SEED COMPAN Y 
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(Centaurea Cyanus) 
Also called Com Flower, Ragged Sailor, etc. A 
hardy annual of easy culture. Will grow and flower 
freely in any garden soil. Will re-seed itself and 
grow from year to year. It is one of the best of the 
old-fashioned flowers and excellent for bouquets. 
Pkt. lOo 
BALSAM. Intense cultivation and continuous 
selections have improved these flowers to such an 
extent that persons having the old common forms in 
mind, will hardly recognize the new selected sorts. 
Require a rich, deep soil, good cultivation and plenty 
of space to grow to perfection. 
Double White Alba Perfecta. .... .Pkt. 10c; oz. 60c 
Double mixed Pkt. 10c; oz. 35c 
Double, Camellia, mixed Pkt. 10c; oz. 60c 
BALSAM APPLE AND BALSAM PEAR. (Mo- 
mordica.) Rapid climbers with curious yellow 
fruit, which opens when ripe showing the seed and 
the blood-red interior. 
Either Apple or Pear Pkt. 10c 
BOX WOOD. (Evergreen Buxus sempervirens.) 
A small evergreen with pale green leaves. Can be 
trained in desired form by shearing, largely used for 
bordering flower beds. Hardy perennial. .Pkt 10c 
BOSTON IVY. (See Ampelopsis.) 
BKACHYCOME IBERIDIFOLIA. (Swan River 
Daisy.) A delicate dwarf-growing plant, suitable 
for growing in grasses, edging, and rustic baskets. 
The flowers are of various shades of blue and white, 
with dark and white centers, cineraria-like in form, 
rather bell-shaped. After blooming, the petals of 
the flower roll up closely. All colors mixed. . Pkt. 10c 
BURNING BUSH OR SUMMER 
(Kochia Trichophila) 
This we consider one of the most ornamental 
border or hedge plants that has ever been brought 
out and it is sure to attract attention. The plants 
branch freely, and the stems are clothed with slender 
light green leaves. Early in the fall the ends of the 
shoots are thickly set with small bright scarlet 
flowers, the bushy plants resembling balls of fire. 
The plants are equally showy planted singly to show 
the round ball-like forms on all sides or grown in 
continuous rows > ■ • Pkt. 10c 
CACALIA COCCINEA. (Tassell Flower.) A 
pretty annual with flowers of bright scarlet and 
orange, borne in clusters on slender stalks, about 
a foot in length. They keep in bloom from early 
summer until early autumn, furnishing flowers for 
cutting every day. Height 1-foot Pkt. 10c 
CALCEOLARIA HYBRID A GRANDIFLORA. 
A favorite and universally admired genius, remark- 
able for their large, beautifully spotted blossoms 
produced in almost countless variegations of mark- 
ings. They are grown in pots in the conservatory, 
greenhouse and garden. Flowers of immense size, 
seed saved from finest specimens .Pkt. 25c 
CALLIOPSXS 
A very showy border plant, producing flowers in 
nearly every shade of yellow, orange, crimson, red 
and brown. If seed pods are removed as fast as 
they appear the plants will remain in bloom much 
longer. Height 2 feet. Hardy annual. Mixed 
colors Pkt. 10c 
CALENDULA OFFICINALIS. This splendid va- 
riety has large flowers, beautiful imbricated, re- 
sembling in size and form the finest Aster. Each 
petal of plate straw color, is regularly marked with 
a stripe of bright deep orange. It blooms profusely 
with a succession of flowers from July until frost. 
It comes true from seed, and is one of the best 
annuals for a garden display. Height 18 inches 
Pkt. lOo 
CANNA 
Stately plant with foliage of elegant growth, pre- 
senting a luxurious and tropical appearance, are 
much employed in ornamental planting; when 
planted in clumps of 4 or 5 contrasting colors, they 
are very effective. Height 3 feet. Tender peren- 
nial. Mixed colors Pkt. 10c 
Madam Crozier varieties Pkt. 10c 
For Bulbs, see Bulb list on page 71. 
CALIFORNIA POPPY. (See Eschscholtzia.) 
CALLA AETHEOPICA 
An old and very desirable plant, either an ac- 
quatic or for ornamentation of the drawing room 
and conservatory. Thrives in any light, rich soil 
where plentifully watered. Height 1 to 2 feet. 
Half-hardy perennial Pkt. 10c 
BURNING BUSH 
