FLOWER SEED SPECIALTIES. 
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CENTROSEMA Grandiflora ( Butterfly Pea.) 
An ornamental, hardy perennial* climber. 
The flowers are inversely pea-shaped, and 
are quite large, many of them being two 
and a half inches in diameter. In color 
they run through all the shades from rosy 
violet to reddish purple. Through the cen¬ 
tre of each flower runs a broad, feathered 
band of white, and the large buds and out¬ 
side surface of the flowers being also white, 
at a little distance one plant appears to bear 
blossoms of several different colors at one 
time. Another phasing feature of this 
plant is the fact of the foliage being not 
only very graceful, but delightfully fragrant. 
Pkt., 10 cents. 
CYCLAMEN, Breck’s Perfection, Mixed, con¬ 
sists of the finest and most beautiful new 
sorts; unsurpassed for richness and variety 
of color, and certain to give unqualified sat¬ 
isfaction. Pkt , 50 cents. For a complete 
list of Cyclamens, see page 82. 
CENTAUREA. Cyanus Minor, Double- 
Flowered. The flowers in form may be 
compared to Gaillardia Lorctiziayta; they 
form masses of bloom of great beauty, 60 to 
70 per cent, double flowers produced from 
seed. Pkt., 10 cents. 
CENTAUREA ODORATA CHAMAELON. 
This plant is a splendid companion of our 
lovely Centaurea Marguerite producing quite 
as large flowers which in opening are of a 
pale, sulphur yellow changing afterwards 
gradually into yellow^i h white with purple 
hues and turning into pink before fading. 
This is a really extraordinary and unique 
kind. Requires pot culture, is to be kept 
dry, sunny and airy. Pkt., 15 cents. 
Centrosema Grandiflora. 
CHRYSANTHEMUM. Chinese and Japanese. 
If the 8eed be sown in heat early in the spring, 
transplanted several times and properly treated, 
strong plants may be had full of flowers in the 
autumn. The seed we offer embraces the 
choicest varieties in cultivation, including In¬ 
curved, Pompone, Japanese and Chinese vari¬ 
eties. Pkt., 25 cents. 
Cobaea Macrostemma. 
COB^A MACROSTEMMA. This new and mag¬ 
nificent Cobiea, a native of the mountains of 
San Salvador, is much finer than the old Coba,*a 
scandens. Its foliage is of a bright green and 
the plant grows very rapidly. Its flowers, al¬ 
though not very remarkable, produce, however, 
a more striking effect, on account of the length 
of their stamens. Pkt., 15 cents. 
CALIFORNIA GOLDEN BELL. Emmanthe 
Pendulifera. A decided and meritorious nov¬ 
elty from California. It is an annual, forming 
bushy plants, nine to twelve inches high, each 
branch is loaded with broadly bell-shaped pen¬ 
dulous unwithering flowers, about one-half 
inch long, of creamy yellow color. The gen¬ 
eral effect of a branch is very suggestive of a 
long spike of Lily of the Valley, with large, 
yellow bells, the foliage, however, is pinnati- 
fied. Pkt., 5 cents. 
I have grown Sweet Peas 
from many sources ; Breek's 
give best satisfaction. 
E. W. R ADDIN, 
Cambridge. 
See Special Otters on third page of cover. 
