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Coleus. A well known foliage plant for pot 

 culture or bedding. It was used very extensively at one 

 time in ornamental bedding and ribbon borders, but owing 

 to its being tender has lost in favor, and its place is 

 largely taken by other plants. Cuttings root very readily. 

 It may also be grown from seed, although the types have 

 not become fixed, and a large number of differently marked 

 plants may be had from the same packet. This would not 

 be a drawback in the window- garden, unless a uniform 

 effect is wished. Sow the seed in gentle heat in March. 

 Make new plants from cuttings each year, and throw the 

 old ones away. 



Collards. This is a name given to a kind of 

 kale, used when young as greens ; also to young cabbages 

 used in the same way. The seed of any early cabbage 

 may be sown thickly in rows 18 inches apart, from early 

 spring to late fall. The plants are cut off when 6 or 8 

 inches high and boiled as are other greens. The kale 

 Collards is grown in the South, where cabbages fail to 

 head. It grows to the height of 2 to 6 feet, furnishing a 

 large quantity of leaves. 



Collinsia. A -hardy annual that should be 

 sown in the fall, where wanted, if early flowers are desired. 

 The flowers of all the varieties are showy, either in masses 

 or planted in a border. Give them a position near the front, 

 as the plants rarely exceed 18 inches in height. 



Columbine. See Aquilegia. 



Compost. See Manure. 



Convolvulus. See Morning - Glory . 



Coreopsis, or CALLIOPSIS. Very showy hardy 



annuals, growing from 1 to 3 feet high, and covered through- 

 out the season with a profusion of bloom. The colors range 

 from lemon-yellow to dark velvety brown. Excellent for 

 cutting, and very effective in mixed borders. They thrive in 



