CLEOME PUNGENS. 



"Giant Spider Plant." A showy garden annual, 

 producing curious heads of flowers of bright rose 

 color with lone astenna'-like stamens of easy culti- 

 vation, blooming early until late. 4to5 feet. .Pit. ^ 



(GOLD-LEAVED, SWEET-SCENTED.) 



The plants. 12 to 18 inches high, form compact 



bushes, with leaves of bright golden yellow; small 



lilac-red flowers, perfuming the air with their 



sweetness ^'^'- ^" 



COBEA. 



Elegant, rapid-growing climbers, attaining a height 

 of 20 to 30 feet. Particularly desirable for covering 

 arbors, walls, etc. Can be grown in the conservatory 

 in winter. Flowers large and well-shaped. 

 Blue Ptt. 10 I WMte 



10 



COCONEA ESTDICA. 



A remarkablv prettv annual climber: luxuriant ivy- 

 like foliage: small flowers followed by numerous fruits 

 2 inches long, which turn to brilliant scarlet, spotted 

 with white. 10 feet P^t. 10 



COLEUS. 



Plants with richlv-colored foliage of maroon, green, 

 crimson, vellow, etc. For groups on lawns and 

 ribboning thev are indispensable, and also valuable 

 for pot culture. Although perennials, they attain 

 perfection from seed the first season. 1 to 3 feet. 



Pine Hybrids, Mixed .- ^*^- 19 



Large -leaved Pring-ed Coletis. lSeepage86.) 2o 



COLLINSIA. 



Mixed Colors 



great beauty 



.10 



Free, summer-flowering annuals of 

 for mixed flower-gardens; great 

 variety of color— white, purple and crimson pre- 

 dominating. 1 to 2 feet Pit. S 



CONVOLVULUS MINOR. 



DWAEP or BEDDING MORNING GZ.OBIES. 



These grow only 1 lout high and 2 feet in diameter; 

 the flowers are freely borne throughout the summer; 

 if pleasant they remain open all day. 



Mixed Colors P*'- ^ 



BUSH MOBNING GLOBIES. {(onvolvijlus 

 Trici/Ior CiiuiiihcIus.) Com;iact, bushy plants 

 about .S inche.s high and 18 inches in circumference, 

 covered with beautiful Morning Glory flowers of all 

 colors and markings. Splendid for beds or pot; 



Mixed Colors 



CONVOLVULUS MAJOR. 



(■■ MORNING GLORIES ") 



Climbing plants ; unequaled for rapidity of growth 

 and profusion of bloom, annuals attaining a height 

 of :^0 to 50 feet. 



White Pkt. 5 ' Striped 5 



Hose 5 ' Blue 5 



Blood-red '> Mixed Colors 5 



DOUBLE-FLOWERING MORNING 

 GLORIES. 



Very unique, good-sized double flowers, of a great 

 variety of shapes, colors and markings Pkt. 15 



COREOPSIS. 



( Lanceohi ta Grn n dj flora . ) 

 "Harvest Moon." Une of the finest hardy garden 

 plants grown, forminglarge clumps 2 to 3 feet liigh, 

 producing long-stemmed, immense rich orange-yel- 

 low flowers ill profusion during the summer; un- 

 equaled for cutting ; grows anywhere. It flowers the 



first season from seed sown early Pkt. 10 



"Z^J>OBAI>0." (See noveltiea, pn/^e 8(5.) 25 



(For annual Coreopsis, see CaUiopsis.) 



DOrBLE-FLOWKRlNG MORNIN'G GLORIES. 





COSMOS. 



X.ABGE AUTTTMN-PLOWEBING. The plants. 

 TTT, r, feet high, are one mass ot leathery green foli- 

 age, gemmed with large single flowers of white, pink 

 or crimson, enlivening the garden long after more 

 tender flowers have succumbed to eariy frost i or 

 Wquets and vases this is one of the finest flowers 



grown. 



LARGE-FLOWERING. 



Mixed Colors Pkt.o I White Pearl o 



Crimson -^ I Pi»* vg 



Tall Orange. Goldenyellow ^.^... f" 



New Giant Cosmos. (Seepages.^.) i" 



EARLY SUMMEK-PI.OWEBING. (Se'' P^,^\ll} 

 Dwarf Yellow Cosmos. A spreading, dwarf plant 

 12 to 15 inches high; the star-shaped flower*. 2 

 inches across, are of a rich golden yellow. It begins 

 blooming when young, and flowers continuou8l> un- 

 til frost, a perfect mound of gold '■'^ 



COTTON, MOSAIC-LEAVED. 



Identical with our Southern Cotton, excepting the 

 foliage on most ot theplauts is lif«"t>f"">V"«'"'^^tl!^' 

 green, white, red and yellow. Large, yellow flowers 

 followed by pods ot white downy lint Pl^t. n> 



COWSLIP. 



The well-known favorite English Cowslip (Prim u7a 

 vi'ri.O hardv.fiowering eariy in spring. % foot _ 



Mixed Colors ' '^- "* 



CREPIS, Of "HAWK'S BEARD." 



Prettv dwartannuals.deservingaplace in every gar- 

 den, of t-asy culture, blooming in profusion; excellent 

 for cutting". 1 toot. 



Mixed Colors i-kc a 



CROTOLARIA RETUSA. 



(Gohlfn Bu.s/i r,'a. or Florida Ruttlebox.) 

 A beautiful bushv garden annual with golden yellow. 

 Sweet Pea-likeflow'ers, often 40 blossoms on one spike 

 It blooms profusely throughout the summer and until 

 killed bv frost. The seed-pods, when shaken sound 

 like a child's rattle ^''^- ^^ 



CUPHEA MINIATA COMPACT A. 



Bushv compact annual, S inches high ; flowers scar- 

 let, crimson, purple, etc., throughout the season ; fine 

 for either bedding or pots ^i^^- -i" 



CYCLAMEN, PERSIAN. 



Among the most beautiful winter and spring flower- 

 ing plan's tor the window and greenhouse Not only 

 are the flowere ot striking beauty, but the foliage is al- 

 s..highlv ornamental. Tliecolors range throughshades 

 of pink.'crimson, white, spotted etc. 



Persicnm, Pinest Mixed Colors ^''*i,}^ 



{For Giants and .Vovflties in Cvrhinens.see page 86.) 



CYPRESS VINE. 



UATURA CORNUCOPIA. 



Favorite summer-climbing annuals, with feathery- 

 foliage and star-shaped flowei-s, borne in clusters, lo 

 to -JO feet. _ - 



W^hite Pkt.Ti Rose ? 



^aillt... -• I Mixed Colors 5 



DATURA. 

 Strong-growing garden annuals. 3 to 4 feet high. 

 with large, showy trumpet-shaped flowers. 

 "Cornucopia." Stems purplish maroon. The flow- 

 ers average 8 inches long by 5 inches across the 

 mouth, the interiors being white, the exteru»^ pur- 



"Ebony^'and Goid;"'"Dark'purplisr The 



hirge flowers are golden-yellow inside, with shiny 

 puriilisli black exterior :^--,-r"^''Z:'^^;^i^ 



Double Golden. (Chlorantha d. pi) Large double 

 gdlilen-vellow flowers: very fragrant ^ 



Pastuosa fl. pl. Double mixed colors a 



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