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Celosia 



jf^ _ f^ {Ricinus) Tall majestic plants for lawns or driveways; with broad, beautifully lobed, palm- 



■ SI QlfllT iBtf^^l X\ lil^® leaves of glassy green, brown or bronzed metallic hue and long spikes of scarlet, or of green, 



^•C*0*.\^* &^x.'C4aa prickly seed pods. Makes a rapid, vigorous growth in rich soil. Sow seed outdoors after danger 



from frost is over, preferably in light rich soil, or for earlier blooms start indoors and transplant. For best development each 



plant should have at least four feet each way. Its rich, luxuriant growth makes it very attractive for a long distance either 



grown singly or in groups, or as center plants with Cannas, Dahlias, etc., giving a semi-tropical effect. Seed beautifully 



striped or mottled. Tender annual; six to fifteen feet high. 



Zanzibariensis. Wonderfully vigorous, from ten to fifteen feet high. Leaves have a brilliant luster, measuring about thirty inches 

 across, ranging in color from bright green to deep bronze. Seed very large, oval. Mixed Varieties. Oz. 35c Pkt. 10c. 



Sanguineus. {Tricolor) Blood red stalks with red venation in leaves; height about six feet. Oz. 35c " 10c. 



Castor Bean, Mixed. A desirable mixture of all the named varieties. Oz. 30c " 10c. 



An odd and picturesque class of plants having colored foliage and in which the innumerable small 

 flowers and seed vessels together with their supports form a very brilliantly colored mass, sometimes 

 gracefully arranged like plumes and sometimes more dense, being corrugated and frilled at the edge 

 like a cock's comb. They form the gayest possible decoration in beds and borders, retaining their 



brilliant coloring often from midsummer until frost. The red Cristata sorts are sometimes cut before fully rip and dried in 



the house for winter bouquets. 

 Seed may be soAvn outdoors 



as early in spring as ground is 



warm and dry, using if possible 



light, rich, well pulverized soil, 



and giving plenty of moisture. 



For larger and more beautiful 



plumes start the seed very early 



indoors and transplant to place 



when weather is settled. Also 



adapted for growing in pots in 



greenhouse and conservatory. 



Half hardy annuals. 



Childsi (Chinese Woolfiower) 

 Plants about two and one-half 

 feet high, branch freely and 

 produce larr;e, globular, pur- 

 plish crimson flowers which 

 resemble a ball of brilliantly 

 colored wool. {Cee cut and 

 further description in supple- 

 ment) Pkt. 10c. 



Pyramidalis plumosa mixed. 



Plants pyramidal, branching, 



two or more feet high, covered 



with lon.g, brilliantly colored 



and gracefully formed plumes 



in rod, yellow or violet. An 



excellent mixure of plumosa 



or feathered celosias.pkt. 10c. 

 Triumph of the Exposition. A 



splendid plumosa variety. 



Plant of pyramidal form, 



bearin-;^ many exceedingly 



graceful, feather-Uke spikes 



of intensely brilliant crimson 



color. Height two to three 



feet Pkt. 10c. 



Variegated. A cristata strain 



between the plumosa and the 



dwart cockscomb types. The 



plumes are broadened at the 



top, variegated and striped in 



red and yellow. Height one 



and one-half to two feet. 



Pkt. 10c. 



Celosia, Dwarf Cockscomb 



Japan. Plant grows two to two and one-half feet high and is covered with spikes which are finely crested and of brilliant 

 colors usually variegated crimson and deep yellow. One of the best of the tall cristata types Pkt. 10c. 



Dwarf Cockscomb Varieties { Celosia Cristata ) 



Giant Empress. This beautiful dwarf plant has bronze leaves 

 and forms very large crimson combs. Height about one 

 foot Pkt. 10c. 



Dwarf Rose. One foot high; large rose-colored combs. " 10c. 



Dwarf Yellow. Large yellow combs. Height one foot.. " 10c. 



Glasgow Prize (President TJiiers) Plant resembles a very large 

 comb, densely corrugated; brilliant, deep purplish red. 

 Foliage dark, not abundant; ten to twelve inches. . . .Pkt. 10c. 



Dwarf Mixed. A mixture of the best dwarf growing sorts. 

 Oz. ^1.75 Pkt. 10c. 



Centaurea 



Centaureas embrace some foliage plants but are more generally known for their hardy 

 flowering annuals which include some of our most graceful and showy garden flowers that 

 have long been favorites for cutting. The tall slender straight or slightly branching plants 

 with narrow leaves thrive well in common garden soil. They produce bright colored single 

 and double flowers on long graceful stems and some sorts are fragrant. 



Annual Varieties Cultivated for Their Flowers 

 Sow seed in early spring in hotbed and transplant to open ground or sow in open ground as soon as the weather is warm 

 and settled. Cover seed about one-fourth Inch deep; thin three or four inches apart. Fine for bedding or borders. The young 

 plants are very sensitive to wet, and care should be taken to prevent water standing on the leaves 



Cyanus (Bachelor's Button, Corn Flower) A well known, hardy border plant, also called "blue bottle" and "ragged sailor," 

 which does best in carefully prepared gravelly soil. If seed is sown as soon as the ground is fit in the spring and the 

 flowers picked so as to prevent the plant exhausting itself by seeding, it will furnish a profusion of bright blue, purple, white 

 or pink single flowers from July untfl late in the autumn. Hardy annual; plant one to two feet high. Mixed. Oz. 20c. .Pkt. 5c. 



Double Mixed (Bachelor's Button) Produces larger, more globular flower-heads than the common variety. Oz. 25c " 10c. 



Odorata (Siveet Stdtan) An old fashioned hardy annual about eighteen inches high, with long-stemmed, sweet scented, 



light purple flowers , Pkt. 10c. 



Margruerite. A most desirable, sweet scented Centaurea, producing on long stems finely laciniated, white fiowers, about as 

 large as a carnation, and which remain fresh and beautiful for a long time after cutting. Hardy annual; about eighteen 



inches high. Oz. 90c Pkt. 10c. 



Imperialis Mixed. An excellent sweet scented variety, also called Sweet Sultan. The flowers are finely laciniated and are 

 about the size of a carnation. They have long stems and keep well after cutting. Colors range through white, rose, lilac, 



purple and yellow. Hardy annual; about eighteen inches high. Oz. 75c Pkt. 10c. 



Perennial Variety Cultivated for Foliage 



Seed should be sown under glass and the young plants grown in pots or boxes until settled warm weather, when they may 



be set about one foot apart where wanted for borders or bedding In southern latitudes seed may also be sown outdoors in fall. 



Gymnocarpa. This is also called Dusty Miller. Valuable because of its finely cut silvery gray foliage and graceful drooping 



habit of growth. Half hardy perennial; one and one-half to two feet high Pkt. 10c. 



