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ALNEER BROTHERS RELIABLE SEEDS, ROCKFORD, ILL 
Centaurea Imperialis 
Centaurea 
Showy, hardy plants, many having beautiful 
silver foliage, good for ribbon bordering. Sow 
early in house and transplant out doors in May. 
Half hardy annuals. 
Cosmos—New Mammoth 
Cosmos 
Plants four to six feet high, literally covered in autumn 
with large single flowers. Colors range through shades 
of rose, purple, flesh and white. 
Mammoth Hybridus £f oz m \ x 5 e c d Pkt ‘ Sc ’ 
Early Dwarf Mixed. Pkt. 5c, y 2 oz. 20 c. 
Imperialis Mixed f c n ented variety> al3G 
called Sweet Sultan. The flowers are finely 
laciniated and are about the size of a carna¬ 
tion. They have long stems and keep well after 
cutting. Colors range through white, rose, 
lilac, purple and yellow. Hardy annuals; about 
eighteen inches high. Pkt. 5c. 
Cyamss (Bachelor’s Button) 
oz. 30c. 
Silver White, deep cut 
Laeaiaissima foliage, fine for bedding. 
Pkt. 10c. 
r.vmnnrarna Silver foliage variety, 
uymnocarpa for bed ding. Pkt. 10c. 
Double Cosmos 
Double Early Flowering J hes , e t e \ ov '. to ® 
J & height of about 
three feet, forming a perfect bush, massed with bloom, 
bearing beautiful double flowers of good size, on long 
stems. They come about 65 per cent double from 
seed. Pkt. 10c, *4 oz. 50c. 
COSMOS (New Golden-Yellow) 
Early Orange Flare 9?, ld . Met ! al Winner, 
J ° All-America Selec¬ 
tions, 1935. Early strain, blooming in 4 months from 
sowing seed. Blooms are a deep, vivid orange with 
foliage of light green. Plants 
are 2 to 3 feet tall with long, 
wiry stems. Pkt. 10c. 
Cyclamen 
One of the choicest of all the 
greenhouse or window plants. 
Root bulbous in shape; foliage 
rich and beautiful; flowers 
bird-like and fragrant. Colors, 
white, pink, crimson, etc. 
Should be sown in light soil, 
containing leaf mold. Choice 
mixed. Pkt. 10c. 
Clarkia An old favorite plant, with pretty looking flowers, 
grows very freely. Sow seeds early in spring in 
open ground. Hardy annuals. Mixed. Pkt. 5c. 
A fine and profuse flowering 
plant, producing scarlet and 
yellow tassel shaped flowers, treat as asters. Hardy annuals. 
Mixed Pkt. 5c. 
Castle Gould 
CELOSIA 
(Cockscomb.) 
Celosia (Pride of Castle 
P'r.ulrl'l This new ostrich plume 
VxOUKl ) celosia is an entirely 
distinct type. The plant grows 
pyramidal and compact about 2 V 2 
feet high, with immense, extra fine 
feathered heads, giving the plant 
a most striking appearance. Can 
be grown in the open ground or as 
a pot plant. Its quick growing 
habit and bright and intense colors 
of plumes, with beautiful foliage 
are greatly admired by all where 
ever shown. Pkt. 10c. 
Celosia Cristata (Cocks- 
comb) Magnificent free flower- 
' mg, graceful growing 
plants, very showy and fine. Sow 
seed in house in April; transplant 
outdoors in May in a sunny place. 
Half hardy annuals. Finest mixed. 
Pkt. 5c, V 2 oz. 35c. 
Chinese Woolflower 
Chinese Woolflower 
(Celosia Childsii). The flowers 
are ball-shaped and resemble a 
ball of wool. Sow outdoors the 
latter part of April. Mixed. 
Pkt. 10c. 
Chrysanthemum Mixed 
Clematis 
Jackmani 7 ery c la T g * < 4 
to 6 inches) ; blue, 
white, purple, etc. The popular hardy 
climber, an old favorite. Pkt. 10c. 
Paniculata G™™ 3 easily from 
seed; glossy, green 
leaves, never troubled by insects; 
bears a dense mass of blossoms, 
thrives in sunshine or shade. Small 
star-like white, fragrant flowers; 
grows to a height of 20 to 30 feet. 
Pkt. 5c. 
Cyclamen 
Chrysanthemums 
Annual Varieties Mixed 
The colors have the appearance of be¬ 
ing laid on with a brush; for this 
reason they are sometimes called 
“Painted Daisies .** Mixed annual va¬ 
rieties, easily grown. Pkt. 5c, oz. 30c. 
Golden Feather 
The beautiful 
large, daisy¬ 
like flowers are from 2 V 2 to 3 inches 
across. The dark velvety disk in the 
center is surrounded by a circle of 
bright, golden-yellow, followed by an¬ 
other clear cut circle of rich crimson. 
Pkt. 5c. 
