CELOSIA, Triumph of Exposition/ 16 * 
This is a greatly im¬ 
proved Feather Celo- 
sia, aDd one of the most 
beautiful and useful of 
annuals for either beds 
or pots. The plants 
grow three feet high, 
branch in pyramidal 
form, and every branch 
is tipped with a big 
feathery plume, rich 
glowing crimson in col¬ 
or, and lasting until 
frost. For a showy bed 
or border this plant 
has no equal, and for a 
large pot in the win¬ 
dow it is admirable. It 
is easily grown from seeds, and seedlings quick¬ 
ly come into bloom. Everyone who grows 
flowers should have it. Magmfica mixed. Spe¬ 
cial mixture of all sorts., 
Centaurea Cyanus, Bachelor’s Button, 
a fine hardy annual, 
Compacta: White, 
Blue, Rose, Mixed. Cyanus sorts In special mixture. 
Centaurea Depressa, dark blue, very 
flue: Moschata: Blue, White, Purple, Mixed. Imperialts; 
White, Rose, Violet, Gigantea splendens, Favorlta, Iphl- 
genla, Armida. Also all these sorts mixed. Red Mam¬ 
moth Sultan, Yellow Mammoth Sultan, White Mammoth 
Sultan, Suaveolens, American Alba, Marguerlta, White, 
Odorata bybrida, mixed. Centaurea in splendid mixture. 
Cerintfae Aspera, yellow and brown. 
Clieiramtlius Maritimus, Virginia 
Stock, very pretty little annual a foot high, blooming free¬ 
ly, and useful for beds in summer or pots in winter. Col¬ 
ors: Red, White, Crimson, Rose, and White and rose. 
Chrysanthemum, Annual, free and 
continuous-blooming, a foot high, 
fine for beds in summer or pots in 
winter. Carinatum single: White. 
Yellow, Dark scarlet, Large-flowered 
scarlet. Mixed. Double Dwarf, mxd. 
Coronarium: White, Sulphur, mixed. 
Tricolor Double Fringed Improved 
Hybrids mixed. Plenisslma foils 
aureus, Double mixed. Tricolor 
Northern Star and Segetum North¬ 
ern Star mixed. Coronarium Tom 
Thumb, Golden Gem, splendid. Se¬ 
getum Gloria, pure white. Chrysan 
themum, Annual, all sorts mixed. 
The summer Chrysanthemums 
branch freely and are easily raised 
from seeds Started in spring the 
plants begin blooming early In sum¬ 
mer, and are a mass of rich-colored 
flowers until after severe frosts, mak¬ 
ing a gorgeous bed. Started in sum¬ 
mer and grown in pots they are sure- 
blooming plants in winter. Like sun. 
Cleome grandls, a splendid autumn- 
blooming annual, three feet high, pyramidal in form, each 
branch tipped with a big cluster of spider-like rosy flow¬ 
ers. Pungens Is somewhat similar. Both are good for 
beds, Both mixed 
Clintonia, Lobelia-like, Blue, Blue and 
white,-Red-lilac, Mixed. Fine for bracket pots and baskets. 
Collinsia hi color, very pretty annuals 
a foot high; fine for summer beds. White, Lilac and white; 
Multicolor, White Violet and Lilac; Tinctoria purpurea. 
Separate or mixed. 
Collomla coccistea, a little annual 
bearing clusters of rich scarlet bloom; very pretty. 
OLARKIA, Single and Double. 
The Clarkias are fine hardy annuals growing 
a foot high, bloom- 
free 1 y throughout 
summer. The flow¬ 
ers are both single 
and double in form, 
rich in texture and 
varied in color from 
white to crimson. 
Sow the seeds early, 
where the plants are 
to bloom, thinning 
till they stand six or 
eight inches apart. 
We offer the finest 
improved varieties. 
Elegans, Double: White, 
Salmon, Red, Mixed. 
Pulebella Single: White, 
Red, Margined, Pulcherrima, Mixed. 
Pu It'he I la Double: White, Violet, Rose, Pulcherrlma.Mxtl. 
Pulchella Tom Thumb: White, Crimson, Purple, Mixed] 
Special mixture of all sorts. 
Convolvulus Minor, Dwarf Morning 
Glory, Petunia-like annuals with bright, showy flowers 
throughout summer. White, Blue, Crimson-violet, Tri¬ 
color, Purple, Rose. Separate or mixed. 
Cosiuidllum, Orange Crown, new and 
handsome; Calliopsis-like flowers on long stems. 
Cosmos, splendid bright-flowered annuals. 
The early large-flowered are four feet high. Colors: White, 
Crimson, Rose, Yellow and Purple, blooming throughout 
autumn. Mammoth, 8 feet high, White, Crimson, Pink, 
and Lady Lenox Shell pink. Double White, Pink, Mixed. 
All sorts in line special mixture. 
Crepis, Hawkweed, a fine annual; flowers 
Pink, Golden Yellow, White and gold. Also mixed. 
Cuptnea Miraiata, lovely for a bed; mxd. 
Cynoglossum linifolium, 3 ft, white. 
Dahlia, Single and Double. Dahlias are 
easily raised from seeds, 
and the plants bloom the 
first season, making a fine 
display under favorable 
conditions. Start the plants 
early, and transplant to a 
sunny situation, applying 
a mulch of stable litter as 
hot weatber approaches. 
We can supply Hornveld’s 
Giant Hybrids mixed; 
Dwarf Tom Thumb, single 
mixed; and Striped and 
Spotted, single mixed. 
Double-flowered, mixed. 
Choice Single and Double 
mixed. Those who have 
grown Dahlias only from 
tubers should try growing 
them from seeds. They will 
surely be pleased. 
Daisy, Double, English. See Beilis. 
Datwtra, large, coarse plants with showy 
trumpet-like flowers; easily grown from seeds. WrightU, 
big, fragrant, lavender; Fastuosa, Double, White, Violet, 
Purple, Mixed; Chloranthe fl. pi. Special mixture all sorts. 
Blelphiiiittsn, Larkspur, hardy annual of 
.r-o great beauty; flowers in long 
spikes, very showy; sow either In 
*Wjf: \ spring or fall, In rows 8 Inches 
apart, then thin the plants to 8 
inches in the rows. They make a 
W gorgeous and beautiful bed, anil 
ilKaTAiViV -,JfiySSBa the elegant spikes of bloom are 
(' A nc for cutting. The finest tils- 
Play may he had by sowing the 
Double Branching: White, Red. 
Lilac, Tricolor, Brilliant Rose 
Flesh, separate or mixed; Tall 
Rocket, mixed; Dwarf Rocket 
Delphinium Grandi 
ftSSpjg. florum, often called Chinese; per 
ennlals, but bloom the first sea 
son; Dwarf Compact, mixed; Tall 
or Chinese, single, White, Force 
branching larkspur. Reddish lilac; Double Mixed 
All sorts in fine special mixture. 
Di&iscus Coeruleus, 1 ft, blue, umbels 
