
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, 
sal; 1 An excellent sweet 
Imperialis Mixed scented variety, also 
called Sweet Sultan. The flowers are finely 
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, 
cyanus fl. pl.) and produce continuously 
large double blooms: on long stems throughout 
the summer and fall. Fine for beds, borders and 
cutting. 
Sailor, Ragged Robin and Bachelor’s 
Mixed Pkt. 10c, Y oz. 30c, oz. 50c. 
Also called Bluet, Blue Bottle, Ragged 
Button. 






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Celosia, Castle Gould 
CELOSIA 
(Cockscomb.) 
Celosia (Pride of Castle Gould) 
This new ostrich plume celosia is an entirely distinct 
type. The plant grows pyramidal and compact 
about 2% feet high, with immense, extra fine 
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. 
Chinese 
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, 4% oz. 35c. 
Chinese Woolflower (Celosia Childsii). 
The flowers are ball- 
shaped and resemble a ball of wool. Sow outdoors 
the latter part of April. Mixed. Pkt. 10c. 
ALNEER BROTHERS RELIABLE SEEDS, ROCKFORD, ILL. 

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 Glow (Golden 
Queen) A most charming annual, growing 
about 15 to 18 inches high, bear- 
ing scores of bright yellow double flowers. The 
plants begin to bloom-almost as soon as set in 
the open ground, affording an almost unlimited 
supply of cut flowers. Pkt. 10c. 
4 to 6 ft. tall. 
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Hardy Garden Chrysanthemum 
A marvelous strain with large, single and semi- 
in diameter. 
Blooms profusely during September and October. 
It is perfectly hardy and grows from 2 to 8 ft. 
double flowers 38 in. and more 
tall. Plant in rich soil. Pkt. 10c. 



CHINESE 
FORGET-ME-NOT 
(Cynoglossum amabile) An 
annual of the easiest culture, 
forming strong, bushy plants 
18 inches high and producing, 
through the summer months, 
sprays of intense blue forget- 
me-not-like flowers. Unsur- 
passed for massed blue bou- 
quets. Highly desirable as blue 
flowers of this shade are scarce. 
Piktav0c. 
Clarkia 
quickly and flower from July to October. 
Single, golden 
form. 

Coreopsis 
oz. $1.00. 
COREOPSIS 
One of our most popular perennials. 
attractive flowers are borne in great pro- 
fusion and are excellent for cutting. 
Lanceolata Grandiflora 
Pkt. 5c, oz. 50c. 
Lanceolata Grandiflora fl.-pl. 
Double-flowering 
habit to the above. 
semi-double. Splendid for cutting. Pkt. 10c, 
Double Early Flowering zeae 
to a height of about three feet, forming a per- 
, stems. They come about 65 per cent double 
{ from seed. Pkt. 10c, 2 oz. $1.25. 
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, % oz. 30c. ; : 
: Well-branched 
Klondyke Orange Flare cs eee 
tall, covered with showy golden orange flowers in 
profusely until frost. Pkt. 10c, 4% oz. 50c. 
Mammoth Hybridus 
Tall mixed. 
Pkt. Bei 
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Coix Lachrymae (Job’s Tears) ~ 
The seed is frequently used as an old-fashioned 
remedy for sore throat, goiter and teething babies. 
It is strung on a linen thread and worn around the 
neck as a chain. Pkt. 5c. ; 
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Cleome Pungens (Giant Spider Plant) 
The flowers are of a bright rose color. The long 
slender seed-pods are carried upon still longer 
stipules, giving the effect of a many-legged spider, 
with the bright bunch of flowers as the head. I 
grows freely from seed, thrives luxuriantly an 
blooms all summer. 
honey-producing plants. Pkt. 5c: 
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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 
They do well in sandy soil, Pkt. 10c. ~ ~ 4 
The 
yellow flowers of graceful 
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Coreopsis. 

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