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PETER HENDERSON & CO.— FLOWER SEEDS. 



COCCINEA. 



Pe>- Plcl. 

 A handsome climbing gourfl, with glossy Toliage and scarlet 



fruit. Hair-tinrily Perennial. 

 Coccinea Inilica. Scarlet, 10 ft 10 



COCKSCOMB (See Celosia Cristata). 

 COLEIS. 



Colens are Indispensable wherever colored leaved plants 

 are desired. Tlie varieties now number legion, and tlie 

 seed we oti'er may be expected to produce many new 

 striking VMvletie.s. Hnlf-hardu Perennial. 



Coleus. Mi.xed, 2 to .■? fr.. 25 



New Ajnerican Hybrids. (!^ee Novelties). 2.to Zit.'M 



COLLINSIA. 



Very pretty plants, with purple, blue and white llowers. 



Harclp Annunl.s. 

 Collinsia. Mixed, 1>; ft 5 



COLLOMIA. 



Tjsed for border beds; flowers huff colored. Hardy Annu- 

 als. 

 Collomia Grand iflora. 1ft 5 



CONTOLYULUS. 



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

 vation, tor in this tribe is included the well-known Morn- 

 ing Glory. The Minor varieties are largely used, and 

 well suited for licdding; they attain an average height of 

 one foot. /{((If hard)/ Annua l.y. 

 Convolvulus Aureus l^uperbus. Beautiful golden 



yi'llow, G f t l.i 



Major (Horning Glory). Fine iiii.xcd varieties 5 



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



Hardy Annual 5 



Minor Cniranlis. A new variety of upright 



growth, com|)act heads of rich purplish blue flow- 

 ers. Hardy Annual ;, 



Maurftanicus. Beautiful for hanging baskets and 



vases; flowers blue. Hardy Pereniiial 10 



COSMANTHUS. 



A neat little spreading plant, with pretty fringed Bowers. 



Hardy .Annual. 

 Cosmanthus Finibriatus. Lllac and white, 1 ft 5 



COSMIDIUM. 



A'be!iDtirul Coreopsis-like Annual, with large and very 

 showy flowers, admirably adapted for groups or marginal 

 lme.s. Hardy Annual. 



Conmiidiuni Burridgeanum. Crim.son, brown ami 

 yellow, 2 ft 5 



COWSLIP. 



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

 is of little beauty after warm weather sets in. Hardy 

 Perennial. 



Cowslip. Fine mixed English, ?i ft 5 



CRUCUNELLA. 



Jt. Teity pretty free-flowering plant, useful for rock-work, 



TSBes, etc. Hardy Perennial. 

 Crucianella ^itylosa. Pink, from Persia, 1 ft 5 



CUPHEA. 



eommonly called " Lady's Cigar Plant." The variety we 

 oti'er. however, is a decided improvement ou the old sort. 



Cuphea Koezlii Grandiflora Snperba. Grows 3>^ 

 feet high, and studded during winter with countless 

 red blossoms 25 



CYCLAMEN. 



7EtiiT«<t greenhouse plants, the rich blooms of which are 

 largel^y used by bouquet-makers to give variety to made- 

 U|) Iraskets and bouquets. Their orchid-like blooms pos- 

 sess great beauty and fragrance. HaU'-hardy Perennial. 



Cyclamen Persicum. Finest mixed, ^4 ft 2.") 



Kxtra Choice, mixed ,50 



—— Persicnni Giganteum. A great improvement 

 over the older sort; each flower measures from 2 to 

 2>^ inches in length, mixed 75 



CUCUMIS. 



Per Pkt. 

 Ornamental Cucumbers with curious fruit. remarkal)le for 

 the luxuriance and rapidity cf their growth. HaU'-hardy 

 .innuat.'t, 6 It. 

 Cucuinis Dipsacens. Sul|)liur vellow, very elegant. 



(.•iee cut) .' 10 



Flexuosus (Snake Cucumber.) Fruit 'i feet long 10 



Grossularia (Gooseberry Gourd) 10 



CYCLANTHERA. 



A climbing plant, bearing oval -shaped fruit, exploding 



loudly when ripe, l/nl/'-linrdy .\unaal. 

 Cyc'la'niliera Cxplodens. 10 ft 10 



CYPRESS YINE. 



The most popular of annual climbing plants, with delicate 

 fern-like foliage. Hal/'-lnirdy .innual.s. 



C'ypi ess Vinr. Scarlet, 15 ft 5 



White, 15 It 5 



Rose, 15 It 5 



IVew Ivy-Leaved. {See cut.) A rapid-growing 



climlier; a variety of the scarlet Cypress Vine, with 

 ivy-shaped leaves" and slender stems of a violet hue. 

 Flowers striking scarlet, produced in great iiiofu- 



sion 10 



Cypress Vine is never offered in mixed colors. 



DAHLLA. 



Saved from our magnillcent collection of nearly 1.50 sorts, 

 comprising almost every known shade of color. HalJ'- 

 Hardy PerenniaLs, 4 to d ft. 



Dahlia. Fine mixed 10 



Extra Fine. (From our own collection), (i'ee cu(). .25 



DATURA. 



(Trumpet Flower, Angel's Trumpet.) 



Hardy Annual, with double purple and white flowers; at- 

 taining a height of :i teet. 

 Datura Fastuosa Huberiana 10 



DELPHINIUM. 



(Perennial Larkspur.) 



Of this beautiful tribe of rert-unials the best sorts are de- 

 scribed below. 



Delphinium iVudicaule. (New Scarlet.) A most in- 

 teresting plant 01 recent introduction. Its dwarf, 

 compact habit, taken in connection with the novel 

 and striking color of its flowers, reuder.s it peculiarly 

 valuable: i;^ ft 25 



Cashmerianum. In this new variety flowers an 



inch in diameter are borne on stems from 12 to 15 

 inches long. Flowers light purple. Very .striking 

 and beautiful, 2 It 25 



Formosum. lieautiful rich blue and white; flow- 



ers the first year, 3 it 5 



Inipcriale. (Eiuperor Larkspur.) For profu.seness 



01 blooming the Imperial Larkspur is uneqiialed, a 

 single plant being rarely seen with less than 100 

 close, erect spikes of flowers upon it. It is of sym- 

 metrical, bushy habit, IJ^ ft 5 



Consolida C'lmilelabrum. A new and very ele- 



gant dwarf variety, 1 ft 5 



Finest Mixed Hybrids. A great variety, 2 ft 5 



DIDISCUS. 



Didiscns Coer«leu.s. A very pretty little blue border 

 plant. Half-hardy Annual, i U 5 



DIGITALIS. 



(Foxglove.) 



Handsome ornamental plants of stately growth and varied 



colors. Hardy Perennials. 

 Digitalis Alba. I'urc white, 3 ft 5 



Gloxinoides. White, crimson-spotted, 3 ft 5 



Purpurea. Purple, o f t 5 



Fine Mixed Varieties 5 



DODECATHEON. 



(American Cowslip, Shooting Star.) 



.V hardy herbaceous Percnnitil, with beautiful light purple 



'flowers. It attains a height of 1 ft. 

 Dodecat!>eon Meadia 10 



