Farm and garden annual, spring 1906 . CURRIE BROTHERS CO. FARM AND GARDEN ANNUAL COCKSCOMB. GLASGOW PRIZE. CENTAUREA. The well-known cornflowers. CornBottle or Ragged Sailor, are perfect-ly hardy and can be sown in theopen ground during April or May; alight gravelly soil is the most suit-able. The Giant Flowering SweetSultans are really gigantic cornflow-ers, measuring from 3 to 4 inchesacross, but are much more decorativeand useful for cut flowers, whilemany are sweet scented. They areof the easiest cultivation, floweringfreely from outdoor sown seed. Sowin April or May. The white-leavedor Du
Farm and garden annual, spring 1906 . CURRIE BROTHERS CO. FARM AND GARDEN ANNUAL COCKSCOMB. GLASGOW PRIZE. CENTAUREA. The well-known cornflowers. CornBottle or Ragged Sailor, are perfect-ly hardy and can be sown in theopen ground during April or May; alight gravelly soil is the most suit-able. The Giant Flowering SweetSultans are really gigantic cornflow-ers, measuring from 3 to 4 inchesacross, but are much more decorativeand useful for cut flowers, whilemany are sweet scented. They areof the easiest cultivation, floweringfreely from outdoor sown seed. Sowin April or May. The white-leavedor Dusty Millers are much used forribboning beds and borders. GIANT FLOWERING SWEET SUL-TANS—Centaurea Imperialis. This is without doubt the best ofall the Centaureas or Sweet plants are strong and robustgrowers and produce noble flowers,borne on long, stout stems, whichare excellent for vases, bouquets, colors run through white, lilac,rose, purple, dark red and many oth-er tints, and all are deliciously fra-grant. H
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