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CANDYTUFT. 
One of the oldest and most popular and useful little 
flowers is the Candytuft. It blooms long and freely, is 
perfectly hardy, so that most kinds may be sown in the 
earliest spring, or even in the autunln. Its neat little 
clusters of flowers arc quite a treasure to the bouquet 
maker, particularly the white. The prevailing colors 
are white and purple, though some new kinds are verg¬ 
ing on the crimson and carmine. The Candytuft is so 
hardy and so able to care for itself that it usually re¬ 
ceives but little attention, yet a rich soil, kept mellow, 
and an occasional watering will show a wonderful effect 
on the clusters of flowers. Thin out the too numerous 
buds. We have grown the flower heads more than three 
inches across. Sow seed where plants are to flower, very 
early in the spring, or in more moderate climates in the 
autumn. Our engravings show the ordinary form of the 
heads and plants, and also the pyramidal formed spike 
and the plant of the Rocket. 
Candytuft, Purple,. 5 
White, . .. 5 
Rocket, pure white, in long spikes, . 5 
Lilac, bluish lilac, . 5 
Sweet-scented, pure white; slightly fragrant, . 5 
Rose, rosy lilac, . - 
Dunnett’s Extra Dark Crimson,. 5 
New Carmine, true to color,. 25 
Mixed colors, . ^ 
CENTAUREA. 
Corn Cockle in his wheat field. It is known here as 
Bachelor's Button, its true name being Centaurea 
Cyanus. The Centaurea Americana is the largest 
and best, and is known as the Basket Flower, be¬ 
cause the involucre has the appearance of a basket 
filled and overflowing with the hair-like petals. 
Centaurea Cyanus, known as Bachelor’s Button 
and Corn Bottle, various colors mixed, .... 5 
Sweet Sultan, mixed varieties,. 5 
Americana, very large flowers; lilac purple ; 
strong plant,. 10 
All above kinds mixed,. 5 
COLLINSI A. 
he Centaurcas arc a very large family, perfectly 
hardy, and some of them are considered in some parts 
of the world more troublesome than beautiful. The 
English farmer takes no delight in the Blue Bottle, or 
The Collinsia is a free-flowering, hardy annual, the 
flower stalks being one foot to eighteen inches in height. 
I The flowers are in whorls, and several of these around 
each flower stem. Seed may be sown in the open ground. 
Collinsia multicolor marmorata, white and rose 3 
bicolor, purple and white, . ; 
! Mixed varieties,. 5 
