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WILLIAM EWING & CO.'S SEED CATALOGUE. 
No. 
Pkt. cts 
CHRYSANTHEMUM 
Swing's Improved Marguerite Carnation 
No. CARNATION— Contd. Pkt. cts. 
179. VIENNA— Afincearlysortwelladapted forbedding 
out 10 m. 
180. PERPETUAL FLOWERING OR TRBE— Choice 
mixed, G. Contains all the best French varieties 
in cultivation SO jpy^ 
CASTOR OIL PLANTS— See Ricinus 
CELOSIA (See "Coxcomb" for other Varieties) 
(Feathered Coxcomb) 
Particularly fine plants for groups or large beds. 
181. (PLUMOSA) PYRAMIDALIS— Ornamental foliage 
and graceful plumes. Splendid mixed S 
182. THOMPSONl MAQNIFICA— The finest feathered 198, 
coxcomb yet introduced. Flowers are of all 
colors from yellow tn the deepest blood red. A 
splendid decorative plant either in pots or open 
ground 20 
CENTAUREA 
183. CANDIDISSIMA (Dusty Miller)— Silvery wliite 
leaves broadly cut. 1 ft., h. h. p 
184. QYMNOCARPA— Silvery foliage 
Annual sorts are showy and effective, and extent 
sively grown for cut flowers. 
189. " GOLDEN WHEEL "—New. Color, a rich golden 
yellow with purple centre. A profuse bloomer 
, and valuable for cutting 25 
190. FRUSTESCENS or PARIS DAISY— Single perennial 
variety, with pure white flowers, 1 ft., G 10 
191. INODORUMPLENISSIMUM— Purewhite. Ifseed 
is started oarlv will flower all summer. Fine for 
cutting. H. h. p., 1 ft 10 
192. INODORUM (Bridal Robe) — Of very compact 
and upright habit and not exceeding 10 inches in 
height, the sturdy plants throw out their finely 
featliered foliage from the base and deck them- 
selves with a mantle of extra double pure white 
flowers. A large bed in full bloom may well be 
compared to a drift of snow. Chrysanthemum 
Bridal Robe will certainly prove a bedding plant 
of the very first rank, while also useful for pot 
culture 30 
193. CORONARIUM DOUBLE WHITE— An excellent 
strain S 
194. CORONARIUM DOUBLE YELLOW 5 
195. ANNUAL — Mixture of double and single sorts, h. a. 5 
CINERARIA 
These beautiful flowers should be in the green- 
house of every lover of flowers. They coiiie into 
bloom during spring and early summer. Our 
Prize Strain is superb, and is grown by one of the 
greatest specialists of the present time. 
EWINQ'S PRIZE STRAIN— Beautifully formed 
flowers of large size and of exquisite and varied 
colors 50 
GRANDIFLORA STELLATA (Star Cineraria)- 
Plants are of graceful habit, bearing small flowers 
in loose panicles. A most valuable plant for 
greenhouse decoration, 2 to 3 ft 35 
Our strains of Cineraria are very superior and 
we confidently recommend them to aU who are 
desirous of having really good specimens of this 
fine showy greenhouse plant. 
MARITIMA — Silvery foliage. Much used as a 
border plant. PL h. p., li ft 5 
15 
10 
CENTAUREA IMPERIALIS— (Royal Sweet Sultan.) 
Blooms are double and very large, sweet-scented, 
and colors -are white, purple, rose and lilac. 
Flowers are borne on long strong stems, and is un- 
doubtedly the best of all Sweet Sultans for cut 
flower purposes. 
185. SPLENDID MIXED VARIETIES 10 
186. CENTAUREA CYANUS (Cornflower, Blue=bottIe 
or Ragged Sailor) — Mixed Varieties 5 
CENTRANTHUS 
187. MIXED — H. a, ,1ft. Good for mixed borders, use- 
ful for bouquets 5 
CENTROSEMA 
18,8. GRANDIFLORA- T. p. (Butter-fly pea.) A 
climber of great beauty. Large pea-shaped flowers 
ranging in color from rosy- violet to purple, with 
white markings 10 
Cineraria, Ewing's Prize Strain. 
