“Two 952 All-America Winners 
Cosmos, Fiesta 
A brand-new flower to add gaiety to your garden this summer. 
The petals are orange striped with flashing scarlet—a real novelty 
in Cosmos. The plant grows 
quickly to about 214 feet in 
height and is very bushy and 
free flowering. Blooms early. 
Useful for airy and dainty effects 
in the garden, with other annuals 
or with perennials. Pkt. 35 cts. 
Zinnia, Persian Carpet 
All the deep, rich tones of 
Persian carpets are combined in 
this new strain of Zinnia—reds, 
golds, mahogany. Medium-sized 
blooms on good cutting stems. 
Very easy to grow. Bushy 
plants 2 feet tall. Pkt. 35 cts. 
Zinnia, Persian Carpet 
Cosmos, Fiesta 
One packet of each for 60 cts. 
ABBOTT & COBB 
CHOICE FLOWER SEEDS 
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 tn full sun or partial shade. 
Perennial; sow seeds in July for bloom the follow- 
ing May and June. 2 ft. Pkt. 10 cts.; %40z. $1. 
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 2% ft. Pkt. 10 cts.; 1/40z. 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.; 
140z. 50 cts. 
Aster 
These Iong-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. 
Alyssum 
LITTLE GEM. A free-blooming, beautiful, honey- 
scented, white-flowered dwarf annual, for edging 
beds or rock-gardens. Blooms in six weeks from 
seed. 14 ft. Pkt. 10 cts.; 1402. 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.; 40z. 75 cts. 
TETRA SNAPS. The largest flowered of all Snap- 
dragons. Many shades of orange, bronzy yel- 
low, rose, reddish bronze, orchid, scarlet, etc. 
Spikes 21 feet tall, with huge ruffled florets. 
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.; 
1402. 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.; oz. $1.25. 
ABBOTT & COBB 
Philadelphia, Pa. 
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