. Coreopsis Lanceolata Grandiflora. COSMOS. Beautiful autumn-blooming plants. They produce thousands of beautiful flowers in pure white, pink and crimson shades, furnish- ing an abundance of cut blooms for autumn decoration when other â¢flowers are scarce. Should be sown in spring in the open ground, when danger of frost is past, or the seed may be started under cover and afterwards transplanted. Plant not less than 18 inches apart in rows or in masses in beds. When the plants are about a foot high the tops should be pinched out to induce a bushy ^growth. They prefer- a rather light, not too r
. Coreopsis Lanceolata Grandiflora. COSMOS. Beautiful autumn-blooming plants. They produce thousands of beautiful flowers in pure white, pink and crimson shades, furnish- ing an abundance of cut blooms for autumn decoration when other â¢flowers are scarce. Should be sown in spring in the open ground, when danger of frost is past, or the seed may be started under cover and afterwards transplanted. Plant not less than 18 inches apart in rows or in masses in beds. When the plants are about a foot high the tops should be pinched out to induce a bushy ^growth. They prefer- a rather light, not too rich soil, but do well almost anywhere. Mammoth Perfection Cosmos. A magnificent selection, â bearing flowers of mammoth size and perfect form, and repre- senting the highest development in Cosmos to date. We offer it iin the following colors: PER PKt. 2081 Crimson. Rich and deep. \ oz., 25 cts 10 2082 Light Pink. A popular color. } oz., 25 cts 10 :2083 Pure White. £ oz., 25 cts 10 A packet each of the three colors, 25 cts. 2090 Mixed Mammoth Perfection. } oz., 20 cts 10 2084 Gigantic-flowering <£ Lady ; This, the latest development in this popular autumn flower, bears gigantic flowers, with wide, overlapping petals of splen- did substance, making a perfectly circular flower, which is borne on very long stems, in color a beautiful deep rosy-pink. The plant is of strong, vigorous growth, 6 to 7 feet high. £ oz., 40 cts. 10 2100 Large=flowering, nixed. J oz., 15 cts 5 5092 " ; Golden yellow, flowers borne on long stems and measure from 2} to 3j inches across. To get this variety in bloom before frost in the States north of Virginia it should be grown in pots or boxes, so that the roots are confined, thus throwing it into flower 10 EXTRA EARLY COSMOS. Seeds sown in the open ground April 27th produced plants that were covered with bloom July 2. th, two months before the late-flowering kinds. While the flowers are not so large as the late
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