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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. 
ialy 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, 
Cy anus fl. pl.) and produce continuously 
large double blooms on long stems throughout 
the summer and fall. Fine for beds, borders and 
cutting. Also called Bluet, Blue Bottle, Ragged 
Sailor, Ragged Robin and Bachelor’s Button. 
Mixed Pkt. 10c, 2 oz. 30c, oz. 50c. 

Celosia, Castle Gould Chinese Forget-Me- quets. Highly desirable as blue 
Not flowers of this shade are scarce, 
CELOSIA Pit Toe 
(Cockscomb.) 
Celosia (Pride of Castle Gould) 
This new ostrich plume celosia is an entirely distinct 
type. The plant grows pyramidal 
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. 
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, % oz. 35c. 
(Celosia Childsii). 
Chinese Woolflower tae petty cons 
shaped and resemble a ball of wool. Sow outdoors 
the latter part of April. Mixed. Pkt. 10c. 
and compact ° 
Alneer’s Flower Seeds will please the critical gardener. 
Chrysanthemums 
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Annual Varieties Mixed sa colors 
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appearance of being laid on with a brush; for 
this reason they are sometimes called “‘Painted 
Mixed annual varieties, easily grown. 
Daisies.” 
Pkt. 5c, oz. 30c. 
Baby Golden Glow 
supply of cut flowers. Pkt. 10c. 
Hardy Garden Chrysanthemum 
A marvelous strain with large, single and semi- 
in diameter. 
double flowers 3 in. and more 
Blooms profusely during September and October. 
It is perfectly hardy and grows from 2 to 8 ft. 
tall. Plant in rich soil. Pkt. 10c. 



CHINESE 
$  FORGET-ME-NOT 
(Cynoglossum amabile) 
annual of the easiest culture, 
forming strong, 
18 inches high and producing, 
through the summer months, 
sprays of intense blue forget- 
me-not-like flowers. Unsur- 
passed for massed blue bou- 
Clarkia 
form. 

Coreopsis 
oz. $1.00. 

the 
(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 
-Klondyke Orange Flare 
An 
bushy plants . 
COREOPSIS 
One of our most popular perennials. 
attractive flowers are borne in great pro- 
fusion and are excellent coe cutting. 
Lanceolata Grandiflora 
Single, golden yellow’ flowers of graceful 
Pkt. 5c, oz. 50c. 
Lanceolata Grandiflora fl.-pl. 
Double-flowering 
, habit to the above. 
semi-double. Splendid for cutting. ‘Pkt. 10c, 

COSM OS” 
Beautiful summer and fall blooming annuals, 
4 to 6 ft. tall. They are decorative in the 
garden and furnish masses of artistic cut- 
flowers. Of easiest culture in any well. 
drained soil. “ae ; 

Double Cosmos — 
4 These 
Double Early Flowering apete 
to a height of about three feet, forming a per- 
fect bush, massed with bloom, bearing beau-. 
tiful double flowers of good size, on long 
stems. They come about 65 per cent double 
from seed. Pkt. 10c, Y oz. $1.25, 
Extra-Early Giant Sensation The carli; 
Cosmos blooming several weeks ahead of any other. 
Has truly marvelous blooms of exceptional size and 
artistic well-rounded form. A most outstanding new 
type. 3 to 4 ft. - 
Sensation Mixed. Pkt. 10c. 
Dazzler. Deep amaranth crimson. Pkt. ‘10c. 
Well- branched 
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, YY oz. 50c. 
Mammoth Hybridus Pkt. 5c, 
Tall mixed. 
YA, oz. 25c.. 

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. 
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. 
grows freely from seed, thrives luxuriantly and 
blooms all summer. It is also one of the very best 
honey-producing plants. Pkt. 5c. 
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 . 
quickly and flower from July to October. 7 
They do well in sandy soil. Pkt. 10c. 
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Coreopsis. 
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