



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. 
Imperialis Mixed An excellent sweet 
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 fi. 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, 4 oz. 30c, oz. 50c. 

Celosia, Castle Gould 
Alneer’s Flower Seeds will please the critical gardener. 




TINS SY : 
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. 10c, oz. 50c. 
Glow (Golden 
Baby Golden 
A most charming annual, growing 
Queen) 
; 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 3 in. and more in diameter. 
Blooms profusely during September and October. 
COSMOS 
Beautiful summer and fall blooming annuais, 
4 to 6 ft. tall. They are decorative in the 
cute 
in any well. 
garden and furnish masses of artistic 
culture 
flowers. Of easiest 
drained soil, 

Double Cosmos 
Double Early Flowering = 7 hese 
toa 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. 
tall. Plant in rich soil. Pkt, 20c. 

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- 
Chinese Forget-Me- quets. Highly desirable as blue 
Not flowers of this shade are scarce, 
CELOSIA Seige 
(Cockscomb.) 3 
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. 
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. 10c, Y oz. 35c. 
‘Chinese Woolflower  ({Celosia_ Childsii). 
+ ‘ The flowers are bali- 
shaped and resemble a ball of wool. Sow outdoors 
the latter part of April. Mixed. Pkt. 10c. z 



Clarkia 
Single, 

oz. $1.00. 
Coreopsis 
Lanceolata Grandiflora 
golden yellow flowers of graceful 
form. Pkt. 10c, oz. 50c. 
Lanceolata Grandiflora fl.-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, % oz. $1.25. 
° : = The earli- 
Extra-Early Giant Sensation 7he 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 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, Y4 oz. 50c. 
1 Tall mixed. Pkt. 10c. 
Mammoth Hybridus api eres 

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 
auickly and flower from July to October. 
COREOPSIS 
One of our most popular perennials. 
attractive flowers are borne in 
fusion and are excellent for cutting. 
They do well in sandy soil. Pkt. 10c. 
The 
great pro- 
Coreopsis. Similar in 
Flowers double and 
Clarkia 

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