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f^ m ^J (Eicinus) Tall majestic plants for lawns or driveways; with broad, beautifully lobed, palm- 



\^^ Q LQIl £j6AD ^*^^ leaves of glossy green, brown or bronzed metallic hue and long spikes of scarlet, or of green, 

 ^^ _ *-*Xi^»*** prickly seed pods. Makes a rapid, vigorous growth in rich soil. Sow seed outdoors after danger 



from frost is over, preferably in liglit 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 " lOc. 



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



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



■ ^xl^X^V^ flowers and seed vessels together with their supports form a very brilliantly colored mass, sometimes 

 % f^V? IC#S1.€a gi'a^cefully 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 ripe and dried in 

 the house for winter bouquets. 



Seed may be sown 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 trans- 

 plant to place when weather is settled. Also adapted for 

 growing in pots in greenhouse and conservatory. Half hardy 

 annuals. 



Childsi (Chinese Woolfloioer) . Plants about two and one- 

 half feet high, branch freely and produce large, globular, 



purplish crimson flowers which resemble a ball of brilliantly 



colored wool. {See cut and further description in supple- 

 ment) Pkt. 10c. 



Pyramidalis plumosa mixed. Plants pyramidal, branching, 



two or more feet high, covered with long, brilliantly colored 



and gracefully formed plumes in red, 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, bearing many exceedingly graceful, 



feather-liice spikes of intensely brilliant crimson color. 



Height two to three feet Pkt. 10c. 



Variegated. A cristata strain between the plumosa and the 



dwarf 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. 



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 Thiers) 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. 



Centaurea, Marguerite 



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 until late in the autumn. Hardy annual; plant one to two feet high. Mixed. Oz. 30c. .Pkt. 10c. 



Double Mixed {Bachelor'' s Button) Produces larger, more globular flower-heads than the common variety. Oz. 30c. " 10c. 



Odorata {Stveet Sultan) An old fashioned hardy annual about eighteen inches high, with long-stemmed, sweet scented, 

 light purple flowers , Pkt. 10c. 



Marguerite. A most desirable, sweet scented Centaurea, producing on long stems finely laciniated, white flowers, 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. 



