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CHAM^PEUCE. 



Ornamental Thistle, with variegated downy leaves and curious 

 spines. 



Casabonae. (Fish-bone Thistle.) Glossy dark green leaves 

 and brown spines Pkt. 10 



CLAKKIA. 



A very desirable hardy annual for bedding purposes ; growing 

 freely and blooming profusely in any common garden soil. 

 Pulchella. Fine mixed. Per oz. , 40 cts Pkt. 5 



CLEMATIS. 



(virgin's bowee.) 

 Hardy climbing plants of great merit, rivaling the Passion 

 Flower in their gorgeous beauty. No class of climbing 

 plants will better repay a little care — a slight covering of 

 leaves or litter being necessary to withstand our severest 

 winters. The seed is slow to germinate. 

 Flammula. AbeautifulwhitefragrantFrench variety. Pkt. 10 

 Jackmanii. Choicest mixed 10 



CINEKAKIA, 



CINERARIA. 



A favorite greenhouse plant, with great variety of beautiful 

 colors, blooming through the winter and spring months. 

 Seed should be sown in September or October ; when large 

 enough, potted in an equal mixture of loam, leaf-mold and 

 sand, and in February repotted in a stronger soil. 



j Hybrida Williams' Extra Choice Strain, Imported in 



I original packages; produces extremely fine flowers 

 of diverse colors and magnificent form Pkt. 75 



I Grandifiora Kermesina. New, intense, glowing, velvety 

 dark crimson, double petals 5o 



! Fine Mixed Varieties. Striking colors, 1% ft 25 



Extra Mixed. From magnificent large-flowered varie- 

 ties, 11^ ft 50 



I Double Flowering. A great acquisition. The flowers 

 are perfectly double, comprising all shades of color 

 peculiar to the Cineraria 50 



Maritima Candidissima. Extremely handsome, silvery- 

 white foliage; very ornamental as a decorative pot 

 plant, or for bedding purposes 10 



CLIANTHUS. 



(AUSTEALIAN GLOET PEA ) 



One of the most beautiful plants in cultivation, about 3 feet in 

 height, with neat compound leaves, and drooping clusters of 

 large, rich scarlet, long-petaled, pea-shaped flowers, 3 inches 

 in length, something similar to the sple'-jdid blossoms of the. 

 Coral Tree, each flower being picturesquely ma,rked with a 



large black, cloud-like blotch in front. To grow this splendid 

 plant successfully in the open air, it should have a dry, 

 sunny exposure, and should never be watered. Magnificent 

 flowering shrub, 

 Damnierii. Scarlet and black Pkt. 2F 



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COCKSCOMB. 



(CELOSIA CEISTATA.) 



Highly ornamental plants, producing crested heads of flowers, 

 somewhat resembling a cockscomb. To produce fine combs, 

 the soil cannot be too rich, and the plants should be for- 

 warded in hot bed, though showy plants may be raised from 

 seed planted in open ground in May. The oftenor they are 

 transplanted or shifted, the larger and more beautifal they 

 grow. 



Dwarf Mixed P^*- ^ 



Glasgow Prize. An improved variety, producmg large 

 blooms of dark crimson 



Empress. This new 

 colossal proportions, 

 flowers have been 

 grown, measuring 45 

 inches from tip to tip ; 

 rich velvety crimson. 10 



Japanese. (CelosiaJap- 

 onica.) A branching 

 variety of great 

 beauty 5 



Colletion of Six Separ- 

 ate Sorts 25 



COB^EA. 



A fine rapid-growing climber, 

 producing large Showy 

 bell-shaped flowers, and 

 growing best in a warm, 

 sunny situation. In sow- 

 ing, the seed should al- 

 ways be placed edgewise. 

 Scandens. Purple, an- 

 nual, 20 ft., per oz., 

 75cts. .... Pkt. 10 

 Alba. Pure white . . 15 

 Macrostemma. (San Sal- 

 vador Cobeea.) The 

 foliage is a bright 

 vivid green, the flow- 

 ers strikingly effec- 

 tive with their very 

 long stamens. Al- 

 though a perennial 

 when used as a green- 

 house climber, it may 

 be used as an annual 

 for garden decoration. 15 



variety produces combs of 



COBJSA MACEOSTEMMA. 



