
Centaurea Cyanus (Bachelor Buttons) 
Centaurea 
To this family belong the well-known annuals, Bache- 
lor’s Button and Sweet Sultan, and also the plants known 
as Dusty Millers. 
315 Americana Lilac (Basket Flower). The plant grows 
3 feet tall and bears immense thistle-like blooms of 
rosy lavender color. Pkt., 10c; 44 oz., 25c. 
316 Americana Alba (Star Thistle). 3 feet. Large heads 
of double fluffy blooms, almost pure white. Pkt., 10c; 
Y% oz., 25c. 
316A Jubilee Gem. Dwarf compact plants, about 12 inches 
high, literally covered with dark but very vivid double 
blue flowers. Pkt., 10c; % oz., 35c; %4 oz., 60c. 
CYANUS (Bachelor’s Button or Cornflower) 
317 Double Blue. A selection of the old-fashioned Bache- 
lor Button, producing a large percentage of beautiful 
double blue flowers. 2 feet. Pkt., 10c; %4 oz., 20c; 
% oz., 35c. 
318 Double Blue Boy. Rich deep blue. Pkt., 10c; 14 oz., 
380c; % oz., 50c. 
318A Double Pinkie. 
4 oz., 50c. 
319 Double Red Boy. Deep red. Pkt., 10c; % oz., 30c; 
Y% oz., 50c. 
319A Double Snow Man. Pure white. Pkt., 10c; %4 oz., 30c; 
14 oz. 50c. 
320 Single and Double Mixed. Pkt., 10c; 
0z., 50c. 
Deep pink. Pkt., 10c; % oz., 30c; 
% oz., 25¢c; 
CENTAUREA (Sweet Sultan) 
321 Moschata (Common Sweet Sultan). 
Pkt., 10c; %4 oz., 25c. 
322 Suaveolens (Yellow Sweet Sultan). Pkt., 10c; % oz., 
25c; 4% oz., 40c. 
Mixed colors. 
IMPERIALIS (Royal Sweet Sultan) 
Improved type of Sweet Sultan. Both plants and flow- 
ers are larger than the common. 
323 Deep Lavender. Pkt., 10c; % oz., 30c. 
324 White. Pkt., 10c; % oz., 30c. 
325 Mixed Colors. Pkt., 10c; % oz., 25c. 

WHITE-LEAVED CENTAUREAS (Dusty Miller) f 
Half-hardy perennials which are grown annually from 
their seed for their foliage only. Used with other foliage 
and flowering bedding plants. 
326 Candidissima. Yellow, silvery foliage. 1 foot. Pkt., 
10c; % oz., 35c. 
327 Gymnocarpa. Lavender, silvery white foliage; of 
graceful, drooping habit. 1% ft. Pkt., 10c; %4 oz., 30c. 
Chinese Woolflower (Celosia Childsi) 
Large globular heads like balls of wool chenille. The 
plants, 2 to 8 feet in height, branch freely, each branch 
terminating with a flower-head. Blooms from early sum- 
mer to frost. 
329C Mixed Colors. Pkt., 10c; 1% 0z., 35c. 
Chrysanthemum 
Free-flowering plants of branching habit, grow freely 
from seed, and are of easy culture, very desirable for 
cutting. Hardy annual. 1 to 1% feet. 
330 Single (Painted Daisies). Mixed colors. 
Y% oz., 20c; oz., 60c. 
331 Evening Star. Covered with bright golden yellow 
single flowers. Pkt., 10c; 4% 0z., 20c. 
333 Northern Star. White, with yellow ring, dark eye. 
Pkt., 10c; 14 oz., 20c. 
Clarkia 
Beautiful hardy annual of easy culture. Blossoms are 
borne in profusion on long graceful sprays. Fine for 
cutting. 2 feet. 
338 Single and Double Mixed. Pkt., 10c; 14 0z., 25c. 
Pkt., 10c; 
Cleome—” Giant Spider Plant” 
343 Pink Queen. A showy garden annual producing curi- 
ous heads of flowers of clear soft pink color with long 
antenna-like stamens. 4 to 5 feet. Pkt., 10c; 14 0z., 30c. 
Cobaea Scandens or Cathedral Bells 
345. Rapid growing climbers with large purple bell- 
shaped flowers. 20 to 30 feet. Pkt., 10c; %4 oz., 30c. 
Coix Lachryma (Job‘s Tears) 
347. An ornamental grass growing from 7 to 9 feet high. 
Large, broad leaves bearing large shiny seed. Pkt., 10c; 
% oz., 25c. 

Centaurea Moschata (Sweet Sultan) 

36 Annual Seeds 
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