D. M. FERRY & CO., DETROIT. MICH. 
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Centaurea 
Centaureas embrace some foliage plants but are more generally known for their hardv flower¬ 
ing annuals which include some of our most graceful and showy garden flowers that have 
long been favorites for cutting. The tall slender straight or slightly branching plants with 
narrow leaves thrive well in common garden soil 
double heads of flowers on long graceful steins and some sorts are fragrant. 
They produce bright colored single and 
Annual Varieties Cultivated for Their Flowers 
Sow seed in early spring m hotbed and transplant to open ground or sow in open ground as soon as the weather is warm and 
settled. Cover seed about one-fourth inch deep; thin three or four inches apart. Fine for bedding or borders. The voting 
plants are very sensitive to wet, and care should be taken to prevent water standing on the leaves. 
Cyanus (Bachelor s Button, Corn Flower) A well known, hardy border plant, also called “blue bottle” and “ragged sailor.” 
which does best in carefully prepared gravelly soil. If seed is sown as soon as the ground is fit in the spring ami the flowers 
picked so as to prevent the plant exhausting itself by seeding, it will furnish a profusion of bright blue, purple, white or 
pink single flowers from July until late in the autumn. Hardy annual; plant one to two feet high. Mixed. Oz. 5?>c. . .Pkt. 5c. 
Double Mixed {Bachelor's Button) Produces larger, more globular flower-heads than the common variety. Oz. 25c. “ 5 C . 
Odorata ( Sweet Sultan) An old fashioned hardy annual about eighteen inches high, with long-stemmed, sweet scented. 
light purple flowers.. 10c 
Marguerite. A most desirable, sweet scented Centaurea, producing 
on long stems finely laciniated, white flowers, about as large as 
a carnation, and which remain fresh and beautiful for a long 
time after cutting. Hardy annual; about eighteen inches high. 
Oz. $1-00. .Pkt. 5c. 
Imperials Mixed. An excellent sweet scented variety, also called 
Sweet Sultan. The flowers are finely laciniated and are about the 
size of a carnation. They have long stems and keep well after 
cutting. Colors range through white, rose, lilac, purple and yellow. 
Hardy annual; about eighteen inches high. Oz.75c. Pkt. 10c. 
Perennial Variety Cultivated for Foliage 
Seed should be sown under glass and the young plants grown in 
pots or boxes until settled warm weather, when tney may be set 
about one foot apart where wanted for borders or bedding. In 
southern latitudes seed may also be sown outdoors in fall. 
Gymnocarpa. This is also called Dusty Miller. Valuable because 
of its finely cut silvery gray foliage and graceful drooping habit 
of growth. Half hardy perennial; one and one-half to two feet 
hign. Oz. 65c. Pkt. 10c. 
-I These outdoor “summer 
Chrysanthemum g> 0 « e s; e z 
bedding or borders in the garden and desirable for cut flowers. 
Plants become more bushy and shapely if pinched back in early 
growth and the practice of disbudding will result in much larger 
flowers. These annuals are not the winter flowering sorts sold 
by florists and which are propagated only by division of roots. 
Early Blooming Garden Sorts 
Seed may be sown in the open ground after clanger of frost is 
over and the seedlings thinned eight or ten inches apart, but the best 
results come from sowing under cover early in May, and transplant¬ 
ing the young plants to open border. Height one and one-half 
to two feet. 
Morning Star. Handsome, large, single flowers, bright yellow with 
deeper center; excellent for cutting. Pkt. 10c. 
Carinatum Eclipse Mixed (Tricolor) Large single flowers in very 
striking color combinations. The ray florets range from pure 
golden yellow to nearly white, are often ringed or centered pur¬ 
plish scarlet and always have a dark brown disc. Pkt. 5c. 
Coronarium, double white. Very double white flowers, with petals 
reflexed and imbricated. Pkt. 5c. 
Coronarium, double yellow. Very attractive, rich golden yellow 
double flowers, about one inch across; abundantly pro- Centaurea Cyanus (Bachelor's Button) 
duced. Pkt. 5c. 
Mixed. The choicest Carinatum and Coronarium variet ies, both 
single and double.Pkt. 5c. 
CHEIRANTHUS CHEIR1 —(See Wallflower) 
CHEIRANTHUS MARITIMUS — (See Virginian Stock) 
Cineraria 
Cinerarias are easily grown from 
seed in the greenhouse. The 
large heads of brilliant daisy-like 
flowers of many colors, usually 
sharply margined and with dark eye, are very desirable in 
pots. The plants are often as broad as high and the velvety 
leaves are shaded on the under side. 
Sow preferably early in fall. They thrive best in a mixture 
of loam and peat. Perennial, usually one to two feet high. 
Maritima candidissima (Dusty Miller) Cultivated for its hand¬ 
some, silvery white foliage; very ornamental as a decorative 
pot plant, or for bedding. Half hardy perennial, one to two 
feet high. Oz. 80c.Pkt. 10c. 
Hybrida, choicest mixed. Large flowering. 25c. 
Hybrida, very dwarf, mixed. Large flowered, eight inches high. 
Blooms profusely; many colors.Pkt. 25c. 
q »»lri o Beautiful, hardv annuals with rose colored,white 
VsldllViCl an( i p lir pie flowers, in delicate but very brilliant 
shades. The plants are about one and one-half to two feet 
high and are profuse bloomers. 
Sow in light, warm soil, as early in the spring as the ground 
can be worked, or if planted in August they will bloom the 
following summer. Double Mixed .Pkt. 5c. 
Clematis 
Veil known beautiful climbers, much 
admired for their gracefulness and at¬ 
tractive flowers. They are splendid for 
covering arbors, verandas, etc., as they cling readily. 
The seed germinates slowly. For best results sow indoors in 
fall or very early in spring. Press the soil firmly over the seed 
and keep moist and warm. "When suitable transplant to place 
one foot apart, or seed may be sown outdoors early in spring. 
Perennial but some protection in northern latitudes through 
winter is advised. Water the roots freely during dry weather 
to insure profuse blooming. 
Flammula. A slender but vigorous climber, from ten to fifteen 
feet high, with clusters of small, white, fragrant flowers in Au¬ 
gust and September. Known as Sweet Virgin’s Bower. Pkt. 5c. 
Mixed. Extra choice, large (lowering varieties with beautiful 
clusters of purple and white flowers .Pkt. 10c. 
Spanrlpnc A fine rapid growing climber 
V^UUdCd. ULdllUCllo with handsome dark green 
foliage and bearing on graceful stems large, bell-shaped 
flowers, green at first but rapidly changing to a beautiful 
deep violet-blue. A wire netting trellis or support for the 
green profusion of tendrils to fasten upon is preferable to 
cords or smooth wire. A well established plant will run about 
thirty feet in a season, covering a large veranda. 
For best results start indoors early in spring in rather dry 
soil and set out the young plants after danger of frost is past. 
Tender perennial. Oz. 50c.Pkt. 5c. 
COCKSCOMB—(See Celosia) 
COIX LACHRYMA —(See Job's Tears) 
