36 J. MANNS & CO., Forrest and Hillen Sts., Baitimore, Md. 
SUPERIOR FLOWER SEEDS 
Centaurea Cyanus or Bachelors’ Button 
CENTAUREA (A) 
CENTAUREA CYANUS or BACHELOR'S BUTTON or 
CORN FLOWER. Charming old-fashioned flowers, requiring 
little or no care and flowering within eight weeks from planting 
of seed. Free and uninterrupted in its flowering habit, reseeding 
itself year after year. Useful as a cut flower as well as a garden 
decoration. Double blue or double mixed. Pkt., 5c and 10c; 
\Y oz., 15c. 
CENTAUREA GYMNOCARPA or DUSTY MILLER. One 
foot, foliage finely cut of silvery gray color, used for bedding. 
Pkt., 10c; 14 oz., 15c. 
CENTAUREA MOSCHATA or SWEET SULTAN. Beautiful, 
sweet scented, artistic shaped flowers borne on long stems, when 
cut will last for several days. Yellow. Pkt., 10c; 14 oz., 25c. 
CHRYSANTHEMUM (P and A) 
The annual Chrysanthemums are free-blooming, caeily grown 
plants, having large flowers in a variety of brilliant colors, fine 
for cutting. 
CARINATUM, The Sultan. Double, brilliant scarlet, 
Aureum. Large double yellow. 
Dunnetti. Free flowering double white. 
Mixed. Finest double hybrids. 
Pkt., 5c and 10c; 14 0z., 20c; oz., 45c. 
Perennial Chrysanthemums are grown chiefly from divisions of 
roots of the Japanese varieties and cultivated by florists for late 
fall and winter cut flowers. The following perennials however, 
can be very satisfactorily grown from seed, producing beautiful, 
double flowers. 
INODORUM PLENISSIMUM. Pkt., 10c; 14 0z., 25c. 
BRIDAL ROBE. Pkt., 10c; 14 0z., 50c. 
MAXIMUM PERFECTION. Pkt., 10c; 14 0z., 25c. 
MAXIMUM KING EDWARD. Pkt., 10c; 14 0z., 30c. 
MAXIMUM LACINIATUM. Pkt., 10c; 4 0z., 30c. 
CINERARIA (P—Greenhouse) 
Among the most ornamental plants that can be grown for hot- 
nouse or conservatory decoration, producing large heads of bril- 
liant flowers in all shades of blue, purple and red. One of the 
most beautiful potted plants. 
HYBRIDA. Extra large flowered, first quality mixture. Pkt., 
50c; 1/8 oz., $6.75. 
MARITIMA. Entirely different from the popular Cineraria, 
being most useful for bedding. Silver-leaved; also called Dusty 
Miller. Pkt., 5c; 14 oz., 15c. 
CLARKIA (A) 
Very pretty, profuse flowering annuals, much used for edging. 
They grow from nine to eighteen inches high, producing mostly 
red or white flowers. Useful for hanging baskets. PkKt., 5c; 
4 oz., 15c. 
CLEMATIS. See page 43. 
COLEUS (P—Tender) 
An attractive foliage plant for ornamental bedding. 
hybcid mixture. Pkt., 25c; 14 oz., $2.00. 
Finest 
COSMOS (A) 
One of the most satisfactory hardy annuals, flowering in late 
summer. Fine for cutting and easily grown. Can be sown any- 
het and transplanted. Grows 4 to 6 feet high, Mammoth 
large flowered. Mixed and early flowering mixed, pkt., 5c; 
Y{ oz., 10c;. Double-crested mixed, pkt., 10c; 14 oz., $1.25. 
CYCLAMEN (P-Tender) 
Universally admired, tuberous rooted house plants with beauti- 
tul foliage and richly colored flowers. Sow the seed in light rich 
soil, barely covering, and keep at a temperature of 50 to 60 degrees 
F. Water freely until well started. Seeds sown in spring, by au- 
tumn will produce little bulbs, which placed in pots will bloom 
the following spring 
AMSTERDAM GIANTS, Blorists Prize Mixture. Pkt., 25c; 
100 seeds $2.00; 1/16 oz., $3.00 
DAHLIA (P—Half Hardy) 
For Roots, see page 43. 
Seed should be planted very early indoors and the plants trans- 
planted in May or June. Most of the plants will bloom the same 
year. The roots should be dug before freezing weather and stored 
in sand in a cool place. 
GIANT FLOWERED. Choice mixed. Pkt., 25c; 14 oz., $3.00. 
ieee DOUBLE. Large flowered choice mixed. Pkt., 10c; 
Oz 
Cactus SIYBRIDS. Pkt., 25c; 4 oz., 
Extra double mixed. 
DATURA (A) 
Large branching plants producing very large handsome, double 
double or single, trumpet-shaped blossoms a exquisite fragrance. 
Excellent for late summer and autumn flowering. 
Pkt., 10c; 14 oz., 20c. 
DELPHINIUM or HARDY LARKSPUR(P) 
Splendid border perennial of vigorous growth. strikingly effective 
as a background jor borders and for planting among shrubbery. 
The blooming season is very long and the beautiful irregular 
flowers are clustered on long spikes 3 to 5 feet high. Double and 
semi-double varieties mixed. Pkt., 10c; 14 oz., $1.00. 
BELLADONNA. Pkt., 10c; 14 oz., $1.50. 
DIANTHUS OR PINKS (B) 
These very beautiful and popular biennials flower freely the first 
year from seed, and in most locations they are quite hardy and 
produce larger flowers the second year. 
Mixed colors 
CHINENSIS. Extra double flowered in choicest mixture. Pkt., 
5c; 14 oz., 15c. 
HEDDEWIGII. Fringed single, very large flowers. Pkt., 5c; 
4 oz., 15c. 
HEDDEWIGII PLUMARIUS. 
Pkt., 10c; 14 oz., 75c. 
FLORISTS PERPETUAL. Large clusters, fragrant, very use- 
ful for cut flowers. Double mixed. Pkt., 10c; 14 oz., 30c. 
Double and semi-double mixed. 
Cineraria—Hybrida 
