10 ANNUAL SEEDS 
WHOLESALE PRICE LIST FOR FLORISTS AND NURSERYMEN 
CYANUS, BLUE BOY 
Our Special Florist’s Strain 
A real improvement. 
Various Centaureas 
Suaveolens Yellow. Included in the Im- 
perialis group as it is similar but less 
vigorous and shorter in growth. Clear 
butter yellow.. % oz. 20c, oz. 60c. 
Odorata or Moscliata Mixed. Delicately 
tinted fragrant blooms in shades of 
rose, pink, yellow and white.. % oz, 
20c, oz. 60e. 
Americana Lilac. Large thistle like 
blooms of rosy lilac. % oz. 20c, oz. 60c. 
Cyanus 
Centaureas Imperialis 
Centaureas in the Greenhouse 
Always considered of great importance 
in outdoor gardens, they can also be 
grown under glass 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 6 
weeks to 2 months by the use of ad¬ 
ditional electric lights. Seed started in 
January will flower in May. 
C. Cyanus—Bachelors Button 
or Cornflower 
The producer of our seed has been mak¬ 
ing constant selections for the betterment 
of the various colors. As a result we are 
able to offer this year the following new 
strains, the finest of which are very large, 
fully double and the colors intensified. 
Blue Boy. Best deep blue. 
Black Boy. Deep maroon. 
Pinkie. Deep rose pink. 
Any of these — % oz. 20c, oz. 60c. 
Double Blue. The most popular shade. 
Maroon (Atropurpurea) . Very dark. 
Rose Improved. Very good bright pink. 
Ruby. Dei'p ruby red, lighter than Maroon. 
White. Large flowered, pure. 
Any above—14 oz. 15c, oz. 40c, % lb. $1.25. 
Finest Double Mixed, % oz. 15c, oz. 35c, 
% lb. $1.00. 
Centaurea Imperialis 
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—*4 oz. 20c, oz. 60c. 
Centaurea — Dusty Miller 
C. Gymnocarpa. Lavender violet flowers, 
but grown for foliage which is silvery. 
14 oz. 15c, oz. 40c. 
C. Candidissima. The popular Dusty Mil¬ 
ler with silvery grey foliage.. y 9 oz. 
30c, 14 oz. 50c, oz. $1.50. 
Gelosia 
Celosia Plumosa 
Thompsoni Magnifica 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. A ox. 25e, y 9 ox. 45c, 
14 oz. SOc, oz. $2.50. 
Celosia Cristata 
Cockscomb 
Tall Mixed. Immense combs in various 
shades of red, crimson, purple, yellow 
and orange. 1% to 2 ft. tall. 14 oz. 
20c, oz. 60c. 
Dwarf Cockscomb 
Our strains are selected to produce plants 
of uniform height about 1 foot and per¬ 
fect comb-like heads. 
Glasgow Prize. Very fine, dark crimson. 
Empress. Dark reddish purple foliage, 
crimson heads. 
Aurea. Golden yellow tinted orange. 
Rose. Rich dark rose shade. 
Ai^y above colors—^ oz. 25e, 14 oz. 45e, 
14 oz. SOc, oz. $2.50. 
Finest Dwarf Mixed. 14 oz. 25c, 14 oz. 45e, 
oz. $1.50. 
Dwarf Globe of Fire (Globosa) 
Has globular head of bright scarlet. 
Tr. Pkt. 25c, 14 oz. 60c, oz. $2.00. 
Celosia Childsi - Woolflower 
Similar in growth to Celosia Plumosa but 
the flowers instead of loose plumes are 
more rounded ball shaped. 
Crimson Pink Yellow 
Any color—14 oz. 20c, 14 oz. 35c, oz. $1.00 
Childsi Mixed— 14 oz. 15e, 14 oz. 25e, oz. 
75c. 
Types 
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. 35c, % 
oz. S5c, % oz. $1.50. 
Celosia, Dwarf Fiery Feather 
Annual Chrysanthemums 
Another group which is finding favor 
with florists for cut i flower material. 
Chrysanthemums last remarkably well as 
cut flowers, but for best results keep 
them in water for 24 hours before mar¬ 
keting. January sowing will bloom in late 
spring and early summer. 
Tall Single Varieties 
Atrococcineum (The Sultan). Dark cop¬ 
per with yellow zone. 
Burridgeanum. 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—% oz. 15c, oz. 40c. 
Eldorado. New variety of bright canary 
yellow with mahogany center. Very 
effective. y 4 ox. 20e, oz. 60c. 
Martin’s Excellent Single Mixture. )4 oz. 
15e, oz. 40c. 
Nivelli. 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. 
*4 oz. 15c, oz. 40c. 
Double Varieties 
Coronarium. Good double flowers on long 
stemmed plants, 4 ft. high. 
Double White. Double Yellow 
Double Mixed. 
Either color or mixed—14 oz. 15e, oz. 40c. 
Carinatum Hybridum Mixed. White, yel¬ 
low, purple and scarlet. y 4 ox. 20c, oz. 
60c. 
Coronarium Dwarf Double Varieties. 
Compact bushy plants about 2 ft. high 
Golden Q,ueen White Pearl 
Either variety—oz. 15c, oz. 45c. 
Chrysanthemum Indicum. A tender peren¬ 
nial, which blooms in five months after 
sowing. Double and semi-double. Tr. 
Pkt. SOc, % o«. $1.00. 
