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JOHN LEWIS CHILDS, FLORAL PARK, N. Y. 
New 
Marguerite Centaureas* 
For an early summer garden flower 
nothing surpasses these superb new Cen- 
taureas. Each .plant p.roduces scores of 
flowers which are borne’ on long, wiry 
stems,* and ; are exceedingly graeefuJM 
while for cutting, for vases; or corsage wearing, no flower 
can surpass them. Flowers 2 to 3 inches across, of the most 
lovely texture and superb fragrance. Sow-seed in open 
ground very early; the plants will soon be up and blooming 
and continue for several months. Their beauty and value 
may be judged when we say that they are superior in every 
way to Carnations, not only in beauty and usefulness for 
cutting, but in fragrance as well. They grow like a weed in 
any situation. p e r pkt. 
Pure WhI te—Perfectly exquisite. H 
Odorata Purpurea—Fine lilac, contrasting finely. 5 
Chameleon — Fine yellow. io 
RSixaci, All Colors— . 5 
Geptaurea, Imperialis. 
This is a new and greatly improved strain of C. Mar¬ 
guerite. 'The plant-is much larger and more vigorous, with 
blossoms fully double the size of Marguerite. They pos¬ 
sess the same colors and delicious fragrance and long, grace¬ 
ful stems. But this is not all. This new strain, Imperialis, 
is so strong and vigorous that unfavorable wet and hot 
weather, which kills plants of the Marguerite, have no effect 
upon it, and it blooms profusely all the season . 10 
Ger^taOrea, Americana Gigantea* 
A giant-flowering Centaurea, with white blossoms fully 
4 inches across. The petals are so constructed as to resemble 
rich lacework. Exceedingly handsome. 10 
