EASY HARDY CENTAUREAS 
For quick brilliance, no flower ranks higher than Cen- 
taurea, but there are so many species, and of such uniformly 
high excellence, that to choose among them becomes 
perplexity. To help a bit, I have made here a selection of 
representative kinds, not too much alike. For many others 
just as good, see General Seed Offer. 
CENTAUREA ATROPURPUREA—ecbx(8)28. Big rosy- 
maroon tassel-blossoms, made up of closely packed quill-shaped 
florets, with white-tipped stamens. Unique, and decidedly 
decorative. Blooms about two months, starting in late 
May, with second season of bloom in September. Pkt. 15c. 
CENTAUREA BABYLONICA—ebth(3) 100. Stately many¬ 
stemmed perennial of full hardiness, each stem set tightly 
with many blossoms of fluffy double yellowness. Big downy, 
cottony leaves. Striking. Pkt. 15c. 
CENTAUREA FRITSCHI—ecbx(8)50. Big tassei-blossoms 
of true deep purple-violet all summer long. Rich green pin¬ 
nate foliage. Most excellent species for the perennial border. 
Pkt. 15c. 
CENTAUREA LEUCOPIS—ecbx(8)32. Unique, and rare. 
Loosely fluffy double flowers of lavender pink, each set 
above over-lapping, magnified bracts that seem to be flakes 
of translucent silver. Wonderful cut flower. The buds with 
their silvery plating give the effect of another sort of blos¬ 
som. Indeed, they may be cut in the bud state and dried 
as straw-flowers. Pkt. 25c. 
CENTAUREA RHENANA — *ecbndx (2)28. Plants of 
branching bushiness, of a uniformity that would please the 
greatest exponent of regimentation. It is good, nevertheless, 
and free, at least in its blooming. Blossoms of lilac, the 
fluffy centers paler. Pkt. 15c; Ys oz. 35c. 
CENTAUREA RUTHENICA—ebh(3)40. Blue-gray foliage 
and fluffy blossom-balls of sulphur. Pkt. 15c. 
CENTAUREA SPLENDENS—ecbx(2)40. Big double blos¬ 
soms of royal purple, full-centered and showy, are carried 
in profusion on long stems for more than two months. 
Decorative foliage. Of great hardiness. Offered with 
thorough recommendations. Pkt. 15c; Ys oz. 30c; *4 oz. 50c. 
CHIRONIA BACCIFERA—cry(htw) (8) 14. Very lovely 
Gentian-cousin with blossoms of purest, richest pink. Hardi¬ 
ness undetermined. Excellent pot plant. Pkt. 25c. 
CHLOROGALUM POMERIDANUM — ufnmzy(2)50. 
Bushy panicles of white blossoms, purple-striped. Makes 
a good pot bulb, or is reasonably hardy north in open 
ground if given winter mulching. Pkt. 15c; Ys oz. 40c. 
CHRYSANTHEMUM 
A name with which to conjure beauty, but beauty so 
varyingly individual that no one description can picture all. 
CHRYSANTHEMUM CINERARIAEFOLIUM — ecbx(2) 
25. Graceful white daisies above silvery leaves. Persian 
insect powder from its petals. Pkt. 15c. 
CHRYSANTHEMUM JAPANESE GIANTS—htw. Seeds 
from double giant-flowered named sorts, of the late bloom¬ 
ing fluffy Japanese Chrysanthemums. Recommended for pot 
culture only. Not satisfactory outside in north. Seedlings 
do not all come true to doubleness, but all will be beautiful. 
Fine strain. Pkt. 25c. 
CHRYSANTHEMUM JAPANESE MOUNTAIN—*ecrbx 
(5)24. For garden culture. Large single blossoms in 
cream, yellow, bronze, pink, rose and crimson. Finest 
autumn flower, and best of varied single hardy Chrysanthe¬ 
mums. Pkt. 15c; oz. 50c. 
CHRYSANTHEMUM KOREANUM—ecbh(5)28. A par¬ 
ticularly hardy form, cold and drought resistant, and mak¬ 
ing great mounds of ornamental richly green foliage. In 
quite early autumn, tall daisies of largest size, white with 
pink tintings, appear. In bloom for many weeks, and lasts 
longer than any other kind that I have tried, when cut. 
I recommend whole-heartedly this beautiful and satisfactory 
Chrysanthemum. Pkt. 20c. 
CHRYSANTHEMUM MAWI—*erfx(8) 14. Charming elfin 
daisies of deepest pink, above rich emerald ferny foliage. 
Very lovely. Blooms early and late. Pkt. 20c. 
OFFER 28B7—One pkt. each of above, for 75c. 
When it comes to growing things, as elsewhere, 
there are those with the genius of failure, as well as 
those with the genius of success. Most of us average 
between, tolerantly blundering along, learning to 
succeed by our failures, ourselves growing as our 
plant collections grow. 
CENTAUREA STENOLEPIS—ecbx(3)36. Close clusters 
of buds, hidden in tangled nests of dainty brown basketry. 
Each big blossom is built of many crowded tassel and 
fringing ray-florets giving an effect of full and charming 
doubleness; in color a soft pink-lilac. Like all Centaureas, 
it is delightful as a cut flower, lasting long. Highly decora¬ 
tive in the border, too. Pkt. 20c; tV oz. 35c. 
CENTAUREA STENOPH YLLA—ecbx (4)40. The blos¬ 
soms are big, unfringed tassels of clear lavender-rose, from 
buds that nestle in brown reticulation. The latest of hardy 
Corn-flowers in season of bloom. Pkt. 15c. 
OFFER 27B7—One pkt. each of above, for $1.25. 
CEPHALARIA RADIATA—ecbx(3)50. If I could grow 
but one Cephalaria, it would be this. Full and rather fluffy 
double flowers of softest sunlight yellow, often proliferous. 
Pkt. 20c. 
CERASTIUM TOMENTOSUM — ergndh(3)10. Starry 
white flowers and silvery foliage. Pkt. 10c. 
CERATOTHECA TRILOB A—*cbfx (htw) (4) 30. A stately 
beauty, with oddly formed downy blossoms, like cornucopiae 
with flaring lobes. The color is a clear cool lavender, but 
penciled with lines of vivid purple within. Give some winter 
protection north, if handled as perennial, but it blossoms 
freely first season, and may be treated as an annual. Makes 
a good window plant, too. Pkt. 15c. 
•CHAENACTIS GLABRISCULA—ocn(2) 16. Gold Pins. 
Fringed yellow cushions, thrust with pins. Germinates easily 
if sown in latest autumn or early spring. Slow to sprout if 
sown late. Pkt. 15c. 
CHAMAECYPARIS OBTUSA—jfh. 120 ft. Hinoki Cy¬ 
press. Extremely variable ornamental evergreen, seed¬ 
lings showing interesting changs in color and form. Hardy 
to New England, with protection. Pkt. 10c; Y^ oz. 30c. 
CHELIDONIUM MAJUS— ebdnstx(2)30. Many deep yel¬ 
low flowers on bushy plants. Fine for naturalizing on 
banks, wood edges, etc. Pkt. 10c; 14 oz. 35c; 1 oz. $1.00. 
CHELIDONIUM MAJUS DOUBLE— ebstx(2-3)24. Airy, 
bushy plants, bearing blossoms of pretty golden orange, 
effective because of prodigal profusion, over a long period. 
Finest of the Great Celandines. Pkt. 15c; Y& oz. 35c. 
between, tolerantly blundering along, learning to 
succeed by our failures, ourselves growing as our 
plant collections grow. 
CHRYSOGONUM VIRGINIANUM — ergndatsth(8)6. 
Spreading mats of restful green, studded with golden stars 
from early June to late November. Sun or shade. Pkt. 25c. 
CHRYSOPSIS FALCATA—erdh(3-4) 12. Ground Gold. The 
plants are draped in sheer gold for at least two months. 
Sun or shade. Pkt. 15c. 
CHRYSOPSIS GOSSYPINA — rbdh(5-6)16. Irregular 
mounds of cotton-covered foliage all summer. In early 
autumn panicled flowering branches appear above, buds 
soon opening to golden daisies with many long and narrow 
petals. A lovely spendthrift of bloom from early September 
to a» late in November as weather will allow. Pkt. 20c. 
CINERARIA STAR PEERLESS—htw. For extraordinary 
brilliance of coloring, reds and blues so vivid that they 
hurt ones eyes, we must turn to Cineraria. There are 
softer intermediate colorings too, more pleasing possibly to 
many, in range of variation quite surprising. Spreading 
panicles of star-shaped blossoms. For pot culture. Pkt. 25c. 
CIPURA MARTINICENSIS — uft(htw) (8)20. Rather 
Tigridia-like flowers, creamy white, marked with blue-brown 
spots at petal base. Good. Pkt. 20c. 
♦CLADANTHUS ARABICUS 
Gold of Araby. A curious sun-loving annual from the 
Arabian desert. Daisies of burnished old gold, tightly 
terminate each stem, while from paper-thin closeness be¬ 
neath them, new rosettes of fern-leafed branches spray out. 
Each of these in turn is tipped with a bronze-red bud, 
and as this unfolds to flower, another fern-rosette creeps 
out radiatingly from below. So it repeats itself, ad in¬ 
finitum, or at least all summer, to put a slight limitation 
on infinity, until each plant is a mound of ferniness, with 
flowers like bits of gold strewn through it. Pkt. 15c. 
*CLARKIA ELEGANS DOROTHY—eocbx(2-3)25. Frilly 
double blossoms of pure deep pink, like loose wreaths of 
little roses. Pkt. 15c. 
CLAYTONIA VIRGINICA — eurnsth(l-2) 10. Spring 
Beauty. Charming blossoms of palest pink, crimson-pen¬ 
ciled. Naturalizes wonderfully. Pkt. 15c; Yg oz. 60c 
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