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Centaurea montana 
CENTAUREAS 
Popular annuals and perennials which will 
grow anywhere and are excellent cut-flowers. 
Double Cornflowers 
Centaurea Cyanus 
Blue Bottle; Bachelor’s Button; Bluet; 
Ragged Sailor 
Seed may be sown outdoors in April, and 
several sowings will give a succession of 
bloom. Thin plants to stand 8 inches apart. 
These are improved annual varieties. 3 ft. 
Blue Boy. Snow Man. White. 
Black Boy. Maroon. Red Boy. Deep red. 
Pinkie. Rose. Mixed. 
Mauve Queen. 
Each, pkt. 10 cts., oz. 25 cts., oz. 75 cts. 
COLLECTION No. 27a: Pkt. each, above 
6 colors, 50 cts. 
Jubilee Gem. Annual. Cornflower-blue; 
1 ft. These double flowers of true corn- 
flower-blue literally cover the plant. Of 
the easiest garden culture; suitable also for 
flowering in the greenhouse. - Pkt. 15 cts., 
woz. 50 cts., oz. $1.50. 
Lilac Lady. Annual. Lilac-mauve; 1 ft. 
This ideal edging plant bears flowers of a 
bright lilac-mauve hue. Valuable for 
borders and for bedding. Excellent pot- 
plant. Pkt. 15 ets., 440z. 50 cts., oz. $1.50. 
Various Centaureas 
mmericanae Annual. Lilac; 4 ft. Flowers 
A inches across and of a deep lavender 
color. Excellent for garden decoration or 
cutting. Pkt. 15 cts., oz. 50 cts., oz. $1.50. 
Americana alba. Annual. White form of 
the above. Pkt. 15 cts., 140z. 60 cts., oz. $2. 
Dealbata. Perennial. Pink; 11% ft. Center 
of flower is red, margins pink or white. 
Pkt. 25 cts., 5 pkts. $1. 
Macrocephala. Perennial. Yellow; 3 ft. 
Large, thistle-like, golden flowers, useful 
for cutting and fine for the hardy border. 
July, Aug. Pkt. 15 cts., Woz. 75 cts. 
Montana (Mountain Bluet). Perennial. 
Violet; 2 ft. Large flowers. July—Sept. 
Pkt. 10 cts., oz. 30 cts., oz. $1. 
Ruthenica. Perennial. Lemon - yellow; 
21% ft. Slender stems crowned with lemon- 
yellow, thistle-like flowers tn August. 
Pkt. 15 cts., {oz. 75 cts., oz. $2.50. 

with STAIGREEN. The best mixture of grass seed for general home turf. 
One pound sows 200 square feet, and costs 65 cts. 

Centaurea imperialis 
Giant Sweet Sultans 
Centaurea imperialis 
Annuals. Valuable for cutting purposes. 
Beautiful, deliciously sweet-scented fluffy 
flowers are borne on long, strong stems. Sow 
for succession from May until July. 2% ft. 
White Purple Red 
Pink Lilac Yellow 
Mixed. A select mixture of above colors. 
Each, pkt. 15 cts., 40z. 50 cts. 
COLLECTION: Pkt. each, above 6 colors, 75c. 
Lavender Beauty. Light lavender; 14% to 
2 ft. A new Imperialis variety with 
flowers 3 to 34% inches across. An excellent 
border and cut-flower annual. Pkt. 15 cts., 
loz. 50 cts., oz. $1.50. 
Dusty Millers (Centaurea) 
Perennials, treated as annuals. Foliage 
plants for edging. The glistening white, con- 
trasted with the bright color of coleus, salvia 
or canna, Is very striking. 
Candidissima. Foliage Ianced and silver 
coated. Pkt. 15cts., 4oz. 75 cts., oz. $2.50. 
Gymnocarpa. Fern-like leaves, and taller. 
Pkt. 10 cts., Woz. 30 cts., oz. $1. 
CHEIRANTHUS. Biennial and perennial 
sorts, blooming first year. 
Allioni (Siberian Wallflower). Orange; 
114 ft. Early-flowering perennials for the 
rock-garden or as a dwarf border plant. 
Will bloom throughout the summer if seed- 
pods are removed. May be sown in a hot- 
bed in March and transplanted outdoors in 
May; or in the open ground in September, 
where required to flower the following 
spring. Pkt. 10 cts., loz. 30 cts., oz. $1. 
Allioni, Golden Bedder. Golden; 1% ft. 
Deep yellow flowers larger than the type. 
Pkt: 15 cts., oz. 50 cts, 02.7 $1.50; 
Kewensis (Greenhouse Wallflower). 24% ft. 
Valuable, half-hardy, hybrid Wallflower 
for growing under glass. The flowers are 
light yellow on opening and change to 
mauve when more mature. Pkt. 25 cts., 
Yoz. $1, oz. $3.50. 
Linifolius. Mauve; 1 ft. For rock-gardens. 
Pkt. 15 cts., oz. 50 cts., oz. $1.50. 
CIMICIFUGA cordifolia. Perennial. 
White; 6 ft. Striking tall plant for the 
back of the border; it bears spikes of small 
flowers in Sept., Oct. Pkt. 50 cts., 3 pkts. 
$1.25. 


46 Flower Seeds 
There are some interesting plants among the ‘“‘Various Centaureas”’ listed 
above. C. americana, for example, has a mammoth flower; easily grown. 
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