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CANDYTUFT 
'CANL»Y1 UFT" 
Well-knowo dwarf, profuse 
flowering garden annuals, forming 
bushy plants 12 inches high, freely 
carrying large umbels of flowers. 
No. Pkt. cts. 
177. CRIMSON 10 
178. PURPLE 10 
179. CARMINE 10 
180. WHITE Oz.SOc. 10 
181. ROSE-CARDINAL-Pro- 
duces very large umbels of 
bright rosy-cardinal flow- 
ers. The plant presents 
one unbroken sheet of 
bloom, 8 inches high. ... 10 
182. LARGE fO-OWERING 
MIXED— Oz. 50c 10 
183. EMPRESS, or GIANT 
WHITE HYACINTH- 
FLOWERED — A grand 
variety, producing enor- 
mous spikes of bloom, re- 
sembling a white Hyacinth. 
These spikes often mea- 
sure 7 in. long by in. 
in diameter; plant in 
bloom 12 in. high. To 
produce the finest spikes 
the plant should be trans- 
planted. Oz. 75c 10 
184. LITTLE PRINCE— H. a. 
New, 4 inches 10 
A charming dwarf sort, grow- 
ing from 4 to 6 ins. high, producing 
upright, branching spikes from the 
main stem, of snow-white blooms, 
in candelabra fashion. Either in 
masses, groups or edgings, it pro- 
duces a charming effect, pj^j 
185. DWARF HYBRIDS. 
MIXED — A very dwarf 
and compact type not over 
6 inches high and very 
useful for the edge of bor- 
ders, etc 10 
CANNA 
The large, handsome foliage and flowers of the Cannas render them highly 
ornamental. They are easy of growth and very popular, and justly so, as for 
outdoor or indoor decoration, few plants surpass them. 
No. Pkt. cts. 
186. CROZY'S LARGE-FLOWERED FRENCH HYBRIDS— Sfeved from 
Crozy's finest and newest sorts. A grand strain 10 
FOR PLANTS SEE PAGE 75 
BULBS, PAGE 70 
CARNATION 
General favorites and always in fashion. Invaluable both for greenhouse 
culture in winter and for the garden in summer. 
MARGUERITE GIANT FLOWERING CARNATION 
EWING'S IMPROVED 
These flower profusely summer and autumn from seeds 5own in the Spring. 
The flowers of this wonderful strain often measure 3 inches across, and are usually 
quite double. The variety of color includes white, blush, deep pink, salmon, 
carmine, scarlet, dark crimson, maroon and many beautiful variegated flowers. 
Most of them have lovely fringed petals, and are delightfully fragrant. 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. 
No. Pkt. cts. No. Pkt. cts. 
187. WHITE 15 189. PURE YELLOW 15 
188. DARK RED 15 190. SPLENDID MIXED COLORS— 
Superb 15 
CHABAUD'S GIANT FANCY PERPETUAL-FLOWERING 
CARNATIONS. 
These creations of a French " Camationist " surpass all the race in richness 
and variety of coloring, and are surprisingly beautiful. Plants thick-set and 
bushy; stalks stiff and upright, bearing immense double blossoms of perfect reg- 
ularity, some with fringed edges, some smooth, some with rich solid colors, others 
tinted and blended, and others with featherings and picotee markings, and all 
perfuming the air with their sweetness; of incontestable merit for winter flowering 
and hardy enough for garden culture. Pkt. cts. 
191. MIXED COLORS 25. 
192. AMERICAN TREE (Perpetual)— Saved from the newest and finest 
named flowers of this perpetual strain — especially valued for winter 
blooming. All colors mixed 50 
No. 
193. 
194. 
(Carnations, Continued) 
Pkt cts. 
HARDY BORDER DOUBLE MIXED— A splendid hardy strain for out- 
door culture, flowering the second season and producing a mass of flowers 
in a great variety of colors 25 
FINE MIXED— H. h. p IS 
CASTOR OIL PLANTS (See Ricinus) 
CENTRANTHUS 
195. MIXED — H. a., 1 ft Good for mixed borders, useful for bouquets. 
CENTROSEMA 
196. GRANDIFLORA — T. p. (Butterfly pea.) A cUmber of great beauty. 
Large, pea-shaped flowers ranging in color from rosy-violet to purple, 
with white markings 10 
CELOSIA PLUMOSA OR PLUMED COCKSCOMB 
Forms pyramidal branching plants, 3H 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 unto froat. 
They are also very handsome grown in pots. 
No. Pkt. cti. 
197. THOMPSONI MAGNIFICA— The finest feathered coxcomb yet in- 
troduced. Flowers are of all colors from yellow to the deepest blood red. 
A splendid decorative plant either in pots or open ground IS 
198. CRIMSON PLUMED IS 
199. GOLDEN PLUMED (Jaune d'Or) 15 
200. PLUMOSA PYRAMIDALIS, MIXED 10 
IMPERIAL SWEET 
SULTAN 
CENTAUREA IMPERIALIS 
These beautiful giant flowering "Sultans" are grand improvements over 
the old varieties. They produce long-stemmed, exquisitely fringed blossoms 
3 to 4 inches across of graceful effect and are delightfully fragrant. The 
colors vary from white and yellow through reds from pink to crimson and blues 
from lilac to purple, some having centres of a different color, as violet with white 
centre, etc. For bouquets 
and vases they are excep- 
tionally beautiful. 
If cut scarcely opened 
they will last for ten days 
in water. The plants are 
of the easiest culture, 
flowering freely in the 
garden the flrst summer 
from seed sown in the 
spring. They are of strong, 
bushy form. 2 to 3 feet 
high. 
No. Pkt. cts 
201. WHITE — Satiny- 
white flowers 15 
202. YELLOW— Bright 
yellow flowers .... 15 
203. FAVORITA— BrU- 
liant rose- colored 
flowers 15 
204. SPLENDENS — 
Rich dark purple. 15 
205. GRAZIOSA — 
Deep lilac 15 
206. IMPERIALIS — 
Mixed Colors. ... 10 
CENTAUREAS. 
207. CANDIDISSIMA 
(Dusty Miller)— 
Silvery white 
leaves broadly cut. 
1 ft., h. h. p 15 
208. GYMNOCARPA 
— Silvery foliage. 
Graceful arching 
leaves 15 
209. CENTAUREA 
CYANUS (Corn- 
flower), fBlue- 
bottle or Ragged 
Sailor) ■ — Mixed 
colors 10 
210. CYANUS DOU- 
BLE-FLOW- 
ERED — Mixed 
Colors 10 
CENTAUREA IMPERIALIS 
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