Double Cornflowers or Bachelor’s Buttons 
Centaurea cyanus 
Annual, 2 to 3 ft. May to Frost. A perfected strain of Corn- 
flower having larger, more double flowers with more vivid 
coloring and strong, wiry stems for cutting. Cut these profuse 
bloomers often to prevent the plants from exhausting them- 
selves by seeding. Also called Blue Bottle, Ragged Robin and 
Ragged Sailor. 
3070 Black Boy. Blackish maroon. ; 
3072 Blue Boy. Cornflower blue. 
3074 Pinkie. Deep pink. 
3076 Red Boy. Deep red. 
3078 Snow Man. Pure white. 
3109 Double Mixed. 
CLARKIA ; 
Annual. 2 ft. July-October. : 
3313 Double Mixed. In recent years this old-time annual has 
been much improved. The plants are graceful in habit and 
bushy, with leafy racemes of double flowers. 
COBAEA Cup and Saucer Vine 
Annual Climber. 20 ft. July-October 
3343 Scandens Purple. A climber of rapid growth. The flowers 
are quite large, borne on long stems and are of bell shape. In 
sowing, place the seed edgewise and merely cover with light 
soil. To get early results, sow seed indoors in 
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Centaurea Cyanus (Double Cornflowers) 
CELOSIA CRISTATA Cockscomb March or April; can also be sown outdoors in May. 
Annual. 1 to 1% ft. July to Frost. Free-blooming, 
graceful plants, producing large ornamental, comb- COLEUS Flame Nettle 
like heads resembling ruffled chenille. Tender Perennial 1% ft. June to Frost 
2987 Giant Empress, Rich crimson. 3387 Mixed. The most valuable of all the variegated 
3009 Dwarf Mixed. foliage bedding plants. The colors range from 
CELOSIA PLUMOSA Feathered Cockscomb Proce Hen: unson, striped ane 
Annual, 2 to 3 ft. July to Frost. Radically different 
from Celosia Cristata. The feathery plumes resem- COREOPSIS Tickseed 
bling ostrich feathers wave gracefully above the Hardy Perennial. 2 ft. June-Octaber 
foliage. ae ; 
3010 Chinese Woodflower. Mixed. Ball-shaped flower s eaniale ooo ee ape 
heads. , : 
golden-yellow flowers on long stems, This is one 
3033 Pride of Castle Gould. By far the best strain of the best yellow cut flowers. It will flower the 
of the large ostrich-plumed Celosias with flower- first year from seed, 
heads in a wide range of brilliant colors—Blood 3412 Double Sunburst. Double with well-rounded 
flowers of a brilliant golden yellow. 
red carmine, deep scarlet, wine red, golden yellow, 
salmon and dark orange. 
3044 Plumosa Mixed. 
CHEIRANTHUS Siberian Wallflower 
Biennial. 9 to 12 in. May-June 
3234 Allionii—Siberian Wallflower. A bright and | 
showy biennial having flaming orange-yellow 
flowers. Delightfully sweet-scented. 
CHRYSANTHEMUM Painted Daisies 
Annual. 14% ft. June-September, Summer blooming 
Chrysanthemums are showy and effective in the 
garden. The plants are easily grown from seed. Sow 
in April in rich soil and they begin flowering in July. 
Pinch back to encourage branching. They bear an 
inexhaustible supply of big painted daisy-like flow- 
ers on good stems and quite distinct from the hardy 
and autumn flowering varieties, 
3203 Single Mixed. 
3204 Double Mixed. 
CHINESE LANTERN PLANT 
Physalis Franchetti 
Hardy Perennial. 2 ft, Fruit in Fall 
3238 This beautiful plant is grown chiefly for the 
orange-scarlet lantern-like fruit, which can be cut 
and dried for Winter bouquets. Native Bitter- 
Sweet, artistically arranged with Chinese Lan- 
terns, adds to the Winter decoration and comfort a 4 
of the home. Although a perennial, the pods are AS : 
produced the same year from Spring sown seeds. Annual Chrysanthemum (Painted Daisies) 
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