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Celosia Cristata Nana - Cockscomb 
A free bloomer growing best in rather light, not too rich soil 
Sow seed indoors in early spring and plant outdoors in May, 
or sow seed outdoors in May. 
504 GLASGOW PRIZE. Dwarf crimson. Pkt., 10c. 
505 DWARP GOLDEN YELLOW. Pkt., 10c. 
Celosia Childsi - Chinese Woolflower 
506 MIXTURE. A distinct type, with large, roundish heads and 
drooping spikelets of flowers which look like an immense ball 
of wool. All colors. Very showy. Pkt., 10c. 
Centaurea 
This popular annual includes such old fashioned favorites as 
the Bachelor’s Button or Cornflowers, and Sweet Sultans. They 
are easy to grow, take care of themselves, bloom continuously, 
and even come up again the next year from seed that has drop¬ 
ped to the ground. Sow outdoors in April, thin plants to stand 
ten inches apart, or you may sow seed from September to No¬ 
vember for early bloom the following spring. 
Centaurea Cyanus - Cornflower 
These are also known as Bachelor’s Button, Blue Bottle, Rag¬ 
ged Sailor, Bluet and sometimes as Ragged Robin, but which 
name belongs to one of the Lychnis and frequently results in 
confusion. It is always best to order by the botanical names. 
They are well known to every flower lover and always included 
in old-fashioned gardens. We have discarded the old single¬ 
flowering type, the improved double-flowering sorts offered be¬ 
low being much better in every way. 
507 DOUBLE BLUE. V4 oz., 25c; pkt., 10c. 
508 DOUBLE PINK. V4 oz., 25c; pkt., 10c. 
509 DOUBLE MIXED. V4 oz., 20c; oz., 50c; pkt., 10c. 
Centaurea Imperialis - Royal Sweet Sultan 
510 FINEST MIXED. A wonderful annual for cutting, long¬ 
stemmed, exquisitely fringed and delightfully fragrant. 2 to 3 
feet. May until frost. *4 oz., 20c; pkt., 10c. 
Chrysanthemum 
511 BRIDAL ROBE. (Double). The plants grow about 12 inches 
high and are covered the entire summer with their beautiful 
snow-white double flowers. Pkt., 10c. 
Clarkia 
This pretty and easily grown annual has been much improved 
in recent years, and the mixture offered below is now seen as 
cut flowers in most of the large cities of Europe. They do well 
either in sun or shade, growing 2 to 2% feet high, with leafy 
racemes of double flowers, which all open in water when cut. 
512 ELEGANS DOUBLE MIXED. V4 oz., 25c; pkt., 10c. 
Col eus - Flame Nettle 
A fine colored, tender perennial foliage plant for house or 
garden. Sow indoors in March. 
513 FINEST MIXED COLORS. 3 pkts., 50c; pkt., 20c. 
COLUMBINE. See Aquilegia, perennial, page 52. 
Cosmos for Early Autumn Color 
Graceful autumn flowers, fine for cutting and extremely 
showy in the garden. Very easily grown. They do best in rather 
poor soil. 
Dwarf Early Flowering Types 
514 EARLY FLOWERED WHITE. V4 oz., 25c; pkt., 10c. 
515 EARLY FLOWERED CRIMSON. Vi oz., 25c; pkt., 10c. 
516 EARLY FLOWERED PINK. Vi oz., 25c; pkt., 10c. 
517 EARLY FLOWERED MIXED. Vi OZ., 20c; pkt., 10c. 
Tall Late Mammoth Flowering 
518 GIANT WHITE. Vi oz., 25c; pkt., 10c. 
519 GIANT CRIMSON. Vi oz., 25c; pkt., 10c. 
520 PINK LADY LENOX. A beautiful shade of shell-pink, 
early blooming and very large flowers. Vi oz., 25c; pkt., 10c. 
521 GIANT MIXED. Comprises all shades. Vi oz., 20c; pkt., 10c. 
Double or Anemone-Flowered 
522 PINK BEAUTY. Vi oz., 50c; pkt., 10c. 
523 CRIMSON KING. Vi oz., 50c; pkt., 10c. 
524 WHITE QUEEN. Vi OZ., 50c; pkt., 10c. 
525 SUFERB MIXED. Vi oz., 40c; pkt., 10c. 
Cynoglossum - Chinese Forget-Me-Not 
526 AMABILE. Blue. An annual recently introduced from 
China; of the easiest culture, forming strong plants 18 to 24 
inches high and producing through the summer months 
sprays of intense blue forget-me-not-like flowers, delicately 
sweet scented. A splendid addition to the comparatively 
short list of real blue flowers. Vi oz., 30c; pkt., 10c. 
527 AMABILE PINK. Vi oz., 40c; pkt., 15c. 
CALIFORNIA POPPY. See Eschscholtzia. Page 40. 
CARDINAL CLIMBER. See Vines. Page 63. 
Annual Canterbury Bells. 
Grow Dahlias from Seed 
While usually grown from roots and cut¬ 
tings, fine flowers can be produced in one 
season from seed, if it is sown early indoors 
and the plants set out when the ground is 
warm. 
528 COLTNESS HYBRIDS. A splendid new 
type of Dahlia, producing single flowers 
on long stems. Plants compact. 18 to 24 
inches high, bearing a mass of bloom 
throughout the entire season. Pkt., 20c. 
529 CACTUS FLOWERED. Collected from 
named varieties. Pkt., 20c; 3 pkts., 50c. 
530 DECORATIVE FLOWERED. Collected 
from named varieties. Pkt., 20c; 3 pkts., 
50 c. 
FOR DAHLIA ROOTS. (See Summer Flow¬ 
ering bulbs.) 
Dianth us - An nual Garden Pinks 
Every garden should include some of the 
pinks because they are so easily grown and 
make such a wonderful display with their 
bright colored flowers. The plants are cov¬ 
ered with sweet-scented flowers all during 
the summer. Grows about 1 foot high. 
531 SWEET WIVELSFIELD. This remark¬ 
able hybrid is quite distinct in method of 
flowering and height of growth from the 
Annual Sweet William. It has a great va¬ 
riety of color and a very long season of 
bloom. It is an annual and requires the 
same culture as Asters, Stocks and Snap¬ 
dragons. Sown in a hotbed in February 
and March, and then into the open ground 
early in May, it will bloom from June un¬ 
til frost. If sown outdoors in April, it will 
bloom in August. Pkt., 15c. 
532 HEDDEWIGI. (Single Japan Pink). A 
splendid mixture of single flowers of bril¬ 
liant shades, brilliantly marked. Plants 
dwarf and very free flowering. V4 oz., 25c; 
pkt., 10c. 
533 HEDDEWIGI, FL. PL. (Double Japan 
Pink). Very double, with deep fringed 
petals. Colors vary from white to rose, 
lilac, carmine, crimson, scarlet, purple, 
brown and almost black, spotted and 
striped. Pkt., 10c; V4 oz., 30c. 
For perennial varieties, see page 54. 
