CHRYSANTHEMUM - 
Showy flowers of easiest culture and fine for cutting. Sow seed outdoors in May and thin plants to 
10 inches apart for bloom all summer. Pinch in early growth. For earlier flowers sow the seed 
indoors in March and transplant in May. For Hardy Varieties see Shasta Daisy in Perennial List. 
Coronarium, Double, Mixed. Pkt. 10c; Yoz. 30c; oz. $1 
These make vigorous, rapid growth, beginning to bloom twelve weeks from seed. Strong, 3 to 4-foot plants, with 
very double, full-centered flowers, on long stems, in cream, Iemon, buttercup, golden and bronzy yellow. 
Carinatum, Merry Mixed. ; _ Pkt. 15c; Moz, 50c; oz. $1.50 
In two months the 2-foot plants bear, on strong stems, a great profusion of daisy-like flowers, in entirely new 
color combinations with two zones of contrasting colors encircling the center disc. 
CLARKIA 
Very effective in the garden and for cutting. It does best where summers are not too hot, and thrives 
in poor, sandy or ashy soil in shady locations. Sow outdoors mn April, or for earlier flowers start in 
March indoors in pots of poor soil, transferring in the pots to the garden bed in May. 
Elegans, Double, Mixed. Pkt. 15c; 14oz. 60c 
Long, graceful sprays of double flowers resembling cherry blossoms, coming in beautiful soft shades of many 
colors. The 2-foot plants make very attractive beds and if the sprays are cut before they mature they last well. 
CLEOME 
Spider Flower. An excellent background subject for the rear of the flower border or in bold groups. 
Giant Pink Queen. Pkt. 15c; oz. 40c; oz. 65c 
All-America Winner. A new true pink variety blooming from June to frost from seed sown early. Free from insects 
and disease. Height 4 feet. 
COSMOS 
These beautiful, feathery-foliaged plants produce an abundance of artistic cut-flowers in summer and 
fall. They are easy to grow, preferrmg a rather light soil, and should be pinched back when a foot high 
to encourage branching. For early flowers, start the seed in March m a warm temperature. The 
seed may be sown in the open ground after warm weather sets in, thinning to allow ample room. 
Dwarf Early, Mixed. Pkt. 10c; Moz. 25c; oz. 75c 
Large flowers, 3 inches across, on vigorous, 4-foot plants in July. The flowers rival the size of the 
late varieties, but mature more than four weeks earlier. 
Early Double, Mixed. Pkt. 20c; Yoz. 65c; Woz. $1.10 
The 4-foot bushy plants are massed with double flowers, like anemone-flowered chrysanthemums, 11% to 2 inches 
across, In July. They will come about 65 per cent double. 
Orange Flare. _Pkt. 10c; Yoz. 35c 
All-America Winner. Masses of vivid orange blooms in Iess than four months from seed, produced on long stems, 
but the plants grow only 3% feet high. It likes full sun and flowers should be cut when newly opened. 
Sensation, Dazzler. k : Pkt. 15c; Woz. 50c 
Huge flowers of the true Sensation type in deep crimson-red on long stems. Excellent for cutting. 
Sensation, Radiance. Pkt. 15c; j;0z. 40c; Yoz. $1.10 
All-America 1948. This new variety is the first bicolor Cosmos to be offered. The large flowers over 4 inches across 
have deep rose overlapping petals with a well-defined crimson center zone. 
Sensation, Mixed. Pkt. 15ce; oz. 50c 
All-America Winner. These are huge flowers 4 to 5 inches across, in white, crimson and pink shades, with broad, 
heavy, fluted petals which slightly overlap. They are produced on Jong, strong stems in 10 weeks from seed, on 
heavily foliaged 4-foot plants. They should be spaced 3 feet apart and disbudded to produce largest flowers. 
CUPHEA 
Cigar Plant. Seed started indoors in March produces excellent plants for spring. These set in the 
garden in May, are unexcelled for bedding and bloom throughout the summer. 
Avalon Hybrids. 4 : \ : Pkt. 20c; 75 oz. 75c 
One of the newer season-long flowering annuals with curious butterfly-like flowers in lavender, lilac, pmk, mauve, 
crimson, scarlet and white on 20-inch plants. 
CYNOGLOSSUM 
Chinese Forget-me-not. A showy, free-flowering annual of the easiest culture and very attractive. 
Firmament. Pkt. 15c; Woz. 35c; oz. 60c 
All-America Winner. A new dwarf type with bushy, compact, 15-inch plants smothered with bright, rich blue 
flowers throughout spring and summer. Excellent for cutting, for beds, and particularly for rock-gardens. 
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