CARNATION, Marguerite. Half-hardy Perennial (with 
protection can be wintered over outside). (Ger. 10 to 15 
days.) These are the Carnations for growing outdoors with 
other garden annuals. They begin flowering a few weeks 
from the time the seed is sown. The flowers are large and 
double and highly scented. Splendid for bouquets. 
Mixed Colors. Each, pkt. 10 cts.; Hoz. 40 cts.; Hoz. 75 cts. 
Chabaud’s Giant Improved. Our illustration shows their 
beauty. They come into flower four to five months after 
planting the seed, and continue to bloom until frost. Plants 
are of robust, upright habit. They form ten to twenty 
stalks bearing huge flowers comparing with the finest 
greenhouse-grown varieties. Highly scented. Yellow, 
Cardinal, Rose-Pink, White, Salmon-Rose. Also 
Schell’s Splendid Mixture. Each, pkt. 15 cts.; (1 pkt. 
of each of 5 colors 60 cts.); Hoz. $ 1 ; Hoz. 11 . 75 ; oz. $ 3 . 
Illustrated in color on page 48 . 
CELOSIA Childsi (Chinese Woolflower). Annual. (Ger. 8 to 
10 days.) Very interesting plants, growing 2 to 3 feet, each 
branch having a large head of rich crimson, pink, or yellow 
flowers that look like silk. Fine for bedding and for cutting. 
Bloom all summer. Crimson, Pink, Yellow, and Mixed. 
Each, pkt. 10 cts.; Hoz. 60 cts. 
Flame of Fire. See page 45 . 
CENTAUREA CYANUS (Cornflower). This is one of those 
very popular annual flowers grown in almost every garden 
because of their beauty, both in bedding and for bouquets. 
They are easy to grow, and from seed sown in early May 
outside they will bloom abundantly until frost, usually 
reseeding themselves, coming up year after year. Cen- 
taureas alone make very beautiful bouquets, and are very 
attractive when the blue varieties are worked in with yel¬ 
low flowers. Illustrated in color on page 48 . 
Rose, fl.-pl.. Reselected. Double. Very fine, rich, clear 
rose-pink. Pkt. 10 cts.; Hoz. 25 cts.; oz. 80 cts. 
Blue, fl.-pl. (Florist’s Strain.) Extra-fine, very beautiful 
double blue. Pkt. 10 cts.; Hoz. 25 cts.; oz. 80 cts. 
Alba fl.-pl. Double; white. Pkt. 10 c.; Hoz. 25 c.; oz. 80 c. 
Double Mixed. A mixture of rose, blue and white. Pkt. 
10 cts.; Hoz. 20 cts.; oz. 50 cts. 
Single Blue. Pkt. 10 cts.; Hoz. 20 cts.; oz. 50 cts. 
Single Mixed. Pkt. 10 cts.; Hoz. 20 cts.; oz. 50 cts. 
Jubilee Gem. See page 45 . 
CENTAUREA IMPERIALIS or Royal Sweet Sultan. This 
very beautiful and dainty, sweet-scented annual should be 
in every garden. It makes a lovely bouquet flower for 
vasing and it is very beautiful growing in the garden. 
The flower-stems are long and the graceful flowers last a 
long time after cutting. Plants grow 2 H feet. Deep 
Lavender, Brilliant Rose, Amaranth-Red, Purple, 
White, and Mixed Colors. Each, pkt. 10 cts.; Hoz. 
35 cts.; J^oz. 55 cts.; oz. 90 cts. 
Suaveolens (Yellow Sweet Sultan; Grecian Cornflower). 
Annual. (Ger. 8 to 10 days.) Sweet-scented, large, showy 
bright-colored flowers, very fine for cutting. Pkt. 10 cts.; 
Hoz. 25 cts.; Hoz. 45 ms. 
CENTAUREA, OTHER VARIETIES. 
Americana (Basket Flower). Hardy annual growing 3 feet 
high and bearing gigantic flowers of rosy lavender. Pkt. 
10 cts.; Hoz. 25 cts. 
Gymnocarpa (Dusty Miller). Annual. (Ger. 8 to 10 days.) 
Fine cut silvery foliage. Makes a nice edging to a bed. 
Pkt. 10 cts.; Hoz. 25 cts.; Hoz. 45 cts. 
CHEIRANTHUS, Schell’s New Golden Bedder. A sweetly 
fragrant, golden yellow Wallflower which blooms freely 
on 1 to 1 H-foot stems. This perennial will flower the first 
year from seed. Pkt. 15 cts.; 2 pkts. 25 cts. 
CHRYSANTHEMUM coronarium. These hardy annuals 
give an abundance of beautiful bouquet flowers early in 
the fall. We recommend growing all you can of them. Do 
not confuse them with the large Japanese perennial variety. 
The plants grow about 2 feet high and the flowers are 
borne on long stems. Double White, Double Yellow, 
Double Lemon, or Double Mixed. Each, pkt. 5 cts.; 
Hoz. 20 cts.; oz. 50 cts. 
COBA5A (Cup-and-Saucer Vine; Cathedral Bells). Hardy 
Annual. (Ger. 15 to 20 days.) Attains a height of 30 to 
50 feet. Place seeds edgewise and merely cover with light 
soil. Purple, Pure White, Mixed. . Each, pkt. 10 cts. 
COCKSCOMB (Celosia). Hardy Annual. When grown in 
masses or clusters they add much life to the flower-garden, 
the bright red plumes and combs making a very rich and 
attractive display. There are two forms: the feathered, which 
produces large, feathery plumes; and the comb, which pro¬ 
duces mammoth flowers resembling the comb of a chicken, 
some of them 12 to 15 inches across. 
Royal Velvet. New. See page 41 . 
Cristata. (Combs.) Crimson, Yellow, and Mixed. Each, 
pkt. 10 cts.; MjOz. 50 cts. 
Plumosa. (Plumes.) Crimson, Yellow, and Mixed. Each, 
pkt. 10 cts.; H° z - 30 cts. 
COIX Lacryma-Jobi. See Job’s Tears. 
COLEUS. Hardy Annual. (Ger. 10 to 15 days.) A most in¬ 
teresting foliage plant to grow from seed. The leaves show 
every conceivable color, and one imagines, when admiring 
them, that there are colors never seen before. Fine for edgings 
or for pot-plants. Pkt. 10 cts.; 3 pkts. 25 cts.; Hoz. 90 cts. 
COREOPSIS lanceolata grandiflora (Perennial Calliop- 
sis). A splendid cut-flower, the plants being covered with 
their showy bright yellow flowers from June until frost the 
first year by sowing the seed early and every year there¬ 
after. The plants grow about 20 inches high. Pkt. 10 cts.; 
Hoz. 25 cts.; Hoz. 45 cts.; oz. 70 cts. 
Indian Squaw Corn and Gourds 
INDIAN CORN. Ornamental Squaw Corn. The kernels are 
many bright rich colors. A cluster of the ears, as shown in 
the picture, are very popular as an added touch of Indian 
art, to hang up in the home, as is also a string of Gourds. 
Pkt. 10 cts.; oz. 25 cts. 
RAINBOW CORN. This makes a very attractive foliage plant. 
The leaves are long, broad, and richly striped with yellow, 
red, rose, white, and bronze. Plants are 5 to 6 feet high. 
Pkt. 10 cts.; oz. 25 cts. 
COSMOS. Hardy Annual. (Ger. 8 to 10 days.) One of our 
favorite autumn flowers. They grow 5 to 8 feet high, hence 
should be planted along the "fence or in masses by them¬ 
selves. If the plants are pinched out when but a foot high 
they will produce a bushy growth, making them much 
more effective. 
Early Mammoth Single. This type, when sown in April, 
will be covered with blooms from July on. Crimson, 
Pink, White, and Mixed. Each, pkt. 10 cts.; Hoz. 
25 cts.; J^oz. 35 cts. Illustrated in color on page 49 . 
Late Mammoth Single. In full flower during September 
and October. Crimson, Pink, White, and Mixed. Each, 
pkt. 5 cts.; Hoz. 25 cts.; Hoz. 35 cts. 
New Double-flowering. The flowers are either full double 
or have a frill or collar surrounding the double disc; 
very artistic. White, Crimson, Pink, Mixed Colors. 
Each, pkt. 10 cts.; 3 pkts. 25 cts.; Hoz. 60 cts. 
Orange Flare. See page 49 . 
CYPRESS VINE (Ipomoea Quamoclit ). (Ger. 10 to 20 days.) 
One of the most popular hardy annual vines, with very 
delicate fern-like foliage, and masses of beautiful, small, 
star-shaped flowers. Sow in May, first soaking the seeds 
in warm water for a few hours. Scarlet, White, and 
Mixed. Each, pkt. 5 cts.; Hoz. 20 cts. 
DOUBLE ENGLISH DAISY (Beilis perennis). Hardy Peren¬ 
nial. (Ger. 10 days.) Used so much for borders and for 
cutting. Grow only 4 to 6 inches high and are covered with 
the double flowers from early spring until late summer. 
Giant Rose, Giant White, and Double Mixed. Each, 
pkt. 10 cts.; 3 pkts. 25 cts.; Hoz. 45 cts.; Hoz. 75 cts. 
THEY GROW BETTER 
THEY YIELD BETTER 
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