CARNATIONS FROM SEED 
CARNATION, Dianthus Caryophyllus 
Few flowers surpass in beauty of form or delicious fra¬ 
grance, the richly hued Carnation. The plants are branching 
but compact, and the handsome blossoms are produced on 
blue-green stems that are stiff but slender. 
Chabaud Giant, PF. 18 inches. This variety blooms five months 
after seeding and continues throughout the summer. The 
plants, robust and erect, supply handsome, double, clove- 
scented flowers of extra large size. 
Cardinal Red. Bright Scarlet. Salmon. Deep salmon cerise. 
Deep Rose. Yellow. White. Flesh Pink. Mixed. 
Crimson. 
Marguerite, AF. 20 inches. This well-known variety blooms 
five months after the seeds are planted and may be treated as 
an annual. The vigorous plants bear deeply fringed, sweet- 
scented flowers in a choice assortment of rich colors. 
Double Mixed. 
CALIFORNIA POPPY, Eschscholtzia, AF 
The state flower of California and one of the most attractive 
low growing annuals. The foliage is finely cut, fern-like, and 
silvery green in color. They start to bloom a few weeks after 
the seed is sown. Fine for naturalizing. 
Crimson. Rosy Queen 
Salmon. Chrome Queen Yellow 
Aurantiaea, Orange. The ordinary California poppy. Brilliant 
mixed. 
Choice Hybrids. Large flowering varieties in the most exquisite 
shades of gold, copper, bronze, scarlet, purple and crimson. 
Ramona Hybrids. A new strain containing many lovely 
shades. The plants grow compact and upright, with flowers 
beautifully frilled. 
Double Eschscholtzia. The flowers are like little silken flags, 
beautifully fluted and crinkled, double and semi-double. The 
colors are rich yellow, orange and salmon. 
Dwarf Erect. Fine type of Eschscholtzia for rockery or sim¬ 
ilar use. Mixed. 
CELOSIA CRISTATA, Cockscomb, A 
Very attractive and showy, producing massive heads of 
deeply colored flowers. Colors, red, purple and yellow. Sow 
very thinly in boxes indoors, transplanting to other boxes or 
thumbpot until little combs appear. 
GLOBE CELOSIA. Flame of Fire. Pyramidal plants, 
branching and each branch bearing an almost round, 
scarlet head. Very showy. Pkt. 15c. 
Dwarf Mixed. Tall Mixed. Tall Crimson. 
Plumosa (Feathered). Large plumy heads. For pots or open 
ground. Keeps well when cut. Grows 1 to 2 feet tall. 
Finest Mixed. 
Childsii (Chinese Wool Flower). A unique form of the feath¬ 
ered cockscomb, growing 2 to 3 feet high, each branch ter¬ 
minated with a large head of rich crimson flowers that look 
as if made out of silky wool. Effective in beds and borders. 
Also valuable for cutting, as they can be dried, retaining their 
bright colors for weeks. 
Celosia. Dwarf. Beautiful for pot culture or edging. 
Golden Feather. Yellow. Fiery Feather. Scarlet. 
CASTOR BEAN, Ricinus 
Tropical appearing foliage plant. Highly ornamental, of 
stately growth, large leaves of bronze or glossy green. Should 
not be planted until soil is warm. Grows 3 to 5 feet tall. Also 
planted extensively to repel moles. 
Red Spire. Dwarf, foliage and pods red. 
Sanguineaus. Brilliant scarlet stems and fruit; 6 feet. 
Zanibariensis. Surpasses all in size and beauty of colors. Mixed. 
Mixed. Best varieties. 
CARDINAL CLIMBER 
Ipomoea Cardinalis. Graceful climber with cardinal-scarlet 
blooms 1 to 1% inches in diameter. Rich, glossy, dark green 
foliage. Grows 15 feet tall and is in bloom all summer. 
CHRYSANTHEMUM, Painted Daisy, AF 
A showy and much admired class of flowers. Large, daisy 
like blooms borne profusely during the summer and fall. Ex¬ 
cellent for beds, borders and cutting. 
Finest Single Mixed. Includes all colors and gives a wonder¬ 
ful display in beds or borders. 
Coronarium, Double Mixed. Lovely button-shaped blooms, 1 y 2 
inches across. Fully double; 18 inches tall. 
Korean, P. Hardy single-flowered bushy plants with an impres¬ 
sive range of colois. Easily grown and will bloom the same year 
as planted. Ikt. 25c. 
JAPANESE MT. SINGLE FLOWERED. Hardy, easy 
culture, coming to flower the same autumn from seed. 
Need pruning to keep in shape. Used extensively for 
“cascading”, a new method of mum culture, i.e. a droop¬ 
ing form 4 to 6 ft. in length, 2 ft. in width. Pkt. 15c. 
JAPANESE MT. DOUBLE FLOWERED. Can be used 
for “cascading” like the single or grow in bush form. 
Wide range of colors. Pkt. 25c. 
CINERARIA, P 
Magnificent and indispensable flowering plants for the win¬ 
dow garden. The flowers of white, blue, violet, and crimson 
shades, covering the plant with a sheet of bloom. Should be 
sown under glass in very fine soil. 
Hybrida. Grandiflora. Choicest mixed. Pot plant. Pkt. 25c. 
CLARKIA, AF 
An annual, flowering in July, which should be far more 
widely known. It is of easy cultivation, graceful in habit of 
growth, and lends itself as well to bedding as for cutting. 
Flowers in long racemes which all open in water when cut. 
Elegans Double. Orange King. Salmon orange. 
Brilliant. Carmine. Chamois Queen. Delicate flesh. 
Fire Brand. Orange scarlet. Sweetheart. Deep Pink. 
Finest Mixed. Alba. White. Purple Prince. Salmon Queen. 
COBAEA SCANDENS 
A handsome, rapid growing, climbing plant, having large, 
bell-shaped flowers, beautiful foliage and peculiarly delicate 
and curious tendrils. Seed should be planted on edge in shal¬ 
low boxes of soft soil, covering with glass until seedlings 
appear. Transplant about May. Purple. White. 
COIX LACHRYMAE, Job's Tears 
A broad-leaved, ornamental grass, having large, tear-shaped 
hard, shining, pearl-gray seeds. Plant in prepared seed bed in 
open, transplant. 
CLEOME 
A splendid plant for large beds or shrubbery, border. Of 
branching habit, each branch producing a large head of attrac¬ 
tive flowers. Sow seed in open ground as soon as weather is 
warm and settled. Height 3 y 2 feet. Fine for bees. Mixed. 
CALIFORNIA POPPY, RAMONA HYBRIDS 
ALL PKTS. 10c, 3 FOR 25c, OR 13 FOR $1.00—POSTPAID UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED 
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