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 214 ft. Pkt. 10 cts.; 1402. 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.; 
1402. 70 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.; 140z. $1.50. 
TETRA SNAPS. The largest flowered of all Snap- 
dragons. Many shades of orange, bronzy yel- 
low, rose, reddish bronze, orchid, scarlet, ete. 
Spikes 214 feet tall, with huge ruffled florets. 
Pkt. 25 cts.; 140z. $1.50. 
Aquilegia . Columbine 
ABBOTT & COBB’S LONG-SPURRED HYy- 
BRIDS. Beautiful white, yellow, pink, scarlet, 
and blue blooms with Jong spurs. They prefer 
moist, well-drained soil in full sun or partial shade. 
Perennial; sow seeds in July for bloom the follow- 
ing May and June. 2 ft. Pkt. 10 cts.; 1402. $1.75. 
Aster 
They need rich loamy soil and an open Iocation 
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. 70 cts.; oz. $2.50. ; 
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. 70 cts.; oz. $2.50. 
Balsam . Impatiens 
The finest strains of this delightful old plant. 
Large, double flowers, varying from white to dark 
blood-red, yellowish and spotted forms. Early 
May-sown seed will produce plants that bloom from 
July to frost. Set plants 2 feet apart to get good 
specimens. 2 to 214 ft. Pkt. 10 cts.; 140z. 60 cts.; 
oz. $2. 
Calendula . Pot Marigold 
A very showy, free-flowering annual that thrives 
in good garden loam, producing large, Iemon or 
orange shaded, disc-like, double flowers in profusion 
from June to November; also thrives in pots or 
benches under glass and is much used by florists. 
14 it. Pkt. 10 cts:; 1402. 35 cts.; 0z. $1; 
Calliopsis 
Bright yellow and reddish brown, single, daisy- 
ltke flowers that thrive in almost any soil in a sunny 
situation. Sow the seeds where plants are to stand; 
thin to 8 inches apart each way. A continuous 
supply of bloom may be assured by keeping all 
faded flowers removed. A wonderfully attractive 
cut-flower. Pkt. 10 cts.; 140z. 35 cts.; 0z. $1. 
Campanula . Canterbury Bells 
One of the most attractive old-fashioned garden 
flowers. Large, strong plants, covered in June with 
large “‘cup-and-saucer” shaped blooms of blue, pink, 
or white. Well-grown plants are 2 or more feet high 
and 11% feet broad. They can be lifted when in full 
bloom and potted for house decoration; good cut- 
flower. Pkt. 10 cts.; 140z. 70 cts.; oz. $2.50. 
Candytuft . Iberis 
One of the most indispensable annuals. Plants a 
foot or more high, covered with clusters of small 
pure white flowers; good for cutting; desirable 
rockery plants and an excellent edging for beds. 
Fall-sown plants bloom from May to July; spring- 
sown flower from July to September. Prefer good 
soil and a light, airy situation. For cut-flowers make 
successive sowings every fourteen days. Pkt. 10 cts.; 
1402. 35 cts.; oz. $1. 
Carnation 
MARGUERITE. The earliest Carnation, popular 
for rich color and delicious fragrance. Flowers 
white ranging through yellow, scarlet, and deep 
crimson. Plants from seed sown early in the open 
bloom from July to frost, and, if given some pro- 
tection, winter well. For early bloom, sow seeds 
early indoors. Pkt. 10 cts.; 140z. 90 cts.; 0z. $3. 
Castor-Oil Bean . Ricinus communts 
Gives a tropical appearance when used as center 
of bed, or screen. When ground is warm, sow seed 
in rich soil; thin plants to about 1% feet apart. 
Pkt. 10 cts.; 0z. 30 cts.; 14lb. 90 cts. 
Centaurea - Bachelor’s Button 
One of the commonest old-fashioned flowers be- 
loved by everyone who grows it. Beautiful fringed 
blue or white flowers, single or double, 1 inch across, 
are borne from July till frost. An annual; the plants 
perpetuate themselves by self-sown seeds. 1 to 2 ft. 
Pkt. 10 cts.; 1402. 35 cts.; oz. $1. 
JUBILEE GEM. A new dwarf variety with com- 
pact plants which make attractive beds, splendid 
borders and is unusually satisfactory as a pot- 
plant. Of course for cutting, few flowers can com- 
pare with the Centaurea. The color of Jubilee 
Gem is true cornflower-blue. Pkt. 10 cts.; 14oz. 
Sects. OZ ah ler 5, 
ABBOTT & COBB 
Philadelphia, Pa. 
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