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CARNATIONS. 



CENTAUREA. 



White-leaved or Dusty Miller sorts. A beautiful class of foliage plants, 

 much used for ribboning in beds and borders. 



Candidissima— A very fine silvery- leaved plant, 1 foot. H. H. P. ." / .10 



Gymnocarpa— The foliage of, this variety is finely cut and silvery. It is / r- 



haps the best variety for.bedding purposes; % foot. H. H. P 1 ..10 



Clementei— A robust and free-growing variety, with silvery leaves, deiply 



fringed and cut; % foot. H. H. P 10 



Bachelor's Button— Ragged Sailor or Blue Coru Bottle Sorts. 



Cyanus -Various colors mixed. H. A. Per oz., 25 cents 5 



Cyanus, fl. pi.— Double. Mixed colors 10 



CERINTHE— Honey wort. 



Showy annuals, much resorted to by bees on account of its honey secretions. 

 H. A. Mixed 5 



CELOSIA OR COCKSCOMB. 



Interesting and brilliant 

 annuals of tropical origin. 

 The feathered varieties 

 bear profusely handsome 

 spikes of feather like blos- 

 soms, while the CriBtata 

 sorts are finely cut so as to 

 resemble a cock's comb. 

 (See cut.) H.H. A. 

 Cristata Aurea— Dwarf 



yellow 5 



Cristata Coccinea— 

 Dwarf crimson, fine, 1 



foot 5 



Glasgow Prize— A beau- 

 tiful variety, with very 

 large crimson combs. 10 



Feathered or Plumed 

 Varieties. 



Pyramidalis Plumosa 



Aurea— Golden yellow 

 plumes; very tine; 3 ft 5 

 Reid's Perfection— Rich 



magenta plumes; 3ft.. 5 



CARNATIONS. 



An important and beautiful class; none more so are grown. Most of the- 

 varieties have a delicious clove fragrance. H. H. P. 

 Choice Bizarre— The seed we have of this variety is saved from a very fine 



collection of named flowers 25 



Perpetual, or Tree— This may be expected to produce very choice varieties, 



having been saved from very beautiful sorts 25 



Choice Pink— Choice saved from specimen flowers 25 



Choice White— Choice saved from specimen flowers 25 



Choice Yellow— Choice saved from specimen flowers 25 



Pink — Flowers very beautiful and fragrant. Best Double— Mixed colore 25 



Picotee— Flowers all one color, beautifully bordered, red, rose and purple. 



Finest double mixed ; 25 



Choice Double mixed— Saved from named flowers 15 



Good Mixed —For border plants 10 



Grenadin— The earliest Carnation to bloom. The flowers, which are large, 



bright scarlet and very double, are produced in great abundance 15 



Grenadin White— Very early pure white flowers, invaluable for cutting 25 



MARGUERITE CARNATIONS. 



Dianthus Caryophyllus, fl. pi. 



A beautiful new strain of Carnations, producing in great abundance. flowers 

 of the most brilliant hues, ranging through the various shades of white, pink 

 red, and many variegated. The flowers are large and of fine form. A valuable 

 feature of it is, the calyx never bursts. Their beauty is not surpassed by any^flow- 

 ering plant ; and as a proof of their usefulness we need only to mention the follow - 

 ingfacts: Seedling plants begin to bloom about the fourth month from the time- 

 of sowing, so that by sowing seed about the first of March, many of the plants 

 will begin flowering in June, and continue to bloom in great profusion until 

 frost comes, when they can be taken out of the ground and potted, and they 

 will give a profusion of flowers throughout the winter. Furthermore, as many 

 as 80 per cent, of seedlings may be relied upon to produce double flowers,' which 

 is an unusually large proportion. The plants are dwarf, compact and robust in 

 habit. 

 Hixedcolors 10 | Pure White 10 



CALLIOPSIS or COREOPSIS. 



COCKSCOMB. 



COREOPSIS LANCEOLATA. 



This genus of plants ranks among our best annuals. The flowers are border- 

 ed yellow, orange and reddish brown, with dark purple center. H. A. 



Golden Wave — Beautiful yellow & 



Crimson ^ 



Finest Double mixed— Per oz., 20 cents 5 



Perennial Variety. 



Coreopsis Lanceolata— A very showy yellow sort, producing great abundance 

 of flowers from July until late in the fall, excellent for cutting, and is 

 worthy of more extensive cultivation. Perfectly hardy 10 



YOUR GARDEN SHOULD CONTAIN CARNATIONS AND CALLIOPSIS. 



