Double Cornflowers or Bachelor’s Buttons 
bia Centaurea cyanus. 
flower having larger, more double flowers with more vivid 
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. 
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 
Centaurea Cyanus (Double Cornflowers) sowing, place the seed edgewise and merely cover with light 
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bloomers often to prevent the plants from exhausting them- 
selves by seeding. Also called Blue Bottle, Ragged Robin and © 
3313 Double Mixed. In recent years this old-time annual has — 
been much improved. The plants are graceful in habit and — 
are quite large, borne on long stems and are of bell shape. In © 
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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 12 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 piegeeres ag striped and mottled. Novel 
Annual. 2 to 3 ft. July to Frost. Radically different : 
from Celosia Cristata. The feathery plumes resem- COREOPSIS Tickseed 
paue ostrich feathers wave gracefully above the Hardy Perennial. 2 ft. Jun =.October ; 
oliage. i. : 
3010 Chinese Woodflower. Mixed, Ball-shaped flower a eae eae ae ae We Enea rer 
heads. Ba 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 
red carmine, deep scarlet, wine red, golden yellow, flowers of a brilliant golden yellow. q 
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. 144 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 
of the home. Although a perennial, the pods are es _ He 
produced the same year from Spring sown seeds. Annual Chrysanthemum (Painted Daisies) 
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