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D. M. FERRY & CO., DETROIT. MICH. 
Centaurea 
^^•1 m 1 These common 
Chrysanthemum 
are showy and effective in the garden and desirable for 
cut flowers. Plants become more bushy and shapely 
if pinched back in early growth. 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 danger of 
frost is over and the seedlings thinned eight nr ten inches 
apart, but the best results come from planting the seed 
under cover early in May, and transplanting the young 
plants to open border. 
Morning Star. Very handsome, large, single flowers, 
bright yellow with deeper center; excellent for cutting 
and desirable for both spring and fall markets. Pkt. 10c. 
Carinatum Eclipse. Pure golden yellow, with a bright 
purplish scarlet ring or center on the ray florets, the 
disc being dark brown; very striking.!. Pkt. 5c. 
Coronarium, double white. Plants usually about two feet 
high........ Pkt. 5c. 
Coronarium, double yellow. Very attractive, rich golden 
yellow flowers, abundantly produced. Pkt. 5c. 
Mixed. The choicest Carinatum and Coronarium varieties, 
, both single and double. Pkt. 5c. 
Later and Taller Fall Blooming Sorts 
This class is quite distinct from the early blooming 
garden sorts and in northern latitudes usually does not 
Bioom the first year unless started indoors very early. 
Japonicum, fl. pi. Japanese variety. Flowers are fringed, 
of peculiar form and much beauty, combining numerous 
shades of color. Particularly adapted to the southern 
states and under favorable conditions blooms freely in 
northern latitudes. Half hardy perennial. Pkt. 25c. 
Indicum, fl. pi. Half hardy perennial: desirable as pot 
plant but sown more generally outdoors in the South, 
and succeeds well under favorable conditions in the 
North; very double, mixed colors. Pkt. 25c. 
Superb Mixed. Seed from the finest Chinese and Japanese 
double varieties. Pkt. 25c. 
CHEIRANTHUS CHEIRI— (See Wallflower ) 
CHEIRANTHUS MARITIMUS (See Viryinian Stock) 
Centaureas are an exeeed- 
f nnf Olivno iugly interesting genus of 
m. 111 ti l tTrl plants, embracing annuals. 
^ biennials and perennials 
which though botanically alike are very different in appear¬ 
ance. The following varieties are easily grown from seed. 
Varieties Cultivated for Their Foliage 
Seed should be sown in hotbed or greenhouse and the young 
plants grown in pots until settled warm weather, when they 
may be set where wanted. 
Candidissima. Ornamental plants of great beauty: foliage 
deeply cut, silvery white and densely covered with white 
hairs. Half hardy perennial.Pkt. 10c. 
Gvmnocarpa. Sometimes called Dusty Miller. Valuable 
because of its silvery foliage and graceful drooping habit 
of growth. Half hardy perennial; one and one-hair to two 
feet high. Oz. 65c.Pkt. 10c. 
Varieties Cultivated for Their Flowers 
Sow seed in early spring in hotbed and transplant to open 
ground or sow in open ground as soon as the weather is warm 
and settled. The young 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 which does best in carefully prepared 
gravelly soil. If seed is sown as soon as the ground is flt in 
the spring and 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 flowers from July 
until late in the autumn. Plant one to two feet high. 
Mixed Oz. 20c .Pkt. 5c. 
Double Mixed ( Bachelor's Button) Produces larger, more 
globular flowers than the common variety. Oz. 20c. Pkt. 5c. 
Odorata ( Sweet Sultan) An old fashioned hardy annual 
about eighteen inches high, with long-stemmed, sweet 
scented, light purple flowers.Pkt. 10c. 
Marguerite. A most desirable, sweet scented Centaurea, pro¬ 
ducing on long stems finely laciniated, white flowers, about 
as large as a carnation, and which remain fresh and beauti¬ 
ful 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. 
Chrysanthemum, Morning Star 
