lace, 
with a bluish tinge. Easily raised from seed, 
but does not transplant well. Sown in autumn, 
the growth is of increased vigor. Diameter of 
plant, 20 inches. Height 12 inches. Blooming 
60 days. Is a California wildflower, from which 
the following has been developed. 
Mixed. 
EUPHORBIA (Snow on the Mountain)—Normal 
germination, 10-12 Days. 
Variegate. A foliage plant growing well in poor 
and dry soil. Leaves at first are bright green, 
but as plants mature become edged with sil- 
very-white. 2 feet. Euphorbia is a North Amer- 
ican native plant. 
FORGET-ME-NOT (Cynoglossum) (Hounds- 
tongue)—Normal germination, 10-15 Days. 
Chinese. Easily grown plants with sprays of 
metallic blue flowers, over a long season. 2 feet. 
Valuable for cutting. Indoor starting, followed 
by transplanting, greatly adds to the beauty 
Cosmos Shasta Daisy of this plant, but it does very well, too, when 



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