. Bancroft's beautiful flowers : spring '98. Nursery stock, Iowa, Cedar Falls, Catalogs; Flowers, Seeds, Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants), Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental, Catalogs; Shrubs, Catalogs. cyclamex, p. G Plant in the open ground as soon as the ground can be worked in the spring, and if wanted to flower during summer and fall, as soon as the flower shoots appear tie to small stakes. If wanted for win- ter blooming the flower shoots should be kept pinched off until about the middle of August, by which time they will have made strong, bushy plants. Take up and pot before the first of
. Bancroft's beautiful flowers : spring '98. Nursery stock, Iowa, Cedar Falls, Catalogs; Flowers, Seeds, Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants), Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental, Catalogs; Shrubs, Catalogs. cyclamex, p. G Plant in the open ground as soon as the ground can be worked in the spring, and if wanted to flower during summer and fall, as soon as the flower shoots appear tie to small stakes. If wanted for win- ter blooming the flower shoots should be kept pinched off until about the middle of August, by which time they will have made strong, bushy plants. Take up and pot before the first of October, and keep shaded and close for a few days, when they will be ready for removal to the conservatory or window where they are to flower. Portia. Intense scarlet. Very prolific. Lizzie McGowan. A very beautiful white variety; extra large size and beautiful shape. Rather slender grower but very prolific. Daybreak. A soft sea-shell pink. A very valuable cut flower. The finest and most fashionable variety of its color. Meteor. Deep brilliant crimson scarlet, of large size, on a firm, strong stem; plant a free, vigorous grower, clean foliage and a good, free bloomer. The only dark Carnation we ever considered worth growing. Alaska. A clean, vigorous, upright grower and most prolific bloomer; flower on long straight stems; purest white. Very full and of medium size. Hose Queen. Pure soft rose; flowers large and well formed. Very healthy, strong grower and free bloomer. Helen Keller. One of the very largest and most beautifully formed Carnations ever introduced. Does not burst its calyx, ex- ceedingly free flowering and producing extra good, long stout stems. A strong vigorous and healthy grower. Color, clear white ground, delicately and very evenly marked with bright scarlet, giving it a very pleasing and effective finish. "Win. Scott. Growth vigorous; very free blooming; floweri large and'never bursting; of a rich Grace Wilder pink color; stems long, holding the flower e
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