PAINESVILLE, OHIO 
Superior Flower Seed 23 
Single Annual ’Mums. 
CRIST AT A [Improved] - Crested Cockscomb 
Very popular annual of easy culture, producing large, 
_ , . m ornamental, comblike heads, like ruffled chenille. 
Celosia » .>Hb Finest Mixed. Pkt., 10c. 
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F “ ,l,er - ‘ CENTAUREA 
G-ymnocarpa. A useful foliage plant known as “Dusty 
Miller.’’ Grows to IV) feet; deeply indented fernlike 
foliage so dusted with silver as to be almost white. 
Half hardy perennial. Pkt., 10c; % oz., 20c. 
flmperialis (Giant Sweet Sultan). Bushes are covered 
with large, fluffy, ball-shaped, sweet-scented flowers. 
Will keep a week or over in water, if cut when just 
about to open. Hardy annual. 2 feet. 
All Colors Mixed. Pkt.. 10c. 
fCHRY S ANTHEMUM 
Annual Double and Single Mixed. Beautiful 
double and single types, together in a wide 
range of colors, blooming gorgeously all sum¬ 
mer. The single kinds are prettily called 
“Painted Daisies.” Pkt., 10c. 
CINERARIA 
Maritima. Another “Dusty Miller,” denser than 
the Centaurea type: one of the showiest silver 
or white-leaved foliage plants for bedding, rib¬ 
bon beds and margins. In rich soil they will 
reach 2 feet in height. 
Pkt., 10c; % oz., 20c. (See illustration with 
Kochia on page 26). 
COBAEA SCANDENS 
CELOSIA ■> Cockscomb 
Free and continuous blooming annuals of great 
value for injecting brilliancy of color into beds or 
borders. Content with light soil not too rich. Cut 
blooms may be dried for winter decoration. Con¬ 
servatory pot plants. If started inside, transplant 
them in May, or sow in the open at that time. 
r.hinPSP Wnnlflnwpr This recent novelty is 
cn,nese WOOITIOWer the most curious of all 
Celosias. Globular flowers, like balls of bright 
wool, bloom in July and continue until cut down 
by frost; do not fade, but increase in size and 
brilliancy. Height 2 to 3 feet. 
Mixed. Pkt., 10c; % oz., 26c. 
CELOSIA PLUMOSA 
[Feathered Cockscomb] 
This “Ostrich Feather” type grows from 2 to 6 
feet high, very showy with their large, dense, and 
continuing upright plumes. Very effective in garden 
sections ; as fresh cut flowers, and dried, or potted. 
Ostrich Feather Tall Mixed. Pkt., 10c. 
“Sweet Sultan” (Centaurea). 
A fine rapid growing climber, with handsome 
foliage and large bell-shaped flowers; green at first 
but rapidly changing to purple. Seeds should be started 
in hotbed or rather dry soil (as they 
are apt to rot in open ground) ; setting 
them edgewise and just barely cover¬ 
ing. Tender annual. 20 feet. 
Pkt., 10c. 
“Dusty Miller” (Centaurea). 
Cobaea 
Scandens. 
COLEUS 
Choicest New Hybrids. A beautiful 
class of popular decorative foliage 
plants with such diversity of pattern 
and rich coloring, their growing is 
a matter of absorbing interest and 
pleasure. For bedding or pot culture. 
Mixed. Pkt., 10c. 
Dwarf Cockscomb. 
Chinese Woolflower. 
Over 20 choice, distinct varie¬ 
ties of Hardy Chrysanthemums 
are offered in Perennial section. 
If you want the very best type 
of Dusty Miller, get S. & H. 
Dusty Miller, offered in Plants, 
page 51. (Cannot be reproduced 
true from seed). 
Coleus plants, ready for June 
bedding, are offered on page 
51; showing 16 beautiful, dis¬ 
tinct kinds. 
