Early Cosmos for Cutting. They're Lovely 
Castor-Oil Plant • Ricinus 
The Ricinus are tall, stately-growing plants 
of tropical appearance. Their luxuriant 
foliage renders them exceedingly ornamental. 
Free-growing, tender half-hardy annuals of 
easy cultivation. 
Zanzibarensis. New Giant Castor-Oil 
Plant from Africa. 
Communis. 6 ft. Green foliage. 
Gibsoni. 6 ft. Dark, purplish red foliage. 
Cambodgensis. Leaves bronzy maroon; 
red veins; stems black. 
Duchess of Edinburgh. 6 ft. Dark red 
foliage. 
Sanguineus. 10 ft. Tricolor, red spotted. 
Fruit in clusters. 
Any of above varieties, pkt. 10 cts.; 
oz. 25 cts. 
Clarkia 
Very showy and profuse-flowering hardy 
annuals of easy culture. Extremely useful for 
cutting. 
Brilliant. Double; bright orange. Pkt. 
10 cts.; Koz. 50 cts. 
Purple Prince. Double; rich purple. Pkt. 
10 cts.; Moz. 50 cts. . 
Queen Mary. Double; rose-carmme. Pkt. 
10 cts.; J4oz. 50 cts. . 
Salmon Queen. Double; salmon-pmk. 
Pkt. 10 cts.; Hoz. 50 cts. 
Mixed. Double; extra-fine colors. 1 kt. 
10 cts.; 34oz. 25 cts. 
Cleome • Giant Spider Flower 
Gigantea. An annual that attains a height 
of 31 ^ feet, each branch having a large 
head of rosy crimson flowers. Pkt. 10 cts. 
Didiscus caeruleus 
Mixed. Pkt. 10 cts.; oz. 25 cts.; ^lb. 75 cts.; 
lb. $2. 
Centaurea 
Very useful and free-flowering annuals of 
great diversity, almost indispensable in the 
garden for cut-flowers. 
CYANUS. Bachelor’s Button; Cornflower; 
Ragged Sailor. This type of Centaurea is 
well known and no garden is complete 
without it. 
Double Blue, Double Pink, and Double 
White. Each, pkt. 10 cts. 
Double Mixed. Pkt. 10 cts. 
Single Blue or Single Mixed. Each, 
pkt. 10 cts. 
IMPERIALIS. Royal Sweet Sultan. These 
charming, thistle-like flowers are borne on 
long, strong stems and are excellent for 
cutting. They keep fresh for a long time 
and are very fragrant. 
Pink, Purple, White, and Mixed. Each, 
pkt. 15 cts. 
SUAVEOLENS. Yellow Sweet Sultan. Very 
much like C. imperialis, but generally 
smaller flowers and plant. Blooms rich 
golden yellow. Pkt. 15 cts. 
CANDIDISSIMA. Dusty Miller. A little 
plant used extensively for borders and 
edges of beds. Its leaves are silvery gray 
and form a pleasing contrast with bril¬ 
liantly colored flowers. Pkt. 10 cts. 
Chrysanthemum 
Single or Double, Mixed Colors. An¬ 
nuals producing flowers of many colors. 
Each, pkt. 10 cts. 
Cobaea 
Scandens. Cup-and-Saucer Vine. A rapid¬ 
climbing annual to 50 feet.. Large, bell¬ 
shaped, purple flowers. Pkt. 10 cts. 
Dianthus (Pinks) 
Coccinea 
Indica. Scarlet-fruited Ivy-leaved Climber. 
A handsome annual climber of the Gourd 
species, with fine, snow-white, bell-shaped 
flowers and brilliant carmine fruit. Pkt. 
10 cts. 
Convolvulus 
See Ipomcea on page 10 
Cosmos 
This is one of our most beautiful and useful 
autumn-flowering plants. It is most effective 
when planted in broad masses or along back¬ 
ground borders against evergreens or fences. 
Dwarf Early Giant-flowering. If sown in 
May in the open ground, will usually bloom 
by the second week in July. Crimson, 
White, Pink, or Mixed. Each, pkt. 
10 cts.; J4oz. 30 cts. . D 
Tall or Late Giant-flowering. Pure 
White, Bright Pink, Crimson, or 
Choice Mixed. Each, pkt. 10 cts.; Aoz. 
25 cts. 
Early Double-Crested 
A splendid class, producing double and 
semi-double flowers, beautifully crested and 
most striking in appearance. 
Crimson King. A beautiful shade. 
Pink Beauty. Shell-pink. 
White Queen. Pure white. 
Mixed. 
Any of above varieties, pkt. 25 cts^V4°z-$l 
Cynoglossum • Hounds-Tongue 
Amabile. 1H ft- Chinese Forget-me-not. 
Blue flowers, greatly resembling those oi 
the annual Anchusa. A fine, long-blooming 
annual of unusual purity of color, x kt. 
10 cts. , 
Amabile, Pink. Exactly like the fore¬ 
going, with flowers of deep mauve-pink. 
Pkt. 20 cts. 
Cypress Vine 
Mixed. A pretty, slender vine, 10 feet high, 
with clusters of star-shaped flowers and 
feathery foliage. White and Red. Pkt. 
10 cts. 
Dwarf Dahlias 
These three new lovely Hybrid Dahlias 
will blossom from seed in three months. 1 hey 
make a beautiful dwarf, compact plant, il¬ 
lustrated in color on inside back cover. 
Woodgro Selected Mixture. These little 
Dahlias can be grown from seed as easily 
as any annual, blooming in less than lour 
months from the time of sowing, lhe 
flowers, mostly semi-double, cover a chaim- 
ing range of colors. Plants rarely exceed 
2 feet in height so do not require staking. 
Excellent cut-flowers. Pkt. 25 cts.; y s oz. 
$ 1 ; J^oz. $1.50; oz. $5. 
Coltness Hybrids. A splendid new type 
of Dahlia, producing single flowers on long 
stems. Plants compact, 1to 2 feet high, 
bearing a mass of bloom throughout the 
entire season. Pkt. 25 cts. 
Unwin’s Dwarf Hybrids, Mixed. Single 
and semi-double blooms. Pkt. 25 cts. 
Did 
ISCUS 
Blue Lace Flower 
Cosmos, Double-Crested 
THOMAS 
Flower Seeds 
Caeruleus. Pretty annual that blooms pro¬ 
fusely. Its exquisite lavender blossoms are 
excellent for cutting. Pkt. 15 cts.; A oz - 
50 cts. 
Dianthus * Chinese Pinks 
All Annual Pinks are derived from Di¬ 
anthus chinensis. They are remarkable for 
the beautiful, enamel-like blotches on the 
petals of the single varieties and for the clear, 
sparkling color of the double types. Prac¬ 
tically everblooming, continuing for many 
weeks in full flower, and if the seed-pods are 
removed, they will continue to bloom untu 
frost. Plants grow about a foot high ana 
produce their flowers in large, loose clusters 
on stiff stems. 
Double Varieties 
Chinensis, Mixed. China or Indian Pink. 
Very double flowers in a large variety of 
colors. Pkt. 10 cts.; J4oz. 30 cts. , 
Diadematus. Shades of crimson, lilac, and 
purple, with paler edges. Pkt. 10 cts., 
Woz. 50 cts. „ ., 
Fireball. Fiery scarlet. Pkt. 10 cts.; A oz - 
cn pio 
Salmon King. Gorgeous pink. Pkt. 10 cts.; 
J^oz. 50 cts. . . 
Snowdrift. Pure white. Pkt. 10 cts., 
V£oz. 50 cts.__ 
WOOD & SONS, Inc., Montclair, N. J. 
