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A superior type of Celosia plumosa,
forming pyramidal, branching plants,
3J^ feet high, and bearing large, coni-
cal, plumed heads of either golden-
yellow, fiery-scarlet, purple, salmon,
blood-red, etc. The plants are annu-
als, growing easily and quickly from
seed, and present a very showy appear-
ance in the summer garden, lasting in
bloom until frost. They are also very
handsome grown in pots.
Golden Plumed Pkt. 10c.
Crimson Plumed 10c.
Mixed Plumed. (Thompson's
Magnifica.) Pkt. 10c.
Dwarf Plumed. A compact, dwarf-
growing type, the plants attaining
a height of only 1 foot, including
their liberal decoration of feathery
yellow and red plumes. A showy
garden annual. (See cut.) . Pkt. 15c.
Centaurea Imperialis
IMPERIAL SWEET SULTAN
These beautiful giant-flowering
"Sultans" are grand improvements
over the old varieties. They produce
long-stemmed, exquisitely fringed blos-
soms 3 to 4 inches across, of graceful
effect and are delightfully fragrant.
The colors vary from white and yellow
through reds from pink to crimson and -
blues from lilac to purple, some having centers of a different color, as violet with
white center, etc. For bouquets and vases, they are exceptionally beautiful.
It cut scarcely opened they will last for ten days in water. The plants are of the
easiest culture, flowering freely in the garden the first summer from seed sown
in the spring. They are of strong, bushy form, 2 to 3 feet high. (See cut.)
Margaritas. Satiny- white flowers Pkt. 10c.
Chamaeleon. Bright yellow flowers. 10c!
Favorita. Brilliant rose-colored flowers'. . . . . . . . . . . . . '. '. . . . . . . . . . . . '. '. . ! 10c!
Splendens. Rich dark purple ..... ! ! ! 10c!
Graziosa. Deep lilac .!!!!!!!!!!!..!. . 10c!
Iphigenia. Mauve, with white center 10c
Imperialis, Mixed Colors ' i0c.
Collection of the above 6 separate varieties . .' . .' ..........!!!!!!!!!!!! ! 50c!
Centaurea Flowering Varieties
Cyanus. (Ragged Sailor, or Corn flower.) Avery old favorite garden annual. flower-
ing freely in almost any situation, height 2 to 3 feet; largely used for cut flowers.
Blue • • - • • • Pkt. 5c. Mixed Colors 5c.
■r. t. Collection of 6 Centaurea Cyanus, separate colors, 25c.
Cyanus Double, Mixed Colors. Produces large, globular heads of flowers filled
up to the center with florets pkt. 5c.
Americana Hallii. Bushy garden annual', 30 inches high; large ball-like flowers
! 6 inches across, of lavender-blue; fragrant Pkt. 10c.
Chrysanthemums
These improved varieties form bushy,
compact, oval plants about 18 inches high,
are of easy cultivation, and flower most
abundantly during the summer; . very
showy garden annuals and fine for cutting.
(See cut.)
SINGLE-FLOWERING VARIETIES
Evening Star. Sheeted with large, single
golden-yellow flowers Pkt. 10c.
Morning Star. Large cream-yellow flow-
ers; profuse Pkt. 10c.
North Star. Single giant flowers of white
with a soft yellow zone contrasting
effectively against the bold black
disk Pkt. 10c.
Mixed Single Annual Varieties 5c.
DOUBLE-FLOWERING VARIETIES
Golden Queen. Double golden flowers.
Pkt. 10c.
White Pearl. Double white flowers. . . 10c.
Mixed Double Annual Varieties 5c.
Lorenz's Double Fringed, Mixed. . . . 10c.
Inodorum Snowball. A great advance in
this useful type; large, densely double,
perfectly-formed Bellis-like flowers of
purest white, borne freely; finely-cut
Fern-like foliage; fine cut flower, Pkt. 10c.
Inodorum Bridal Robe. Round, compact
little bushes only 8 inches high by 12 inches across. The dense mass of finely-
cut foliage is studded with small double white flowers. Effective for gardens
and fine for pots Pkt. 15c.
Centaurea Gymnocarpa
OR DUSTY MILLER
This is extensively used for ribbon bedding, edgings, vases, etc. It forms a
dense, bushy foliage plant, 12 to 15 inches in height; the graceful curving leaves
are silvery-gray. Per 1 ,000 seeds, 50c Pkt. 10c.
Centrosema
Grandiflora. A neat, hardy perennial vine, 1 feet high, with clusters of purple
and white Pea-like flowers Pkt. 10c.
Cerastium
SNOW IN SUMMED
Tomentosum. A procumbent, hardy perennial, having white foliage and a pro-
fusion of small white flowers. Very pretty as an edging plant. . . . Pkt. 25c.
Celastrus BITTEK SWEET
Scandens. A popular native climber, with showy orange berries carried through
the winter; 20 feet Pkt. 10c.