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WAVS IDE GARDENS 
CATANANCHE - Blue Cupidone, or Love-Plant' 
r, na ^' v f ,°^ S. Europe, have hoary, lance-shaped leaves, and crisp, chaff¬ 
like, brilliant blue flowers, resembling those of the Everlasting. Is an 
attractive plant when in flower. Flowers are useful for cutting. 
Culture. This perennial requires good, ordinary soil and a dry, well 
drained, sunny position. Plant in spring. 8 inches apart. If planted in 
fall, protect lightly during winter. 
*Caerulea Three $1.00, Doz. $3.00, 100 $20.00 
Heads of pretty deep blue flowers on long stems. Profuse and excellent 
cut flowers in great quantities on 18-inch stems during July, August 
and September. 
CENTAUREA - Knapweed 
Hardy perennials of easy culture and attractive appearance. Are showy 
plants in sunny border, and useful for cut flowers. Flowers are more or 
less thistle-like. 
Culture. All will succeed in good, ordinary soil in sunny borders. Best 
grown in groups of three Plant in autumn or spring, 8 inches apart; 
divide and replant every third year. 
Dealbata Three $0.85, Doz. $2.75, 100 $18.00 
Large and striking, rose-pink flowers. June-July. 2 feet high. 
Macrocephala Three $0.85, Doz. $2.75, 100 $18.00 
Large, thistle-like, golden yellow flowers; useful for cutting and showy 
in borders. July and August. 3 1/2 feet high. 
Montana Three $0.85, Doz. $2.75, 100 $18.00 
(Perennial Cornflower). Grows 2 feet high, bearing large, violet-blue 
flowers from July to September. 
Montana alba Three $0.85, Doz. $2.75, 100 $18.00 
White form of the above. 
Ruthenica Three $1.00, Doz. $3.00, 100 $20.00 
This handsome plant grows about five feet high and bears from July 
to September, lovely lemon-yellow flowers. Fine for the background of 
the hardy border. 
Cheiranthus Allioni 
Shasta Daisy, Alaska 
CEPHALARIA - Giant Scabious 
A tall-growing perennial. Suitable for naturalizing in the wild garden 
or growing in bolder shrubbery borders. They have pinnate foliage, and 
bear their flowers in terminal heads. Flowers are very useful for cutting. 
Culture. Ordinary soil and sunny position. Plant in autumn or spring, 10 
to 12 inches apart. 
Tatarica Three $1.00, Doz. $3.00, 100 $20.00 
Flat heads of showy cream-white flowers on stems 6 feet high, during 
July and August. Suited for rear of borders, where tall effects are 
desired. 
CERASTIUM - Chickweed 
Low-growing perennials, suitable for forming edgings to beds or borders, 
or for bold masses in the rock garden. 
Culture. Ordinary soil and a sunny position. Plant in autumn or spring, 
10 to 12 inches apart. 
*Tomentosum Three $1.00, Doz. $3.00, 100 $20.00 
(Snow-in-Summer). A low-growing plant having silvery white foliage 
and producing an abundance of snow-white flowers in May. Especially 
suitable for rock or border purposes. 
CERATOSTIGMA (See Plumbago Larpentae). 
CHEIRANTHUS - Siberian Wallflower 
Hardy plants similar to the Wallflower. They are highly esteemed for 
the delicious fragrance of their flowers, also for the fact of their flow¬ 
ering so profusely in spring and early summer. 
Culture. Plant in ordinary well drained light garden soil in full sun. 
Soil which is heavy or wet will not do as plants are easily winter-killed 
if planted in low, wet ground. Plant early autumn or early spring, 6 
to 8 inches apart. Fall planted plants should be lightly protected dur¬ 
ing the winter. 
■('Allioni Three $0.85, Doz. $2.75, 100 $18.00 
A beautiful rock plant. Dazzling fiery orange flowers on stems about 
1 foot high. Best used as a biennial as it frequently blooms itself to 
death. 
CHELONE - Turtle-head or Shell-Flower 
Hardy perennials, of easy culture. The flowers, which are borne on 2- 
to 3-foot stems, resemble a turtle head, and are most useful for cutting. 
Culture. They succeed well in a moist, rich soil in a sunny border. Best 
grown in colonies of three or more, do well along streams or on borders 
of ponds. Plant in autumn or spring. 10 to 12 inches apart. 
Glabra alba Three $1.00, Doz. $3.00, 100 $20.00 
Terminal spikes of creamy white flowers. 
Lyon j Three $1.00, Doz. $3.00, 100 $20.00 
Heads of showy purplish red flowers. 
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