Currie Brothers* Horticultural Guide. 



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COB^A. 



One of the finest of our summer climbers, with fine foliage and large bell- 

 shaped purple flowers. It grows very rapidly, often attaining a height of 

 twenty to thirty feet, and spreading out correspondingly. In sowing, place the 

 seed edgewise and cover lightly. H H P. 

 Scandens— Purple, 20 feet 10 



COLEUS. 



Coleus are indispensable wherever colored-leaved plants are desired. The 

 seed we offermay be expected to produce many new, strikingvarieties. HH P. . 

 Is'ew Hybrids --IS 



COLLINSIA. 



Free-Blooming annual. The flowers are in whorles, witli several on each 

 stem, usually a little over a foot high. , H H A. ■' 

 Mixed Varieties 5 



CONVOLVULUS. 



CONVOLVULUS. 



C, Major (Morning Glory) is undoubtedly the most popular annual climber 

 in cultivation. The minor varieties are largely used for bedding and hanging 

 baskets. H H A. 



Aurea Superbus — Beautiful golden-yellow, G feet 10 



Major (Morning Glory)— Fine mixed varieties. Per oz., lOcts 5 



Mauritanicus— Hardy training plant, about 1 foot high, and produces an 



abundance of rich, satiny, lavender blossoms. Especially adapted for 



rock-work or baskets 10 



Minor Tricolor — Violet, purple and white, 1 foot 5 



Minor Unicaulus— An upright variety with compact heads of purplish 



blue flowers, 1 foot 5 



Minor Kermesina Violacea— Crimson violet, very brilliant, 1 foot 5 



COSMIDIUM. 



Showy annuals, well adapted for groups and borders. H A. 

 Engelmanni— Yellow 5 



COSMOS. 



Free bloom- 

 ing plants with 

 large single 

 flowers resemb- 

 ling small single 

 Dahlias. The 

 cut blooms are 

 used very exten- 

 sively in floral 

 design work and 

 for loose bunches 

 in vases they are 



indispensable, 



keeping fresli in 



wateralongtime. 



Mixed shades 



of purple, 



rose, white, 



etc 10 



Pure White, 10 



COSMOS. 



CUPHEA. 



Commonly called ' Lady Cigar Plant." ©ur variety, however, is a great 

 improvement on the old sort. H H P. 

 RCBzlii Grandiflora Surperba— Grows 3\^ feet high, and studded in 



winter with countless red blossoms 25 



CUCUMBER— (W^ild.) 



(See Echinocystis.) 



CRUCIANELLA. 



A dwarf free-flowerlng plant, useful for rocl^work, vases, etc. H P. 

 Stylosa— Pink; from Persia; 1 f oot , 5 



CYCLAMEN PERSICUM GIGANTEUM. 



CYCLAMEN. 



Valuable pot plants wiih Orchid-like blossoms of great variety. H H P. 

 Albert Victor— The flowers are an intense brilliant crimson carmine hue. 



The foliage differs from tlie otlier in the exquisite beauty of its markings, 25 



Persicum— Finest mixed, '/J foot 15 



Persicum Giganteum— Finest mixed; the flowers measure from 2 to 2H 



inches in length 25 



Persicum Giganteum Album— A profuse bloomer, flowers pure white, 



plant dwarf and compact, foliage beautiful 25 



Persicum Giganteum K ubrum— A superb variety, producing very large 



flowers of a delicate rose color, changing to briglit crimson at the base. .25 

 Persicum Giganteum Roseum —Similar to preceding, except that the 



flowers are a beautiful rose color 25 



