10 ANNUAL SEEDS 
WHOLESALE PRICE LIST FOR FLORISTS AND NURSERYMEN 
CYANUS, DOUBLE BLUE 
Our Special Florist’s Strain 
A real improvement. 
Various Centaureas 
Suavcoleiis Yellow. Included In the Im- 
perialis group as it is similar but less 
vigorous and shorter in growth. Clear 
butter yellow.. % ok. 20c. ok. 60c. 
Odorata or Moschata Mixed. Delicately 
tinted fragrant blooms in shades of 
rose, pink, yellow and white.. % ok, 
20o, ok. 60o. 
Americana Lilac. Large thistle like 
blooms of rosy lilac. % ok. 20c, ok. 60c. 
Gyanus 
Centaureas Imperialis 
Centaureas in the Greenhouse 
Always considered of great importance 
in outdoor g-ardens, they can also be 
grown under g-lass at least in a limited 
way, and will give great numbers of nice 
flowers from a few plants. Seed started 
in the early fall will normally bloom in 
the greenhouse in April and this bloom¬ 
ing period may be brought forward fi 
weeks to 2 months by the use of ad¬ 
ditional electric lights. Seed started in 
January will flower in May. The Cyanus, 
Imperialis Suaveolens and Americana 
types are all valuable in the greenhouse. 
C. Cyanus — Bachelors Button 
or Cornflower 
The producer of our seed has been mak¬ 
ing- constant selections for the betterment 
of the various colors, increasing their 
doubleness, size and uniformity in color. 
Centaurea Imperialis 
Double Blue, Special Strain. The most 
popular of the group. Our strain is 
really far better than the average. % 
ok. 20 c. ok. 60c, % 1b. $1.80. 
The following are the best of the other 
colors. 
Maroon (Atropurpnren > . Very dark. 
Bose Improved. Very good bright pink. 
Ruby. Deep ruby red, much lighter than 
Maroon. 
White. Large flowered, pure. 
Any above —% ok. 15c, ok. 40c, % lb. $1,25. 
Finest Double Mixed, 14 ok. 15c. ok. 40c, 
% lb. $1.00. 
C. Imperialis — Imperial Sweet Sultans 
We offer the following distinct shades of 
this beautiful group. Plants 3 ft. high 
Amaranth Red. Delicate Lilac 
Brilliant Rose Purple 
Deep Lavendar White 
Yellow Suaveolens Mixed Colors 
Any color or mixed — 14 ok. 20c, ok. 60c. 
Centaurea - Dusty Miller 
C. Gymnoearpa. Lavender violet flowers, 
but grown for foliage which is silvery. 
14 ok. 15c, ok. 50c. 
C. Candidissima. The popular Dusty Mil¬ 
ler with silvery grey foliage.. Va ok. 
30c, % ok. 50e, ok. $1.50. 
Celosia 
Celosia Plumosa 
Ostrich Plu me 
Thompson! illagnifica Mixed. Growing 2 
ft. tall and bearing quantities of bright¬ 
ly colored plumes in shades of pink and 
rose, red, reddish purple, chamois, yel¬ 
low and orange. This is the very fin¬ 
est mixture of the tall feathered or 
plumed Celosias.. % ok. 20c, 14 ok. 35c, 
ok. 90c. 
Dwarf Plumosa 
Nana Fiery Feather. Admirable little pot 
or bedding plants. Upright pyramids 
of fiery- scarlet plumes. The whole 
plant is about 15 inches tall. You can 
sell many of them as bedding- plants. 
Starting seed in March for late spring 
sales. Seed started in the fall will 
bloom in the greenhouse in the late 
winter and early spring. 
Nana Golden Feather. A golden yellow 
counter-part of above. 
Nana Mixed. Red and yellow. 
Either variety or mixed — Tr. Pkt. 40c, 
A ok. $1.00. 
Celosia Childsi - Woolflower 
Similar in growth to Celosia Plumosa but 
the flowers instead of loose plumes are 
more rounded ball shaped. They make 
excellent bedding plants and provide 
many cut flower bouquets in late summer 
and early fall. Well branched bushy 
plants about 3 ft. tall. 
Crimson Pink A'ellow 
Any color — % ok. 20c, %, ok. 35c, ok. $1.00 
Childsi Mixed —Vs ok. 15c, !4 ok. 25c, ok. 
75c. 
Types 
Celosia Cristata 
Cockscomb 
Tall Mixed. Immense combs in various 
shades of red, crimson, purple, yellow 
and orange. 1% to 2 ft. tall. Vi ok. 
20c, ok. 60e. 
Dwarf Cockscomb 
Our strains are selected to produce plants 
of uniform height about 1 foot and per¬ 
fect comb-like heads. 
Glasgow PriKe. Very fine, dark crimson. 
Empress. Dark reddish purple foliage, 
crimson heads. 
Anrea. Golden yellow tinted orange. 
Rose. Rich dark rose shade. 
Any above colors—Tr. Pkt. 25c, V4 ok. 
60c, ok. $2.00. 
Finest Dwarf Mixed. Including the above 
and other shades.. % ok. 25c, Vi ok. 45e, 
ok. $1.50. 
Dwarf Globe of Fire (Globosa) 
Has globular head instead of the comb. 
Very uniform in height and type so ideal 
for pots or borders. Very bright scar¬ 
let. 
Tr. Pkt. 25c, V4 ok. 60c, ok. $2.00. 
Annual Chrysanthemums 
For a winter crop sow seed in early 
fall. The plants will bloom in April 
or in February if additional light 
is used. Seed sown in December 
or January will bloom in late 
spring and early summer. 
Annual Chrysanthemums 
Another group which is finding favor 
with florists for cut iflower material! 
Chrysanthemums last remarkably well as 
cut flowers, but for best results keep 
them in water for 24 hours before mar¬ 
keting. 
Tall Single Varieties 
Atrococcineuin (The Sultan). Dark cop¬ 
per with yellow zone. 
Burridgcanuni. White with scarlet zone. 
Eastern Star. Primrose, brown center. 
Gloria Alba. Pure white, yellow center. 
Morning Star. Pale yellow. 
Northern Star. White with dark center. 
Purpureum. (W. E. Gladstone). Purple 
with yellow zone. 
Any variety—14 ok. 15c, ok. 40e. 
Eldorado. New variety of bright canary 
yellow with mahogany center. Very 
effective. Vi ok. 20c, ok. 60c. 
Martin’s Excellent Mixture. Vi ok. 15c, 
ok. 40c. 
Nivel I i. A fine new Annual Marguerite, 
bright yellow flowers with yellow cen¬ 
ter. Much earlier to bloom than other 
varieties, beating them by 2 to 3 weeks. 
14 o*. 15c, ok. 40c. 
Double Varieties 
Coronnriuni. Good double flowers on long 
stemmed plants, 4 ft. high. Flowers 
1 % to 2 inches in diameter. 
Double White. Double Yellow 
Double Mixed. 
Either color or mixed— 14 ok. 15c, ok. 35c. 
Carinntum Hybridum Mixed. White, yel¬ 
low, purple and scarlet. Showy flowers. 
1S-20 inches tall. 14 ok. 20c, ok. 60c. 
Coronnriuni Dwarf Double Varieties. 
Compact bushy plants about 2 ft. high 
suitable for bedding or for potting. 
Golden Queen White Pearl 
Either variety—Vi oa. 15c, ok. 50c. 
