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PETER HENDERSON & CO.— FLOWER SEEDS. 



CANDYTUFT (Continued). Per Pkt. 



Rocket. Pure white, in large trusses, 1 ft 5 



Wnite. Very delicate, 1 ft 5 



Sew Carmine. (See Novelties.) 25 



Fine Mixed. 1ft 5 



Perennial (/. Semper vir ens). 1ft 10 



CANNA. 



CANNA (Indian Shot). 



With foliage of tropical luxuriance, this plant is particu- 

 larly suitable for forming groups on lawns, or placed 

 as backgrounds for dwarfer growing plants, for which 

 purposes they are now largely used. Of late years this 

 tribe have developed great beauty and variety of flow- 

 ers, givingthem added, interest and value. Half-hardy 

 Perennials. 

 Canna Marechal Vaillant. Splendid variety, 



orange , 4 1 o 6 f t 10 



Musaslolia Hybrida. Red, foliage resembling 



a small banana, 2 ft :.. 10 



Nepalensis. Clear yellow, 3 ft 10 



Tricolor. Bright scarlet, striped foliage, 2 ft 10 



Warscewiczii. Brilliant red, variegated foliage, 



3 ft 10 



■ Zebrina. Scarlet, striped foliage, 4 ft 10 



Finest Mixed 5 



CANTERBURY BELLS (Campanula 

 Medium). 



An old garden favorite, belonging to the class of plants 

 known as Hardy Biennials. 



Canterbury Bells, Double Mixed. 2^ ft 5 



Single Mixed. 2^ft 5 



CARNATION. 



An important and beautiful class, none more so are 

 grown ; desirable alike for outdoor decoration in sum- 

 mer, or for winter blooming in greenhouse or parlor. 

 Most of the varieties have a delicious clove fragrance. 

 Half-liardy Perennials. 

 Carnation, Extra Choice Bizarre. Saved from 

 an unequaled collection of named flowers, which 

 will produce a fine assortment of superbly col- 

 ored varieties, including flakes, bizarres, and 

 selfs 50 



Perpetual, or Tree. From the best collection 



extant, and may be expected to produce beauti- 

 ful new varieties, of various colors and of the 

 highest merit 50 



New Urciiadin. (See special description in 



Novelties) 50 



Monthly, Fine Double German, Mixed. 



From named flowers 25 



Mixed. For border culture 10 



CASTOR OIL BEANS (See Ricinus). 



CATCHFLY (Silene Armeria). 



Free-blooming hardy Annuals of the easiest culture. 

 Catclifly, Bed. \Yz 1 t 5 



White. 1\4 ft 5 



Rose. 1^ ft 5 



Mixed 5 



CEDRONELLA. Per Pkt. 



Long Spikes of flowers, remaining a long time in bloqpi, 



with fragrant foliage, are the characteristics of this 



Hardy Perennial. 

 Cedronella Canna. Purple, 2 ft 10 



CELOSIA. 



Annual plants of tropical origin, and one of the most 

 satisfactory and showy plants tor garden decoration, 

 hearing in the greatest prof usion spikes of beautiful 

 f eather-like blooms. In tbis class is included the well- 

 known Cockscomb. Half-hardy Annuals. 

 Celosia Fyramidalis Aurea. Golden yellow 



plumes, very tine, 3 ft 10 



Coccinea. Rich Carmine, 3 ft 10 



Cristata Variegata i New variegated Cockscomb) . 



A new and strikingly beautiful variety, bearing 



brilliant combs of crimson and gold, 3 ft 10 



■ Cristata (Cockscomb). Dwarf, crimson, tine, 1 ft. 10 



■ Dwarf Mixed (Cockscomb). 1 ft 10 



Glasgow Prize. An improved variety of Cocks- 

 comb, producing large blooms of dark crimson . .25 



Japonica (New Japanese Cockscomb). A new 



variety of great beauty. The branches are scar- 

 let or crimson; the combs are almost as delicately 

 cut as ruffled lace, often in pyramidal masses, 

 while the colors are of the brightest imaginable. 10 



CENTATJE.EA CANDEDISSIMA. 



CENTAUREA (Dusty Miller). 



All the varieties here named, except C. Americana and 

 0. Cyanus. are among the best silver-foliaged plants 

 in cultivation. Half-hardy Perennials. 



Centaurea Americana. A strong-growing annual 

 variety, flowers reddish purple 5 



Cyanus. Blue 5 



— Candidissima. Splendid silvery-leaved plant, 



lft 25 



Clementei. A new, robust, and free-growing 



variety, producing crowns of silvery leaves,, 

 deeply fringed and cut. % f t 25 



Gymnocarpa. A very graceful silyer-foliaged 



variety, perhaps the best for bedding purposes. 

 114 ft .25 



CENTRANTHUS. 



Compact-growing plants, blooming freely. Hardy 



Annuals. 

 Centranthus. Mixed, red and white 5 



CERASTIUM. 



Silver-leaved plants, very suitable for edgings and rock- 

 work. Hardy Perennials. 



Cerastium Biebersteinii. Leaves silvery white, 

 J4ft 10 



Tomentosum. Gray-colored leaves, J4 f t 10 



