Centaurea - Bachelor’s Button 
One of the commonest old-fashioned flowers be- 
loved by everyone who grows it. Beautiful fringed 
blue or white flowers, single or double, 1 inch across, 
are borne from July till frost. An annual; the plants 
perpetuate themselves by self-sown seeds. 1 to 2 ft. 
Pkt. 10 cts.; 1402. 20 cts.; oz. 75 cts. 
Centaurea, Jubilee Gem 
A new dwarf variety with compact plants which 
make attractive beds, splendid borders and is 
unusually satisfactory as a pot-plant. Of course for 
cutting, few flowers can compare with the Centaurea. 
The color of Jubilee Gem is true cornflower-blue. 
Pkt. 10 cts.; 1/402. 50 cts. 
Castor-Oil Bean - Ricinus communis 
Gives a tropical appearance when used as center 
of bed, or screen. When ground is warm, sow seed 
m rich soil; thin plants to about 114 feet apart. 
Pkt. 10 cts.; 0z. 20 cts.; 14lb. 65 cts. 
Chrysanthemum 
Free-flowering, hardy annuals, with double white, 
yellow, or red flowers from August till November. 
It is one of the most attractive of the late summer- 
flowering plants; easily grown; useful for cut-flowers 
as well as garden decoration. Pkt. 10 cts.; 
140z. 30 cts. 


Centaurea, Jubilee Gem 
Carnation 
, : One of the showiest annuals. Small flowers of 
MARGUERITE. The earliest Carnation popular 
: Se brilliant golden yellow, crimson, or other shades of 
for rich color and delicious fragrance. Flowers | sed, crowded into velvety fasciated masses that 
white ranging through yellow, scarlet, and deep | resemble a rooster’s comb. Very attractive bedding 
crimson. Plants from seed sown early in the open lant. Sow seeds early indoors. Pkt. 10 cts.; 
bloom from July to frost, and, if given some pro- 1/402. 50 cts. 
tection, winter well. For early bloom, sow seeds Coreopsis 
early indoors. Pkt. 10 cts.; 140z. 50 cts. Pp 
Showy, bright yellow flowers on long, graceful 
stems, ideally adapted for cutting as well as garden 
decoration. Blooms over a long season. Seeds sown 
early bloom the first season, but they will be finer 
the second year. Pkt. 10 cts.; 140z. 25 cts.; oz. 
75 cts. 
Celosia - Dwarf Cockscomb 
Cosmos 
Very satisfactory late summer-flowering annuals 
with big, daisy-like flowers, 3 to 4 inches across, in 
white or pink. Strong-growing, very graceful plants 
3 to 6 feet high. Pkt. 10 cts.; %40z. 20 cts. 
Cosmos, Pink Sensation 
The Sensation Cosmos are early bloomers with 
large flowers up to 4 or 5 inches across on 4-foot 
plants and this pink variety is the loveliest of the 
group. Blooms in 10 weeks from seed providing 
. splendid cut-flowers when badly needed. Pkt. 10 cts.; 
> 40z. 75 cts. 
“ORANGE FLARE. New early-flowering Cosmos. 
Bears a profusion of strikingly vivid orange- 
yellow blooms four months after seed is sown. A 
novelty that fills a long-felt need for an early- 
flowering Cosmos. Pale green feathery foliage. 
Pkt. 10 cts.; 1402. 75 cts. 
Delphinium 
Perennial Larkspurs are the finest blue flowers for 
the garden. Shades range from sky-blue almost to 
ome © Be black; some varieties pinkish lavender. Mixed 
Cosmos, Orange Flare colors, pkt. 10 cts.; 140z. $1.75; oz. $5. 
ABBOTT & COBB 
Philadelphia, Pa. 
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