Bolgiano's Garden Guide for 1929 



FLOWER SEEDS 37 



Celosia 



PLUMOSA. Feather Cockscomb. An attractive plant for massing in beds and 

 borders, having a wonderful landscape value. The plumes or flowers, which 

 are produced on long stems, may be cut and dried for winter bouquets. 

 Crimson, Yellow, and Mixed. Each, pkt. 10 cts.; J^oz. 40 cts. 



CRISTATA. Cockscomb. A popular garden annual grown for its showy, vel- 

 vety, cockscomb-like flower-heads and green foliage. Good for borders. 

 Empress. Crimson. Dark foliage. 

 Glasgow Prize. Crimson. Green foliage. 



Any of above, pkt. 15 cts.; V4oz. $1 

 Dwarf Mixed. Pkt. 10 cts.; J^oz. 75 cts. 



CHILDSI. Chinese Wool-Flower. Splendid decorative plant with large, ball- 

 shaped flowers, resembling a ball of wool. The plant grows about 2 feet high, 

 branches freely, and keeps blooming until finally killed by frost. Crimson, 

 Pink, Yellow, and Mixed. Each, pkt. 15 cts. 



Collection: One pkt. each of above 3 colors, 40 cts. 



Chrysanthemums 



Free, summer-blooming, showy, daisy-like flowers, very attractive for bed- 

 ding, borders, pot-culture, and cutting. For larger and more prolific blooms, 

 sow seed early in a hotbed or coldframe and transplant to the open ground as 

 soon as the soil has become thoroughly warmed. Average height, 2 feet. 



SINGLE ANNUAL VARIETIES 



Evening Star. Rich yellow with somewhat darker disc. 



Morning Star. Petals canary-yellow, disc somewhat deeper yellow. 



Burridgeanum. Pure white petals with a zone of rich brownish red and inner 



zone of yellow surrounding the dark brown disc. 

 W. E. Gladstone. Rose and red. 

 The Sultan. Wallflower red, with a yellow zone around brown disc. 



Any of above, pkt. 10 cts.; 5 pkts. 40 cts. 

 Single Mixed. Pkt. 10 cts.; }4oz. 20 cts.; oz. 60 cts. 



DOUBLE VARIETIES 

 "White Pearl, Golden Queen, and Double Mixed. Each, pkt. 10 cts.; Moz- 



30 cts.; oz. 75 cts. 



Clarkia 



Elegans, Double. For their bright and attractive colors, and for the ease with 

 which they can be flowered in ordinary soil, Clarkias are extremely popular 

 summer annuals. The plants bloom profusely, and when grown in masses 

 a very striking effect is produced. In good ground each plant should be 

 allowed a space of 8 to 10 inches. Choice Mixed. Pkt. 10 cts.; Moz. 25 cts.; 

 oz. 75 cts. 



Cleome (Giant Spider Plant) 



Pungens gigantea. Rose Queen. Three to 4 feet high, freely branches with 

 a large flower head at the top of each branch. The separate flowers are inter- 

 esting because of their long purple, spidery stamens and showy rose-colored 

 petals. Pkt. 10 cts.; J^oz. 25 cts.; oz. 75 cts. 



Cobaea Scandens (Cup-and-Saucer Vine) 



A climber of rapid growth with beautiful foliage and large, bell-shaped 

 flowers. The plant grows 20 to 30 feet in a season. 

 White-flowered. Pkt. 10 cts.; }^oz. 50 cts. 

 Blue-flowered. Pkt. 10 cts.; }4oz. 25 cts. 



Cosmos 



One of the finest autumn-blooming plants, with attractive, feathery foliage 

 and bright daisy-like flowers. It is most effective when planted in broad masses 

 along background borders against evergreens or fences. The flowers are borne 

 in great profusion. We recommend sowing Cosmos about the first of May, out- 

 doors in rows, covering the seed about 34 inch, and when the plants are about 

 3 inches high, thin out or transplant to not less than 2 feet apart. Any garden 

 soil will grow Cosmos to perfection; frequent cultivation around the base of the 

 plants will greatly benefit them. 

 EXTRA-EARLY MAMMOTH-FLOWERING. Plants 4 feet high; blooms 



from July until cut down by frost. White, Crimson, Pink, and Mixed. 



Each, pkt. 10 cts.; J^oz. 25 cts.; oz. 75 cts. 

 EXTRA-EARLY DOUBLE CRESTED. The flowers are large, with full. 



double centers and an outer row of broad ray petals. The best for cut-flowers, 



blooming from July until frost. 

 White Queen. Glistening white. I Crimson King. Rich crimson. 



Pink Beauty. Soft rose-pink. I Mixed Colors. 



Any of above, pkt. 20 cts. each; 3 pkts. 50 cts. 

 LATE MAMMOTH-FLOWERING TALL. This type, a great improvement 



over the old, tall, small-flowering varieties, blooms late in the summer — 



usually September — when nearly everything has finished blooming. Crimson, 



Pink, White, and Mixed. Each, pkt. 10 cts.; Moz. 25 cts.; oz. 75 cts. 

 KLONDYKE. Large, golden yellow flowers 2J-^ to 3J^ inches in diameter. 



These plants must be started very early to get them to bloom before frost. 



Pkt. 15 cts.; Moz. 35 cts.; oz. $1. 



Double Crested Cosmos 



