Keywords: Flowers for springtime (16477129586).jpg MISS MARY E MARTIN FLORAL PARK NEW YORK <br> NEW GIJ1N ESRLY FLOWERING COSMOS <br> These new hybrids originated in California They <br> bloom from one to two months sooner than the <br> ordinary kinds <br> These giant flowers are surpassingly beautiful <br> measuring 4 £ to 5 inches across Some are <br> shaped like single Camelias but larger and more <br> beautiful ; some of the crimson ones could almost <br> be taken for single Dahlias ; white ones have plaited <br> petals prettily fringed resembling the California <br> Tree Poppy The petals are plain in some flowers ; <br> in others pinked toothed or fringed and beauti- <br> fully overlapping Colors range from pure white <br> through shades of pink and red The latter are dark <br> rich shades of red shades heretofore unknown in <br> Cosmos Some white ones are delicately flushed or <br> flecked with pink or mauve and very beautiful <br> flowers in pink and mauve have a dark red ring <br> around the eye The daintiest white pink and <br> flushed have laciniated petals fringed to the center <br> of the flower and resemble Marguerites but are <br> more beautiful and esthetic The giant white are <br> especially handsome with very large broad petals ; <br> flowers of great substance almost as chaste and <br> lovely as lilies Packet 100 seeds all colors 8c; <br> 4 packets for 25c; o z - 15c <br> COSM OS MAW MOTH <br> California has again shown what a wonderland <br> she is by the improvement of this flower in size <br> form and infinite shades of color Rose pink <br> red and white crimson cream and yel- <br> low Packet all colors mixed 100 seeds 5c; 3 <br> for 1 2 c <br> 1 wmLMommmam <br> NEW GIANT EARLY FLOWERING COSMOS <br> _ One of the prettiest and daintiest varieties im- <br> £ aginable The flowers measure from 2 to 3 inches <br> across; the petals are deeply and irregularly laciniated <br> i r fringed ; the flowers resemble the Marguerites but are <br> Inuch more esthetic and beautiful Packet 50 seeds 10c <br> TINTS O F DAWN <br> New and distinct White ground finely flecked or flushed <br> with delicate pink ; some are flushed much deeper around the <br> eve than others They are variously formed and extremely <br> beautiful An early and persistent bloomer Pkt 50 seeds 8c <br> COSMOS THE PEARL <br> Pure White very large Pkt 100 seeds 4c <br> COS M OS ROSE PINK <br> Pkt 100 seeds 4c <br> CO SM OS CQNCHiTA <br> Crimson velvet Pkt 100 seeds 5c <br> NEW GOLDEN C OSMOS <br> Blooms from June until frost forming a solid carpet of small <br> golden-yellow flowers Pkt 5c <br> BLACK COSMOS <br> Makes a bushy plant full of flowers of almost velvety <br> blackness shot with golden-yellow anthers Makes' lovely <br> contrast Pkt 6c; 2 for IOc <br> Cosmos all kinds mixed 150 seeds 4c; oz IOc <br> I Pkt each of the 10 named kinds on this page for 40c <br> KLOHPJ g J COSWOS <br> Rich deep orange a magnificent color vigorous grower <br> and profuse bloomer Pkt 50 seeds 6c <br> Note this Cosmos was offered for sale last year for the <br> first time The originator who is rather reliable stated <br> that it began to bloom in May Tests the past summer <br> does not bear this statement out It is not so early by <br> over 3 months as was claimed for it Still the size and <br> color of the flowers are most beautiful 43810169 149144 77948 Page 29 Text http //www biodiversitylibrary org/page/43810169 1900 Henry G Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection ; Miss Mary E Martin Firm ; Miss Mary E Martin Firm Biodiversity Heritage Library Flowers for springtime Garden Stories Catalogs Flowers Miss Mary E Martin Firm Nurseries Horticulture Seeds U S Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Library bhl page 43810169 dc identifier http //biodiversitylibrary org/page/43810169 bhlGardenStories Cosmos BHLinbloom miss mary e martin firm nurseries horticulture u s department of agriculture national agricultural library bhlgardenstories bhlinbloom Information field Flickr posted date ISOdate 2015-02-11 CC-BY-2 0 BioDivLibrary https //flickr com/photos/61021753 N02/16477129586 2015-08-24 23 59 20 cc-by-2 0 PD-old-70-1923 Cosmos Flowers for springtime Photos uploaded from Flickr by Fæ using a script |