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Chrysanthemums COSMOS 
if pA Beautiful summer and fall blooming annuals, 
See 4 to 6 ft. tall. They are decorative in the 
anton: garden and furnish masses of artistic cut« 
2 ' eK AN flowers. Of easiest culture in any well- 
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Centaurea 
Showy, hardy plants, many having beautiful 
silver foliage, good for ribbon bordering. Sow 
early in house and transplant out doors in May. 
Half hardy annuals. 

Baby Golden Glow 

Annual Varieties Mixed The colors 
have the 
appearance of being laid on with a brush; for 
this reason they are sometimes called ‘Painted 
Daisies.’”’ Mixed annual varieties, easily grown. 
Pkt. 5c, oz. 30c. : 
Baby Golden 
Queen) 
Glow (Golden 
A most charming annual, growing 
about 15 to 18 inches high, bear- 
tall 1 An excellent sweet 
Imperialis Mixed scented variety, also ing scores of bright yellow double flowers. The 
called Sweet Sultan. The flowers are finely plants begin to bloom almost as soon as set in 
laciniated and are about the size of a carna- 
tion. They have long stems and keep well after 
cutting. Colors range through white, rose, 
lilac, purple and yellow. Hardy annuals; about 
eighteen inches high. Pkt. 10c. 
Double Cornflowers (Centaurea 
Plants grow 2, to 2% ft. tall, 
2 foetchedd fl. pl.) and produce continuously 
large double blooms on long stems throughout 
the open ground, affording an almost unlimited 
supply of cut flowers. Pkt. 10c. 
Hardy Garden Chrysanthemum 
A marvelous strain with large, single and semi- 
flowers 3 in. and more in diameter. 
Blooms profusely during September and October. 
double 

Double Cosmos 
Double Early Flowering Texpe 
to a height of about three feet, forming a per- 
fect bush, massed with bloom, bearing beau- 
the summer and fall. Fine for beds, borders and It is perfectly hardy and grows from 2 to 8 ft. tiful co flowers ee doc size, as ore 
cutting. Also called Bluet, Blue Bottle, Ragged tall. ‘Plant i ich ‘soile_Pkt. 10c. stems. ey come abou per cent double 
Sailor, Ragged Robin and Bachelor’s Button. be Siete BAY wih S from seed. Pkt. 10c, Yo oz. $1.25. 
Mixed Pkt. 10c, Yo oz. 30c, oz. 50c. 
Sensation Mammoth Flowering Mix- 
Giant flowers, 4 to 6 in. across, in 
ed Cosmos deep and light pink as well as white, 
within 10 weeks from seed. They are borne most 
profusely until frost on strong robust plants, 4 to 6 
ft. high. Pkt. 10, 1% oz. 30c. 
Well-branched 
Klondyke Orange Flare plants, 3 ft. 
tall, covered with showy golden orange flowers in 
about 3 months from seed, and continue to bloom 
profusely until frost. Pkt. 10c, 4, oz. 50c. 
Mammoth Hybridus 

Tall mixed. Pkt. 5c, 
Y oz. 25c. 


CHINESE 
® | FORGET-ME-NOT 

Coix Lachrymae (Job’s Tears) 
The seed is frequently used as an old-fashioned 
ae Ser pe ee ee remedy for sore throat, goiter and teething babies. 
forniiae Pirin oebarhy plants It is strung on a linen thread and worn around the 
neck as a chain. Pkt. 5c. 
18 inches high and producing, 
through the summer months, 
sprays of intense blue forget- Cleome Pungens (Giant Spider Plant) 

me-not-like flowers. Unsur- The flowers are of a bright rose color. The long 
passed for massed blue bou- slender seed-pods are carried upon still longer 
Chinese Forget-Me- quets. Highly desirable as blue stipules, giving the effect of a many-legged spider, 
Not flowers of this shade are scarce. with the bright bunch of flowers as the head. It 
Pkt. 10c. seed, thrives luxuriantly and 
It is also one of the very best 
Pte (oc: 
grows freely from 
blooms all summer. 
honey-producing plants. 
CELOSIA 
(Cockscomb.) 
Celosia (Pride of Castle Gould) 
This new ostrich plume celosia is an entirely distinct quickly and flower from July to October. They do well in sandy soil. Pkt. 10c. 
type. The plant grows pyramidal and compact 
about 2% feet high, with immense, extra fine COREOPSIS 
The flowers have been described as resembling sprays of double flowering almond, 
and the rose and pink tones are especially attractive. They are hardy, germinate 
Clarkia 
feathered heads, giving the plant a most striking 
appearance. Can be grown in the open ground or 
as a pot plant. Its quick growing habit and bright 
and intense colors of plumes, with beautiful foliage 
are greatly admired by all where ever shown. 
Pkt. 10c. ‘ 
Celosia Cristata (Cockscomb) 
Magnificent free flowering, graceful growing plants, 
very showy and fine. Sow seed in house in April; 
transplant outdoors in May in a sunny place. Half 
hardy annuals. Finest mixed. Pkt. 5c, Yo oz. 35c. 
One of our most popular perennials. The 
attractive flowers are borne in great pro- 
fusion and are excellent for cutting. 
Lanceolata Grandiflora 
Single, 
form. 
golden yellow flowers of graceful 
Pkt. 5c, oz. 50c. 
Lanceolata Grandiflora fl.-pl. 
Double-flowering Coreopsis. Similar in 
habit to the above. Flowers double and 
semi-double. Splendid for cutting. Pkt. 10c, 
oz. $1.00. 
Chinese Woolflower (Celosia__Childsii). 
‘ ; The flowers are ball- 
shaped and resemble a ball of wool. § 
the latter part of April. Mixed. Pit. 10¢.- °° 

Coreopsis 
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