. Faxon's catalogue of seeds : season of 1900. Nursery stock Massachusetts Boston Catalogs; Seed industry and trade Massachusetts Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs. NEW COCKSCOMB OSTRICH FEATHER. The New Giant-Flowering Cosmos. The flowers of this superb new strain are of immense size, measuring from 4y2 to 5 inches across, and are produced in great diversity of form and col= oring. In the mixture are monster pink and white flowers, beautiful crimson shades, deli- cate white and mauve; white, daintily tinted and clouded with pink and mauve
. Faxon's catalogue of seeds : season of 1900. Nursery stock Massachusetts Boston Catalogs; Seed industry and trade Massachusetts Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs. NEW COCKSCOMB OSTRICH FEATHER. The New Giant-Flowering Cosmos. The flowers of this superb new strain are of immense size, measuring from 4y2 to 5 inches across, and are produced in great diversity of form and col= oring. In the mixture are monster pink and white flowers, beautiful crimson shades, deli- cate white and mauve; white, daintily tinted and clouded with pink and mauve. Some of the large white blossoms have broad plaited petals, with pinked edges, resembling the Fomneya Coulter i, or California Tree Pop- py, while immense pink and white flowers, with overlapping petals, resemble Camellias, al- though larger and more beauti- ful. The colors range from pure white through shades of pink, deep rose and crimson, to light red. Of the latter there are many dark shades hereto- fore unknown in Cosmos. There are white ones, delicately flushed or flecked with pink or mauve, and very beautiful flowers in pink and mauve have a dark rea ring around the eve. SUPERB MIXTURE. Em= braces every shade from pure white to deep rose and crim= son ; commences blooming in July and continues in full flower until killed by the frost. PKT. 15 CTS. ; 2 PKTS. FOR 25 CTS.; & OZ. $; OZ. $ 14 THE NEW GIANT-FLOWERING) Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original M. B. Faxon Company; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection. Boston, Mass. : M. B. Faxon
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