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water must not be spared, and in the dwelling the atmosphere should be kept as moist as 

 practical. In the conservatory, that portion where the Camellias ai - e kept, must have the glass 

 shaded from the sun as soon in the spring as the plants start into growth, or else the leaves will 

 become spotted. Keep a lookout for Red Spider on the leaves ; these insects, although not 

 particularly troublesome to this plant, sometimes makes inroads upon them before we are 

 aware of their presence. 



CAMPANULA (Hardy Annuals and Perennials). 



The annual Campanulas are neat, free-flowering plants of small size; are useful for 

 massing. The colors are not bright, and range from white to rosy purple and blue ; should be 

 sown where they are to bloom. The hardy section includes the well-known Canterbury Bells 

 (Campanula Medium), which is readily grown from the seed, and other desirable sorts. 



CANDYTUFT (Hardy Annuals, Principally). 



The annual Candytuft is. one of the most useful plants that can be cultivated. It is grown 

 from the seed with ease, and in a remarkably short time after sowing, the plant will start 

 up and become completely covered with flowers, if the weather is warm. The same 

 plants will not flower freely during the entire summer, and it is better to sow several times 

 for succession, where an abundance of flowers are constantly desired. They will bloom until 

 after frosts. The flowers are pure white, and several shades of crimson, and lilac, and are very 

 suitable for bouquet-making. The seed may be sown very early in the spring. Thin out the 

 plants to be four or six inches apart. The Hardy Candytuft (Iberis Sempervirens) is a hardy 

 plant of spreading habit which produces an abundance of pure white flowers early in the spring. 

 It does not die to the ground in winter, and should be somewhat protected to keep the foliage 

 green ; may be propagated by layers. 



CANARY BIRD FLOWER. See Tropeeolum. 

 CANNA (Tender Bulbous Perennial). 



This is a genus of ornamental plants that are peculiarly adapted to the American climate. 

 They thrive with the greatest vigor, either if grown in pots or bedded in the garden, and 

 produce a stately tropical effect, with their broad massive foliage and beautiful flowers, under 

 the most ordinary treatment and care. The Canna is freely propagated by division of the roots 

 at planting time. During winter, the roots should be kept in sand in a dry cellar, or under 

 the bench in the conservatory. Only the least showy sorts come well from seed, the really 

 valuable varieties being shy seeders. 



C. Bicolor, a beautiful free-growing variety, with a blending of various shades of green in 

 the foliage. C. Giganteus Aurcantica, foliage yellowish green, of fine appearance and free- 

 growing habit. C. Indica, flowers scarlet, foliage green, free grower. C. Tricolor, is a variety 

 of recent introduction, and is very desirable as a compact grower three feet high, with beauti- 

 fully marked leaves. The stem, with the young terminal growth, and also leaf margins, are 

 tinted with red, making an elegant contrast to the general effect of the foliage, which is densely 

 streaked and mottled with creamy white. C. Warzewiczi, foliage striped with dark maroon- 

 like crimson and green, the leaves growing eighteen inches long from the stalk, and eight or 

 ten inches wide. I have measured clumps of this variety, grown from a single plant set out 

 in spring, that were by September over four feet high, with leaves extending two feet from the 

 center each way ; a superior variety. 



CARNATION MONTHLY OR TREE (Greenhouse Perennial, 27, jo, 8f). 



The Monthly Carnation I take pleasure in recommending to all cultivators of flowers, because 

 but few plants possessing its hardiness and ease of culture have so many rare qualities. It is a 

 rival of the Rose, the Japan Lily and other plants of equally high order. The flowers are delici- 

 ously fragrant, and possess, in the different varieties, colors unsurpassed in richness and beauty. 

 The plants if set in spring bloom abundantly all summer in the flower garden, and plants properly 

 prepared flower just as freely all during winter in the window or conservatory. For this latter 

 named purpose they should be grown in the garden until the middle of September, removing all 

 flower buds as they appear. (See Preparatory Treatment of Plants designed for Winter Flower- 

 ing, page 14.) Some varieties are better adapted for winter flowering than others. President 

 Degrau, Edwardsii, La Purity, De Fontaine and Valliant generally are preferred for this purpose. 

 In open ground plant not nearer than one foot apart ; they may be propagated from layers of 

 the branches or from cuttings. 



Edwardsii, pure white, large. De Fontaine, yellow ground, edged -with scarlet, white and 

 crimson ; extra. Fortuneii, crimson. La Purity, deep carmine, profuse and large flowering ; 

 very choice. Louise Lenoir, dark crimson. Louis Zeller, white. President Degrau, pure 

 white ; the best white for general purposes. Solferino, dark crimson scarlet. Valliant, small, 

 bright scarlet, profuse bloomer. Variegated La Purity, carmine and white. 



CARPET BAG OR MOCCASIN FLOWER. See Calceolaria. 



CELOSIA COCKSCOMB (Half-Hardy Annual). 

 A class of plants desirable in every collection on account of the singular and attractive 



