lower Seed 
CENTAUREA CYANUS (Cornflower) 
Other popular names: Bachelor’s Buttons, Bluets, Ragged Sailor 
Extremely showy in the garden and fine for cutting. They are easy 
to grow, take care of themselves, bloom freely, and even come up 
again the next year from the seed that has dropped in the ground. 
Just sow the seed broadcast wherever you want the plants to grow. 
If the soil is rich, the flowers will be larger and will have longer stems. 
They are lovely if sown together with scarlet Poppies. You should 
make sowings at intervals of 3 weeks, beginning in early May. 
BLUE BOY Pinkie Snow Man 
Black Boy Red Boy Mauve Queen 
20c per pkt., 1% oz., 75c; oz., $2.50. 
COLLECTION: 1 pkt. each of the above 6 colors, $1.00. 
Double Cornflower Mixed. 15c per pkt.; 4 oz., 60c; oz., $2.00. 
Single Blue. 15c per pkt.; V4 oz., 60c; oz., $2.00. 
Two Splendid New Cornflowers 
JUBILEE GEM. A dwarf blue Cornflower about 1 ft. high. The plant 
is a mass of tufted vivid green leaves which is in beautiful contrast 
to the rich dark blue flowers. 35c per pkt.; 5 pkts., $1.50. 
LILAC LADY. A counterpart of Jubilee Gem. Flowers an attractive 
shade of bright lilac-mauve. Splendid for clump planting. 35c per 
pkizy > pkts pile sO: 
CENTAUREA IMPERIALIS (Giant Sweet Sultan). One of the finest 
of our annual flowers for cutting and very simple to grow. Plant 
them ina rich, loose, spongy soil which will hold moisture and you 
will have lovely long-stemmed, large flowers. They need sun. 
Pure White Dark Purple Rose 
Canary-Yellow Light Blue Lavender 
Light Yellow Tinted Rose 
THE COLLECTION OF 7 COLORS, $1.50. Each, pkt., 25c. 
WHITE-LEAVED BEDDING CENTAUREAS (Dusty Miller). For edg- 
ing and border. 
Candidissima. Compact plant, silvery leaves. Pkt., 25c. 
Gymnocarpa. Silvery leaves. 1 ft. Pkt., 15c; Y%4 oz., 50c. 
ANNUAL CHRYSANTHEMUMS 
(Chrysanthemum carinatum). Fine, gay, long-stemmed flowers, ex- 
cellent for cutting and most decorative in the garden or vase. They 
bloom over a long period and are of the easiest culture. 
Giant White. Light yellow center, black disc. 
Deep Purple. Yellow with dark disc. 
White with crimson and yellow. Dark Copper. 
Brown and Yellow. May vary slightly. 
Each, 25c per pkt. 
THE COLLECTION OF SIX COLORS: 
Morning Star. Primrose, yellow disc and eye. 
Evening Star. Yellow, brown eye. 
North Star. White, yellow disc, brown eye. 
Each, 15c per pkt. 
Chrysanthemum segetum fl. pl., Yellowstone. Its lovely, double flow- 
ers are intense sulphur-yellow and are produced on strong stems 
up to 15 inches long from the middle of June until well into Sep- 
tember. Pkt., 50c; 5 pkts., $2.00. 
CLARKIA 
Lovely annuals, far too little known, for they are truly beautiful. 
Like a spray of apple-blossoms, the tall spikes are covered with hand- 
some double flowers, appearing all around the stem and from every 
leaf-joint. The colors are most delicate and refined. Sow the seed in 
the cold frame in March and make successive sowings outdoors in May 
and June. If planted in very rich soil and supported by stakes, they 
will produce lovely strong spikes. 
Double White Queen Double Copper-Scarlet Double Purple Prince 
Double Chamois Queen Double Salmon Queen Double, Mixed 
Double Orange King 
Each of the above varieties, pkt., 15¢; Y4 oz., $1.00. 
COLLECTION: 1 pkt. each of the above 7 varieties, $1.00. 
Cc L EOM E (Spider-Flower) 
Pungens. This giant Spider-Flower has branching plants 32 to 5 
feet tall, each branch terminating in a large head of bright rosy 
flowers. If allowed to ripen, these are followed by long, slender 
seed-pods, so that the plant is attractive all season. A splendid 
background plant. Pkt., 35c. 
Pink Queen. Described on page 4. 
$1.25. 
Illustrated in color on page 11. 
COBAEA 
The seed should be 
started in the frame in 2- 
or 3-inch pots; insert 
edgewise. 
Blue or White. Pkt., 20c; 
oz., $1.00. 
Graceful summer and 
autumn flowers, fine for 
cutting, and extremely 
showy in the garden. Our 
Giant Lady Lenox grows 
7 feet high, and begins 
blooming in September. 
We offer a fine strain of 
Giant Early-Flowering 
Cosmos which grow but 4 
feet high, begin blooming 
in July and continue until 
frost. 
GIANT EARLY -FLOW- 
ERING SENSATION 
Sensation Cosmos repre- 
sents the greatest sin- 
gle advance in an an- 
nual flower that has 
been made in the past 
5 years. They are so 
far superior to the older 
strains of early Cosmos that we have eliminated the old strain from 
our listing entirely. 
Sensation Single White Crimson 
Pink Mixed 
Any of the above, pkt., 25c; %4 oz., $1.00; oz., $3.00. 
Giant Early Flowering Sensation Double Mixed 
As shown in color on page 21. One of the most valuable additions 
to the cut flower group. Splendid double crested Cosmos on long 
stems can be obtained as early as the 4th of July from seed sown 
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Double Sensation Peerless Pink Lady. See Novelties page 4. 
Peerless White Cloud. See Novelties page 4. 
GIANT LATE-FLOWERING or LADY LENOX 
Huge flowers, often measuring 5 inches across, on long stems. It is 
best to start seed of the late-flowering Cosmos in the frame in March 
and April. 
Pink. Pkt., 10c; % oz., 25c; oz., 75c. 
White. Pkt., 10c; % oz., 25c; oz., 75c. 
Crimson. Pkt., 1.0c; %4 oz., 25c; oz., 75c. 
Mixed. Pkt., 10c; 4 oz., 20c; oz., 50c. 
COSMOS ORANGE FLARE. All-America Gold Medal Winner, 1935. 
The blooms of this wonderful annual are flaming orange borne on 
long stems and produced more freely than any other Cosmos. Ex- 
quisite for group planting where early bloom is desired. Pkt., 25c; 
5 pkts., $1.00. 
Orange Flare Semi-Double. See Novelties, page 4. 
Yellow Flare. See Novelties, page 2. 
COLEUS r 
New Large-Leaved Hy- 
brids. Large, beauti- 
fully colored = sorts. 
Grown from seed, they 
have larger leaves and 
are more highly color- 
ed than if grown from 
cuttings. Pkt., 25c. 
CUPHEA 
Firefly. Splendid compact 
bedding plant. Fire-red. 
35c per pkt.; 3 pkts. 
for $1.00. 
CYNO- 
GLOSSUM 
(Chinese Forget-me-not) 
Heavenly Blue. A rare 
gem for your blue gar- ¢ 
den. Forms perfect 
bushes 18 inches high 
just one mass of lovely 
brilliant blue Forget- 
me-not-like flowers 
from May until frost. 
You can cut with 18- 
inch stems. Pkt., 25c; 
Yq oz., $1.00. 
Firmament. See Novelties, 



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Snowbird. See Novelties, 
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