Candytuft 
Annual Varieties 
The plants are fairly covered with blossoms; 
great favorites for beds, edging, pots and bor- 
ders, and of the easiest culture. They are 
double the size of the old varieties. Several 
new and exquisite shades and colors are in- 
cluded; they form bushy little plants only 4 to 
6 inches high. 
1688 Dwart Hybrid, Large-flowering. White. 
1690 Dwarf Hybrid, Large-flowering. Mixed 
Colors. 
1692 Empress or Giant White Hyacinth-flowered. 
A grand variety, producing enormous spikes 
of bloom, resembling a white Hyacinth. These 
spikes offen measure 7 inches’long by 234 
inches in diameter; plant in bloom, 12 inches 
high. To produce the finest spikes the plant 
should be transplanted. 
1696 Rose-cardinal. Produces very large um- 
bels of bright, rose-cardinal flowers, so that 
plant presents one unbroken sheet of bloom; 
8 inches high. 
1700 Umbellata, Mixed Colors. 
Price of above, per 1000 seeds, 35c; pkt., 10c 
Perennial Varieties 
Admirably adapted for permanent front rows 
of borders or for low clumps or beds; very 
valuable for early decoration. 
1704 Gibraltica. Showy, large-growing, rosy 
EWUIEG re LO unk basta case res ceceensee- wees Pkt, 25¢ 
1708 Sempervirens. Completely covered with 
heads of white flowers in spring; 1 foot. Fe 
Pkt., 25¢ 
Caration 
_-CHABAUD’S GIANT FLOWERING (A) 
(See Coler Plate, Page 26) 
These creations of a French “‘Carnationist”’ 
surpass all the race in richness and variety of 
coloring, and are surprisingly beautiful. Now 
we have varieties flowering continuously after 
six months from sowing. Plants upright, bear- 
ing double blessoms, all perfuming the air 
with their sweetness. ; 
Seed should be sown in the spring in the 
greenhouse, hot-bed or light window of dweil- 
ing house, in shallow boxes (2 inches deep) 
of light soil, where the temperature will aver- 
age 60 degrees. When the seedlings are 2 
inches high, plant them in the open ground. 
1732 Dark Red 1735 Pink 1737 White 
1733 Flesh 1738 Yellow 
Price of the above, per 500 seeds, 75c; 
25¢ per packet 
1741 Collection of 5 Varieties...........$1.00 
1740 Chabaud's Fancy. Mixed Colors : 
Per 506 seeds, 60c; pkt., 25¢ 
CARNATION (Continued ) - 
MARGUERITE, Giant Flowering (A) 
The flowers often measure 2 inches across 
and are usually very double. Most of them 
have lovely fringed petals ond are delight- 
fully fragrant. Seed sown in the spring 
will produce luxuriant plants that will be 
continuously full of bloom from August 
until killed by severe frosis, or seeds may 
be sown during the summer for the winter- 
flowering plants. 
1750 Mixed Colors. 
Per 500 seeds, 50c; pkt., 15¢ 
HARDY GARDEN CARNATION 
Seed sown in spring will produce large 
clumps that will stond out over winter and 
CP) 
bloom the following summer 
very double. 
1760 Finest Double Mixed. Extra fine strain. 
Per 500 seeds, $1.00; pkt., 25c¢ 
1762 Grenadin Dwarf Scarlet. A fine variety 
for rock gardens and borders; height 8 inches. 
Per 500 seeds, $1.00; pkt. 25c 
Geb (A) 
Among the showiest of our annual garden 
flowers. They are very effective when massed 
in the foreground of shrubs or evergreens, also 
for background planting in flower borders. 
The dwarf varieties are excellent for bedding. 
CHILDSI, Chinese Wool Flower 
1772 This unique type forms large globular 
heads like balls of wool chenille and of rich, 
bright red color. The plants, 2 to 3 feet in 
height, branch freely, each branch terminating 
with a flower-head. It continues in flower from 
early summer until frost. Pkt., 15¢ 
ROYAL VELVET 
1774 For cutting and garden use, this two-foot 
plant produces a large centre head and nu- 
merous large, long-stemmed cockscombs of a 
Tich ruby red. Combs are borne erect and fo- 
liage is bronzy green with reddish margin. 
Very striking, flowers on symmetrical plants: 
Pkt., 25¢ 
1775 CELOSIA, CRISTATA Gilbert's Maple Gold 
The individual plants grow two to three feet 
high and are of strong branching habit with 
each stem terminating in a lovely ball-shaped 
clustered head that varies in size from a few 
inches to sometimes ten inches in diameter. 
The maple-pink heads vary in color from a 
light to a dark pink, tipped with gold. These 
clusters have good keeping qualities and may 
be cut at any stage for use jn arrangements, 
the heads will even last three or four days 
out of water. They continue flowering until 
late in the Fall when killed by frost. Any 
left-over flowers can be gathered just before 
cold weather and dried for Winter Douque ts: 
+., 25¢ 
and fall. All 
CELOSIA MAPLE GOLD 
Cultural directions printed on back of seed packets. Explanation of the letters following the various species of flower seeds: (A) Annual. 
CRISTATA, Crested Cockscombh 
Very popular annuals of easy culture, pro- 
ducing large, ornamental, comb-like heads, 
resembling ruffled chenille, they are prized for 
summer flower beds, and make fine pot plants. 
Height, 12 to 18 inches. 
1778 Crimson King. Blood-red. 
1782 Prince of Orange 
1786 Wine Rose 
1790 Mixed Colors. Price of above, pkt., 10c 
1792 PYRAMIDALIS ''Flame of Fire."" They 
grow 18 to 20 inches high, with perfect pyra- 
midal form carrying a large blaze-like colored 
plume on the top. They are very branghing 
and each branch bears a plume. Pkt., 15¢ 
PLUMOSA or Plumed Cockscomb 
A superior type of Celosia Plumosa, forming 
pyramidal branching plants, 312 feet high, 
and bearing large, conical, pluming heads. 
The plants present a showy appearance in the 
summer garden, lasting in bloom until frost. 
They are also very handsome grown in pots. 
1794 Crimson Plumed 
1796 Golden Plumed 
1800 Mixed Plumed. (Thompson’s Magnifica.) 
Price of above, per 1000 seeds, 50c; pkt., 15c 
(P) Perennial. (CP) Climbing Perennial. (CA) Climbing Annual. (B) Biennial. ATP) Tender Perennial, 
9 
