Annual Flower Seeds 15 
Centaureas 
Bachelor’s Button, Double Cornflower 
Double Bachelor*s Button 
Centaurea Cyanus, Cornflower. Among our most 
popular old-fashioned annuals. Easy to grow; 
make very pretty bouquets and go well with other 
flowers. Florists grow many of these double 
varieties for their formal pieces. We offer the 
double flowering in the following separate colors, 
CULTURE A OR B: 
517 BLUE BOY 533 BED BOY 
530 BLACK BOY 518 SNOWMAN 
519 PINKIE 
Price of any Color, Pkt. lOc. 
534 COLLECTION, 5 Pkts- 1 Each of 5 Colors, 
40c. 
516 BEST MIXED DOUBLE. Includes all shades of 
the double flowered. This mixture will certainly 
give you some pretty bouquets. Pkt. lOc; M 
oz. 35c. 
536 JUBILEE GEM. See Novelty Page 4. 
537 LILAC LADY. See Novelty Page 4. 
Giant Sweet Sultans 
Sweet Sultans, or Centaurea Imperalis. Beautiful 
long-stemmed sweet-scented flowers with soft, 
velvety heads, make very enchanting bouquets, 
and will keep in good condition for several days. 
Flowers 2 to 2 54 inches across the plants, 2 54 to 
3 ft. tall. CULTURE A OR B. 
530 AMARANTH BED 531 RICH PURPLE 
537 BRIGHT BOSE 536 SNOWFLAKE 
539 LAVENDER 538 YELLOW 
SUAVEOLENS 
Price any above Color, Pkt. lOc. 
535 COLLECTION, 6 Pkts. 1 Each of 6 Colors, 
50c. 
535 IMPERIALIS MIXED. The above and other 
shades, in splendid mixture. Pkt. lOc; 54 oz. 
35c. 
541 CENTAUREA AMERICANA. American Lilac 
Basket Flower. Largest of all Centaureas. Native 
variety, bearing large thistle-like blooms of delicate 
rosy-lilac. Flowers 3 to 4 inches across, under side 
resembles basket weaving. Plants 3 feet tall. 
Blooms July and August. Pkt. lOc. 
Annual Chrysanthemums 
Also called Painted Daisies. Easy growing An¬ 
nuals, forming pretty bushy plants with a pro¬ 
fusion of showy flowers, excellent for cutting. 
CULTURE D OR E. 
558 SINGLE MIXED. Includes Morning, Eastern, 
Evening and Northern Star, and others in shades 
of yellow, pink, red and white. Pkt. 5c. 
559 DOUBLE MIXED. Splendid assortment of 
Colors. Pt. lOc. 
560 SINGLE AND DOUBLE MIXED. An excellent 
mixture for the garden, containing both single and 
double flowered sorts. Pkt. 8c. 
Above Mixtures—Our Own Blends. 
A marvelously beautiful house plant. In full 
bloom, it makes a solid dome of flowers with only 
the leaves showing above the pot. Florists use our 
selected strains of seed in large quantities, which 
speaks for quality. Sow seeds In May. CULTURE 
D. 
561 GIANT PRIZE SEMI-DWARF. Immense 
heads of large flowers on compact, well shaped 
plants about 12 inches tall. A wide range of colors 
gives you everything. Mixed. Pkt. 30c. 
563 MULTIFLOBA NANA. When we first intro¬ 
duced this to our indoor growers, our Multiflora 
Nana immediately took hold so now most Florists 
grow both. Try it. These Hybrids grow a grand 
assortment of colors. The individual blossoms are 
about half the size of Giant Prize, but more of 
them. Pkt. 30c. 
Clarkfa 
581 CLABKIA ELEGANS. Clarkia resembles sprays 
of Flowering Almond. Flowers double, pink, rose, 
red and white; dainty and attractive. Plant some 
of our grand mixture and you wiU be pleased with 
their beauty. Culture A or B. Mixed Colors: 
Pkt. lOc. 
Cleome 
591 GIANT ROSEJSPIDEB PLANT. A vigorous 
plant 3 to 4 feet tall and bearing clusters of rose 
colored flowers of a curiously attractive appear¬ 
ance. The flower stamens resemble spider legs. 
Cleome is much used as bee pasture. Culture D 
or E. Pkt. 8c. 
Cloud Grass 
11 CLOUD GRASS, Agrostis Nebulosa. Produces 
airy graceful heads so pretty for mixing with flower 
bouquets. 18 to 20 inches tall. Culture D or E. 
Pkt. 8c. 
Coleus 
601'EXHIBITION MIXED. Coleus is a plant with 
richly colored leaves of maroon, green, crimson 
and yellow. The most popular bedding foliage 
plant grown from seed. The large variegated 
leaves of this strain are beautiful. Culture D or 
E. Pkt. 35c. 
603 RAINBOW MIXTURE. Strikingly beautiful 
colors. Large, variegated leaves. Pkt. 35c. 
Corn—Ornamental 
600 ORNAMENTAL CORN MIXED. Much in¬ 
terest is expressed in the use of the highly colored, 
striped and variegated corn which is being so 
much used in many ways as a decorative subject. 
A few ears of this bright colored corn, with husks 
braided together, make a most interesting and 
attractive decoration for many locations. We offer 
,a fine mixture of the vari-colored and rainbow 
sorts. Culture, grow same as Sweet Corn. 
Ounce Packet, lOc; 54 lb. 30c. 
ORNAMENTAL GOURDS, See Color Page 39. 
Cup & Saucer Vine 
3378 CUP & SAUCER, Cobea Scandens Vine. 
“Cathedral Bells.” Rapid growing, grows to 
15 to 20 feet, flowers large and bell-shaped, pink 
to purple. Plum-shaped fruits; start early indoors. 
Culture D or E. Pkt. 1 Oc. 
Cosmos 
Our plant breeders have developed strains of 
Cosmos which are so early that they will bloom 
from seed sown in the open ground. Prior to the 
Introduction of these new strains, many people 
who wanted Cosmos would not try to grow them 
because the flowers bloomed too late. If you want 
an extra early start, the seed may be sown indoors 
and transplanted into the garden later. CULTURE 
D OR E. 
616 SENSATION MIXED. The Sensation type'of 
Cosmos is ideal as a cut-flower and, it has already 
become a favorite for this use. Flowers immense 
size, 4 to 5 inches across, with broad heavy fluted 
petals, which overlap, forming a very full single 
flower. Long strong stems 3 to 4 feet tall. Flowers 
in 8 to 10 weeks from time seed is sown, blooming 
from July to Frost. Pkt. 15c. 
636 ORANGE FLARE COSMOS. Gold Medal. 
All-America. A startingly beautiful flower of vivid 
orange, blooms in profusion from early summer 
until late frost. The foliage is light green, and the 
plants bushy, making a grand and useful annual 
for a background where height is desired and at the 
same time providing a wealth of color for the 
garden and for cut-flowers. See Color Cut Page 
11. Pkt. lOc; 5^ oz. 35c. 
618 DOUBLE CRESTED COSMOS. The flowers 
are unique and exceedingly pretty. Center double 
with a row of broad outer petals. We have the 
earlier flowering strains of doubles, the best 
strain obtainable. Flowers frequently entirely 
double or else the disk-florets become tufted or 
crested. The seed should be started indoors early. 
Mixed Colors. Pkt. lOc; 58 oz. 30c. 
606 EARLY MAMMOTH SINGLE COSMOS. The 
best type for the North as it blooms earlier than 
the late Giants. The flowers are large, in shades of 
crimson, pink and white. There is no other of the 
tall Annuals that serve their purpose as well as 
the Cosmos. They are graceful and attractive 
during all stages of their growth. Mixed Colors, 
Pkt. 5c; 54 oz. 80c. 
609 CRIMSON 608 PINK 607 WHITE 
Price Separate Colors Above, Pkt. 8c. 
Early Express Cosmos 
613 EXPRESS MIXED. In Early Express Cosmos, 
we have a variety that will bloom in from 45 to 50 
days after the sowing of the seed and will bloom 
continuously from then until frost. The flowers 
are of medium size and the colors good. Plants 
254 to 3 feet tall. Pkt. 10c; 58 oz. 30c. 
Cosmos Sensation 
Planting Instructions for all Flower Seeds Will Be Found on Page 59 
