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STOKESIA 

 CYANEA 



The Hardy Blue 

 "Corn-flower" Aster 



THIS beautiful 

 hardy peren- 

 nial plant is 

 not so well known as 

 it deserves to be. No 

 garden, large or 

 small, should be 

 without it. As a 

 single specimen or 

 group in the herba- 

 ceous border it 

 makes for itself a 

 place that cannot 

 be filled by any 

 other hardy plant, 

 ■while for beds or 

 masses of any size 

 it is very attractive. 

 It is of the easiest 

 culture, blooming the first year from seed, 

 and succeeding in any open sunny position. 

 The plants grow from 18 to 24 inches high and 

 begin flowering in July, continuing without 

 interruption till late in October to produce 

 their handsome lavender-blue cornflower-like 

 blossoms 4 to 5 inches across on long stems, 

 rendering them highlv valu- 

 able for cutting, suppl; 



GIANT IMPERIAL 



Sweet Sultan 



(CENTAUREA IMPERIALIS) 



These new varieties of the old Sweet Sultan 

 are grand improvements, producing ' long-stem- 

 med blossoms 3 to 4 inches across, of graceful, 

 airy effect, and most deliciously fragrant. The 

 colors are varied from gbstening white through 

 shades of red, from flesh-pink to crimson and 

 through blues from silvery-lilac to royal-purple, 

 some of them having centres of some distinct 

 color, as violet with white centre, etc.; for bou- 

 quets, vases, or as corsage flowers they are of ex- 

 ceptional value. If cut scarcely opened they will 

 last for ten days in water. The plants are of 

 the easiest culture, flow'ering freely in the garden 

 the first summer from seed sown in the spring. 

 They are of strong, bushy form, 2 to 3 feet high. 

 (See cut.) 



Sweet Sultan Imperial, Mixed Colors Pkt. 10c. 



" Margarita;. Satiny-white flowers 10c. 



" Chama:leon. Bright yellow flowers. ... 10c. 



" Favorita. Brilliant rose-colored flowers 10c. 



" Splendens. Rich dark purple 10c. 



" Craziosa. Deep lilac 10c. 



" lphigenia. Delicate mauve, with large 



white centre 10c. 



" Gigantea. New gigantic pure white 

 sweet-scented flowers on long, strong 

 stalks; plant grows 4 to 5 feet high. .25c 



variety of extremely rich colors 

 including blood-crimson, salmon, 

 pink, white, cerise, etc. — many 

 having large white eyes, and all 

 being deliciously sweet scented. 

 (See cut.) 



Harlequin. Large flowers of sever- 

 al colors are produced on the 

 same plant. _ Sometimes a head 

 will be all crimson, another all 

 pink, another white, etc., but 

 usually florets of different colors 

 will be borne in one head ; very 

 unique and beautiful. Pkt. 10c. 

 Henderson's Perfection. Single 

 La ge Flowering, nixed. Extra 



choice 10c. 



Henderson's Perfection. Double, 

 Large-Flowering, nixed. Extra 



choice 15c. 



Imported collection of 6 separate 

 sorts, 25c. 



We deliver FREE A U. S. iMSStf 



or Freight s^ion. at Su/SptoS! all Vegetable and Flower Seeds, Bulbsand Books ot l x ££U 



where 

 noted. 



