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CHINESE AND JAPANESE CHRYHANTIIKMT7M8. 
CHRYSANTHEMUM FILIFERA. 
CENTROSEMA, or BUTTERFLY PEA. 
A hardy perennial vine of exquisite beauty. The plantH grow 7 to 8 
feet. In a season, and the first season from seed will produce graceful 
dusters of <» to 8 inverted pea-shaped flowers, 1 l /j to tP/y inches across. 
They are beautiful objects when grown in pots trained to a fancy trellis, 
though the garden is their congenial home. 
Centrosema. Purple, feathered white. Pkt. 10 
-Pure white. .10 
HARDY PERENNIAL 
CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 
Frutescens Grandiflora. (“ French Mar¬ 
guerites.") Largely grown for cut flowers. 
They make elegant bushy pot plants for 
winter flowering, and bloom all summer 
in the garden. White. Pkt. 10 
Comtesse de Chambord. Large; yel¬ 
low. 10 
Maximum Perfection, or Triumph. 
Magnificent, large white flowers of splen¬ 
did substance, 4 to 6 Inches across. A com¬ 
pact, busliy plant, 18 inches high; very 
Auriferous. Flowers in a few weeks from 
seed. Highly prized for cutting, and last- 
ingin water fully a week. Very effective 
for garden. 10 
Chrysanthemum, Maximum Filifera. 
A new form of above, with large white 
flowers, composed of narrow,long petals; 
graceful cut flower. (See cut.) .15 
CINERARIA. 
Magnificent, and indispensable flowering 
plants for spring decoration for the con¬ 
servatory or window garden. The flowers 
measure 2 to 8 inches across, are of white, 
blue, violet and crimson shades, covering 
the plant with a sheet of bloom. 
Large - flowering, Choicest Mixed. 
From prize varieties. (See cut.)...Pkt. 25 
“ Boule de Neige.” A semi-dwarf robust 
plant, large heads of perfect flowers, pure 
snow-white, without violet eyes, blotches 
or anthers.50 
Double Large-flowering, Mixed.25 
Cineraria Maritima. ("Dusty Miller”) 
Extensively used for ribbon-planting, 
vases, hanging baskets, etc.; leaves sil¬ 
very gray; although perennial it is usually 
grown as an annual, 1 foot.5 
VARIKGATED COCKSCOMB. 
CINERARIA—LARGE-FLOWERING. 
Chinese and Japanese Varieties. 
Will produce blooming plants the first sou- 
son if so wn en rly. (See cut.) 
Chinese Double, Choicest Mixed Col¬ 
ors. Large double flowers with incurved 
petals. ....Pkt. 15 
Japanese Double, Choicest Mixed. 
Immense double flowers with long twisted 
petals.15 
“Ostrich Plumed,” Choicest Double 
Mixed. Petals covered with hairs.15 
Pompone-flowered, Choicest Mixed. 
Medium-sized flowers compactly double. 1 5 
Delaux’s Early-flowering, Choicest 
Mixed. New class, that bloom several 
weeks earlier; they are mostly of the 
Japanese type, but of dwarf and brandl¬ 
ing habit and very abunduutbloomers..l 5 
The collection of above f> Perennial Chrys¬ 
anthemums, 1 packet each, 6ft cts. 
CLARKIA. 
Charming annuals for flower beds. The 
flowers <>f rose, white,red,purple,etc.,borne 
in profusion during the summer. 
Double, Mixed. Including many sorts, 1 
to 2 feet. Pkt. 5 
CLEOME PUNGENS. 
“ Giant Spider Plant.” This is a showy 
annual plant, producing curious heads of 
flowers of bright rose color with long an- 
tenme-like stamens, of easy cultivation, 
blooming early until late, 4 to 5 feet. 
Pkt. 5 
Cleome Grandis. Larger plant and flow¬ 
ers and more beautiful than C.pungens; 
flowers rose and violet ; a luxuriant gar¬ 
den annual. (See cut.) . 15 
Very popular annuals of the easiest culture, producing large orna¬ 
mental, comb-like heads; not only are they highly prized for summer 
flower beds, but they make fine pot plants. (See cut.) 
All-a-Glow. A splendid large-headed dwarf Cockscomb, height 1 foot; 
immense ruffled combs with edges like scarlet chenille, while the depths 
are glowing orange scarlet .. Pkt. 10 
Silver and Rose. Immense ruffled combs; rose-colored edges, while 
the depths are silvery white. 10 
Queen of the Dwarfs. Only 8 inches high, combs often 10 Indies 
across, of dark scarlet . 10 
Variegata. Large gold and crimson striped combs. (See cut.) 2 feet. 5 
Japonica. A branching pyramidal plant, each branch bearing a ruffled 
comb of rich crimson color. . 5 
Glasgow Prize. Very dwarf; Immense crimson combs. 1 foot. 5 
Golden Beauty. Golden yellow combs. 1 foot. 5 
Dwarf Mixed. Many colors. 1 foot.. 5 
Collection of 6 dwarf Cockscombs, separate colors, 25 cts. 
Feathered or Ostrich Plumed Cockscombs. 
(Celosia Plutnosa.) 
Handsome pyramidal branching plants. 2 to 8 feet high, producing 
at the summit of each branch long feathery plumes of very graceful 
effect. 
Crimson Ostrich Plumed. (Triornphe d'Exposition.) Large feathery 
crimson plumes. Pkt. 10 
Golden Ostrich Plumed. Large feathery golden plumes. 10 
Mixed Colors. Ostrich Plumed Celosia, crimson, orange, yellow, rose, 
etc.. 5 
Remember that wo do not longer supply our Seeds through dealers. 
storekeepers, etc. They are genuine only when direct from us. 
MRYSANTHEMUMS. 
ANNUAL VARIETIES. 
Summer-blooming annual plants of compact growth and thrifty 
habit, 12 to 18 indies high, producing quantities of large single flowers, 
2 inches across. Colors, crimson, gold, maroon, white, etc.; very effec¬ 
tive for flower beds, pot culture aud for cut flowers. 
Single Annual, Mixed. Pkt. 5 
Collection of 6 annual sorts, 25 cts. 
“CRIMSON CROWN.” Grows into a compact bush uot over 8 
inches high. The leaves are of a beautiful yellow. The flowers are 
crimson scarlet, zoned with yellow around tlie centre.5 
Double Annual, Mixed Colors. (Coronarium ft. pi.) .5 
Lorenz’s Double Fringed. (C. carinatum hybridnm timbriatum fl. 
I>1.) The petals lie, scale-like, one upon the other, and are exquisitely 
fringed. The colors are beautiful and diversified, including numberless 
hues of rose, fiery scarlet, blood-red, purple, yellow, white, etc., the 
dark colors predominating. 10 
Inodorum Plenissimum. Double white flowers borne throughout 
tlie season In profusion. Fine for vases and cutting.5 
COCKSCOMBS. ( Celosia Cristata .) 
