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Chstkum Pakqui. 



CAREX. 



Japonica Variegata. An oina- 

 meiual Japanese grass which is ex- 

 tremely useful as a house plant, of 

 easy growth, standing the dry 

 atmosphere of heated rooms with 

 impunity, and at the same time 

 hardy if planted out in the garden 

 in summer. 15 cts. each ; 4 for 

 50 cts. 



CESTRUM PARpUI. 



(Nigiit-blooiuing Jessainiue.) 



A beautiful tender shrub of easy cultivation, with small 

 greenish-white flowers, of delightful fragrance, which is dis- 

 pensed 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. 20 cts. each; $2.00 per doz. 



CEIVIA Mir^IATA (ImantophyUum). 



A pretty lily-like plant of the easiest culture, and a most desirable house ]ilant ; 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 dense clusters of from ten to twenty flowers on each; in 

 color it is of a fine orange-red shading to buff. Large, strong plants. ."lO cts. eacli. 



CLEMATIS. 



Indivisa. A species that is rarely met with, and 

 which is worthy of extended cultivation. Not 

 being hardy, it requires the protection of a cooll 

 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 ini 

 diameter, and produced in panicles frequently 

 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. CSee cut.) 75 cts. each. 



Clerodendron 



Clerodeiidroii 

 Balfouri. 



A beautiful greenhouse 

 climber, and admirably 

 suited for house culture ; 

 flowering most profuselv 

 with bright scarlet flov/ers, 

 enveloped in a creamy- 

 white calyx. (See cut.) 15 

 cts. each; $1.50 per doz. 



COB^A 

 SCANDENS. 



(Cups and SaucersVine.^ 



A beautiful climber, of 

 rapid growth, large jiur- 

 ple cup-and-saucer-shaped 

 flowers. P'or covering 

 arbors, trellises, etc., it is 

 unsurpassed. 15 cts. each; 

 11.50 per doz. 



Cyperus Alternifoli 



Cli\'ia. 



CURMERIA. 



WalHsJi. A handsome or- 

 namental plant which is de- 

 serving of wide popularity 

 as a decorative plant for the 

 warm conservatory. Its 

 leaves, which are about 5 

 inches long by 2 to 2J 

 inches wide, are of a rich 

 deep green, irregularly 

 blotched with pale yellow- 

 ish-green. 50 cts. each. 



CYPERUS. 



Alternifolius {Umbrelld 

 Plant). An excellent house 

 plant; thrives under almost 

 all conditions, always pre- 

 senting a green and attrac- 

 tive appearance. (See cut.) 

 15 and 25 cts. each. 



Clematis Indivisa. 



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