5 COBAEA SCANDENS—Cathedral Bells. k. Quick annual 
climber of much beauty, filled with bell-shaped blossoms of 
rosy purple. Pkt. 15c; 1% oz. 25c. 
5 STRAWBERRY CORN—x. A miniature Corn with 2-inch 
mahogany red ears that look like big strawberries. Grown 
for winter bouquets. Will pop. Pkt. 20c. 
CLERODENDRON 
Wide divergencies here. SPECIOSISSIMUM—w. (Fallax). 
Illustrated opposite. Graceful panicles of brilliant scarlet 
blossoms at intervals throughout the year. No more showy 
pot plant. 6 seeds for 25c. Plants, each 
$1.10. THOMSONAE — (Balfouri) — Few 
more beautiful pot plants than this. Flow- 
ers of richest crimson, set off by snowily 
white calyces. A long, profuse bloomer. 
Easily handled. Plants, each 85c. JAPONT- 
CUM — This oriental species makes a 
showy large pot plant. Branching panicles 
of bright scarlet flowers. Pkt. 20c. COLE- 
BROOKIANUM — Tender shrub for mild 3 
climates. Flowers rose-purple to white, fol- ¥% 
lowed by blue berries. Pkt. 20c. TRICHO- * 
TOMUM —k(4)10 feet. Handsome, quick 
shrub of full outdoor hardiness at Phila- 
delphia. Large panicles of white, Phlox- 
like flowers with purple calyces, followed 
by berries of shining peacock blue. Pkt. 
15c; 14 oz. 40ec. BUNGEI—Called Kashmir 

nt Ox 
Bouquet from the fragrant blossoms of rich Z 
rose pink. North it behaves as a root-hardy 
perennial, to 40 inches, growing new blooming stems each 
year. Hardy at Philadelphia, but in colder areas give winter 
protection. In mild climates, as California, it becomes a shrub. 
Plants, each 70c; 3 for $1.90. 
5 COLEUS FOR COLOR 2 
Grown for the decorative foliage, brightly or richly colored. 
Valued as a pot plant, or for outdoor bedding. Culture ‘‘w.’’ 
AVALON STRAIN—Foliage colorings varied and brilliant, 
leaves of medium size. Markings and stainings of salmon, 
apricot, pink, rose, cream, carmine, purple, copper. Pkt. 20c; 
Veo oz. 60c; Yg oz. $1.00; % oz. $1.75. 
OLD ORCHARD STRAIN—Here the leaves are particularly 
large, the colorings always rich and dark, in effect of brocade. 
Maroon, weathered copper and purple-toned crimson domi- 
nate. Pkt. 20c; 142 oz. 60c; Wg oz. $1.00; 1% oz. $1.75. 
COLEUS FREDERICI—A rare and beautiful Coleus, grown 
as a pot plant for the graceful, rather showy, racemes of blue- 
violet flowers. Green foliage. Plants, each 75c. 
5 CONVOLVULUS (Morning Glory) 
CONVOLVULUS—ek. Desirable diversities. 2 MAURITANI- 
CUS—7 inches. Not a vine. Everblooming. Deep blue cascades. 
Rock garden, porch box, hanging basket. Pkt. 20c. 5 BLUE 
ENSIGN—12 inches. Upright, quick showy annual. Not a 
vine. Upfacing indigo blossoms. Pkt. 15c. 5 MAJOR MIXED 
—The old-fashioned Morning Glory, a handsome, speedy, 
annual vine, unsurpassed for quick, gracefully draped, cover- 
ing of trellis or fence. Varied, intensely bright colorings. 
Pkt. 10c; 4 oz. 20c. 5 TRICOLOR MIXED—12 inches. Low, 
upright Annual. Blue flowers with yellow and white throat. 
Pkt. 10c; % oz. 20c. 
5 COMMELINA or SKYFLOWER 3 
All Commelinas bloom surely the first year from seed, and 
may be treated as Annuals, although really somewhat tender 
perennials. All are exceedingly showy and longblooming. The 
Coelestis varieties make roots like little Dahlia tubers, and 
these may be stored over winter in the cellar, and planted out 
in spring for extra quick start. COELESTIS BLUE — 25 
inches. Branching plants filled for months with flowers of the 
deep blue of a summer sky. Pkt. 20c; Ye oz. 35¢; 1% oz. 60c. 
Tubers, 3 for 40c; 9 for $1.00. COELESTIS WHITE—25 
inches. Masses of enamel-white flowers. A beauty. Pkt. 20c; 
4g oz. 35c. Tubers, 3 for 40c; 9 for $1.00. CRISPA—10 inches. 
A lower variety for bedding or edging. Enormous numbers 
of massed blue flowers that remind of butterflies. Good in rock 
garden or window box.’ Pkt. 15c; 4% oz. 25¢; 14 oz. 40e. 
DIFFUSA—Makes a pretty pot, window box or hanging 
basket plant, or it may be used effectively in ‘the garden. 
Particularly large, wavy blossoms in brightest blue, or rarely 
orchid rose. Pkt. 20c. OFFER 70A—One pkt. of each for 65c. 


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5 COSMOS FOR CUTTING 
And there is no annual flower that seems more precisely 
made for just that purpose. Then, too, it is long decorative 
in the garden. ‘‘x”’ culture. NEW CRIMSON SCARLET—An 
English introduction with flowers of purest crimson-scarlet, 
without any purple undertone, a rich, clear color. An early 
blooming sort. 36 inches. Pkt. 25c. YELLOW FLARE—Showy, 
early-flowering clear yellow. Pkt. 10c; 1% oz. 20c. ORANGE 
RUFFLES—Glowing orange flowers with sometimes three 
petal rows, giving a ruffled effect. Early bloomer. Pkt. 10c; 
te oz. 20c. SENSATION—Particularly large flowers with 
fluted petals, in pink, white and crimson. Quick from seed to 
bloom. Pkt. 10e; % oz. 25c; %4 oz. 40c. RADIANCE—Attrac- 
tive bicolor. Big flowers of rich rose with zone of deep maroon 
about the center. Pkt. 15ec. EARLY CRESTED DOUBLE— 
Flowers with high center crests in Anemone fashion, with 
some that are fully double. Pink, white and crimson in mix- 
ture. Pkt. 15c; % oz. 35¢c; 14 oz. 60c. FAIRY QUEEN— 
English variety of densely bushy, branching habit, growing 
only to 30 inches, the mass filled with medium-size flowers of 
soft pink. Delightful for garden or landscape use.. Makes an 
unusual annual hedge. Pkt. 20c; 3 pkts. for 50c. OFFER 71A 
—One pkt. each of the above for 90c. 
COSMOS SPECIAL BLEND—A mixture containing seeds of 
each and all of the kinds and colors above, with others. Plant 
much of it for cut flower use. Pkt. 15c; 1% oz. 25c; 14 oz. 40c. 
BLACK COSMOS—ex. Cosmos diversifolius nigra. Medium- 
size flowers of darkest, velvety, black-maroon. 25 inches. 
Blooms quite quickly from spring sown seeds. Also usually 
makes clusters of little root-tubers, and it may be carried 
over winter by storing in manner of Dahlia tubers. Pkt. 25c. 
5 CORAL FLOWER 
Effects of exquisite, jewel-like daintiness. 
Even the deep green, succulent foliage is 
decorative. Many slender, 30-inch stems bear 
little five-pointed stars of luminous rosy pink, 
these in loose, alternate clusters. Then come 
airy, long-hanging capsules, like polished 
coral beads, hundreds of them on each great 
glowing plume of a stem. A single plant may 
throw 30 or more of these great, bright 
plumes. Effective over a three to four month 
period. Usually grown as a garden annual, 
but makes a good house plant, too. IJilus- 
trated opposite. The seeds are tiny. Pkt. 20c; 
To oz. 80c; Ye oz. 50c. 
FOR BANKS AND HILLSIDES 
CORONILLA VARIA is a rather handsome, spreading 
perennial of full winter hardiness, that will keep any bank 
or slope from washing, covering it with a rich, billowing 
green-ness of pinnate foliage. In June and early July come 
crown-shaped clusters of pretty blossoms in Cosmos pink. 
Growth is swift and dense, smothering coarse weeds, and the 
quick root network prevents soil erosion from heavy rains. 
Thrives in poor, dry soils. The flowers cut and keep well. 
“x”? culture. Seeds, pkt. 20c; Ye oz. 30c; % oz. 50c. Plants, 
root divisions, 4 for $1.00; 10 for $2.00; 25 for $4.25; 100 
for $16.25; 250 for $31.00. 
1 COREOPSIS 
Easy hardy perennials of a desirable diversity. They cut. 
“kt? culture. AURICULATA—(8)8. Few better dwarf peren- 
nials, everblooming, hardy, desirable foliage, bright flowers 
of rich golden tone. Pkt. 25c. Plants, each 50c. ROSEA— 
(3-4)8. Little daisies of silvery pink over a foliage turf that 
is low, aromatic, ferny. Pkt. 20c. Plants, each 45c: 3 for 
$1.20. SAXICOLA — (8)35. The August Daisy. Effect of 
C. grandiflora, same glossy, golden flowers, but better car- 
riage and later, longer blooming. Pkt. 15c; 14 oz. 25c; %4 oz. 
40c. Plants, each 40c; 3 for $1.10; 10 for $3.00. TRIPTERIS— 
(3-4)84. Splendid tall, late-flowered species for screen plant- 
ings, or for the back of the border. Long-rayed flowers of 
softest yellow, the centers brown. Pkt. 15c; Ye oz. 25c. Plants, 
each 45¢c; 3 for $1.20. VERTICILLATA—(2-3)30. The lovely 
Fern-Coreopsis. Finely cut green foliage, buff-roseate in new 
growth. Butter-yellow flowers. A slow growing, long lived 
perennial. Pkt. 20c; eg oz. 40c. Plants, each 50c; 3 for $1.40. 
GRANDIFLORA—(2-3)28. Bright yellow. The usual Coreop- 
sis of gardens. Very good species for the mixed border for 
cutting. Often used for naturalizing, thriving when broadcast. 
Pkt. 10¢e; 44 0z. 20e; 1 oz. 60c; % Ib. $1.80. GRANDIFLORA 
DOUBLE—The large and showy yellow flowers come mostly 
semi-double to fully double. Pkt. 15c. OFFER 67A—One pkt. 
each of above for 80c. 
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