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INSTRUCTIONS FOR GROWING 
Use any good rich garden soil, any soil that will grow good potatoes is suitable. 
DO NOT use commercial fertilizer or soil where commercial fertilizer has been used the 
year before. Soil enriched with old rotten cow manure is the best. It has. been found 
that the commercial fertilizers make the combs or flower-heads break formation and 
grow rank. 
Prepare soil deep and fine. 
Scatter seed thin and in rows, and press down firmly with hands or a board. A regular 
garden seeder with a roller attached is sufficient. Do not cover seed otherwise. 
The seed is very quick in germinating when the ground becomes warm. For the north- 
ern part of the United States seed may be planted any time after the 15th of April. Cold 
and freezing weather will not hurt the seed as they will not sprout until the ground be- 
comes warm. 
Thin plants out to stand 10 to 12 inches apart, or they can be transplanted very easily 
if this is done before they are 6 inches high. 
Seed may be started in any good greenhouse soil and transplanted outdoors after danger 
of frost is passed. 
TRADE MARK REG. 
Instructions for Drying Gilbertia Celosia. 
Flowers may be cut at any growing stage. Strip off leaves, hang head downward in a 
very dry, warm, dark place. Do not let flower heads touch. Allow to dry two weeks. 
Any chaff may then be carefully rubbed off and the flowers ready for use. 
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CELOSIA GARDENS 
48 East Davis Street 
GALESBURG, ILLINOIS 
