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CENTAUREA Flowering Varieties 



Cyaaus. (Ragged Sailor, or Cornflower.) A very old favorite garden 

 annual, flowering freely in almost any situation, height 2 to 3 feet; largely 

 used for cut flowers. 

 1812 American Hallii. Bushy annual, 30 inches high; large flowers 6 inches 



across, of lavender-blue; fragrant Pkt. 10c. 



1825 Double Blue Per 14 oz.. 30c; Pkt. 10c. 



1830 Double, Mixed Colors. Produces large, globular heads of flowers filled 



up to the center with florets Per 14 oz., 30c; Pkt. 10c. 



ANNUAL CHRYSANTHEMUMS 



These improved varieties form bushy, compact, oval plants 

 about 18 inches high, are of easy cultivation, and flower most 

 abundantly during the summer; very showy garden annuals and 

 fine for cutting. (See engraving.) 



Double-Flowering Varieties 



1862 Golden Queen. Double golden Pkt. 10c. 



1864 Inodorum Snowball. A great advance in this useful type; 



large, densely double flowers of purest white, borne freely; 



fern-like foliage; fine cut flower Pkt. 10c 



1866 White Pearl. Double white flowers Pkt. 10c 



1870 Mixed Double Annual Varieties Pkt. 10c 



1880 Lorenz's Double Fringed. Mixed Pkt. 10c 



Single-Flowering Varieties 



1882 Evening Star. Sheeted with large, single golden yellow 

 flowers Pkt. 10c. 



1884 Morning Star. Large, cream -yellow flowers; profuse. 



Pkt. 10c. 



1886 North Star. Single giant flowers of white, with a soft 

 yellow zone contrasting effectively against the bold black 

 disk Pkt. 10c 



1890 Mixe d Single Annual Varieties Pkt. 10c 



White-Leaved CENTAUREAS (Dusty Miller) 



Extensively used for ribbon beds, edgings, vases, etc.; the foliage is silvery- 

 gray. (See engraving.) 

 1832 Candidissima. Compact plants, silvery leaves,; 1 foot. 



Per 500 seeds, 75c; Pkt. 10c. 

 1834 Gymnocarpa. Graceful arching silver-gray leaves; 1^4 feet. 



Per 500 seeds, 50c; Pkt. 10c 



' CERASTIUM (Snow in Summer) 



1858 Tomentosum. A procumbent hardy perennial, having white foliage 

 and a profusion of small white flowers. Very pretty as an edging 

 plant Pkt. 15c 



SINGLE HARDY CHRYSANTHEMUMS 



The large-flowering single white hardy Daisy — Chrysanthemum leucanthemum maximum — has long 



been considered one of our finest hardy perennials for permanent garden decoration. The following 



new types are great improvements. 



1892 King Edward. This "Moon-Penny Daisy" forms a bushy, compact plant 18 inches high, pro- 

 ducing in abundance during late summer and fall, magnificent large white flowers, 3 to 4 inches 

 across. They are of splendid substance and, having long stems, are highly prized for cutting, 

 lasting in water fully a week. It flowers the first season from spring-sown seed, and comes up 

 every summer in the same beauty for many years Pkt. 10c. 



1894 Little Gem. A beautiful new dwarf variety, only 15 to IS inches high, of even, bushv growth; 

 blooming very early, and very freely — making a splendid effect — large, pure white flow I 

 long stems. Splendid for herbaceous borders and for cut flowers Pkt. 25c 



1896 Shasta Daisy. This great white California Daisy — a creation of Mr. Luther Burbank — pro- 

 duces, when well grown, magnificent pure white flowers 4 inches or more across, on stems 1 \ .. 

 to 2 feet in length. The plants, 2 to 2>4 feet in height, are hardv, and flower in pre: 

 (See engraving.) pkt. 15c. 



ORIENTAL CHRYSANTHEMUMS FROM SEED 



1900 This Seed will produce Blooming Plants the first season. The regal beauty of these Royal 

 flowers of the Orient is well known. There are many people, however, who do not realize how 

 easily they may be grown from seed, and that all of the magnificent new varieties were raised 

 from hybridized seed, similar to that we are now offering. Mixed Types and Colors, including 

 the Chinese or incurved — the Japanese long-twisted-petalled kinds, the ostrich-plumed or 

 feather-petalled, early-flowering, etc Pkt. 25c 



For Centaurea Imperialis or Imperial Sweet Sultan, See Colored Plate on Page 89 



