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OOSMIAJVTHTJS. NAT. ORD., Hydrophyllacea. 

 A neat little plant, with prettily fringed flowers of a somewhat spreading habit. 



420 Cosmanthus Fimbriatus. Lilac and white. Hardy annual; from North- America. 



x foot .............. $0.05 



COSMIII>rcnM:. NAT. ORD., Composite. 



421 Cosmidium Burridgeanum. An elegant annual; grows about two feet high, with 



beautiful Coreopsis-like flowers, with remarkable rich crimson, brown utatre, 

 and golden-orange, yellow border. Admirably adapted for brilliant-colored 

 groups or marginal lines ............ 10 



COSMDELA.. NAT. ORD., Composita. 



422 Cosmea Grandiflora. A hardy annual, with large lilac flowers of Dahlia form. 2 feet .05 



423 Atropurpurea. Purplish-crimson. 2 feet ......... 05 



COIX. NAT. ORD., Graminacece. 



424 Coix Lachryma (Job's Tears). A very curious ornamental grass, having seeds which 



have the appearance of large tears ; from East Indies ....... 05 



COWSH.II*. NAT. ORD., Primulacea. 



Favorite, early, free-flowering plants, which should be extensively grown for filling the 

 beds and borders of spring flower-gardens. Hardy perennial. 



425 Cowslip, New Giant. Mixed ; very large. Three-quarters foot ...... 10 



426 - Fine mixed. From Britain. Three-quarters foot ....... 05 



OUOTJMTS (ORNAMENTAL CUCUMBER). NAT. ORD., Cucurbitacea. 



A most interesting tribe of plants, remarkable for luxuriance and rapidity of growth, 

 which, if the soil be rich, is truly marvellous. Treat the same as the cucumber, and train 

 against a wall or trellis, or in any way that may be desired. Cucumis Flexupsus, commonly 

 known as the Snake Cucumber, is most singularly interesting in its fruit. Half-hardy 

 annuals. 



427 Cucumis Acutangulus. Curious forms ........... 10 



428 - Aradac. Fruit small, growing in pairs ; yellow ........ jo 



429 - Dipsacus. Pale-yellow; Teasle-like; fine ......... 10 



430 - Flexuosus (Snake Cucumber). Very peculiar, growing three feet long . . . .10 



431 Melochito. Variegated; brown and yellow ......... 10 



432 - Meduliferus. Scarlet and thorny ........... 10 



433 Mixed. The above mixed ........... 10 



OUOTJUISITA. (ORNAMENTAL GOURDS). NAT. ORD., Cucwrbitacete. 



The tribe of Cucurbita or Gourds are well known as producing some of the most curiously 

 shaped of all fruits, and being, like the Cucumis, of extremely rapid growth, are very desira- 

 ble for covering trellis- work of arbors, &c., the varied and fantastic forms of the fruit add- 

 ing a peculiar charm to the luxuriance of the foliage. 



434 Cucurbita Digitaia. A rapid grower, with fine-cut foliage marbled with white. The 



fruits are a beautiful dark-green striped with white. A splendid variety . . .25 



435 - Leucantha Longissima. A curious variety, from four to six feet long . . . .10 



436 - Melopepo Variegata. A small variety ; green and yellow ...... 10 



437 - - Maxima. Green and yellow ........... 10 



438 - Powder-horn. Powder-horn-shaped .......... jo 



439 - Mixed. Above varieties mixed ........ . . .10 



(For other varieties, see Gourds.) 



CTHEnEJA.. NAT. ORD., Lythracea. 



A highly ornamental and exceedingly beautiful genus of profuse-blooming plants, tqnally 

 valuable for the ornamentation of the flower house, drawing-room, and flower-garden. If 

 sown early, they can be used for bedding-plants the first year. 



440 Cuphea Galcottiana. A new species, with flowers nearly black ; remarkable . . .35 

 44 1 Platycentra. Well-known variety ; flowers scarlet, black, and white ; fine for pot- 



culture ................ 10 



442 Strygulosa (coarse-haired). Scarlet and yellow ........ 10 



443 - Silenoides. Dark crimson-brown ; a fine variety. Half-hardy annual . . .10 



444 Zirnapani. A new variety, with large violet-red flowers ...... 25 



