WM. ELLIOTT & SONS* GENERAL CATALOGUE FOR 1897. 



35 



COWSLIP. 



A well-known, free-flowering, hardy perennial, flowering 

 profusely during early spring. 



Per Pkt. 

 Cowslip. (Primula Veris.) Fine English mixed, 9 

 inches 5 



CUCUMIS. 



An ornamental Cucumber, remarkable for the luxuriance 

 and rapidity of its gro-svth. Treat the same as the ordi- 

 nary CucTmiber, and train against a wall or trellis. 



Cncumis Flexuosus. Snake Cuctimber, 3 ft. long 10 



CYCLAIVIEN. 



One of the handsomest greenhouse or parlor plants. The 

 seed should be sown in spring, and by autumn will pro- 

 duce a bulb, which if potted and placed in conserva- 

 tory or greenhouse will blossom the following spring. 

 Propagated only from seed. 



Cyclamen Persicum, Gtiganteum Album (Williams.) 

 Flowers pure white, good substance , . . .50 



Rubrum (Williams) . Delicate rose chang- 

 ing to bright crimson at the base 50 



Sauguineum. Deepest shade of blood-red 



imaginable 50 



Compactum. A very profuse bloomer; the 



petals are very large and of great substance, pure 

 white with a deep purplish base 75 



Giganteum. Finest Mixed. A very large and 



greatly improved variety; the flowers measure 2 to 

 2i inches in length, and are of fine form, with very 

 broad, massive petals 50 



Crimson King (Williams). Beautiful new va- 

 riety; a brilliant crimson, deepening at the base to 

 dark red 50 



Fine Mixed. Beautiful variegated foliage 25 



Williams' Superb Strain, In original packets. 



Mixed 50 



CUPHEA. 



(CIGAR PLANT.) 



A free-flowering, neat, haif -hardy perennial, well adapted 

 for either the conservatory or flower border. 



Cuphea Platycentra. Scarlet, black and white, 1 ft 10 



Roezlii. Pyramidal formed; flowers yellow and red. 10 



CONVOLVULUS. 



A beautiful class of trailing annuals, some of which jjro- 

 duce flowers of wondrous beauty. Useful for verandas, 

 lattice, etc., growing freely in any good garden soil. 



Per Pkt. 



Convolvulus Minor Tricolor. Rich, violet-piirple with 

 white center; trailer. Hardy annual, 1 ft 5 



Mauritanicus. Hardy trailing plant, about 1 ft. high, 



produces an abundance of rich, satiny, lavender blos- 

 soms, fine for baskets, etc 10 



Major. (See Morning Grlory. ) 



CYPERUS. 



(UMBRELLA PLANT.) 

 A strikingly handsome foliage plant, equally well adapted 

 for the greenhouse or open ground, and easily raised 

 from seed. The leaves are striped with white, giving 

 the plant a distinct appearance. Half-hardy perennial, 

 1 to 2 ft. 



Cyperus Alternifolius 15 



CYPRESS VINE. 



(IMPOMCEA QUAMOCLIT.) 



Among the most beautiful climbing plants which adorn 

 the flower garden. The dark green, very graceful, fern- 

 like foliage, thickly studded with brilliant starry 

 flowers, is very effective. Half-hardy annuals. 



Cypress Vine, Crimson. Very brilliant, 15 to 20 ft 5 



White. Beautiful and graceful, 15 ft 5 



Ivy-Leaved. Ivy shaped leaves and scarlet 



flowers 10 



Mixed. Per oz. , ."SO cts 5 



DATURA. 



(TRUMPET FLOWER.) 



Very ornamental plants, with trumpet-shaped, double 

 white, yellow and piu-ple flowers, which produce a fine 

 effect in large clumps or borders of shrubbery. Annuals. 



Datura. Mixed varieties, 2 ft 10 



Cornucopia. The flowers average 8 inches long by 5 



inches across the mouth, the interior is a French 

 white with pui'ple exteriors Delightfully fragrant. 

 Seeds sown early in the house will produce plants 

 that will bloom from early smnmer until frost 10 



DELPHINIUM. 



A class of hardy perennials, remarkable for their great 

 beauty and highly decorative qualities. The principal 

 color is light blue, and the various shades to the dark- 

 est pxirple, also scarlet and white. 



Delphinium Brunonianum. (Musk-scented Larkspur.) 

 New species of a peculiar shade of a light blue, emit- 

 ting a powerful odor of musk 25 



Cashmerianum. Very fine, dark blue. Monk's Hood- 



like flowers, U ft 10 



Nudicaule. Scarlet, H f t 10 



Formosuni. Rich blue and white, a favorite variety, 



3 ft 5 



Cliincnsis. Double mixed, 2 ft 5 



DRAC/ENA. 



(CORDYLINE.) 



Well-known ornamental greenhouse plants, with elegant 

 foliage, invaluable for decorative pui'poses. 



Dracaena Indivisa. Green and bronze, narrow leaves. . . .25 



Australis. Wide green foliage 25 



