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Castor Bean 



(Ricinus) Tall majestic plants for lawns or driveways; with broad, beautifully lobed mlm- 

 like leaves of glossy green, brown or bronzed metallic hue and long spikes of scarlet, or of green 

 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 beautif ullv 

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



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. Oz35c pu m. 



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

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



Celosia 



Castor Bean 

 brilliant colors usually variegated crimson and deep yellow 



Dwarf Cockscomb Varieties ( Celosia Cristata 



10c. 



" 10c. 



An odd and pic- 

 turesque 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 bril- 

 liant 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 pulver- 

 ized 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 Woolflower) 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 supplement) .. .Pkt. 10c. 

 Pyramidalis plumosa mixed. Plants pyra- 

 midal, 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 grace- 

 ful, feather-like 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 

 One of the best of the tall cristata types Pkt. 10c. 



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 Tillers) 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 tbat 

 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 1 ' and "ragged sailor,' 1 

 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. 25c. .Pkt. 10c. 



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



Odorata (Sweet 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. Oz. 65c Pkt. 10c. 



