CELOSIA or COCKSCOMB 
Old-fashioned annuals, pleasant, easy, showy. CRISTATA 
EMPRESS, enormous crested combs of velvety maroon, foli- 
age bronze, 12 inches. Pkt. 10c; 1/16 oz. 25c. CRISTATA 
TALL MIXED, 20 inches, combs of red, yellow, maroon. 
Pkt. 5c; % oz. 20c; % oz. 85e. CELOSIA GIANT PLUMED, 
great ostrich plumes in wide range of colorings, including 
searlet, crimson, orange, yellow and plum, 38 feet; will dry 
for winter bouquets. Pkt. 10c; 4% oz 20c; % oz. 35c. 
CELOSIA CHINESE WOOLFLOWER, each branch ends in 
a great ball of soft wool; crimson, yellow and pink in mix- 
ture, three feet. Pkt. 10c; % oz. 25c; 4% oz. 40c. OFFER 
10A12—One pkt. each of above for 30c. 
CENTAUREA ANNUAL 
Excellent garden-decorative or cut-flower material. 
CENTAUREA MARGARITAE—ecbk (2-3)36. Enormous fra- 
grant flowers, pure white. Pkt. 10c; % oz. 20c. 
CENTAUREA SUAVEOLENS—ecbk (2-3)24. Grecian Corn- 
flower. Fragrant, double, pure yellow. Pkt. 10c; % oz. 20c. 
CENTAUREA CROCODYLIUM—ecbx(3)40. Immense lace- 
blossoms of radiant pink, white-centered. Pkt. 10c. 
CENTAUREA MOSCHATA PEERLESS—ecbx (2-3)36. Giant 
Sweet Sultan. Big blossoms of great doubleness, delicately 
musk-fragrant, and with long stems. There will be pure 
white, pink, rose, lavender and purple, with a proportion 
of those delightful ‘shades and tones that lie between yellow 
and rose. Pkt. 10c; % oz. 20c; %4 oz. 30c; 1 oz. $1.00. 
CENTAUREA MACULOSA WHIRLWIND—ecbndx (3-4)50. 
The blossoms are tassels of ivory tone, edged by wide, sil- 
very white laciness. Cuts well. An occasional seedling will 
throw lavender flowers. Though technically biennial, it will 
usually give good. bloom first season if seed is sown early. 
Pkt. 15¢c; 1/16 oz. 30ce. 
CENTAUREA GYMNOCARPA—ifbk(2-4)20. Dusty Miller. 
The masses of finely cut silvery foliage are valued for edg- 
ings, but in season there are also pretty little violet flowers. 
Pkt. 10c; % oz. 30c;1 oz. $1.00. 
CENTAUREA AMERICANA — ecbhk(2-4)40. Basket-flower. 
Long-rayed blossoms from rosy lilac to lavender. Flowers 
may be four inches across. Pkt. 5c; 144 oz. 25ce. 
CENTAUREA AMERICANA WHITE FORM—ecbk (2-4) 40. 
Immense fluffy flowers of pure white, spectacular in both 
size and beauty. In bloom for months. You will like it. 
Pkt. 10c; 4% oz. 20c; % oz. 35c. 
CENTAUREA CYANUS JUBILEE—eik(2-3)12. An edger, 
dwarf, compact, loaded to capacity with double blossoms 
of a most vivid blue. Unusual. Pkt. 15c. 
CENTAUREA CYANUS DOUBLE MIXED—ecbk (2-3)30. It 
has many names, Cornflower, Bluet, Ragged Sailor among 
them. Large double flowers all summer, blue, pink, red, 
maroon, white and mauve. Pkt. 5c; %4 oz. 20c. 
OFFER 11A12—One pkt. each of above for 80c. 
CENTAUREA CYANUS. VARIETIES — Following named 
kinds of Improved Double Cornflower can be supplied at 
uniform price of Pkt. 10c; 4% oz. 20c; 1 oz. 65c. BLACK 
BOY, maroon; BLUE BOY, PINKIE; RED BOY; SNOW 
MAN; CARMINE ROSE; RUBY; MAUVE QUEEN. 
OFFER 12A12—One pkt. each of the 8 colors for 60c. 

ANNUAL FLOWERS—AIl of the offerings in this 
section of the catalog, pages 21 to 35 inclusive, are 
of annuals or of other species that bloom the first 
season. For Bulbs and their seeds, turn to page 3; 
for Lilies and Irises see page 17; for Succulents 
see page 63; for House Plants, see page 65; for 
alpines and rock garden perennials (also hardy bor- 
der perennials), see page 40; for seeds of Shrubs 
and Trees, see page 63. 

CEPHALARIA TRANSYLVANICA—ecbx(35)50. From the 
ancient Land of the Seven Castles comes the only good an- 
nual Cephalaria, with its vast profusions of fluffy, pale lilac 
flowers and gracefully arching stems. Pkt. 15c. 
CERATOTHECA TRILOBA—ebk (3-5)60. Stately South Af- 
rican annual of unusual effect. The flowers are like giant 
Foxglove blossoms, long-lipped, all of a soft downy laven- 
der, save for black-violet throat lines. From very early 
garden sowings made where plants are to stand, there 
should be good bloom at the beginning of August, or you 
can have it flowering a month sooner by starting under 
glass and transplanting. Pkt. 15¢c; 8 for 40ce. 
Bye 

CERINTHE or HONEY-FLOWER 
From the summer-lands that ring the Mediterranean, come —_ 
the likable Honey-flowers, annuals of easiest handling. | 
CERINTHE MAJOR—ek (2-3)28. The flowers are carried in 
arching crosier-sprays, blossoms that are short tubes, slight- 
ly spreading, buff-amber below, but with a top band of deep 
purple maroon. Attractively marbled foliage. Long season 
of bloom. Pkt. 25c. 
CERINTHE COIMBRA VARIETY—Compared with last, this 
has a bluer foliage tone, flowers are all purple, with lighter 
spots but no yellow at all, and growth is a trifle lower and 
more compact. Pkt. 20c. 
Do naught, tire not, grow not. 
CHAREIS HETEROPHYLLA—erk(2)10. Blue-elegance (the 
Greek word. ‘‘chareis’ means “‘elegant’’?). No Gentian could 
exceed the vivid blue intensities of these pretty little spring 
daisies, often even the centers are blue. Pkt. 15c. 
CHEIRANTHUS ALLIONI—erbnx(2)16. Here is orange, 
brilliant, far-glowing, for many, many weeks. Blooms well 
first season if sown early. Pkt. 10c; 4% oz. 25c. 
CLADANTHUS ARABICUS—erdk(2)15. Gold of Araby. 
Burnished golden daisies terminate each leafy stem. Then 
new stems radiate from beneath the flower, several of them, 
each in its turn to become fiower-tipped, with new stems 
radiating from below the bloom. So the process continues 
until late autumn. Highly decorative plant for hot, dry 
positions. Pkt. 15c. 
CLARKIA FINEST DOUBLE MIXED—eck (2-4)25. Flowers 
that might be little double roses, carried in wreathe’ sug- 
gestion. Pink, salmon, rose, carmine, white and purple 
in mixture. A delightful annual. Pkt. 10c. 
COBAEA SCANDENS—Rapid annual vine, to 15 feet. Hand- 
some violet bells. Pkt. 10c. 
COLLINSIA VERNA—ernstkt(1-2)6. Blue-eyed Mary. A 
lovely wild-flower of earliest spring, blossoms bright. blue 
with white and purple markings. Prefers light shade. Will 
naturalize. Sow directly where effect. is desired in either 
very early spring, or in late fall. Pkt. 15c; 1% oz. 35c. 
ANNUAL CHRYSANTHEMUMS 
Here are the Summer Chrysanthemums, quick to flower, 
excellent for cutting, and showy in the garden. 
CHRYSANTHEMUM GOLDWINGS — ecbx(2-5)36: Quick 
beauty here, golden wings over the garden. Large daisy- 
flowers, with long pinion-petals of gleaming yellow. A 
mass of flowers early and late. Selected strain of Chrysan- 
themum viscidi-hirtum. Pkt. 10c; % oz. 25c; 1 oz. T5e. 
CHRYSANTHEMUM W. E. GLADSTONE—ecbx(3-4)36. Big 
single flowers, in zonings of purple, crimson and yellow, 
the color dominance being crimson. Rich. Pkt. 10ce. 
CHRYSANTHEMUM CORONARIUM DOUBLE—ecbx (3-4)20. 
Intensely double flowers of medium size, pure white and 
varied yellows in mixture. Pkt. 10c. F 
CHRYSANTHEMUM THE SULTAN—ecbx(38-4)36. Here the 
blossoms carry wide zones of red-toned copper over soft 
yellow. Pkt. 10c. 
OFFER 14A12—One pkt. each of above for 35c. 
CLEOME 
Stately annual flowers that have almost the effect of 
shrubs, though they are easy from seed, and fairly quick, 
giving a long season of bloom. 
GOLDEN CLEOME—ebk (3-5)60. Sow seeds in early spring, 
and by mid-July the plants will be in flower, a towering 
airiness of swaying golden orange from then until late 
October. Massed groups of it give magnificent effects. The 
plants simulate treé form, a yard-high slender trunk, then 
a wide tangle of branching, each branch ending in an ever- 
extending raceme of crowded golden blossoms, long-sta- 
mened and as lightsome a filigree in sky-profile as any other 
Cleome. Pkt. 15c; 14 oz. 25e; % oz. 40e. 
GREAT PINK CLEOME—ebk (2-5)50. Stately many-stemmed 
plants, each stem ending in a great airy raceme, ever- 
lengthening, of most showy flowers, the petals brilliant rose; 
stamens slender, spidery. Three months of bloom. This is 
our own strain, selected at Old Orchard. We doubt that 
there is a better one. Pkt. 10c; % oz. 25c. 

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