. Dreer's 1838 1908 garden book. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. Convolvulus Major (Morning Glory). COSMOS. Beautiful autumn-blooming plants. They produce thousands of beautiful flowers in |iure white, piidc and crimson shades, furnishing an abundance of cut blooms for autumn decoration when other flowers are scarce. Should be sown in spring, in the open ground, when danger of frost is |iast, or the seed may be started under cover and afterwards transplanted. Plant about
. Dreer's 1838 1908 garden book. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. Convolvulus Major (Morning Glory). COSMOS. Beautiful autumn-blooming plants. They produce thousands of beautiful flowers in |iure white, piidc and crimson shades, furnishing an abundance of cut blooms for autumn decoration when other flowers are scarce. Should be sown in spring, in the open ground, when danger of frost is |iast, or the seed may be started under cover and afterwards transplanted. Plant about 18 inches apart in rows or in masses in beds. When the plants are about a foot high the lops should be jiinched out to induce a bushy growth. (See cut.) /// sections of the countrywhere Cosmos will not mature its Jloivers before frost, we recommend the use of single Dahlias. See next Mammoth Perfection Cosmos. PER PKT. 10 10 10 10 5 Mammoth Perfection Cosmos. A magnificent selection, L)earing flowers of mamniolh size and perfect form, and repre- senting the highest development in Cosmos to date. We offer it in the following colors : PER ^ oz 2081 Crimson. Rich and deep -lb 2082 Light Pink â 25 2083 Pure White 25 One packet each of the three colors, 25 cts. 2090 Mixed Mammoth Perfection. 20 2100 Large flowering, Hixed. A very good strain 15 2091 Dwarf Early=flowering " ; This variety comes into flower in July, making their successful cul- tivation possible in the most northerly States; it is of dwarf compact growth, growing 4^ feet high. The flowers are as large as the old type ; the color is a beautiful white, relieved by a delicate tint of rose at the base of the petals. It originated in the garden of one of our customers in northern New York 2093 Dwarf Early-flowering Mixed. Identical in growth and early-flowernig qualities with "Dawn," but containing all the colors of the ordinary Cosmos. Per J oz., 25 cts 10 2092 " ; Golde
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