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looking flowers ; and, if gathered when young, they are valuable for winter bouquets. 

 Plants of the Celosia flower freely if planted out in June in a warm, sheltered 

 situation. Grown in pots, they are the most elegant of greenhouse and conserva- 

 tory plants, where, with a little management, they may be had in flower the whole 

 winter, growing freely in rich loamy soil. Half-hardy annuals .... 25 



1900 Collinsia Verna. This is a most elegant plant, which, for freshness of its fine, half pure- 



white, and half tender-blue flowers, and the earliness of its blooming, deserves to 

 become a general favorite. Fine for pot-culture 25 



1901 Centaurea Moschata Atropurpurea. It agrees, in almost every point, with the 



variety hitherto cultivated ; but its tint is a deep purple, closely verging on crimson. 

 "The Gardener's Chronicle," Oct. 12, 1867, says, A very fine variety, and quite 

 distinct in color from any we have previously seen Instead of the pale purple 

 of the ordinary kind, this is of a deep, rich, port-wine color, rather paler in the 

 centre when fully blown. It is quite an acquisition among ornamental annuals." . .25 



1902 Centaurea Pseudo-Depressa. This plant is scarcely more than half the height of C. 



Depressa, and has much smaller seeds. The ray-florets are of a fine blue, the 

 central ones being of a reddish-purple 25 



1903 Species de Teneriffe. Herbaceous Compositae of i feet in height, with thick 



leaves, the edges of which are slightly spinous ; the flowers resemble those of 



C. Cyanus, but are much larger, and of a fine azure-blue 25 



1904 Cineraria Extra Choice Hybridised. Saved from Mr. W. Bull's superb collection 



of the best varieties in cultivation 50 



1905 Cerinthe Aspera. The finest species of Honeywort; produces an abundance of 



snowy, yellow flowers, the tube of which is black at its base. In general habit, it 

 closely agrees with the other species of the genus, but the seed is somewhat 

 larger 25 



1906 Cedronella Mexicana. A hardy, herbaceous plant, from Mexico, with a large, violet 



flower-spike, highly recommended for its sweet scent 25 



1907 Chrysanthemum Carinatum Hybridum fl. pi. The Chrysanthemum New Golden 



Double and Dunnettii fl. pi., offered to the trade last year, are completed by the 

 new varieties above. The flowers of the greater part of them are very double, 

 and will prove a fine acquisition ; the different shades of the flowers in orange, 

 scarlet, rose, and red-brown, are very pretty 25 



1908 Chenopodium Scoparium. A fine annual; very useful for edgings, on account of 



its dwarf, compact habit 25 



1909 Cucurbita Florida. A very useful gourd, on account of its curiously-shaped seeds 



and handsome fruit 50 



1910 Clarkia Elegans Alba Pura. The nearest approach to white in this section of Clarkias 



has heretofore been only a pale pink ; the variety now offered is a pure white, and 

 from its habit and color will be found a desirable novelty for mixed borders and 

 back-grounds 25 



1911 Integripetala Carnea, Tom Thumb. A delicate, flesh-colored variety of the 



whole-petalled section of Clarkias, with compact, Tom-Thumb habit . . . .25 



1912 Pulchella Marginata, Double. The most elegant Clarkia ever yet brought be- 

 fore the public ; the flowers are very double ; color, bright magenta ; the extremity 

 of each petal marked with a beautiful, broad, white margin. We offer this with 

 the greatest confidence, fully believing it will supersede all other varieties of 

 Clarkia, beautiful though they are, both as border-flowers, and also for making bou- 

 quets. This variety will not produce single or semi-double flowers . . . .25 



1913 Dianthus Heddewegii lilacina. Excellent for borders and little beds, and is to be 



highly recommended for its long continuance in bloom. The flowers produce a 

 fine effect by their pure lilac color 25 



1914 Delphinium Cardinale. A beautiful scarlet Delphinium i.oo 



1915 Desmodium Gyrans. This very curious sensitive plant attains, out of seeds, its 



maturity in the first season ; the small side leaflets move up and down all along. 



It is a very interesting plant for the close spectator of vegetable life . . . .50 



1916 Eschscholtzia Dentata bulphurea. . . . . . 25 



1917 Aurantiaca. This and the preceding are two new varieties of Eschscholt- 



zias, which are of great curiosity and importance ; they may be justly ranked as a 

 new section of Eschscholtzias. The flowers take the form of a Maltese cross, each 

 petal having its edges lapped upon itself, and is intersected by a mark of deeper 

 color running up the centre ; the edges are very curiously jagged or toothed. 

 From the peculiar construction of the petals, the blossoms of these varieties (un- 

 like all other Eschscholtzias) are always open 25 



1918 Crocea Striata. A striped Eschscholtzia is a great novelty. The color of the 



flower is composed of alternate stripes of deep orange and sulphur, from the base 



to the circumference of the petals, which produces a very elegant appearance . .25 



1919 Echmosistis Lobata. Of all the "Cucurbitacea," one of the best, beautiful, white, 



scented flowers, standing well out in clusters 50 



1920 Egg Plant, Green. Introduced by Mr. Bourret, from Thibet. A very fine fruit, 



often growing a foot in length 25 



1921 Ribtbrmed. A strong-growing variety, fine foliage, with a dark violet tint, 



about two inches in diameter ; the fruit, violet color, often attains the weight from 

 flowers 4 to 6 Ibs., ribbed-formed after the style of some kinds of melons . . .25 



1922 Erynqium Bromeliaafojium. Fine herbaceous plant, of which seed has been ob- 



tained for the first time / . . .50 



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