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J. MANNS & CO.'S CHOICE SEEDS. 



CENTAUREA. 



(a) An exceedingly interesting genus of plants, em- 

 bracing annuals, biennials and perennials. Some of the 

 varieties are foliage plants, indispensable for borders and 

 edges of beds, while others are noted for their beautiful 

 flowers. Packet, 5c. 



GYMNOCARPA (Dusty Miller).— Silvery gray fol- 

 iage; drooping habit; very graceful. Packet, 5c. 



CENTAUREA CYANUS (or Bachelor's Button), (a) 

 This is the widely known and ever-popular " Corn Flower" 

 or " Corn Bottle," which, if the seed is sown just as soon as 

 the ground is fit in Spring, will furnish a profusion of 

 white, blue and pink flowers from July until late in Autumn. 

 Hardy annual: two to three feet high. Mixed. Packet, 5c. 



CLARKIA — (a) Pretty, profuse-flowering annuals, 

 much used for edging. They grow from nine inches to 

 one and a half feet in height, and their colors are confined 

 mostly to red and white, separate and in combination. 

 Useful for hanging baskets and vases. Packet, 5c. 



ELEGAKS, — Double, mixed rose and white. Pkt, 5c. 



CYCLAMEN. 



Well known and uni- 

 versally admired tuber- 

 ous-rooted plants, pro- 

 ducing exceedingly hand- 

 some red and white flow- 

 ers. Tender perennial ; 

 one foot high. 



PERSICUM. 



Mixed; of great beauty and 

 many colors. 



CONVOLVULUS. 



(See Morning Glory.) 



DELPHINIUM. 



(See Larkspur.) 



COREOPSIS. (Calliopsis.) 



Very handsome and showy - CYCLAMEN. 



plants, with numerous flowers of brilliant colors and of 



long duration in bloom. Packet, 5c. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM. 



CHRYSANTHEMUMS 

 have deservedly become 

 very popular. 

 They are showy and 

 effective in the garden, 

 and very desirable for 

 cut flowers. 



ELSIE WALKER. 



Packet, 5c. 



DOUBLE CORONARIUM. 



(p2) Mixed. White and 

 yellow, double flowers. 

 Packet, 5c. 



(a) CHRYSANTHE- 

 MUM. ( Indicum 

 Grandiflorum.) Pkt., 5< 

 COBAEA 

 (See Vines and Climbers.) 

 CINERARIA. 



HYBRIDA — Very attractive, 

 free-blooming plants, producing 

 large and brilliant flowers. Pkt., 5c 



CHOICEST MIXED Packet, 5c. 



ELSIE WALKER. 



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COCKSCOMB.— (Celosia Cristata.) 

 Highly ornamental plants, producing crested-head of 

 flowers, somewhat resembling a cock's comb. There are 

 many shapes and colors, but of all colors the rose and 

 crimson are the most brilliant and rich. Tender annual. 

 The dwarf varieties are about one foot high. Packet, 5c. 

 HYBRIBUS, MIXED.—Select mixed colors. Pkt, 5c. 



FEATHERED, FINE 

 MIXED.—This new Feath- 

 ered Celosia produces 

 arge plumes, which 

 are exquisitely curved 

 and curled in exact re- 

 semblance to an ostrich 

 feather. The plant 

 grows about three feet 

 high, is of handsome 

 pyramidal form, and 

 numerous massive 

 plumes, gracefully 

 waving above the 

 foliage, make it one 

 of the most effective 

 ornamental plants, 

 for either pot or 

 outdoor planting. It 

 is easy of culture. 

 Packet, 5c 



COCKSCOMB. 



COLEUS. 



Probably there is no other kind of ornamental foliage 

 plant so well known and universally admired as the Coleus. 

 The leaves are of many shapes, shades and colors, and 

 nearly all have a rich velvety appearance of extraordinary 

 beauty. No yard should be without these decorative plants. 

 Tender perennial. Packet, 5c. 



COSMOS. 



A very effective Autumn flowering plant. Quite hardy 

 and rapid growing, forming bushes often four to eight feet 

 high, and covered with large single, dahlia-like flowers. 

 Should be started in this latitude during March, and trans- 

 planted to open ground about June 1. 



DAISY.— (Bellis Perennis.) 

 {pi) This is the beautiful little double Daisy of which 

 the poets have sung so sweetly. It grows but three inches 

 high, and bears a profusion of beautiful red and white flow- 

 ers. Makes a splendid edging, and is an early and per- 

 sistent bloomer. 



DIA¥fHUs7'p'N^ 



CHINA AND JAPAN. 



Beautiful class of 

 hardy pinks that flow- 

 er freely the first sea- 

 son. Sow in a hot- 

 b e d , transplanting 

 dwarf varieties, s i x 

 inches apart. If not 

 kept too warm are 

 useful house plants. 

 Double varieties pro- 

 duce flowers as large 

 as Carnation or Pic- 

 otee. Hardy annuals 

 that bloom the second 

 season also if not al- 

 lowed to bloom too 

 freely the first. One 

 foot high. 



DOUBLE ANNUAL VARIETIES. 



CHINENSIS (China or India Pink).— Superb varieties, 

 double, mixed. Oz., 30c. Packet, 5c. 



HEDEWIGII (Double Japan Pink).— Beautiful double 

 flowers; mixed colors. Oz., 60c. Packet, 5c. 



DIADEMATUS (Double Diadem Pink).— Large flow- 

 ers of dark shades, marked with white and black colors; 

 rich and beautiful. Oz., 75c. Packet. 5c. 



IMPERIALS (Double Imperial Pink).— Choice colors 

 mixed. Packet. 5c. 



ALBA FLORE-PLENO (Snowball).— Double white, 

 fringed flowers; fine. Packet, 5c. 



SINGLE ANNUAL VARIETIES. 



CRIMSON BELL. — Very large, single, brilliant dark 

 red flowers. Packet, 5c. 



EASTERN QUEEN — Magnificent single flowers, two 

 to four inches across. Most splendidly striped and stained. 

 Packet. 5c. 



HEDEWIGII, MIXED.— Flowers three inches across; 

 rich, beautiful colors. Packet, 5c 



LACINIATUS, MIXED._Flowers very large, some- 

 times three inches in diameter; petals very deeply fringed 

 and beautifullv colored. Packet, 5c. 



SALMON QUEEN—A most beautiful new single pink; 

 the tints are distinct from all others; of the most brilliant 

 salmon color imaginable; finely formed and nicely fringed. 

 Packet, 5c. 



HARDY PERENNIAL VARIETIES. 



Adapted for beds and borders; sweet scented; should be in 



every garden. 



PLUMARIUS (Pheasant Eye).— A beautiful single 

 pink, fringed. Packet, 5c 



