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CENTAUREA IMPERIALIS. Splendid new varieties of Giant 
Sweet Sultan. These are more robust in habit, with larger flowers, more 
finely fringed, the stems are longer, and the foliage laciniated. For cut 
flowers Centaureas are invaluable, keeping a week or ten days in water. 
Hardy annuals. Three colors, separate, white, lavender and yellow. 10c 
pkt.; mixed, 10c-pkt. 
CENTAUREA. “Blue Bottle” or ‘“‘Corn Flower’. Is one of 
the most attractive of all hardy annuals, the graceful beauty of its old- 
fashioned flowers being universally admired. A hardy annual of the 
easiest growth, flowers exquisite blue; height 2 to 3 feet. 5c pkt. 
Cyanus. Including dark and light blue, purple, pink, rose, white, 
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Kaiser Wilhelm. Of a rich deep blue color. 5c pkt. 
New Double. So perfect that fully 80 per cent. of the flowers are 
double and semi-double. 10c pkt. 
Wew Dwarf Blue Victoria. The compact and bushy plants, 6 to9 
inches high, present a mass of foliage and profusion of graceful azure-like 
flowers. In bloom one month after sowing seed; invaluable and showy 
for borders. 10c. pkt. 
BRILLIANT CANNAS. “Good Venture Sirain.” Saved froma 
beautiful collection of very fine named varieties, and large seedlings of 
my own. Lhe plants range’ irom 22 inches’ to 3% feet) in height, they 
have very large flowers, of grand colors, splendid yellow, rich orange, red 
spotted, deep carmine, flaming scarlet deeply margined with gold, salmon 
red streaked with copper and cardinal. Some flowers have four or five 
petals. ‘The foliage is rich and handsome, various shades of green, dark 
red streaked with greenish yellow, plain green and dark maroon. Splendid 
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CARNATIONS. (Perpetual or Monthly.) Carnations grow to the 
greatest perfection in California. ‘Their magnificent flowers, long stems, 
beautiful forms, rich colors and delightful fragrance, make them wonder- 
fully attractive. 25c. pkt. 
Marguerite. Splendid mixed. A charming strain that blooms the 
first year from seed. Though not as fragrant and beautiful as the monthly 
carnation, yet very satisfactory and popular. 10c. pkt. 
CYCLAMEN Giganteum. Giant flowered cyclamen. Splendid 
flowers of great beauty. Pure white 20c. pkt., red 20c. pkt., mixed 15c. pkt. 
CALENDULA. “Pot Marigold.’” Splendid mixed. Sc. pkt. 
CELOSIA. “Ostrich Feather.’’ One of the most beautiful and 
showy annuals that has been introduced for years, and that deserves all 
the praise that has been given it. It is exquisitely beautiful on close 
examination, and at a distance is a mass of brilliant color. It blooms 
when only 12 inches high, and in California keeps its splendor until late 
December. Crimson and orange color., 10c. pkt.; twa, 15c. 
CANDYTUET. Empress.” Pure white. Sc. pkt. 
