WM. ELLIOTT & SONS' GENERAL CATALOGUE FOR 1897. 



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CENTAUREA. 



An exceedingly interesting genus of plants, embracing 

 annuals, biennials and perennial. Some of the varieties 

 are magnificent foliage plants, while others are noted 

 for their beautiful flowers. All the kinds named below 

 are worthy of cultivation. 



Per Pkt. 



Centaurea Gyiiiuocarpa. Silvery-gray foliage ; di-ooping 

 habit, very graceful. Per oz., $1.00 10 



Candidissiina. Fine ornamental plant of great 



beauty. Silvery- white, deeply cut foliage 15 



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 

 Cyanns. A favorite, very free blooming hardy an- 

 nual, suited to almost any situation ; known as 

 Bachelor's Button, Corn Flower, Ragged Sailor and 

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



Mixed Colors 5 



Centaurea Cyaniis, 11. pi. (Double flowered Cornflower.) 

 Highly recommended for its exquisite shades of color, 

 valuable as an ornamental plant 15 



Marguerite. Flowers pure and white and exquisitely 



fragrant; valuable for cutflowers and decorative pur- 

 poses 10 



Moschatus. (See Sweet Sultan) 5 



CERASTIUM. 



Dwarf-growing, white foliage plants, well adapted for 

 edgings or for mixing with plants with dark foliage. 



Cerastium Biebersteinii. Silvery foliage, 3^ ft 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 eveiy annual 

 garden; they are also good for ordinary bouquet cut- 

 ting. All the annual Chrysanthemums make beautiful 

 pot planis if sown in cold frames, and pricked off 

 singly into 6-inch pots. They are perfectly hardy. 



Chrysanthemum Segetum Grandiflorum. The golden 



Marguerite, large bright yellow flowers 10 



— — Mnlticale. New dwarf bedding variety, 3 to 4 inches 

 high, golden yellow flowers 15 



Per Pkt. 



- Lord Boaconsfleld. Crimson, maroon edged and 



striped gold, brown eye, ringed yellow 10 



- The Sultan. Crimson, maroon center, a wide gold 



ring 10 



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



- Tricolor. White, with yellow band, very pretty, 1 



ft 5 



- Burridgeannm. White center, crimsom band, beauti- 



ful, 1 ft 5 



- Carinatuni Eclipse. Pure golden with a bright purp- 



lish scarlet ring and dark brown disc, very striking 10 



- Tenustum. Crimson center, white band, hand- 



some 5 



- Mixed Single Annual Varieties. Peroz., 50 cts 5 



- Corouarinm, Double Yellow. Handsome border 



plant, 2 ft 5 



Double White. Very showy, 2 ft 5 



- Mixed Double Annual Yarieties. Peroz., 50 cts... 5 



THE FOLLOWING VARIETIES ARE FOR POT CULTURE 

 IN THE HOUSE, AND FOR FLORISTS, BOUQUETS : 



- Indicum, il. pi. Half-hardy perennial; very double, 



mixed colors 25 



Japonicum, 11. pi. (New Japanese variety.) Flow- 



ers of peculiar foi-m and much beauty, combining 

 numerous shades of color. Very interesting. Half- 

 hardy perennial 25 



luodorum Plenissimum. Dwarf grovdng, double 



white variety, very free flowering and beautiful for 

 pot culture 10 



Frutescens Grandilloruni. ("The Marguerite" or 



"Paris Daisy.") Immense quantities are grown by 

 French florists, and flnd a ready sale. It produces 

 freely its white star-like flowers under the most un- 

 favorable conditions 10 



CJioiee Hybrids. Raised from the finest Japanese and 



Chinese sorts, and produce a choice assortment of 

 rich and varied hues 50 



CHAM/EPEUCE. 



Ornamental Thistle, vrith variegated downy leaves and 

 curious spines. 



Chamaepeuce Casabonae. (Fish-bone Thistle.) Glossy dark 

 green leaves and brown spines 10 



CINERARIA. 



A favorite greenhouse plant, with great variety of beau- 

 tiful colors, blooming through the winter and spring 

 months. Seed should be sown in September or Octo- 

 ber ; when large enough, potted in an equal mixture 

 of loam, leaf-mold and sand, and in February re- 

 potted in a stronger soil. 



Cineraria. (Williams' Extra Choice Strain.) Imported; 

 produces extremely fine flowers of diverse colors and 

 magnificent form 75 



Hybrida Grandillora Kermesiua. New. intense 



glowing velvety dark crimson, double petals 50 



Hybrida. Fine mixed varieties, striking colors, \}4 ft. 25 



Extra. From magnificent large-fiowered varie- 

 ties, Ij^ ft 50 



Double-flowering. A great acquisition. The 



flowers are perfectly double, comprising all shades of 

 color peculiar to the Cineraria 50 



■ Maritima Candidissima. Extremely handsome, sil- 

 very-white foliage ; very ornamental as a decorative 

 pot plant, or for bedding p'xrposes .10 



