CURRIE BROTHERS CO. FARM AND GARDEN ANNUAL 



COCKSCOMB. GLASGOW PRIZE. 



CENTAUREA. 



The well-known cornflowers. Corn 

 Bottle or Ragged Sailor, are perfect- 

 ly hardy and can be sown in the 

 open ground during April or May; a 

 light gravelly soil is the most suit- 

 able. The Giant Flowering Sweet 

 Sultans are really gigantic cornflow- 

 ers, measuring from 3 to 4 inches 

 across, but are much more decorative 

 and useful for cut flowers, while 

 many are sweet scented. They are 

 of the easiest cultivation, flowering 

 freely from outdoor sown seed. Sow 

 in April or May. The white-leaved 

 or Dusty Millers are much used for 

 ribboning beds and borders. 



GIANT FLOWERING SWEET SUL- 

 TANS — Centaurea Imperialis. 



This is without doubt the best of 

 all the Centaureas or Sweet Sultans. 

 The plants are strong and robust 

 growers and produce noble flowers, 

 borne on long, stout stems, which 

 are excellent for vases, bouquets, etc. 

 The colors run through white, lilac, 

 rose, purple, dark red and many oth- 

 er tints, and all are deliciously fra- 

 grant. H. A. 

 White, Pink, Lavender, each, 



pkt. 10c; 3 pkts 25 



Mixed, pkt. 5c; % oz 25 



CELOSIA OR COCKSCOMB. 



Interesting and brilliant annuals 

 of tropical origin. The feathered 

 varieties bear profusely handsome 

 spikes of feather-like blossoms, while 

 the Cristata sorts are finely cut so 

 as to resemble a cockscomb. H. H. A. 

 Glasgow Prize — A beautiful va- 

 riety with very large crimson Pkt. 



combs 10 



Cristata Aurea — Dwarf yellow.. 5 

 Cristata Coccinea — Dwarf crim- 

 son 5 



FEATHERED OR OSTRICH PLUME 



CELOSIAS. 

 Thompson's "Magnifica" — A su- 

 perior type of Ostrich-Plumed 

 Celosia, plants grow Zy 2 ft. 

 high, bearing showy plumed 

 heads of various colors. They 

 last in bloom for a long time 

 and are easily raised from seed. 

 Very showy and effective bor- 

 der plants 10 



Pyramidalis Plumosa Aurea — 

 Golden yellow plume; very fine; 



3 feet 5 



Reid's Perfection — Rich magenta 

 plumes; 3 feet 5 



GIANT SWEET SULTANS 



CELOSIA THOMPSON'S MAGNIFICAT 



CENTAUREA. 



(Giant Sweet Sultans.) 

 Centaurea Margaret — Pure whltePkt. 

 flowers of the sweetest fra- 

 grance, borne on long stiff 

 stems, -which makes them most 

 admirably suited for bouquets, 

 vases and general cut flower 



decoration 5 



Centaurea Chameleon — Very 



large, fragrant yellow flowers. .10 

 Centaurea Suaveolens — Yellow 

 Sweet Sultan. Sweet scented- 

 large yellow flowers, bloom's 

 freely all summer, height 2 ft. 



Excellent for bouquets 5 



CORN FLOWER. 

 Centaurea Cyanus Bachelor's But- 

 ton (Kaiser Blume Ragged Sailor' or 

 Corn Bottle) — 2 to 3 feet high. 



The well-known cornflowers, Corn 

 Bottle or Ragged Sailor, are per- 

 fectly hardy, and can be sown in the 

 open ground during April or May, a 

 light gravelly soil is the most suit- 

 able. They make excellent cut flow- 

 ers. 

 Blue(Kaiser Wilhelm) per oz. 25c 5 



Single Mixed, per oz. 20c 5 



Double Mixed Colors, per oz. 35c; 5 

 WHITE LEAVED CENTAUREAS. 

 Candidissima — A very fine silver-leaved 



Plant. 1 ft. H. H. P 10 



Gymnoearpu — The foliage of this variety 

 is finely cut and silvery. It is perhaps 

 the best variety for bedding purposes; 

 foot. H. H. P 5 



The Butterfly Pkt 



Pea — A per- 

 fectly hardy 

 vine of great 

 beauty, which 

 blooms the 

 first season 

 from seed 

 sown in April, 

 producing in 

 great profu- 

 sion large 

 clusters of de- 

 lightfully fra- 

 grant invert- 

 ed pea-shaped 

 flowers 



CERINTHE 



Honeywort — Showy annuals, much resorted to 

 by bees on account of its honey secretions. 

 H. A. Mixed 5 



CENTAUREA MARGARET. 



