CARNATIONS a£^ SEED 



Chabaud's Giant Fancy=Perpetual'Flowering 



THESE creations of a French "Camationist." surpass 

 all the race in richness and variety of coloring, the 

 combinations of which are surprisingly beautiful. Here- 

 tofore this grand type of Carnations only flowered once 

 a year — 15 to IS months after sowing — but now we 

 have Fancy Pinks, witli all of the qualities of the old 

 Perpetual Carnation flowering continuously after 6 

 months from sowing. Plants thick-set and bushy; 

 stalks stiff and upright, bearing immense double 

 blossoms of perfect regularity, some with fringed 

 edges, some smooth, some with rich soUd colors, 

 others tinted and blended, and others with feather- 

 ings and picotee markings, and all perfuming the 

 air with their sweetness; of incontestable merit for 

 winter flowering and hardy enough for garden 

 culture. 



Chabaud's Fancy, Mixed Colors Pkt. 15c. 



Marie Chabaud. Pure canary-yellow 20c. 



Maria Immaculata. Pure white flowers 20c. 



President McKinley. BrilUant scarlet. 20c. 



Franklin. Violet-purple; a new color 20c. 



Chamois-rose. A charming tone 20c 



CoUection of above 5 varieties, 85c. 



American ?e)-^^MZLi Carnation 



AMERICA has led the world the last few years in devel- 

 oping the Carnation. Our improved kinds such as the 

 florists grow for cut flowers, produce immense flowers of perfect 

 form and doubleness and on strong, long stems. Then the 

 colors are so varied and beautiful. Is it to be wondered at 

 that they are the envy of the floral world ? [See cut.) 

 Pure Vniite Pkt. 25c. Mixed Colors Pkt. 25c. 



Hardy Garden Csirnation 



THIS is a very fine strain, particularly adapted for garden planting. 

 Seed sown in the spring will produce large, thrifty clumps that 

 will stand out over winter and bloom throughout the following summer 

 and fall. All colors, shades and markings are represented in the mixture, 

 and most ol them will come double. 

 Finest Double Mixed. E.xtra fine strain. Per 1,000 seeds, ISc.Pkt. 10c, 



Celosia Plumosa, 



GIANT-FLOWERING MARGUERITE 



Carnation 



These Flower Profusely Summer 



and Autumn from Seeds 



Sown in the Spring 



HE flowers of this wo n derf u] 

 strain often measure 3 in- 

 ches across, and are usually 

 as double as double can be. 

 The variety of color in- 

 cludes white, blush, deep 

 pink, salmon, carmine, 

 scarlet, dark crimson, ma- 

 roon and many beautiful 

 variegated flowers. Jlost 

 of them have lovely 

 fringed petals, and are 

 delightfully fragrant. One 

 great merit of these Car- 

 nations is that they com- 

 mence to flower in about 

 twelve weeks' time from 

 seed. Seeds sown in the 

 spring will produce luxuriant 

 plants that will be continually 

 full of bloom from August until 

 killed by severe frosts, or seeds 

 may be sown during the summer 

 for the winter-flowering plants. 

 Pink..P/fef. 15c. White . .Pkt. 15c. 



Scarlet 15c. YeUow ISc. 



Striped 15c. Mixed Colors 10c. 



The Collection of above 5 separate 

 Giant Marguerites, 60c. 



OR PLUMED 

 COCKSCOMB 



AVERY superior type of Celosia plumosa, forming pyramidal, branching 

 plants Hi feet high and bearing large conical, plumed heads of either 



golden-yellow, fiery-scarlet, purple, salmon, blood-red, etc. The plants are 



annuals, growing easily and quickly from seed, and present a very showy 



appearance in the summer garden, lasting in bloom until frost. They are also 



very handsome grown in pots. 



Golden Plumed Pkt. 10c. 



Crimson " 10c. 



Mixed " (Thompson's Magiufica.) 10c. 



Dwarf " A compact dwarf -growing type, the plants attaining a height of only 1 foot, 

 including their liberal decoration of feathery yellow and red plumes. A show^' garden 

 annual. (See ail.) Pkt. ISc. 



Celosia Cristata, 



OK CRESTED 

 COCKSCOMB 



VERY popular annuals of easy culture, producing large, ornamental, comb-like heads; they 

 are prized for summer flower beds, and make fine pot plants; height about 1 foot. 

 AU-a-GIow. A splendid dwarf Cockscomb, with immense ruffled combs, like scarlet chenille; 



the depths are glowing orange-scarlet Pkt. 10c. 



Glasgow Prize. Very dwarf; immense crimson combs 10c. 



Golden Beauty. Golden-yellow combs 10c. 



Sulphurea. Canary-yellow ; 10c. 



Violacea. Reddish-purple 10c. 



Dwarf Mixed. Many colors 5c. 



Collection of 6 Dwarf Cockscombs, separate colors, 50c. 

 New Striped. This new type produces ornamental combs, streaked and striped in lively color- 

 ings of red, yellow, pink, violet, etc.; 8 to 10 inches Pkt. ISc. 



Centaurea, flowering 



VARIETIES 

 Cyanus (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. 



Cyanus Blue Pkt. 5c. Mixed Colors Pkt. 5c. 



Collection of 6 Centaurea Cyanus, separate colors, 25c. 

 Cyanus Double, Mixed Colors. Produces large, globular heads of 



flowers filled up to the centre with florets Pkt. 5c. 



Americana Hallii. Bushy garden annual, 30 inches high; large ball- 

 like flowers 6 inches across, of lavender-blue; fragrant. .Pkt. 10c. 

 Por Sweet Sultan varieties of Centaurea. see page 106, 



Centaurea, ""JIL'^Vs^^' 



These "Dusty Millers" are extensively used for ribbon bedding, 

 edgings, vases, etc. 



Candidissima. White-leaved plant; 1 foot Pkt. 10c. 



Gymnocarpa. Grows 1 ^ 2 feet high; white leaves 10c. 



We Deliver Free in the U. S., '"Tr KfsL^^n. a^ o'rTpnon'"" all Vegetable, Flower and Lawn Grass Seeds, Xr^^.^r.'S 



