The Chinese Woolf lower 
I NTRODUCED by us last year it has proved a great success every¬ 
where and a most wonderful floral novelty. Not since we intro¬ 
duced the “Golden Glow Rudbeckia” (a hardy perennial) has 
such a truly valuable and glorious garden flower of any sort come 
to light. Its ease of culture and long continued season of bloom 
(early July until frost), together with its massive bunches of wool¬ 
like flowers and glowing color, combine to make a most showy as 
well as a very odd and novel flower. 
riants grow two to three feet high, the bloom starting early with a central 
globular head, which often reaches the immense size of two feet in circumference. 
Scores of branches are thrown out, each bearing a ball of scarlet wool. All these 
branches support numerous laterals with small heads of bloom mixed with fresh 
green foliage, so that a plant looks like an immense bouquet splendidly arranged 
and set in the ground. None of the blooms fade before frost, but all continue to 
expand and glow with a deepening richness of color, a dark crimson scarlet. 
The Woolfiower (Celosia Childs) has been exhibited at many flower shows and 
never failed to create a sensation, and has received many certificates of merit, in¬ 
cluding one from the N. Y. Florists Club. 
Seed lOcts. per pkt., 3 pkts. for 25 cts., together with New Trailing 
Petunia and Annual Sweet William (fine novelties) and Catalog, free 
OUR 1916 CATALOGUE 
of Flower and Vegetable Seeds, 
Summer-flowering Bulbs, Win¬ 
dow and Bedding Plants, Hardy Perennials, Vines, rare new Flowering Shrubs, 
and the greatest new Fruits and Berries, sent free to all who apply. Scores of 
Sterling Novelties. 
We are the largest growers of Gladioli, Cannas, Dahlias, Lilies, Iris, etc. Our 
gardens at Floral Park and Flowerfield comprise more than one thousand acres. 
We are headquarters for all Summer-flowering Bulbs, and our stocks are large 
and complete. 
SPECIAL COLLECTIONS OF BEST BULBS 
Being the largest growers of Gladioli we can make the following 
attractive offers for finest bulbs and best sorts 
5 Grand G. Childsi for 15c. 
Here are 5 of the most popular 
Gladioli Childsi for only 15c. 5 col¬ 
lections for 60c. 
America —Finest pink. 
Columbia —Orange scarlet, blotched. 
F. L. Oakley —Scarlet white throat. 
Mrs. F. King —Finest of all scarlets. 
Rosy Spray —White sprayed rose. 
5 of the Newer and Finer 
Gladioli for 25c. 
Every sort in this collection stands 
high among the very finest sorts of 
to-day. The 5 for 25c. 
Klondyke —Light yellow, crimson cen¬ 
ter. 
Snow Cloud —White, suffused pink. 
Baron Hulot —Fine blue. 
Attraction —Rosy scarlet, white cen¬ 
ter. 
Halle —Orange pink: very large. 
6 Sorts Cheap for Extensive 
Bedding or Massing 
We will furnish the following well- 
known popular Gladioli, fine bulbs 
at $2.50 per 100; $20.00 per 1000. 
America — pink; Augusta — white; 
Brenchleyensis — scarlet; Ceres — 
white; Mrs. King —red; Mad. Mon- 
neret —pink. 
Finest Mixed Gladioli 
All colors and varieties, 25c. per 
doz., $1.75 per 100, $15.00 per 1000. 
German Iris 
Finest sorts mixed, 50c. per doz., 
$3.00 per 100. 
New Dahlias 
10 splendid sorts named, for $1.00. 
New Cannas 
10 extra fine sorts (mostly new), 
named, for $1.00. 
ALL ABOVE COLLECTIONS BY MAIL POSTPAID 
Seeds and Bulbs for School Children 
Superior Flower and Vegetable Seeds (90 sorts) at 1 and 2 
cents per packet. Best Flowering Bulbs at 2 and 3 cents each 
ALSO STRAWBERRY PLANTS,"ASPARAGUS ROOTS, PRIVET, PAPER FLOWER POTS, RESURRECTION PLANTS, ETC. 
The demand for inexpensive seeds and bulbs for educational and experimental 
purposes among school children is now so general that we have organized a de¬ 
partment. to meet this want with seeds and bulbs of some of the new and highly 
improved varieties, at 1, 2 or 3 cents each. 
Teachers or representatives of Civic bodies, women’s clubs, etc., are invited to ap¬ 
ply for illustrated list of varieties, which also contains full instructions for or¬ 
dering. 
We will send as many copies as can he used to advantage among the pupils of 
any school. 
In writing ask for School Children’s List of Seeds and Bulbs. 
The Schoolmate Monthly 
•.TH’l?* SCHOOLMATE, inspired and named by John Burroughs, Dr. Clara Bavrus, 
and Jffltrp Lewis Childs, is now a year old, and is meeting witli a great reception. 
FroM eveyy quarter come letters of warmest praise and appreciation for the little 
magazine which was started primarily for children, but which has delighted and 
charmed 0 adults, as well. It is just what children have long needed, not only for 
its enterta^fiing qualities, but for stimulating their love for nature and gardening, 
birds, beasts, insects, wild flowers, etc. 
It is full of garden helps and is the official organ of the SCHOOL GARDEN AS- 
Magazine — Special Offer 
SOCIATION of AMERICA. It also gives its readers Stories, Travel, Adventure, 
Sports and Pictures. The editors and writers, among whom are John Burroughs, 
Luther Burbank, Dr. Clara Barrus, C. G. Childs, Lora S. LaManee, John Lewis 
Childs, L. W. Brownell and many others, are all specialists in their line. 
THE SUBSCRIPTION PRICE is only 25 Cents a year for single subscriptions, 
but to get it introduced in schools, and families where there are children, it is 
offered in clubs of twenty or more (to be sent to one address each month for dis¬ 
tribution) at only 10 Cents a year. (Send subscriptions to John Lewis Childs.) 
Order at once. 
These offers will not appear again 
Address JOHN LEWIS CHILDS, Inc., Floral Park, N.Y. 
