24 Flower Seeds 
HOSEA WATERER, Philadelphia 
Celosia plumosa Childsi (Chinese Woolflower) 
The most unusual type of Feathered Celosia, attaining a height of from 2 to 3 feet. 
There are many branches issuing from the main stalk, each stem having the silky 
tendrils common to Celosia. The striking feature of this variety is that at the tips 
they have a brushy appearance. Large pkt. 
Crimson.$0 10 $0 25 
Pink. Beautiful shade of salmon-pink. 10 25 
Yellow. 10 25 
Mixed. 10 25 
Celosia cristate (Cockscomb) 
Very popular annuals of easy culture, producing large, ornamental, comb-like 
heads like ruffled chenille. Prized for pots or summer flower-beds. Large pkt. 
Crimson Exhibition. From prize flowers and enormous combs.$0 10 $0 25 
Empress. Bright crimson, rich and velvety. 10 25 
CENTAUREA 
The various varieties of this popular annual include such favorites as the Bachelor’s 
Buttons or Cornflowers and Sweet Sultans, old-fashioned flowers of easiest culture. 
CORNFLOWER (Centaurea cyanus) 
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Also known as Bachelor’s Button, Bluet, Ragged Sailor, and Bluebottle. Extremely 
showy in the garden and fine for cutting. They are easy to grow, take care of them¬ 
selves, bloom continuously, and even come up again the next year from the seed that 
has dropped in the ground. Just sow the seed broadcast wherever you want the plants 
to grow. If the soil is rich, the flowers will be larger and have longer stems. They 
are lovely if sown together with the scarlet poppy, American Legion. You should 
make sowings at intervals of three weeks apart, beginning in early May. p^t. Large pkt. 
Double White.$0 10 $0 25 
Double Blue. Deep blue. 10 25 
Double Plum-Violet. 10 25 
Double Rose-Pink. 10 25 
Finest Double, Mixed. 10 25 
COLLECTION; One pkt. each of above 4 colors, 35 cts. 
Jubilee Gem. See Novelties and Specialties, page 8. 
Centaurea cyanus 
WHITE-LEAVED CENTAUREAS • Dusty Millers 
Fine for bedding, vases and pots; also extensively used for borders 
or edgings. 
Candidissima. Silvery white; leaves broadly cut; Pkt. Largepkt. 
1 foot......$0 10 $0 25 
Gymnocarpa. Fine-cut silvery foliage; 1)4 feet. 10 25 
Centaurea imperialis (Sweet Sultan; 
GIANT SWEET SULTANS (Centaurea imperialis) 
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These are wonderful flowers for cutting—long-stemmed, exquisitely 
fringed, most graceful in appearance, and delightfully fragrant. The 
most beautiful colors are found among them. Easy to grow and the 
most thankful annual we know of, flowering freely from Jnine until 
frost. For fine flowers, successive sowings should be made two weeks 
apart during May and June. They do well in a rich, loose soil. 
Cover seeds J^inch. 2 to 3 feet. 
Amaranth. Red. 
White. 
Purple. 
Brilliant Rose. .. 
Pkt. Large pkt. 
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Delicate Lilac. . . $0 10 $0 25 
Deep Lavender... 10 25 
Choice Mixed.... 10 25 
COLLECTION: One pkt. each of above 6 colors, 50 cts. 
VARIOUS CENTAUREAS 
Americana (Basket Flower). A splendid native Annual va- Pkt. 
riety, growing 3 feet high and bearing immense, thistle-like 
blooms of a rosy lavender color. Very showy in the mixed 
border and splendid for cutting.)4oz. 25 cts.. .$0 10 
Montana (Perennial Cornflower). Grows 2 feet high and bears 
large, violet-blue flowers from July to September. 
Large pkt. 25 cts... 10 
Suaveolens (Yellow Sweet Sultan or Grecian Cornflower). 
Very showy annual, large bright yellow flowers; sweetly 
scented.Moz. 30 cts... 10 
CERASTIUM • Snow-in-Summer 
Tomentosum. A hardy perennial, valuable for edgings and rocker¬ 
ies; silvery foliage; white flowers. Pkt. 10 cts.; large pkt. 25 cts. 
CHELONE . Turtlehead 
A good hardy perennial border plant with brilliant, pentstemon- 
like flowers in July and August, and grassy foliage. Very decorative; 
fine for cutting. 2 feet. 
Barbata Torreyi (Pentstemon barbatus). Brilliant scarlet flowers. 
Pkt. 10 cts.; large pkt. 25 cts. 
Hybrida. Mixed. The colors vary from pink to deep red and violet. 
Pkt. 10 cts.; large pkt. 25 cts. 
