VEGETABLE AXD FLOWER SEEDS. ETC.
47
a vv -^\l * Mf CANNA. (Indian Shot.)
These stately and deservedly popular plants are highly esteemed for
their large and handsome foliage and
^* jg0 tropical appearance; fine for a bed or
[^S^^^h!^%MSt^U group on the lawn. We have the
latest improvements, both as to fine
foliage and size and brilliancy of
flowers. The seed should be well
soaked in warm water before sowing;
will bloom the first season if sown
early in a hot bed or greenhouse ;
store your roots in the cellar in
autumn before touched by frost.—
JellllJKggPn WEm§MB.WW ^^ I Illustration.]
"■"' rf--*^^ 'n BSJnW»3»lSBSl», jm .Had. Crozy, a gorgeously beau-
^^9k 9 tiful thing, four feet high ; the
J^Sj. flowers begin to show when the
\L plant is searcely a foot high and
keep coming (until frost) in great
blazing clusters and in such profusion as to almost cover the top
of the plant; flowers brilliant
f.'-iWllf/ ■ '^W*^-'"* i scarlet, edged with golden-vel-
=-' ~^^^^wila^fc|^efcyfr low 10
~j£ijS£p5??5 BP^SSmt^^ llro/y's Xew Hybrids,an early-
blooming dwarf class, with large
brilliant flowers of all shades
from yellow to crimson ; mixed
FRENCH CANNA. colorJ 10
Choice Mixed, standard varieties 10
Bark-leaved, varieties, splendid mixed 10
Good Boots, 25c. each
CENTRANTHUS.
Very pretty, free flowering hardy annual, very effective in beds or for edgings
succeeds well in any garden soil; sow early, and thin to fifteen inches apart
Mixed Colors I
COXCOMB. See Celosia.
DATURA.
Ornamental and very attractive. Half hardy annual, 6J?f* ?£ j£
producing trumpet-shaped flowers from 7 to 9 inches 2i?2& «JtjJ>
long. Roots may be preserved over winter in sand in »Sw2S ^i<
the cellar. Seed should be sown early under glass : lal'l^'*Sfiu
transplant to 20 inches apart. <i&*J %tv£5&^t
Wrlghtil, color white, faintly tinged with lilac :
sweet-scented 5 fe
DELPHINIUM. (Larkspur.)
One of the handsomest and most decorative plants
for the flower garden: foliage finely fringed. The
flowers are produced in long spikes. Sow seed early
where the plants are designed to bloom : the tall varie'- ^&*Wg%^
ties should stand 18 inches apart and the dwarfs about '.-#**.
8 inches. larkspur.
Bouble Dwarf Rocket, mixed colors 5
Double Tall Rocket, mixed colors 5
Double Stock-flowered, tall branching ; mixed colors 5
VEGETABLE AXD FLOWER SEEDS. ETC.
47
a vv -^\l * Mf CANNA. (Indian Shot.)
These stately and deservedly popular plants are highly esteemed for
their large and handsome foliage and
^* jg0 tropical appearance; fine for a bed or
[^S^^^h!^%MSt^U group on the lawn. We have the
latest improvements, both as to fine
foliage and size and brilliancy of
flowers. The seed should be well
soaked in warm water before sowing;
will bloom the first season if sown
early in a hot bed or greenhouse ;
store your roots in the cellar in
autumn before touched by frost.—
JellllJKggPn WEm§MB.WW ^^ I Illustration.]
"■"' rf--*^^ 'n BSJnW»3»lSBSl», jm .Had. Crozy, a gorgeously beau-
^^9k 9 tiful thing, four feet high ; the
J^Sj. flowers begin to show when the
\L plant is searcely a foot high and
keep coming (until frost) in great
blazing clusters and in such profusion as to almost cover the top
of the plant; flowers brilliant
f.'-iWllf/ ■ '^W*^-'"* i scarlet, edged with golden-vel-
=-' ~^^^^wila^fc|^efcyfr low 10
~j£ijS£p5??5 BP^SSmt^^ llro/y's Xew Hybrids,an early-
blooming dwarf class, with large
brilliant flowers of all shades
from yellow to crimson ; mixed
FRENCH CANNA. colorJ 10
Choice Mixed, standard varieties 10
Bark-leaved, varieties, splendid mixed 10
Good Boots, 25c. each
CENTRANTHUS.
Very pretty, free flowering hardy annual, very effective in beds or for edgings
succeeds well in any garden soil; sow early, and thin to fifteen inches apart
Mixed Colors I
COXCOMB. See Celosia.
DATURA.
Ornamental and very attractive. Half hardy annual, 6J?f* ?£ j£
producing trumpet-shaped flowers from 7 to 9 inches 2i?2& «JtjJ>
long. Roots may be preserved over winter in sand in »Sw2S ^i<
the cellar. Seed should be sown early under glass : lal'l^'*Sfiu
transplant to 20 inches apart.