. Harris' rural annual 1900 : seeds from the grower to the sower. Nurseries (Horticulture) New York (State) Rochester Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs. 44 HARRIS' RURAL ANNUAL FOR 1900. high and the flowers have long graceful stems and are most attractive and beautiful. In order to get them to flower early in the fall in this latitude the seed should be sown in pots in March, and the plants set out in the open ground in May. They will well repay all the trouble spent on them. Pkt. 10c., 3 pkts. 2dc. NEW EARLY FLOWERING COSMOS— This i
. Harris' rural annual 1900 : seeds from the grower to the sower. Nurseries (Horticulture) New York (State) Rochester Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs. 44 HARRIS' RURAL ANNUAL FOR 1900. high and the flowers have long graceful stems and are most attractive and beautiful. In order to get them to flower early in the fall in this latitude the seed should be sown in pots in March, and the plants set out in the open ground in May. They will well repay all the trouble spent on them. Pkt. 10c., 3 pkts. 2dc. NEW EARLY FLOWERING COSMOS— This is an early flowering strain of Cosmos, with flowers as large as those of the old varieties, and will flower a month earlier. Seed sown in the open ground in May will produce flowering plants in August which will continue flowering all through the fall. A very attractive and useful flower for cut- ting or decorating gardens and lawns. Mixed colors, pkt. 10c., 3 pkts. 20c. NEW DWARF YELLOW COSMOS—This is a new and entirely distinct variety of Cos- mos. The plants grow only about a foot high, and produce a great profusion of small, bright yellow flowers, that are very pretty and attractive. Pkt. 5c., 3 pkts. 12c. New Marguerite Carnations. These new Carnations are really a great ad- dition to outdoor flowers. Hitherto Carna- tions could only be grown in hot-houses, but now, since we have the New Marguerite Car- nations, they can be grown successfully in the open ground, and will flower within four months from the time of sowing the seed. The flowers are perfectly double, of good size, and beautifully fringed ; and this, combined with their charming and varied colors and delicious fragrance, place them among the most desirable of all outdoor flowers. The plants are dwarf and compact, and have stiff stems that hold up the flowers well with- out support. The seed should be sown early in the spring, in boxes in the house, and the plants set out in the open ground as soon as warm w
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