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C ARN ATION— Continued. 
Choice Mixed. Saved from choicest double flowers, 
Vet*y select, 1 % ft.Pkt. 50 
Fine Double German. From named flowers.25 
Good Mixed. For border culture.10 
Early Dwarf Vienna. The best garden sort, produces 
a largo per cent, of double, sweet-scented flowers, 
Great variety of colors. With light protection will 
stand out through our winters and bloom very 
early.10 
Perpetual, or Tree. Saved from choicest double flowers . 25 
Picotce. Edges of petals bordered with various colors; 
mixed colors.35 
Double Grenadin. A splendid variety for florists; very 
early, charming, brilliant scarlet flowers. Exceedingly 
valuable for making bouquets.15 
Collection of Twelve Beautiful Varieties .1.00 
Marguerite. This new race of Carnations has become 
very popular on account of their rapid development, 
blooming in four months from sowing seed, con¬ 
tinuing in profusion until checked by frost, or may 
be potted for winter blooming. Flowers very double 
, and in great variety of colors. Finest mixed.10 
CASTOR OIL BEAN. (See Ricinus.) 
CELOSIA, 
Very singular, attractive and showy plants, producing mag¬ 
nificent spikes of beautiful feathery-looking flowers. They 
succeed well in the garden, if planted out in June. Graceful 
and beautiful half-hardy annuals. 
Argentea. Long spikes of silvery-white, shaded with 
nosh color; splendid.Pkt. 10 
Aurea Pyramidalis Bright golden spikes in pyra¬ 
midal form; exceedingly beautiful.10 
New Crimson Feathered. Crimson spikes; beautiful . . 10 
Pyramidalis Plumosa. Beautiful long plumes, pyramidal 
in form; of red, yellow, violet, etc. ; very striking ... 10 
Huttoni. Bushy habit, pyramidal form, profusely 
branched, each leading branch being tipped with a 
small spike of bright crimson flowers.10 
Cristata. (See Cockscomb.) 
CENTAUREA. 
An exceeding!}' interesting genus of plants, embracing annuals, 
biennials and perennial. Some of the varieties are magni- 
■ fieeut foliage plants, while others are noted for their beauti¬ 
ful flowers. All the kinds named below are worthy of 
cultivation. 
Gymnocarpa. Silvery-gray foliage; drooping habit, very 
graceful.. . Per oz., $1.00 ; Pkt. 10 
Candidissima. Fine ornamental plant of great beauty. 
Silvery-white, deeply cut foliage.10 
Clementei. Foliage white, deeply cut and altogether 
very beautiful. 
Americana. Hardy annual, 2 ft. in height, and of 
strong, robust growth; flowers deep red ; very pretty . 5 
Cyanus. A favorite, very free blooming hardy an¬ 
nual, suited to almost any situation; known as 
Bachelor’s Button, Corn Flower, Ragged Sailor and 
Blue Bottle. Blue, 5 cts.; White, 5 cts.; Rose, 5 cts.; 
Mixed Colors. ^ 
Cyanus fl. pi. (Double flowered Cornflower.) Highly 
recommended for its exquisite shades of color, 
valuable as an ornamental plant.10 
Marguerite. Flowers pure white and exquisitely 
fragrant; valuable for cut flowers and decorative 
purposes . ™ 
Moschatus. (See Sweet Sultan). 5 
CERASTIUM. 
Dwarf-growing, white foliage plants, well adapted for edgings 
or for mixing with plants with dark foliage. 
Biebersteinii. Silvery foliage, y % ft.Pkt. 10 
CHRYSANTHEMUM. 
The annual varieties are exceedingly pretty, but are not so 
well known or cultivated as they deserve. They are bright, 
cheerful and free bloomers, easy and rapid in growth, and 
merit a prominent place in every annual garden; they are 
also good for ordinary bouquet cutting. All the annual 
Chrysanthemums make beautiful pot plants if sown in cold 
frames, and pricked off singly into 6-inch pots. They are 
perfectly hardy. 
Segetum Grandiflorum. The golden Marguerite, large 
bright yellow flowers.Pkt. 10 
Multicale. New dwarf bedding variety, 3 to 4 inches 
high, golden yellow flowers.15 
Lord Beaconsfield. Crimson, maroon edged and striped 
gold, brown eye, ringed yellow.10 
The Sultan. Crimson, maroon centre, a wide gold ring . 10 
W. E. Gladstone, A pure, brilliant, rich crimson .... 10 
Tricolor. White, with yellow band, very pretty, 1 ft. . 5 
Burridgeanum. White centre, crimson band, beautiful, 
1 ft. 5 
Carinatum Eclipse. Pure golden with a bright purplish 
scarlet ring and dark brown disc, very striking .... 10 
Venustum. Crimson centre, white band, handsome ... 5 
Mixed Single Annual Varieties .Per oz., 50 cts; 5 
Coronarium, Double Yellow. Handsome border plant, 
2 ft. T . 5 
Double White. Very showy, 2 ft. 5 
Mixed Double Annual Varieties .Per oz., 50 cts.; 5 
THE FOLLOWING VARIETIES ARE FOR POT CULTURE IN THE 
HOUSE AND FOR FLORIST’S BOUQUETS: 
Indicum, fl. pi. Half-hardy perennial; very double, mixed 
colors.^t. 25 
Japonicum, fl. pi. (New Japanese variety.) Flowers of 
peculiar form and much beauty, combining numerous 
shades of color. Very interesting. Half hardy perennial 25 
Inodorum Plenissimum. Dwarf growing, double white 
variety, very free flowering and beautiful for pot 
culture.10 
Frutescens Grandiflorum. (“ The Marguerite” or “ Paris 
Daisy.”) Immense quantities are grown by French flor¬ 
ists, and find a ready sale. It produces freely its white 
star-like flowers under the most unfavorable conditions i0 
Choice Hybrids. Raised from the finest Japaneso and 
Cninese sorts, and produce a choice assortment of 
rich and varied hues . 50 
