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NAT. ORD., Palmaceee. 



325 Chamaerops Humilis (Fan Palm). A very ornamental palm, from six to ten feet high, 



and highly effective either for decorating the conservatory in winter, or the laim 

 in summer. It is so hardy it may be easily wintered in the cellar . . $0.10 



CPIEIVOI > OI>ITJM:. NAT. ORD., Chenopodiacea. 



326 Chenopodium Atriplicis. Flowers small, clustered, covered, as well as the young 



leaves and shoots, with a glittering, purple meal, which renders the plant very 

 ornamental. Hardy annual. 3 feet .......... T O 



CHEILOIVE. NAT. ORD., Scrophulariacece. 



An elegant summer-flowering, hardy herbaceous plant, adapted for a bed, group, or mass, 

 with erect, slender, attenuated flower-stems rising two or three feet in height, having 

 racemes of a bright-scarlet, Pentstemon-like flower-tubes, from one to two inches in length, 

 forming a beautiful and effective object in borders, pleasure-grounds, &c. Hardy pe- 

 rennial. 



327 Chelone Barbata. Scarlet ; from Mexico. 3 feet ......... 05 



328 - Coccinea. Brilliant-scarlet Pentstemon-like flowers ; beautiful. 2 feet . . .10 



NAT. ORD., Gentian*. 



A novelty of considerable promise, with glossy, oblong, handsome foliage, and a profusion 

 of bright-yellow flowers. Half-hardy annual. 



329 Chlora Grandiflora. A new annual, highly recommended, i^ feet 



OHILOIIIS. NAT. ORD., Gramineee. 



A fine species : singularly elegant perennial 

 flower-scapes or stems, having slender flower-s 

 extremities of each scape like the concentric spokes of a wheel. 



330 Chloris Radiata. From East India, i foot .......... IO 



rly elegant perennial grass, nine to twelve inches in height, with 

 ving slender flower-spikes or rachis radiating horizontally from the 

 like the concentric spokes of a wheel. Half-hardy annual. 



NAT. ORD., Graminea. 

 Very pretty ornamental grass, suitable for dried bouquets. Hardy annual. 



331 Chrysurus Aureus. From Levant. Half foot ........ .05 



CHT1VE@E IPMIMGROSE (PRIMULA). NAT. ORD., Primulace*. 



A charming, profuse-flowering plant, indispensable for winter and spring decoration, and 

 a universal favorite. Our seeds are selected with great care from one of the finest collections 

 in Europe. Greenhouse perennial. 



332 Chinese Primrose, Purple. Half foot ........... 25 



333 - - White. Half foot ......... . . [ 25 



334 - - Fringed. Purple ; saved from only finest-fringed flowers . . . . .25 



335 White. Same as above 



25 



335 Rose-striped. Bright rose-striped 25 



337 Fringe-striped. White, striped with red 25 



338 Kermesina Splendens. New and rare, flowers very large, bright velvet- 

 like and crimson, with yellow ye. Half foot 50 



339 Grandiflora. This is one of the finest ; flowers large, various colors, beau- 

 tifully fringed ; saved from prize flowers. Half foot 50 



340 Erecta Superba. A fine, new, erect-growing variety, with bright rose-col- 

 ored flowers. Three-quarters foot 50 



341 Macrophyilla. Remarkable new variety, with long, massive foliage, and 



beautiful large flowers, of great substance, beautiful form, and finely fringed, of a 

 rich purplish-carmine, with pentagonal, large yellow eye, surrounded by a brown 

 zone ; very conspicuous and splendid acquisition ; comes true from seed . . .50 



342 Good, Mixed 25 



342 Extra, Mixed. All the best varieties mixed 50 



CHOIiOZE^i:^. NAT. ORD., Leguminosex. 



A splendid profuse-flowering genus of shrubs, whose rich-colored blossoms and graceful 

 habits render them remarkably effective objects for conservatory or greenhouse decoration ; 

 succeed best in sandy peat and loam. Greenhouse shrubs. 

 343 Chorozema, Mixed. Including several fine varieties . .25 



