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CBSTRU3I PARQUI (Xiglit-blooming Jessamine). 



A beautiful Lender shrub of easy cultivation, with small greenish- 

 white flowers, of delightful fragrance, which is dispensed during the 

 night only. 15 cts. each ; $1.50 per doz. 



CISSUS. 



Discolor. A beautiful climber for the conservatory ,^with mottled 

 and marbled crimson and green foliage. 2oc. each; $2.50 per doz. 



CLEMATIS. 



Indivisa. A species that is rarely met with, and which is worthy 

 of extended cultivation. Not being hardy, it requires the protec- 

 tion of a cool greenhouse, and may be said to be one of the most 

 valuable of all greenhouse climbers. Its pure white flowers are 

 from IJ to 2 inches in diameter, and produced in panicles fre- 

 quently'two feet long. A well-established plant during the early 

 spring months is simply a 

 mass of bloom ; the flowers 

 can be used to good advan- 

 tage in a cut state. The 

 plant is evergreen and at all 

 times attractive. (See cut.) 

 75 cts. each. 



Clerodendroii 



Balfouri. 



A beautiful greenhouse 

 climber, and admirably situated 

 for house culture; flowering 

 most profusely with bright scar- 

 let flowers, enveloped in a 

 creamy-white calyx. (See cut.) 

 15 cts. each; §1.50 per doz. 



CLIVIA 



MINIATA. 



(Imantopliyllum.) 



A pretty lily-like plant of the 

 easiest culture, and a most de- 

 sirable house plant ; it flowers 

 during the spring and summer 

 months, remaining in bloom for 

 a long period. The flowers are 

 about 2 inches long, and are 

 borne in den<e clusters of from 

 ten to twenty flowers on each ; 

 in color it is of a fine orange- 

 red, shading to buflf. Large, 

 strong plants, 50 ct.-;. each. 



Clehodenuron. 



Croton Evansianlm. 



Clematis 1.sdivis.\. 



COB^A SCAXDENS. 



\Cups and Saucers Vine.) 



A beautiful climber, of rapid growlth, large purple cup-and- 

 saticer-.^hnped flowers. For covering arbors, trellises, etc., it is 

 unsurpassed. 15 cts. each ; SI 50 per doz. 



CltOTONS. 



Nothing can excel the beauty and richness of coloring that is 

 found in this class of plants. They are beautiful as pot plants for 

 the conservatory, making handsome specimens for decorative and 

 exhibition purposes, and are now used extensively as bedding- 

 plants, for which purpose ihey are exceptionally well adapted. 

 They should be ])lanted in full sun in a position where tney cart 

 be liberally supplied v;ith water, which develops the most wonder- 

 ful colorings in the foliage. We enumerate below a few of the 

 leading varieties, but can supply many other sorts. 

 Andreanum. Deep green, with yellow and crimson markings. 

 Aureuin Punctatum. Long, narrow foliiige, with numerous- 

 yellow spots. 

 Baron James de Rothschild. Olive- 

 green and yellow, clianging to brilliant 

 crimson. 

 Chrysophllla. Large foliage, light 

 crcam\ -yellow with bright green margin. 

 Dayspring. Orange-yellow, edged with 



green and tinged with red. 

 Evansianuni. Tricolored leaves, richly- 

 veined and mottled. (See cut.) 

 Fasciatum. Rich green, with golden- 



vellow ribs and veins. 

 Irregulare. Long, narrow, dark shin- 

 ing green foliage with golden blotches 

 and midrib. 

 Lady Zetland. Long, deep green foli- 

 age with crimson midrib and edge, and 

 golden-yellow veins. 

 Queen Victoria. Rich golden-yellow,, 

 mottled with green, midrib magenta, 

 changing to crimson, 

 Veitchii. Bright green, marked and mot- 

 tled -w'th vellow and crimson. 

 Weismanni. Dark shining green, golden- 

 midrib and edges. 



Price: 30 to 50 cts. each; $.3.00 to- 

 15.00 per doz. 



For CASTOR OIL PLANTS, COSMOS, COLEUS and CUPHEA see Bedding Plants, page 125. 



