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COSMOS 
Hardy Annuals 
Graceful, tall, airy plants with handsonie, 
large, saucer-shaped blooms. Extremely popular 
and very easily grown. They are very beautiful 
in the garden, and bloom from early Summer 
until late Fall. They are among the best of 
annual flowers for cutting. 
Flower garden 26 to 6 feet 
Breck’s Midsummer Giant 
An early flowering strain forming bushy plants 
about 4 feet tall. 
Riki Oe: 
1456 Crimson 
1458 Pink 
3 pkts. 25c., 14 oz. 40c. 
1460 White 
1462 Mixed 
Sensation 
With their wavy, fluted petals, these enormous 
blooms are more glorious than words can express. 
An early flowering strain that grows about 3 feet 
high. Picts be: 3 pkts, 35c., 44. '0z. 75c. 
1464 Dazzler. Rich velvety crimson- 
maroon. A prize-winner in 1943 trials. 
1467 Pink. 
1469 White. 
A clear, clean shade. 
Pure white, wavy petals. 
(aS) 2472 Mixed. Silver Medal in 1936. 
Cosmos Sensation Radiance 
The ton award winner this year 
1468 Radiance. Silver Medal, 1948. 
(a) The first bi-color Cosmos ever intro- 
duced. Handsome large blooms of 
overlaid with a rich 
crimson central zone. Wavy, fluted petals 
add to the flowers charm. Very striking 
color combination against the luxuriant 
rich green foliage of the sturdy branching 
3it. high plants. Pkt. 25c.. 3 pkts. 60c. 
a deep rose shade, 
Mammoth Late Blooming 
1482 Mixed. These lovely, old-fashioned Cos- 
mos will make handsome plants 6 feet or more 
tall and will come into bloom in September if the 
seeds are started early. Exquisite large blooms. 
Pkt. lOc); 3) pkts. 25c: 
Early Double or Anemone-flowered 
1490 Mixed. Some of these blooms are fully 
double. Others have a broad frill of long petals 
with a small, contrasting tuft in the center. 
The flower form is variable and frequently both 
double and single blooms appear on the same 
plant. A reaily exquisite strain. Height 21% 
feet. Pkt. 15c., 3 pkts. 35c., 14 oz. $1.75 
ORANGE and YELLOW VARIETIES 
1491 Orange Ruffles. Large, semi-double 
blooms of vivid golden orange with two and 
three rows of nicely arranged petals, giving 
the flowers an airy informal appearance. 
Grows about 3 ft. high. Pkt. 15c., 3 pkts. 35c. 
1492 Orange Flare. Vivid, orange- 
Ca) colored blooms. An extremely welcome 
color to the Cosmos family. Fine flowers 
on long wiry stems, for cutting. 
Grows 3 ft. high. 
Pkt. 1dc:; 3 pkts. 35c:, 
(=: Yellow Flare. A Cosmos with flow- 
excellent 
lf oz. 8dc. 
ers of clear butter-yellow, identical in 
form of bloom and habit of growth with 
the popular “‘Orange Flare.’ Three foot plants 
with airy, serrated foliage and striking blooms 
on long, wiry stems. Pkt l5e.,o pkts: 3c: 

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1468 Cosmos, Radiance 
CINERARIA 
Tender Perennial Greenhouse plants 1 to 8 feet 
Handsome plants for conservatory or house 
decoration with massive heads of showy blooms 
in a wide variety of interesting colors. They are 
very easily grown and the seed may be sown from 
May to September for succession, but the prin- 
cipal sowing should be made in July. 
1351 Siter’s Rainbow Strain. 
light-eyed strain, of compact 
medium-sized flowers. 11% feet. 
Pkt. $1.00, 3 pkts. $2.50 
1352 Cremer’s Prize, Mixed. A wonderful 
strain producing such masses of medium sized 
blooms that the plants are completely covered. 
2 feet. Pkt. $1.00, 3 pkts. $2.50 
1362 Cactus Flowered, Mixed. large, single 
flowers with long, narrow petals rolled length 
wise. Wide color range. 2% feet. 
Pkt. 
Attractive, 
growth, with 

75c., 3 pkts. $1.75 
1364 Multiflora nana, Mixed. Dwarf, well- 
formed plants with dense clusters of blooms in 
many colors. 1 foot. Pkt. $1.00, 3 pkts. $2.50 
1370 California Giant Mixture. An excellent 
strain of large flowered hybrids in all shades. 
Pkt. $1.00, 3 pkts. $2.50 
CLARKIA 
Hardy Annual 216 feet 
Although natives of this country and widely 
cultivated abroad, Clarkias are strangely neg- 
lected in most gardens. They can be grown with 
the utmost ease if they are given a little shade 
and ordinary attention. The tall, leafy stems are 
covered with showy flowers making them most 
attractive for bedding and cutting. Fine, also, 
when grown in pots for use in the conservatory. 
1386 Salmon Queen. Rich saJmon pink. 
Pits L5Ch oO pictss coc: 
Brilliant shade. 
Pkt. l5c., 3 pkts: abc; 
Pure white. 
Pkt. W5c., 3 pkts. 5c: 
A superb assortment of 
1388 Scarlet Queen. 
1389 White Prince. 
1392 Superb Mixture. 
clear dainty shades. 
Pkt. 15c., 3 pkts. 35c., 14 oz. 50c. 
CLEOME Pungens — Spider Plant 
Hardy Annuals 3 lo 5 feet 
Handsome, vigorous plants which grow from 
3 to 5 feet high and produce many spikes of 
Ex- 
in the back of the flower 
center of large beds. 
1942. 
1400 Pink Queen. Silver Medal, 
(a) Huge heads of delightful, clear pink 
blooms, borne high on tall, well branched 
showy flowers with long, spidery stamens. 
cellent for bold masses 
border or in the 
an] attractive plants, with clean and airy 
foliage. It starts to bloom in early July and 
continues on without a lapse until frost cuts 
it down. Known as the “Pink Spider Plant” 
but truly magnificent and more than worthy 
of the honors he saped upon it. 
Pkt. 15c., 3 pkts. 35c. 
A pure white variety. 
3 pkts. 35 75ce 
c., 14 Oz. 
COBAEA — Cup-and-Saucer Vine 
Treat as Annuals 
1402 White Feather. 
Pkt. 15¢c;, 
Climbing vine 20 feet 
1408 Scandens. Rapid growing vines for train- 
ing over fences or trellises, with attractive foli- 
age, and handsome purple blooms. 
Pkt. 10c., 3 pkts. 25c., 14 oz. 50c. 
CONVOLVULUS Minor 
Treat as Annuals Rock garden and edging 1 foot 
Dwarf spreading plants which are very free 
flowering and are very effective in the rock gar- 
den. They are also excellent for low edgings or 
for growing in window boxes or hanging pots. 
The flowers resemble small Morning Glories, 
but remain open all day in good weather. A 
bright, sunny exposure is best. 
1428 Royal Ensign. Deep, bright ultramarine 
blue. More intense in color than any other 
annual. Pkt. 25c., 3 pkts. 60c. 
1430 Minor, Mixed (Dwarf Morning Glories), 
Handsome flowers in shades of blue, p urple, 
rose and white. Pkt. 10c., 3 pkts. 25c. 


