QUALITY SEEDS AND BULBS— “THEY COME UP SMILING” 
CELOSIA (Cockscomb) 
CRISTATA 
An annual of easy culture. They are most 
effective in the border. Transplanting into a rich 
soil about the time the combs begin to form makes 
the flower-heads much larger, and they last from 
midsummer until frost. 
59520. Glasgow Prize. Dark leaves and crimson combs ; fine 
for solid beds and for edgings. 1 ft Pkt. 10c. 
59530. Dwarf Bright Red. A miniature plant, with enor- 
mous combs of intense bright red Pkt. 10c. 
59540. Dwarf Crimson Pkt. 10c. 
59550. Dwarf Dark Yellow. Yellow combs Pkt. 10c. 
59570. Dwarf Mixed. Extra-large combs in all the pre- 
ceding colors Pkt. 10c. 
59572. Tall Crimson Pkt. 10c. 
59575. Tall Mixed. Very fine Pkt. 10c. 
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CENTAUREA 
The popular Cornflower, Centaurea Cyanus, is 
also known as Blue Bottle, Ragged Sailor, and 
sometimes as Bachelor’s Button. Bright-flowered 
plants of the hardiest nature and simplest culture, 
among the most attractive and graceful of all the 
old-fashioned flowers. The perennial sorts in- 
crease rapidly and bloom profusely. 
PERENNIAL FLOWERING 
A dry, sandy soil of moderate fertility, seems 
to suit them best, keeping up a profusion of 
bloom all summer. 
59725. Montana, Blue. Large-flowered perennial Corn- 
flower Pkt. 10c. 
59730. Montana alba. White Pkt. 20c. 
PERENNIAL (Silver-Leaved) 
These are used for borders or edgings, and 
thrive anywhere. Flowers white, leaves grayish; 
half hardy. 1 ft. 
59740. Candidissima. Silvery white leaves Pkt. 10c. 
59760. Gymnocarpa. Silvery white, small leaves .. Pkt. 10c. 
PLUMOSA 
(Plumed or Ostrich-feather). Beautiful annual 
foliage plants, blooming in late summer and au- 
tumn, and producing large, showy plumes, curled 
and curved, much resembling ostrich feathers. 
For beds and borders. 2 to 3 ft. 
59580. Carters Rainbow. A magnificent strain. Plants of 
perfect habit, carrying enormous plumes from pale rose 
to deepest crimson and deep primrose to old gold. Pkt. 10c. 
59581. Carters Dwarf Golden. Splendid type for bedding or 
pot work ; the compact plants bear splendid feathery 
l>iumes and come quite true from seed. Ht., \V\ ft. 
Pkt. 10c. 
59582. Carters Dwarf Crimson. Similar type to Dwarf Gold- 
en, splendid for bedding or pot work Pkt. 10c. 
59590. Ostrich-Feather, Crimson Pkt. 10c. 
59605. Ostrich-Feather, Finest Mixed Pkt. 10c. 
59600. Ostrich-Feather. Orange .Pkt. 10c. 
59620. Pride of Castle Gould. Compact, feathery plumes. 
In shades of blood-red, carmine, yellow and orange. 
Pkt. 15c. 
59635. Thompsonii magnifica. Feathered ; red ; superb. 
Pkt. 15c. 
59638. Thompsonii magnifica, Yellow Pkt. 15c. 
59640. Thompsonii magnifica, Mixed. Superb assortment of 
the plumed varieties Pkt. 16c. 
CHINESE WOOLFLOWER 
A pompon form of the Plumosa type. Start 
seed in the house and do not cover more than 
the thickness of one seed. 
59675. Crimson ...Pkt. 10c. 59680. Scarlet Pkt. 10c. 
59685. Yellow ...Pkt. 10c. 59670. Pink Pkt. 10c. 
59686. One pkt. each of the four colors for 35c. 
See photo next page 
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