





- 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. 
Imperialis Mixed 42 excellent sweet 
: scented variety, also 
ealled 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, 
ene fl. pl.) and produce continuously 
large double blooms on long stems throughout 
the summer and fall. Fine for keds, borders and 
cutting. Also called Bluet, Blue Bottle, Ragged 
Sailor, Ragged Robin and Bachelor’s Button. 
Mixed Pkt. 10c, 4 oz. 30c, oz. 50c. ; 






BL Ay 
- CELOSIA 
me ~ (Cockscomb.) j 
4 
- 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 
und intense colors of plumes, with beautiful foliage 
are greatly admired by all where ever shown. 
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Ba ype mae ° 
he Celosia Cristata (Cockscomb) 
~ Magni cent free flowering, graceful growing plants, 
__ very showy and fine. Sow seed in house in April; 
transplant outdoors in May in a sunny place. Half 
5 annuals. Finest mixed. Pkt. 10c, 2 oz. 35c. 
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(Celosia Childsii). 
Sttuon. * 5 ' The flowers are ball- 
d and resemble a ball of wool. Sow outdoors 
atter part of April. Mixed. Pkt. 10c._ 
Chrysanthemums 

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. 10c, oz. 50c. 
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. 15c. 
Hardy Garden Chrysanthemum 
A marvelous strain with large, single and semi- 
double flowers 8 in. and more in diameter. 
Blooms profusely during September and October. 
Alneer’s Flower Seeds will please the critical gardener. zs 31 
COSMOS 
Beautiful summer and fall blooming annuats, 
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. 

Double Cosmos 
Double Early Flowering These 
to a height of about three feet, forming a per- 
fect bush, massed with bloom, bearing beau- 
It is perfectly hardy and grows from 2 to 8 ft. 
Plant in rich soil. 
tall. Pkt. 20c. 



CHINESE 
vA EORGET-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- 
ge / passed for massed blue bou- 
Eerasie, Castle Gould Chinese Forget-Me- uets. Highly desirable as blue 
; ot flowers of this shade are scarce. 
Pkt. .15c. 
Clarkia 
Single, 

Coreopsis 
oz. $1.00. 


Lanceolata Grandiflora 
golden yellow flowers of graceful 
form. Pkt. 10c, oz. 50c. 
Lanceolata Grandiflora fi.-pl. 
Double-flowering 
habit to the above. 
semi-double. Splendid for cutting. Pkt. 15c, 
tiful double flowers of good size, on long 
stems. They come about 65 per cent double 
from seed. Pkt. 15c, Y oz. $1.25. 
Extra-Early Giant Sensation The carl; 
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. 15c. 
Dazzler. Deep amaranth crimson. Pkt. 15c. 
Well-branched 
Klondyke Orange Flare Well brapenes 
tall, covered with showy golden orange flowers in 
about 8 months from seed, and continue to bloom 
profusely until frost. Pkt. 10c, Y% oz. 50c. 
eae 
1 Tall mixed. Pkt. 10c. 
Mammoth Hybridus Diese 

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. 10c. ~ 
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. It 
grows freely from seed, thrives luxuriantly and 
blooms all summer. It is also one of the very best 
honey-producing plants. Pkt. 10c. 
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. 
COREOPSIS 
One of our most popular perennials. 
attractive flowers are borne in great pro- 
fusion and are excellent for cutting. 
They do well in sandy soil. Pkt. 10c. 
The 
Coreopsis. Similar in 
Flowers double and 
Clarkia 

