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CARNATION CHABAUD 
CENTAURNA AMERICANA 
improved class is known as Enfant de Nice, this is 
much like the Chabaud Carnation but considered 
larger and handsomer. I offer seeds of all these 
splendid Carnations and believe that my friends 
will be more than pleased with them. 
Margaret Improved, hp, 1 ft. Colors: Dark Red, 
Pure Yellow, Rose, Scarlet, Violet, White, Sep¬ 
arate or mixed. 100 seeds. 
Chabaud, New Giant Everblooming, hp, 18 in. 
Colors: Blood Red, Copper Red, Flesh Color, Mag¬ 
enta, Rosy Lilac, Rosy Pink, Ruby Red, Salmon 
Rose, Scarlet, Snow White, Sulphur, Yellow-flak¬ 
ed. Separate or mixed. 75 seeds. 
Enfant de Nice, hp, 1 ft. Finest colors mixed. 40 s. 
Grenadin, hp, 2 ft. A fine garden Carnation, bloom¬ 
ing first season; firs large, double, and freely pro¬ 
duced. Bright Rose, Pure White, Vivid Scarlet. 
Separate or Mixed. 50 seeds. 
Giant Malmaison, hp,l ft. Very largo firs in finest 
colors; blooms first season. Mixed colors. 100 s. 
CASTILLEJA Indivisea, Indian Paint Brush, ha, 1 ft. 
Firs yellow surrounded by rich carmine bracts. 
CATCHFLY, Silene Armeria, ha, 1ft. Very pretty 
firs in clusters; for beds or cutting, mixed. 1000s. 
CATERPILLARS, hha. Sin. Trailing plants with cur¬ 
ious seed-pods of various forms and sizes; valued 
only for curiosities and for playing jokes on un¬ 
suspecting parties. Large, Small, Hairy, Striped. 
Separate or Mixed. 10 seeds. 
CELOSIA Cristata, Coxcomb, hha, 18 in. Huge 
broad combs in many showy colors, fine. 150 s. 
Cristata Nana, Dwarf, hha, 1ft. Benary's Improved 
'Strain, in the following colors: Blood Red, Rose, 
Orange, Scarlet. Separate or Mixed. 150 seeds. 
Empress, hha, 1ft. Huge bright crimson combs; 
bronze foliage, beds; fine display till frost. 100 s. 
Glasgow Prize, hha, 1 ft. Like Empress but has 
bright green foliage; fine for a showy bed. 100 s. 
Dwarf Crimson Exhibition, hha, 1ft. Saved from 
prize firs, enormous combs, fox pots or beds. 50 s. 
Childsii, Chinese Wool Flower, hha, 2ft. Excellent 
in beds. Crimson, Pink, Scarlet, Yellow, Mx. 250s. 
Globosa, hha, 2ft. Crimson-scarlet heads, 6 inches 
across; not unlike a huge Chrysanthemum. 75 s. 
Magnifica, hha, 2 ft. Branching, each branch tipped 
with a big showy plume, beautiful, lasts well when 
cut. Scarlet, Crimson, Golden. 150s. Mixed 250 s. 
Plumosa, Parrot's Feather, hha, 2ft. Big feathery 
plumes; beautiful; scarlet and orange mixed. 50 s. 
CENTAUREA. A showy and valuable class 
of annuals and perennials of easy culture. Those 
described below bloom first season and are showy 
in the garden and valuable for cutting. The firs 
keep well when cut. Their bright and varied colors 
and long stems make them valuable for bouquets. 
Americana, hha, 3ft. Largest, most showy of Centau- 
reas, 5in across; fine for beds, also cutting; should 
be better known. July and August; Blue. 25 seeds. 
Cyanus, Corn Flower, ha, 2 ft. I offer only the dbl- 
flowered, as it is larger, more showy and attract¬ 
ive. Sow in Fall or Spring. Double Azure, or Em¬ 
peror William, is one of the finest, lasting well 
when cut. It is a treasure for the florist. My seeds 
are extra select and will be found superior. White, 
Purple, Blue, Rose, Mixed. 300s. 1-4 oz IScts. 
Nana Compacta Victoria, ha, 9 in. This is decided¬ 
ly the best for beds. The plants are bushy and 
are literally smothered with exquisite blue firs. 
300 seeds, l-4ozl5cts. 
Depressa, The Queen, ha, 1 ft. Rich blue witn vivid 
red center, not unlike Cyanus, fine. 50 seeds. 
Imperialis, Royal Sweet Sultan. These are glorious 
annuals, 3 ft high, branching and covered with 
large fringed flowers of exquisite form. They are 
giants compared with the common Sweet Sultan. 
The flowers are on long stems, range in color from 
pure white to rich blue and purple, are borne 
abundantly from mid-summer till late autumn. 
They are sweet-scented and excellent for cutting. 
Brilliant Rose, Pure White, Delicate Pink, Vivid 
Purple, Deep Lilac, Separate or Mixed. 75 seeds. 
Moschata, Sweet Sultan, ha, 2 ft. Large sweet firs; 
for cutting. Blue, White, Rose, Yellow, Mixed. 50s. 
Odorata, ha, 2 ft. Beautiful in the garden and fine 
for cutting; firs large; deliciously fragrant; lasting. 
Blue, White, Yellow tinted Rose, and Mixed. 50 s. 
Complete Mixture of Centaur^a, 250s, 1-4 oz 15c. 
CENTAURIDIUM Drummondii, ha, 2ft. Centaurea- 
like; clear citron yellow flowers, pretty. 40 seeds. 
CENTRANTHUS Macrosiphon, ha, 2ft. Free and 
long-blooming; showy, beds or borders. 500s. 
CERINTHE Major, Honeywort, ha, 18in. Leafy ra 
cemes of brown and yellow firs; for bees. 300s. 
CHAENOSTOMA Fastigiata, hhp, 9in. Tufts of small 
bright flowers; very pretty; showy. 300 seeds. 
CHEIRANTHUS Allioni, hb, 18in. The brightest of 
orange-colored flowers, and very free-blooming; 
easily-grown, and when grown in Spring will 
bloom from July until November. Flowers in fine 
fragrant clusters; should be in every garden. 250s. 
Kewensis, hhp, 2ft. The Winter-blooming Wall¬ 
flower. Started in Spring they bloom in Autumn; 
firs sulphur passing to golden and purple violet; 
very sweet-scented; of easy culture. 75 seeds. 
Linifolius, hp, 9in. Splendid for rockery or border; 
very floriferous, lilac sweet-scented clusters. 100s 
CHELIDONIUM Majus, Great Celandine, ha, 2 ft. 
Yellow flowers in clusters, showy. 250 seeds. 
CHENOPODIUM Atriplicea, ha, 3 ft. Clusters of 
reddish purple firs; plants erect; branched. SO s. 
