GENERAL COLLECTION. 



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COLEUS, BEDDING. 



We select of the best contrasting colors, best suited for rib- 

 bon-lines or for massing. 



C. Verscliaffeltii. The old, well-known brown-crimson sort. 

 " Major. Carmine and yellow; very fine. 



Eclat. Crimson-edged gold. 



Golden Gem. Deep rose, margined bright yellow. 

 Hero. Deep maroon, almost black. 



15 cents each; $1.50 per dozen. Per 100, $10.00. 



CONVOLVULUS MAURITANICUS. 



A beautiful, blue-flowering, trailing plant, very effective when 

 grown in baskets, giving it a most graceful appearance; the 

 flowers are borne freely, a bright blue, twc inches in diameter. 

 It is perfectly hardy. 



30 cents each; $3.00 per dozen. 



ClNEBAKIA HYBBIDA 



CINERARIA HYBRIDA. 



This is the winter or spring-flowering species, hybrids of 

 which are among the most gorgeous of our greenhouse plants; 

 the colors range through all the shades of blue, violet, crimson, 

 pink, maroon and white. (See Cut.) 



30 cents each; $3.00 per dozen. 



CINERARIA MARITIMA. 



A white-foliaged plant, somewhat similar to the Centaurea, 

 but with leaves deeply cut and a more vigorous growth. It is 

 commonly known as " Dusty Miller," and is used extensively 

 in ribbon-lines, massing, etc., for contrasting with dark-leaved 

 foliage plants. 



25 cents each; $2.25 per dozen. 



CINERARIA ACANTHIFOLIA AND AS- 

 PLENiEFOLIA. 



Most beautiful white-foliaged plants, a little in the 3tyle of 

 *'C. Maritima," but with wider and longer leaves, and hence 

 more effective for ribbon-lines. These are the best of all white- 

 leaved plants, as they never die out in summer as many of the 

 others do. 



30 cents each; $3.00 per dozen. Set of 3 sorts for 75 cents. 



CORONILLA GLAUCA. 



There are very few really good yellow-blooming plants that 

 will answer either for summer or winter blooming. This is 

 one of the best; bearing bright yellow, pea-shaped flowers, 

 which are very fragrant . 



25 cents each; $2.25 per dozen. 



COCCOLOBA PLATYCLADA. 



A curious, flat-stemmed plant, growing to the height of two 

 feet, bearing small, whitish flowers at the axils of the stems; 

 having no leaves, thus resembling the cactus. 

 25 cents each; $2.25 per dozen. 



CROTONS. 



Plants which, from their beautiful leaf variegations, demand 

 a place in every collection of hot-house plants. For other 

 sorts see " New and Rare Plants." 



Crotoii Iiilerriiptum. Croton PictTim. 



" Irregiilaire. " Variegatum. 



" Salic ifolius. " Acjibsefolia. 



60 cents each; $6.00 per dozen. Set of 6 :orts for $3.00. 



C'OBEA SCANDENS. 



COBEA SCANDENS. 



Handsome, free-flowering, climbing plants, growing rapidly, 

 with large, bell-shaped, purple flowers. One of the best summer 

 climbers. (See Cut.) 



30 cents each; $3.00 per dozen. 



CUPHEA HYSSOPIFOLIA. 



A neat little flowering plant, growing but twelve inches high, 

 which, like all the members of this family, is always in bloom. 

 Flowers small, tubular, of purplish-lilac color. 

 15 cents each; $1.50 per dozen. 



CUPHEA PLATYCENTRA, (Cigar Plant.) 



The tube of the flower is scarlet, with the end part white and 

 crimson, having somewhat the appearance of a miniature 

 lighted cigar. * 



15 cents each; $1.50 per dozen. 



CYPERUS ALTERNIPOLIUS, 



(The Egyptian Paper Plant.) 



A grass-like plant, throwing up stems to the height of two 

 feet, surmounted at the top by a cluster or whorl of leaves, 

 diverging horizontally, giving the plant a very curious appear- 

 ance. A splendid plant for the centre of baskets, vase3 or 

 Wardian cases, or as a water plant. " 



50 cents each; $-1.50 per dozen. 



Cyclamen Persicum. 



CYCLAMEN PERSICUM. 



A fine, ornamental, greenhouse plant; its flowers, as a variety 

 in the formation of bouquets and baskets of cut flowers, in 

 winter, are valuable; color white, spotted crimson, etc. (See Cut.) 



Large plants, 60 cents each; $6.00 per dozen. Smaller, 30 

 cents each; $3.00 per dozen. 



DAPHNE ODORATA. 



A plant no greenhouse collection should be without. It is» 

 evergreen, growing three feet high, bearing clusters of small, 

 pinkish-white flowers, exquisitely fragrant. 



50 cents each; $4.50 per dozen. 



