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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., Y% 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.; Y4 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. 
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., 15¢; VY 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: $1.25. 
Morning Star. Primrose, yellow disc and eye. 
Evening Star. Yellow, brown eye. 
North Star. White, yellow disc, brown eye. 
Each, 15c¢ per pkt. 
SEPTEMBER JEWELS. We are now able to present a most beautiful 
array of hardy Chrysathemums that can be grown from seed sown 
the first year. The plants start blooming early in September and 
continue to give a magnificent display of bloom until hard frost. 
The plants develop a height of 1% to 2 feet, simply covered with 
masses of bloom. A most gorgeous range of colors containing every 
beautiful shade characteristic of Chrysanthemums. Pkt., 75c; 
4 pkts., $2.75. 
Chrysanthemum segetum fil. 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., 15c; %4 oz., $1.00. 
COLLECTION: 1 pkt. each of the above 7 varieties, $1.00. 
C L EOM E (Spider-Flower) 
Pink Queen. Described and 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. 
COSMOS 
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. Dazzler. See Novelty page 7. 
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 
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 in April. Pkt., 50c; 5 pkts., $2.00. 
Double Sensation Peerless Pink Lady. See Novelties page 8. 
Peerless White Cloud. See Novelties page 8. 
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. 
Pinks Pkt Oe 1/4025, 25¢-70z.,1 Cc 
Whites Pkt., 10cz 14 0oz-) 25¢; oz, 75c: 
Crimson. Pkt., 10c; %4 oz. 25c; oz., 75c. 
Mixed. Pkt., 10c; 1%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 pro- 
duced more freely than any other Cosmos. Exquisite for group planting 
where early bloom is desired. Pkt., 25c; 5 pkts., $1.00. 
Orange Flare Semi-Double. See Novelties, page 8. 
Yellow Flare. See Novelties, page 8 
COLEUS 
New Large-Leaved Hybrid. Large, beautifully colored sorts. Grown from seed, 
they have larger leaves and are more highly colored than if grown from 
cuttings. Pkt., 25c. : 
CUPHEA 
Firefly. Splendid compact bedding plant. Fire-red. Pkt., 35c; 3 pkts., $1.00. 
CYNO- : ee 
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 g 
brilliant blue Forget- 
me-not-like flowers’ 
from May until frost. 
You can cut with 18- 
inch stems. Pkt., 25c; 
VY oz., $1.00. 
Firmament. All-America 
Bronze Medal, 1939. 
This truly remarkable 
annual has ‘filled a- 
long needed gap for an 
all-summer blue flow- 
er. The lovely Forget- 
me-not blossoms. are 
borne on strong trusses 
with stems exceeding 
10 inches in length. A 
hardy annual, if pro- 
tected well over the 
winter may be treated 
as a perennial. Exquis- 
ite for borders as well 
as ~ for, cutting: Pkt, 
50c; 4: pkts., $1.75. 
Snowbird. See Novelties, 
page 8. 


Annual Chrysanthemums 

Centaurea, Jubilee Gem 

618 Madison Avenue, New York City 
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