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Castor Bean 
( Ricinus ) 
like lea 
prickly ^ ___ r ._, ,. o _ o _ . 
from frost is over, preferably in light rich soi£ or for earlier blooms start indoors and transplant. For best development 
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 Gannas, Dahlias, etc., giving a semi-tropical effect. Seed beautifully 
striped or mottled. Tender annual; six to fifteen feet high. 
Zanzibariensis. Wonderfully vigorous, from ten to fifteen feet high. Leaves have a brilliant luster, measuring about thirty inches 
across, ranging in color from bright green to deep bronze. Seed very large, oval. Mixed Varieties. Oz. 35c .Pkt. 10c. 
Sanguineus. ( Tricolor ) Blood red stalks with red venation in leaves; height about six feet. Oz. 35c.. . “ 10c. 
Castor Bean, Mixed. A desirable mixture of all the named varieties. Oz. 30c—. " 10c. 
m • An odd and picturesque class of plants having colored foliage and in which the innumerable small 
m ^ | -y — . flowers and seed vessels together with their supports form a very brilliantly colored mass, sometimes 
1 gracefully arranged like plumes and sometimes more dense, being corrugated ami frilled at the edge 
^ w like a cock's 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 ripe 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 trans¬ 
plant to place when weather is settled. Also adapted for 
growing in pots in greenhouse and conservatory. Half hardy 
annuals. 
Child si (Chinese Wool flower). Plantsabout two and one- 
half feet high, branch* freely and produce large, globular, 
purplish crimson flowers which resemble a ball of brilliantly 
colored wool. (<ee cut and further description in snpple- 
ment) .Pkt. 10c. 
Pyramidalis plumosa mixed. Plants pyramidal, branching, 
two or more feet high, covered with long, brilliantly colored 
and gracefully forme 1 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. 
Japan. Plant grows two to two and one-half feet high and 
is covered- with spikes which are finely crested and of 
brilliant colors 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 
and forms very large crimson combs. Height about one 
foot .Pkt. 10c. 
Dwarf Rose. One foot high; large rose-colored combs. ** 10c. 
Dwarf Yellow. Large yellow combs. Height one foot. “ 10c. 
Glasgow Prize ( President Thiers) Plant resembles a very 
large comb, densely corrugated; brilliant, deep purplish 
red. Foliage dark, not abundant; ten to twelve inches. 
. . •••Pkt. 10c. 
Dwarf Mixed. A mixture of the best dwarf growing sorts. 
Oz. $1.75.. . Pkt. 10c. 
m Centaureas embrace some 
m f | 4 r* foliage plants but are more 
V^llLdUI Cd 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 
steins and some sorts are fragrant. Centaurea, Marguerite 
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 flowers from July until late in the autumn. Hardy annual; plant one to two feet high. Mixed. Oz. 30c. - Pkt. 10c. 
Double Mixed ( Bachelor's Button) Produces larger, more globular flower-heads than the common variety. Oz. 80c. “ 10c. 
Odorata ( Sweet Sxdtan) An old fashioned hardy annual about eighteen inches high, with long-stemmed, sweet scented, 
light purple flowers .. Pkt. 10c. 
Martjuerite. 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 longtime after cutting. Hardy annual; about eighteen 
inches high. Oz. 90c . . Pkt. 10c. 
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 they may 
be set about one foot apart where, wanted for borders or bedding. In southern latit udes seed may also be sown outdoors fn 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. 
