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Canary Bird Flower (A. C.) 
A highly omameDtal creeper, with exceedingly beautiful yellow 
fringed flowers and flnely divided foliage. Oz., 25c.; pkt., 10c. 
Cardinal Climber (A) 
One of the best annual climbers introduced in many years. 
Rapid grower, with branching habit; flowers all summer in flery 
cardinal-red clusters; 25 feet. Pkt., ISc. 
Carnation (A) 
Always in demand and not hard to grow. Have a delightful 
clove fragrance. The "Marguerite" variety will bloom in four 
months from time of sowing seed. 
Marguerite H oz. Pkt. 
Scarlet.$0.50 $0.10 
Rose.50 .10 
White.50 .10 
Yellow.50 .10 
Mixed.40 .10 
Malmalson, Mixed, Giant Flowered.50 .10 
Double Hardy Border (P) Produces a mass of double 
flowers of various colors.—Choice mixed. .15 
Celosla (Cockscomb) (A) 
Hardy annuals producing peculiar heads of bloom rather resem¬ 
bling a cook’s comb, hence the name. 
Glasgow Prize. —^The finest of all, producing immense heads of 
glowing crimson. ^ oz., 50c.; pkt., 10c. 
Dwarf Empress. — A. miniature plant, with enormous combs of 
intense bright red. ^ oz., 50c.; pkt., 10c. 
Crested Varieties. —Choice Mixed. M oz., 40c.; pkt., 10c. 
Plumosa or Plumed Varieties 
Plumosa Coccinea. —Crimson ostrich plume. 
}4 oz., 25c.; pkt., 10c. 
Finest Mixed. —A choice mixture. H oz., 25c.; pkt., 10c. 
Chinese Woolfiower 
This attractive variety produces large plants bearing enormous 
heads of flowers which resemble balls of sil^ wool, useful for drying 
for winter bouquets. 
Crimson . 14 oz., 50c.; pkt., 10c. 
Pink . ^ oz., 50c.; pkt., 10c. 
Centaureas (A) 
Extremely popular annual, requiring little or no care, and flow¬ 
ering within eight weeks from the date of sowing. Its free and 
uninterrupted flowering habit, its tendency to branch freely and its 
value as a out flower, as well as a garden decoration, is responsible 
in a great measure for its popularity. 
Centaurea Imperlalls (Sweet Sultan) 
Alba. —White, 3 feet. 
Favorite. —Rose, 3 feet. 
Splendens. —Dark, purple, 3 feet 
Lavender.—Giant. 
Finest Mixed. —3 feet. 
Oz. 
14 oz. 
Pkt. 
$0.75 
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Centaurea Cyanus (Corn Flower or Bachelor's Button) 
This well-known variety is useful for cutting and for buttonieres 
and when used with Calliopsis, Marigolds, and other annuals, make 
a charming combination, of easy culture, usually reseeding itself and 
coming up each season. 
Oz. Jioz. Pkt. 
Double Blue. —Fine for cutting. $0.60 $0.20 $0.10 
Double Rose. —Bright rose, 2 feet.. 60 .20 .10 
Double Mixed. —All colors. 50 .20 .10 
Centaurea, Silver Leaved (Dusty Miller) 
Useful for hanging baskets, vases, edging borders, and ornamental 
bedding. 
Candidlssima.— 10 in. Thick silvery white leaves, used for bed¬ 
ding purposes. Pkt., 10c. 
Gymnocarpa Dusty Miller. —1 foot. Foliage finely out of 
silvery gray color, used for bedding. Pkt., 10c. 
Cerastium (P) (Snow In Summer) 
A fine rock garden plant, blooming in June. Produces a mass of 
showy white flowers with silvery foliage. 6 inches high. 
Tomentosum. 14 oz., 50c.; pkt., 10c. 
Chelranthus (Siberian Wallflower) (B) 
A dwarf hardy biennial plant suitable for the Rock Garden. 
Blooms all summer if sown in early spring. For spring blooming 
sow in July and August. 12 inches high. 
Alilonil. —BriUiant orange. ]4 oz., 25c.; pkt., 10c. 
Chrysanthemum (Perennial Varieties) 
A very hardy perennial, blooming better and more abundantly 
each season, and continuing to bloom for several months. The 
pure white flowers are from two and one-half to four inches in diam¬ 
eter, and are borne singly on long, stiff wiry stems. The blooms, 
when cut, remain perfecffy fresh and in good condition for two weeks 
or more. 
Shasta Daisy, Alaska. —The finest of all daisies. Stems 2 feet 
long. Pkt., 10 c. 
Double, Early-Flowering Japanese. —Japonicum FI. PI. Flowers 
in the open ground from August till November. 
Finest Mixed .Pkt., 15c. 
Chrysanthemum (Annual Varieties) 
The Annual Chrysanthemums are free-blooming, easily grown 
plants. They have large daisy-like flowers in a variety of brilliant 
colors and are fine for cutting. 
Coronarlum. —Double mix ed colors. Oz., 30c.; pkt., 10c. 
Tricolor, Single Mixed. — Oz., 30c.; pkt., 10c. 
Clarkla (A) 
This pretty and easily grown annual will do well either in sun or 
shade, growing 2 to 2]4 feet high, with leafy racemes of double flowers, 
which all open in water when out. 
Elegans, Double Mixed. oz., 25c.; pkt., 10c. 
Cleome (Giant Spider Flower) (A) 
An annual of great merit producing large heads of spider like flow¬ 
ers on stems about 2H f^^t high. 
Pungens. —Large pink flowers. }4 oz., 20c.; pkt., 10c. 
Cineraria (G. A.) 
Among the most ornamental of plants that can be grown for hot¬ 
house or conservatory decoration. Sow seed from July to September. 
Young plants require cool location and an abundance of water, 
especially when coming into flower. 
Dwarf Exhibition Hybrids. —Acknowledged to be the finest 
strain grown; of compact branching habit, with exceptionally large 
flowers of the richest and brightest colors. 
Large pkt., $1.00; pkt., 35c. 
Grandiflora Dwarf Hybrid Cineraria 
