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Celosia Cristata 
OR CRESTED COCKSCOMB 
Very popular annuals of easy 
culture, producing large, ornamental, 
comb-like heads like ruffled chenille; 
they are prized for summer flower 
beds, and make fine pot plants; height 
12 to 18 inches. 
Dwarf Mixed. Many colors, Pkt. 10c. 
New Striped. This new type pro¬ 
duces ornamental combs, streaked 
and striped in lively colorings of 
red, yellow, pink, violet, etc.; 8 to 
10 inches. Pkt. 15c. 
Cardinal. Glowing bright scarlet. 
Pkt. 15c. 
Prince of Orange. Vivid golden- 
yellow. Pkt. 15c. 
Crimson King. Rich deep blood- 
red . Pkt. 15c. 
Wine-rose. Distinctive claret-rose. 
Pkt. 15c. 
Collection of above 5 Dwarf Cocks¬ 
combs, separate colors .... Pkt. 60c. 
A WILD FLOWER GAKDEN 
may be had by sowing broadcast and 
raking in Henderson’s Mixed Wild 
Garden Flower Seeds at the rate of 1 
oz. per 100 square feet. Price 15c. per 
oz.; 50c. per % lb.; SI.50lb., postpaid. 
Celosia Plumosa 
OR PLUMED COCKSCOMB 
A superior type of Celosia plumosa, 
forming pyramidal, branching plants, 
3'A feet high, and bearing large, coni¬ 
cal, plumed heads of either golden- 
yellow, fiery-scarlet, purple, salmon, 
blood-red, etc. The plants are annu¬ 
als, growing easily and quickly from 
seed, and present a very showy appear¬ 
ance in the summer garden, lasting in 
bloom until frost. They are also very 
handsome grown in pots. 
Golden Plumed. Pkt. 10c. 
Crimson Plumed. 10c. 
Mixed Plumed. (Thompson's 
Magnifica.). Pkt. 10c. 
Dwarf Plumed. A compact, dwarf- 
growing type, the plants attaining 
a height of only 1 foot, including 
their liberal decoration of feathery 
yellow and red plumes. A showy 
garden annual. (See cut.). Pkt. 15c. 
Centaurea Imperials 
IMPERIAL SWEET SULTAN 
These beautiful giant-flowering 
“Sultans” are grand improvements 
over the old varieties. They produce 
long-stemmed, exquisitely fringed blos¬ 
soms 3 to 4 inches across, of graceful 
effect and are delightfully fragrant. 
The colors vary from white and yellow 
through reds from pink to crimson and_ 
blues from lilac to purple, some having centers of a different color, as violet with 
white center, etc. ror bouquets and vases, they are exceptionally beautiful, 
it cut scarcely opened they will last for ten days in water. The plants are of the 
easiest culture, flowering freely in the garden the first summer from seed sown 
in the spring. They are of strong, bushy form, 2 to 3 feet high. (See cut.) 
Margarit®. Satiny-white flowers. Pkt. 10c. 
Chamasleon. Bright yellow flowers. .’ . i0c. 
Favorita. Brilliant rose-colored flowers. 10c. 
Splendens. Rich dark purple.*’. 10c. 
Graziosa. Deep lilac.10c! 
Iphigenia. Mauve, with white center. . .. . ’ . i0c! 
Imperialis, Mixed Colors. 10c. 
Collection of the above 6 separate varieties. 50c. 
Centaurea Flowering Varieties 
Cyanus. (Ragged Sailor, or Corn flower.) Avery old favorite garden annual.flower¬ 
ing freely in almost any situation, height 2 to 3 feet; largely used for cut flowers. 
Blue .. Pkt. 5c. Mixed Colors.5c. 
Collection of 6 Centaurea Cyanus, separate colors, 25c. 
Cyanus Double, Mixed Colors. Produces large, globular heads of flowers filled 
up to the center with florets.. Pkt. 5c. 
Americana Hallii. Bushy garden annual, 30 inches high; large ball-like flowers 
6 inches across, of lavender-blue; fragrant. Pkt. 10c. 
Chrysanthemums 
These improved varieties form bushy, 
compact, oval plants about 18 inches high, 
are of easy cultivation, and flower most 
abundantly during the summer; very 
showy garden annuals and fine for cutting. 
(See cut.) 
SINGLETLOWERING VARIETIES 
Evening Star. Sheeted with large, single 
golden-yellow flowers. Pkt. 10c. 
Morning Star. Large cream-yellow flow¬ 
er?; profuse. Pkt. 10c. 
North Star. Single giant flowers of white 
with a soft yellow ■’one contrasting 
effectively against ciie bold black 
disk. Pkt. 10c. 
Mixed Single Annual Varieties.5c. 
DOUBLETLOWERING VARIETIES 
Golden Queen. Double golden flowers. 
Pkt. 10c. 
White Pearl. Double white flowers. .. 10c. 
Mixed Double Annual Varieties. 5c. 
Lorenz’s Double Fringed, Mixed. ... 10c. 
Inodorum Snowball. A great advance in 
this useful type; large, densely double, 
perfectly-formed Bellis-like flowers of 
purest white, borne freely; finely-cut 
Fern-like foliage; fine cut flower, PktAOc. 
Inodorum Bridal Robe. Round, compact 
little bushes only 8 inches high by 12 inches across. The dense mass of finely- 
cut foliage is studded with small double white flowers. Effective for gardens 
and fine for pots. Pkt. 15c. 
Centaurea Gymnocarpa 
OR DUSTY MILLER 
This is extensively used for ribbon bedding, edgings, vases, etc. It forms a 
dense, bushy foliage plant, 12 to 15 inches in height; the graceful curving leaves 
are silvery-gray. Per 1,000 seeds, 50c. Pkt. 10c. 
Centrosema 
Grandiflora. A neat, hardy perennial vine, 10 feet high, with clusters of purple 
and white Pea-like flowers. Pkt. 10c. 
Cerastium 
SNOW IN SUMMER. 
Tomentosum. A procumbent, hardy perennial, having white foliage and a pro¬ 
fusion of small white flowers. Very pretty as an edging plant. . . . Pkt. 25c. 
Celastrus BITTER SWEET 
Scandens. A popular native climber, with showy orange berries carried through 
the winter; 20 feet. Pkt. 10c. 
Edition "P1CTURESQIJE GARDENS" by Charles Henderson 
Beautifully illustrates and suggests many deco- j 00 postpaid, 
rative features for Artistic Home Surroundings. See page 199. 
