i ^IMA DRFER -PhllADELPHIAfA- W/ RELIABLE FLOWER SEEDS 



COCCINEA InDICA. 



COB^A SCANDENS- 



COCCIIVEA INOICA. 



(Scarlet-fruited Ivy-leaved Climber ) pkr pkt 



2031 A handsome annual climber of the gourd species, «iih 

 beautiful, smooth, glossy, ivy-like leaves, contrasting 

 with the fine, snow-white, bell-shaped flowers and 

 brilliant carmine fruit ; 10 feet. 



COB.^A. 



(Cups and Saucers Vine.) 

 A climber of rapid growth, at- 

 taining a height of 30 to 50 feet 

 during the season, valuable for cover- 

 ing trellises, arbors, trunks of trees, 

 etc.; will cling to any rough sur-; 

 face. In sowing; place seeds edge- 

 wise and merely cover with light 

 soil. (See cut.) 



2021 Scandens. Large, bell- 

 shaped purple flowers. Per 

 J oz, 20 CIS 10 



2022 Scandens Alba. Pure 

 white 10 



COL,£ilTS (Flame Nettle). 



20-10 Dreer's Hybrids. Our strain of hybrid varieties 

 produces the finest-colored, most attractive and 

 novel foliage plants for house or garden culture. 

 A most interesting subject to grow from seed. 

 Ensily raised. Sow in March or April. (See 

 cut.) 



2011 Ornatus. Splendid large-leaved variety, with 

 strikingly handsome foliage, which is irregu- 

 larly spotted and marbled with blackish purple, 

 blood-red, carmine and rose, and sprinkled 

 with white, yellow, green and brown ; of great 

 value for all decorative purposes 



COREOPSIS. 



2071|LanceoIata Qrandiflora. Ihis is one of 

 the finest of hardy plants, with large, showy, 

 bright yellow flowers produced in the greatest 

 abundance from June till frost. Asa cut flower 

 they stand near the head among hardy plants, 

 having long stems and lasting in good condi-. 

 tion a week or more. Easily grown from seed, 

 flowering the first year if sown early. (See 

 cut.) Per ^ oz., 20 cts '. 



CO'WStrIP (Primula Veris). 

 2110 A beautiful hardy spring-flowering perennial ; 

 flowers of different colors, such as yellow, 

 brown edged yellow, etc. Very fragrant." 6-in. 



CUPHEA. 



2115 Platycentra {Cigar Plant). An old and 

 favorite plant for the summer flower garden ; 

 useful also for baskets, vases, etc., bearing in- 

 numerable vermilion tube-shaped flowers. 

 Easily raised from seed, which should be sown 

 in early spring in greenhouse, hotbed or 

 window l.T 



CEEMATIS. 



ExcejUing Davidiana, these 

 are rapid-growing climbers 

 fine for arbors and veran- 

 das The seeds are .slow to 

 germinate, and should be 

 soaked in warm water for 24 

 hours before sowing ; hardy 

 perennials. per pkt 

 1986 Davidiana. A 

 shrubliv. hardy, liL-rbace- 

 ous variety and one of the 

 choicest plants for the 

 hardy border; bears lav- 

 ender-biue tubular flow- 

 ers during August and 

 September ; very fra- 

 grant. 10 



1988 Panfculata (/«/„«- 

 cse Virgin's Bowej-). 

 This is one of the best 

 hardy climbers. The leaves are of a bright, glossy- 

 green, and when in bloom the plant is completely hid- 

 den beneath a blginket of white, hawthorne-scenled blos- 

 soms; a grand plant for piazzas, fences; in fact, any 

 position where a climber is wanted; it is just the thing 

 for covering terraces or emb^ankmenis, does equally well 

 in sunshine or shade, and .<tands 

 unrivalled as a plant for the 

 cemetery. Per \ oz. , 25 cts,. . lO 

 1990 H y b r i d a Grandif lora. 

 Saved I rem a magnificent col- 

 lection of the finest lartre-flow- 



mg sorts 



CEEOME. 



10 



(Giant Spider Flower.) 

 2001 Pungens. Singular-look- 

 ing nse- colored flowers; the 

 stamens look like spiders' legs, 

 and present a very attractive 

 appearance ; annual ; 3 feet. 

 This plant is now used exten- 

 sively in many of the public 

 CoLHus. parks, p'anted among shrub- 

 bery, and is very effective. Per \ oz.lo cts 5 



Coreopsis Lanceolata Grandiflora. 



■We offer an attractive list of Novelties and Specialties in Flower Seeds this season. See pages 70 to 78. 



