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size. Profusion, deep blush. Queen of Lilac, light lilac. Rosy Queen, early, delicate rose, fine. 

 Virgin Queen, snow white, very desirable (see Fig. 39). Webb's Queen, lilac. White Tre- 

 venna, pure white, medium size. 



POMPONE, OR SMALL FLOWERING CHRYSANTHEMUMS. Alex. Peel, cinnamon. Apollo, 

 brilliant crimson. Boule Blanche, globe shape, white. Bould de Neige, white, yellow center. 

 Condrillion, yellow, profuse. Crouchon, ruby red, excellent. Fairy Nymph, pure white. lona, 

 rosy lilac. Jonas, crimson and yellow. La Brazier, deep bronze. Lilac Gem, very dwarf, fine 

 habit. Mignonette, rosy pink. Prince Albert of Prussia, white, fimbriated. Roi des Lilliputs, 

 purple, white tipped. Rosabelle, deep rosy crimson. 



JAPANESE CHRYSANTHEMUMS. These are noted for their varied forms and markings, 

 together with the enormous size which some of the varieties assume. Grandifiora Japonica, 

 straw color, fringed. Madam Chapon, orange and yellow plated petals. Richesse, crimson. 



CIGAR PLANT. See Cuphea Platycentra. 

 CINERARIA (Greenhouse Perennial, 33, 45, jf). 



In late winter and early spring, few plants in our conservatories present a more attractive 

 appearance than do the Cinerarias when at their height of beauty, bearing an immense crop of 

 bright, cheerful flowers, in clusters, boldly above the large, somewhat coarse looking, leaves. 

 They are a capital class of plants for winter culture in a cool greenhouse, making a rapid 

 growth ; usually reared from seeds sown at any time from July to September. The culture 

 suited to the Herbaceous Calceolarias (which see) will answer fully for the Cineraria, and any 

 person may expect to be successful with their culture in the conservatory, also in the window, 

 if a moist atmosphere can be sustained and they are kept near the light. 



CISSUS DISCOLOR (Greenhouse Perennial, 45, 65, 90). 



A climber, with leaves beautifully shaded with dark green, purple and white, the upper 

 surface of the leaf having a rich, velvet-like appearance. The plant requires a continual high 

 temperature to develop the beautiful coloring of leaves, and there will be little use of attempting 

 its culture unless this can be provided, and with this and other favorable conditions no plant in 

 cultivation can exceed the rare beauty of its foliage. 



CLARKIA (Hardy Annual). 



Plants of considerable beauty for the garden that are easily reared from seed, which may 

 be sown directly where they are to flower, either early in the spring or in August and September, 

 by protecting the young seedlings, with a slight covering of straw or litter, which must be removed 

 early the following spring. The flowers are attractive in form and color, with double and single 

 varieties. They attain the greatest perfection in spring and autumn, as the hot sun of summer 

 interferes somewhat with their development. 



COBCEA SCANDENS (Greenhouse Perennial, JS, 55> & '). 



An excellent climbing plant, grown from seed or increased by layering, that is, perhaps, 

 more generally useful than any other, being suitable for the conservatory, the window or the 

 open air, but it requires careful management. The plants produce large, bell-shaped flowers 

 freely in the open ground, but are rather shy in this respect when cultivated in pots, although 

 their growth is satisfactory, and the foliage endures the confined heat of the dwelling admirably. 

 When planted in a border, either in the conservatory or in a sheltered place out doors, the 

 growth made by well established plants is enormous, having been known to reach a length 

 of two hundred feet in one season. The seed require care in starting, which must be done in 

 heat. Until the young plants appear, water very lightly only enough to keep the soil from 

 getting entirely dry. The Coboea delights in a warm, sandy soil. 



COCCOLOBA PLATYCLADA (Greenhouse Perennial, 33, 50, 83). 



A singular looking pot or bedding plant of fern-like, angular growth. It is readily grown, 

 under most any circumstances, being also suitable for cultivating in ferneries, and is not out of 

 place in a hanging basket. On account of its grotesque appearance, it will be admired where 

 many flowering plants would scarcely attract attention. Propagates from cuttings. 



COCKSCOMB. See Celosia. 

 COLEUS (Greenhouse Perennial, 40, 60, 90). 



This family possesses 'the most remarkable, varied and striking colors in their foliage 

 of any plants in cultivation which are susceptible of being grown and propagated with equal 

 ease. There is one condition, however, that is absolutely essential to its growth or even 

 its existence, which is a high temperature, and where this is present, it will grow with the 

 greatest freedom, either in the open air, the window or conservatory, and form strong plants of 

 remarkable beauty in a very short space of time. The cultivator, meditating over a bed of beau- 

 tiful Coleus in midsummer, each one of which has sprung up to form a large plant, from the 

 small-sized one set out, perhaps, the first of June, can hardly realize that all this beauty is 

 destined to fall under the first stroke of frost, be it ever so slight, to which it may be exposed 

 later in the season. It is on account of this rapid growth, and withal their great beauty, that 



