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CARNATION— Continued. 

 Choice Mixed. Saved from choicest double flowers, 



very select, 1% tt Pkt. 50 



Fine Double German. From named floweis 25 



Good Mixed. For border culture 10 



Early Dwarf Vienna. The best garden sort, produces 

 a large per cent, of double, sweet-scented flowers. 

 Great variety of colors. With light protection will 

 stand out through our winters and bloom very 

 early 10 



Perpetual, or Tree. Saved from choicest double flowers . 25 

 Picotee. Edges of petals bordered with various colors ; 

 mixed colors 35 



Double Grenadin. A splendid variety for florists; very 

 early, charming, brilliant scarlet flowers. Exceedingly 



valuable for making bouquets 15 



Collection of Twelve Beautiful Varieties 1.00 



Marguerite. This new race of Carnations has become 

 very popular on account of their rapid development, 

 blooming in four months from sowing seed, con- 

 tinuing in profusion until checked by frost, or may 

 be potted for winter blooming. Flowers very double 

 and in great variety of colors. Finest mixed 10 



CASTOR OIL, BEA]S\ (See Ricinus.) 

 CELOSIA. 



Very singular,- attractive and showy plants, producing mag- 

 nificent spikes of beautiful feathery-looking flowers. They 

 succeed well in the garden, if planted out in June. Graceful 

 and beautiful half-hardy annuals. 



Argentea. Long spikes of silvery-white, shaded with 

 flesh color ; splendid Pkt. 10 



Aurea Pyramidalis Bright golden spikes in pyra- 

 midal form ; exceedingly beautiful 10 



New Crimson Feathered. Crimson spikes; beautiful . . 10 



Pyramidalis Plumosa. Beautiful long plumes, pyramidal 

 in form ; of red, yellow, violet, etc. ; very striking ... 10 



Huttoni. Bushy habit, pyramidal form, profusely 

 branched, each leading branch being tipped with a 

 small spike of bright crimson flowers 10 



Cristata. (See Cockscomb.) 



CENTAUKEA. 



An exceedingly interesting genus of plants, embracing annuals, 

 biennials and perennial. Some of the varieties are magni- 

 ficent foliage plants, while others are noted for their beauti- 

 ful flowers. All the kinds named below are worthy of 

 cultivation. 



Gymnocarpa. Silvery-gray foliage ; drooping habit, very 

 graceful Per oz., $1.00; Pkt. 10' 



Candidissima. Fine ornamental plant of great beauty. 

 Silvery-white, deeply cut foliage 10 



Clementei. Foliage white, deeply cut and altogether 

 very beautiful 10 



Americana. Hardy annual, 2 ft. in height, and of 

 strong, robust growth ; flowers deep red ; very pretty . 5 



Cyanus. A favorite, very free blooming hardy an- 

 nual, suited to almost any situation; known as 

 Bachelor's Button, Corn Flower, Bagged Sailor and 

 Blue Bottle. Blue,. 5 cts. ; White, 5 cts. ; Eose, 5 cts. ; 

 Mixed Colors 5 



Cyanus f). pi. (Double flowered Cornflower.) Highly 

 recommended for its exquisite shades of color, 

 valuable as an ornamental plant 10 



Marguerite. Flowers pure white and exquisitely 

 fragrant; valuable for cut flowers and decorative 

 purposes 10 



Moschatus. (See Sweet Sultan) 5 



CERASTIUM. 



Dwarf-growing, white foliage plants, well adapted for edgings 



or for mixing with plants with dark foliage. 

 Biebersteinii. Silvery foliage, % it '. Pkt. 10 



CHRYSANTHEMUM. 



The annual varieties are exceedingly pretty, but are not so 

 well known or cultivated as they deserve. They are bright, 

 cheerful and free bloomers, easy and rapid in growth, and 

 merit a prominent place in every annual garden ; they are 

 also good for ordinary bouquet cutting. All the annual 

 Chrysanthemums make Taeautiful pot plants if sown in cold 

 frames, and pricked off singly into 6-inch pots. They are 

 perfectly hardy. 

 Segetum Grandiflorum. The golden Marguerite, large 



bright yellow flowers Pkt. 10 



Multicale. New dwarf bedding variety, 3 to 4 inches 



high, golden yellow flowers 15 



Lord Beaconsfield. Crimson, maroon edged and striped 



gold, brown eye, ringed j^ellow 10 



The Sultan. Crimson, maroon centre, a wide gold ring . 10 

 W.E.Gladstone. A pure, brilliant, rich crimson .... 10 

 Tricolor. AVhite, with yellow band, very pretty, 1 ft. . 5 



Burridgeanum. White centre, crimson band, beautiful, 



1 ft ■ 5 



Carinatum Eclipse. Pure golden with a bright purplish 



scarlet ring and dark brown disc, very striking .... 10 

 Venustum. Crimson centre, white band, handsome . . . 5 



Mixed Single Annual Varieties Per oz. , 50 cts ; 5 



Coronarium, Double Yellow. Handsome border plant, 



2 ft 5 



Double White. Very showy, 2 ft 



Mixed Double Annual Varieties Per oz., 50 cts. ; 



THE FOLLOWING VARIETIES AEE FOE POT CULTURE IN THE 

 HOUSE AND FOR FLORIST'S BOUQUETS: 



Indicum, fl. pi. Half-hardy perennial ; very double, mixed 

 colors Pkt. 25 



Japonicum, fl. pi. (New Japanese variety.) Flowers of 

 peculiar form and much beauty, combining numerous 

 shades of color. Very interesting. Half hardy perenllial 25 



Inodorum Plenissimum. Dwarf growing, double white 

 variety, very free flowering and beautiful for pot 

 culture 10 



Frutescens Grandiflorum. (" The Marguerite " or "Paris 

 Daisy.") Immense quantities are grown by French flor- 

 ists, and find a ready sale. It produces freely its white 

 star-like fiowers under the most unfavorable conditions 10 



Choice Hybrids. Eaised from the finest Japanese and 

 Chinese sorts, and produce a choice assortment of 

 rich and varied hues 50 



