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PETER HENDERSON & CO.— FLOWER SEEDS. 



COLLINSIA. 



Per PTct. 



Very pretty plants with purple, blue and white flowers. 



Hardy Annuals. > 

 Collinsia. Mixed 5 



COLLOMIA. 



Used for border beds; flowers buff colored. Hardy 



Annuals. 

 Collomia Grandiflora 5 





CONVOLVULUS MINOB TEICOLOR. 



CONVOLVULUS. 



All will recognize in this the most popular annual in cul- 

 tivation, for in this tribe is included the well-known 

 Morning Glory. Half-hardy Annuals. 

 Convolvulus Aureus Superbus. Beautiful gold- 

 en yellow, 6 ft 15 



Major (Morning Glory). Fine mixed varieties 5 



Minor Tricolor. Violet, purple and white, 1 ft. 



Hardy Annual. (SeeCut) 5 



Minor ITnicaulis. A new variety of upright 



frowth, compact heads of rich purplish blue 

 owers. Hardy Annual 10 



Mauritanicus. Beautiful for hanging baskets 



and vases ; flowers blue. Hardy Perennial 10 



COSMANTHUS. 



A neat little spreading plant, with pretty fringed 



flowers. Hardy Annual. 

 Cosmantbus Fimbriatus. Lilac and white, 1ft.. 5 



COSMIDIUM. 



A beautiful Coreopsis-like Annual, with large and very 

 showy flowers, admirably adapted for groups or mar- 

 ginal lines. Hardy Annual. 



Cosmidiuni Bnrridgeannm, Crimson, brown 

 and yellow, 2 ft 5 



COWSLIP. 



In very early spring this is is a useful plant for borders, 

 but is of little beauty after warm weather sets in. 

 Hardy Perennial. 



Cowslip. Fine mixed English. % ft 5 



CRUCIANELLA. 



A very pretty free-flowering plant, useful for rock work, 



vases, etc. Hardy Perennial. 

 Crucianella Stylosa. Pink, from Persia, 1 ft 5 



CUPHEA. 



Commonly called "Lady's Cigar Plant" The variety 

 we offer, however, is a decided improvement on the 

 old sort. 

 < 11 plica Roezlii Grandiflora Superba. Grows 354 

 feet high, and studded during winter with count- 

 less red blossoms 50 



CYCLAMEN. 



Valued greenhouse plants, the rich blooms of which 

 are largely used by bouquet-makers to give variety to 

 made up baskets and bouquets. Their orchid-like 

 blooms possess great beauty and fragrance. Half- 

 hardy Perennial. 



Cyclamen Pmicum. Finest mixed, % ft 25 



Extra Cboice, mixed 50 



Persicum Glganteum, A great improvement 



over the older sort; each flower measures from 2 

 to IVi inches in length, pure white, with purple 

 eye 1 00 



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CPCUMIS DIPSACEUS. 



CUCtTMIS FLEXUOSUS. 



CUCUMIS. PerPKt. 



Ornamental Cucumbers with curious fruit, remarkable 

 for the luxuriance andTapidity of their growth. Half- 

 hardy annuals. 

 Cucumis Dipsaceus. Sulphur yellow, very elegant. 



(Ste Cut) 10 



Flexuosus (Snake Cucumber). Fruit 3 ft. long. 



(See Cut) '- 10 



Grossularia (Gooseberry Gourd) 10 



CCrCr/RBITA MELOPEPO, STKTPED FLAT. 



CUCURBITA. or GOURDS. 



These grow rapidly, and produce some of the most pecul- 

 iar and fantastic forms of fruit found in the vegetable 

 kingdom. 

 Cucurbita Lencantha Longisslnia. Very curi- 

 ous, 5ft. long 10 



Depressa. Dark green fruit 10 



Melopepo, Striped Flat. A new and interest- 

 ing variety, fruit very numerous, dark green, 

 mottled with white. (.See Cut) 10 



CYCLANTHERA. 



A climbing plant, bearing oval-shaped fruit, exploding 



loudly when ripe. Half-hardy Annual. 

 Cyclanthera Explodens. 10ft IS 



