D. M. FERRY & CO 



DETROIT, MICH 



Centaurea 



Centaureas are an exceed- 

 ingly interesting genus of 

 plants, embracing annuals, 

 biennials and perennials 

 which though botanically alike are very different in appear- 

 ance. The following varieties are easily grown from seed. 



Varieties Cultivated for Their Foliage 



Seed should be sown in hotbed or greenhouse and the young 



plants grown in pots until settled warm weather, when they 



may be set where wanted. 



Candidissima. Ornamental plants of great beauty; foliage 

 deeply cut, silvery white and densely covered with white 

 hairs. Half hardy perennial Pkt. 10c. 



Gymnocarpa. Sometimes called Dusty Miller. Valuable 

 because of its silvery foliage and graceful drooping habit 

 of growth. Half hardy perennial; one and one-half to two 

 feet high. Oz. 65c Pkt. 10c. 



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. 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 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 flowers from July 



until late in the autumn. Plant one to two feet high. 



Mixed. Oz. 20c Pkt. 5c. 



Double Mixed {Bachelor's Button) Produces larger, more 



globular flowers than the common variety. Oz. 20c. .Pkt. 5c. 



Odorata (Sweet Sultan) An old fashioned hardy annual 



about eighteen inches high, with long-stemmed, sweet 



scented, light purple flowers Pkt. 10c. 



Marsruerite. A most desirable, sweet scented Centaurea, pro- 

 ducing on long stems finely laciniated, white flowers, about 

 as large as a carnation, and which remain fresh and beauti- 

 ful for a long time after cutting. Hardy annual; about 



eighteen inches high. Oz. $1.00 Pkt. 5c. 



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. 





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Centaurea 



^^1 j.l_ These common 



i^nrysantnemum :-rhT,;;^S; 



are showy and effective in the garden and desirable for 

 cut flowers. Plants become more bushy and shapely 

 if pinched back in early growi;h. These annuals are not 

 the winter flowering sorts sold by florists and which are 

 propagated only by division of roots. 



Early Blooming Garden Sorts 



Seed may be sown in the open ground after danger of 

 frost is over and the seedlings thinned eight or ten inches 

 apart, but the best results come from planting the seedj 

 under cover early in May, and transplanting the young! 

 plants to open border. ' 



Morning Star. Very handsome, large, single flowers, 



bright yellow with deeper center; excellent for cutting 



and desirable for both spring and fall markets. Pkt. 10c. 

 Carinatum Eclipse. Pure golden yellow, with a bright 



purplish scarlet ring or center on the ray florets, the 



disc being dark brown; very striking Pkt. 5c. 



Coronarium, double white. Plants usually about two feet 



high Pkt. 5c, 



Coronarium, double yellow. Very attractive, rich golden 



yellow flowers, abundantly produced Pkt. 5c.i 



Mixed. The choicest Carinatum and Coronarium varieties, 



both single and double Pkt. 5c. 



Later and Taller Fall Blooming Sorts 



This class is quite distinct from the early blooming 



garden sorts and in northern latitudes usually does not 



bloom the first year unless started indoors very early. 



Japonicum, fl. pi. Japanese variety. Flowers are fringed, 



of peculiar form and much beauty, combining numerous 



shades of color. Particularly adapted to the southern 



states and under favorable conditions blooms freely in 



northern latitudes. Half hardy perennial... . . .Pkt. 25c. 



Indicum, fl. pi. Half hardy perennial; desirable as pot 

 plant {?ut sown more generally outdoors in the South,; 

 and succeeds well under favorable conditions in the 



North; very double, mixed colors Pkt. 25c.' 



Superb Mixed. Seed from the finest Chinese and Japanese' 

 double varieties Pkt. 25c. 



Chrysanthemum, Morning Star 



CHEIRANTHUS CHEIRI— (-See Wallflower) - - 



CHEIRANTHUS MARITIMUS — (See Virginian Stock) 



