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Castor Bean 
rt* C i nUS ^ ma j es *-I c plants for lawns or driveways; with broad, beautifully lobed. palm- 
nke leaves or glossy green, brown or bronzed metallic nue and long spikes of scarlet, or of green, 
, e __• PncW seed pods. Makes a rapid, vigorous growth in rich soil. Sowseedoutdoorsafterdanger 
from frost is over, preferably in light nch soil, or for earlier blooms start indoors and transplant. For best development each 
plant should have at least four feet each way. Its rich, luxuriant growth makes it very attractive for a long distance either 
grown singly or in groups, or as center plants with Caunas, Dahlias, etc., giving a semi-tropical effect. Seed beautifully 
striped or mottled. 1 ender annual; six to fifteen feet high. 
Zanzibariensis. onderf ully vigorous, from ten to fifteen feet high. Leaves have a brilliant luster, measuring about thirty inches 
across, ranging in color froni bright green to deep bronze. Seed very large, oval. Mixed Varieties. Oz. 85c .Pkt. 10c 
'’angumeus. ( Tricolor) Blood red stalks with red venation in ^ 
enation in leaves; height about six feet. Oz. 85c. 
Castor Bean, Mixed. A desirable mixture of all the named varieties. ’ Oz. 30c 
10c. 
10c. 
An odd and picturesque class of plants having colored foliage and in which the innumerable small 
nowers and seed vessels together with their supports form a very brilliantly colored mass, sometimes 
gracefully arranged like plumes and sometimes more dense, being corrugated and frilled at the edge 
. , ,, * lae a 8 comb. They form the gayest possible decoration in beds and borders, retaining their 
brilliant coloring often from midsummer until frost. The red Cristata sorts are sometimes cut before fully rip and dried in 
the house for winter bouquets. 
Seed may be sown outdoors 
as early in spring as ground is 
warm and dry, using if possible 
light, rich, well pulverized soil, 
and giving plenty of moisture. 
For larger and more beautiful 
plumes start the seed very early 
indoors and transplant to place 
when weather is settled. Also 
adapted for growing in pots in 
greenhouse and conservatory. 
Half hardy annuals. 
CHildsi ( Chinese Wool flower) 
Plants about two and one-lialf 
feet high, branch freely and 
produce large, globular, pur¬ 
plish crimson flowers which 
resemble a ball of brilliantly 
colored wool. (See cut and 
further description in supple¬ 
ment) .Pkt. 10c. 
Pyramidalis plumosa mixed. 
Plants pyramidal, branching, 
two or more feet high, covered 
with long, brilliantly colored 
and gracefully formed plumes 
in red, yellow or violet. An 
excellent mixure of plumosa 
or feathered celosias. Pkt. 10c. 
Triumph of the Exposition. A 
splendid plumosa variety. 
Plant of pyramidal form, 
bearing many exceedingly 
graceful, feather-like spikes 
of intensely brilliant crimson 
color. Height two to three 
feet .Pkt. 10c. 
Variegated. A cristata Strain 
between the plumosa and the 
dwarf cockscomb types. The 
plumes are broadened at the 
top, variegated and striped in 
red and yellow. Height one 
and one-half to two feet. 
Pkt. 10c. 
Celosia, Dwarf Cockscomb 
Japan. 
colors 
Plant grows two to two and one-half feet high and is covered with spikes which are finely crested and of brilliant 
usually variegated crimson and deep yellow. One of the best of the tall cristata types . Pkt. 10c. 
Dwarf Cockscomb Varieties ( Celosia Cristata) 
Giant Empress. This beautiful dwarf plant has bronze leaves Glasgow Prize (President Thiers) Plant resembles a verv large 
and forms very large crimson combs. Height about one comb, densely corrugated; brilliant, deep purplish red. 
foot... .........Pkt. 10c. Foliage dark, not abundant; ten to twelve inches Pkt. 10c! 
Dwarf Rose. One foot high ; large rosc-colorcd combs. io c . Dwarf Mixed. A mixture of the best dwarf growing sorts. 
Dwarf Yellow. Large yellow combs. Height one foot. . 10c. Oz. $1.75 . .. Pkt. 10c 
Centaureas embrace some foliage plants but are more generally known for their hardy 
flowering 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. They produce bright colored single 
and double flowers on long graceful stems and some sorts are fragrant. 
Annual 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. Cover seed about one-fourth inch deep; thin three or four inches apart. Fine for bedding or borders. 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, 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 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 single nowers from July until late in the autumn. Hardy annual; plant one to two feet high. Mixed. Oz. 20c. .Pkt. 5c. 
Double Mixed (Bachelor's Button) Produces larger, more globular flower-heads than the common variety. Oz. 2.5c . “ 10c. 
Odorata ( Sweet Sultan) An old fashioned hardy annual about eighteen inches high, with long-stemmed, sweet scented! 
light purple flowers . “.... . ; . . .p kt 10c ’ 
Marpierite. A most desirable, sweet scented Oentaurea, producing on long stems finely laciniated, white flowers, about as 
large as a carnation, and which remain fresh and beautiful for a longtime after cutting. Hardy annual; about eighteen 
inches high. Oz. 90c . ® ... . . .. Pkt 10c 
Imperially Mixed. An excellent sweet scented variety, also called Sweet Sultan. The flowers are finely iaciniated and arc 
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 they may 
be set about one foot apart where wanted for borders or bedding In southern latitudes seed may also be sown outdoors in fall. 
Gvmnocarpa. 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 high.Pkt. 10c. 
