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CANARY BIRD FLOWER (A. C.) 
CERASTIUM (P) (SNOW IN SUMMER) 
A highly ornamental creeper, with exceedingly beautiful yellow 
fringed flowers and finely 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 fiery cardinal- 
red clusters; 25 feet. Pkt., 15c. 
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. 
Enfant de Nice. —This fine variety is 
the result of a cross between Carnation 
Chabaud’s Giant Improved and Carna¬ 
tion Perpetual and is so far, the last word 
in annual Carnations. The plants are of 
robust, upright habit, with long, strong 
stalks bearing flowers 234 to 3 inches in 
diameter. 
Finest Mixed. Pkt., 20c. 
Carnation 
MARGUERITE 34 oz. Pkt. 
Scarlet.$0.50 $0.10 
Rose .50 .10 
White.50 .10 
Yellow .50 .10 
Mixed.40 .10 
Malmaison, Mixed. Giant Flowered .50 .10 
CARNATION (P) 
Double Hardy Border. —Produces a mass of double flowers of 
various colors. Choice mixed. Pkt., 15c. 
CELOSIA (COCKSCOMB) (A) 
Hardy annuals producing peculiar heads of bloom rather resem¬ 
bling a cock’s comb, hence the name. 
Glasgow Prize. —The finest of all, producing immense heads of 
glowing crimson. 34 oz., 50c.; pkt., 10c. 
Dwarf Empress.— A miniature plant, with enormous combs of 
intense bright red. 34 oz., 50c.; pkt., 10c. 
Crested Varieties. —Choice Mixed. 34 oz., 40c.; pkt., 10c. 
PLUMOSA OR PLUMED VARIETIES 
Plumosa Coccinea. —Crimson ostrich plume. 
34 oz., 25c.; pkt., 10c. 
Finest Mixed. —A choice mixture. 34 oz., 25c.; pkt., 10c. 
CHINESE WOOLFLOWER 
This attractive variety produces large plants bearing enormous 
heads of flowers which resemble balls of silky wool, useful for drying 
or winter bouquets. 
Crimson .34 oz., 50c.; pkt., 10c. 
Pink .34 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 cut flower, as well as a garden decoration, is responsible 
in a great measure for its popularity. 
CENTAUREA IMPERIALIS (SWEET SULTAN) 
Oz. 34 oz. Pkt. 
Alba. —White, 3 feet . $0.75 $0.25 $0.10 
Favorite. —Rose, 3 feet. 75 .25 .10 
Splendens. —Dark, purple, 3 feet. 75 .25 .10 
Lavender.—Giant.75 .25 .10 
Finest Mixed. —3 feet. 75 .25 .10 
CENTAUREA, SILVER LEAVED (DUSTY MILLER) 
Useful for hanging baskets, vases, edging borders, and ornamental 
bedding. 
Candidissima. —10 in. Thick silvery white leaves, used for bed¬ 
ding purposes. Pkt., 10c. 
Gymnocarpa Dusty Miller. —1 foot. Foliage finely cut of 
silvery gray color, used for bedding. Pkt., 10c. 
A fine rock garden plant, blooming in June. Produces a mass of 
showy white flowers with silvery foliage. 6 inches high. 
Tomentosum. • 34 oz., 50c.; pkt., 10c. 
CENTAUREA CYANUS 
(CORN FLOWER OR BACHELOR’S 
BUTTON) 
Also Known as Bluets and 
Ragged Robin 
This well-known variety is useful for 
cutting and for buttonieres and when used 
with Calliopsis, Marigolds, and other an¬ 
nuals, makes a charming combination, of 
easy culture, usually reseeding itself and 
coming up each season. Also makes a fine 
garden display. 
Oz. 34 oz. 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 
CHEIRANTHUS (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. 
Allionii. —Brilliant orange 34 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 perfectly fresh and in good condition for two weeks 
or more. 
Shasta Daisy, Alaska. —The finest of all daisies. Stems 2 feet 
long. Pkt., 10c. 
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. 
Coronarium.—Double mixed. Oz., 30c.; pkt., 10c. 
Tricolor, Single Mixed. Oz., 30c.; pkt., 10c. 
CLARKIA (A) 
This pretty and easily grown annual will do well either in sun or 
shade, growing 2 to 234 feet high, with leafy racemes of double flowers, 
which all open in water when cut. 
Elegans, Double Mixed. 34 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 234 feet high. 
Pungens. —Large pink flowers. 34 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. 
COLEUS HYBRIDS 
An attractive foliage plant for ornamental bedding. Choice 
mixed, containing a number of fine varieties. Pkt., 15c. 
COBEA SCANDENS (A) 
Magnificent, rapid-growing climbers, with large, bell-shaped 
flowers, adapted for outdoor growth in summer; also for the house 
and greenhouse. The seed should be started in the house and planted 
edgewise. 
Scandens. —Purple or White. 34 oz., 35c.; pkt., 10c. 
Scandens.—Mixed. J4 oz., 20c.; pkt., 10c. 
