
Abbott & Cobb’s Choice Flower Seeds 
Acroclinium (Everlasting) 
Popular both as summer cut-flowers and dried for 
winter bouquets. Annuals, with pink and white 
flowers. To preserve them for winter bouquets, 
pick them just before the flowers have opened, hang 
in a dry, airy room until dry. The colors remain 
bright all winter. 2 to 21% ft. Pkt. 10 cts.; 1/402. 20 cts. 
Ageratum 
Feathery blue flowers profusely borne all summer 
by a compact, low plant. Annual; sow seeds in 
greenhouse, hotbed or border. In a bed, set the 
plants 1 foot apart. Fall-sown seed gives winter- 
blooming plants indoors. 1 to 11% ft. Pkt. 10 cts.; 
Y40z. 50 cts. 
Alyssum 
LITTLE GEM. A free-blooming, beautiful, honey- 
scented, white-flowered dwarf annual, for edging 
beds or rock-gardens. Blooms im six weeks from seed. 
loft. Pkt. 10 cts.; 140z. 40 cts.; oz. $1.25. 
Antirrhinum . Snapdragon 
After years of effort, plant-breeders have suc- 
ceeded in producing a strain of Snapdragons that is 
rustproof. Mixed colors, pkt. 10 cts.; 140z. 75 cts. 
TETRA SNAPS. The largest flowered of all 
Snapdragons. Many shades of orange, bronzy yel- 
low, rose, reddish bronze, orchid, scarlet, etc. Spikes 
21% feet tall, with huge ruffled florets. Pkt. 25 cts. 

Aquilegia . Columbine 
ABBOTT & COBB’S LONG-SPURRED HY- 
BRIDS. Beautiful white, yellow, pink, scarlet, and 
blue blooms with long spurs. They prefer moist, 
well-drained soil in full sun or partial shade. Peren- 
nial; sow seeds in July for bloom the following May 
and June. 2 ft. Pkt. 10 cts.; 140z. $1. 
Aster 
These long-time favorites deserve a place in every 
garden. They need rich loamy soil and an open 
location in full sun. It is best not to use the same 
spot year after year. Seed is started indoors and 
the young plants set outside when all frosts 
are past. They should never be allowed to dry out. 
BALLET TYPE, MIXED. Very early blooming. 
Double flowers with distinctive crested center. 
Extremely wilt resistant. Fine for early market 
cutting. Pkt. 25 cts. 
QUEEN OF THE MARKET. A very early class 
with medium-sized blooms. Branching plants, 
with long-stemmed blooms, much used by florists 
for cut-flowers. 114 ft. Mixed colors, pkt. 10 cts.; 
140z. 40 cts.; oz. $1.25. 
GIANT COMET. Long, stiff stems, bearing 
very double, showy flowers with long, wavy, twisted 
petals. Wonderful for table decorations. 2 ft. Mixed 
colors, pkt. 10 cts.; 140z. 40 cts.; 0z. $1.25. 
ABBOTT & COBB 
Philadelphia, Pa. 
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