16 PETER HENDERSON & CO.'S CATALOGUE OF SEEDS. 



CALLIRHOE. per pkt. 



Beautiful free-flowering plants, commencing to bloom when small, and continuing 

 throughout the summer and fall; excellent for beds or masses. Hardy annual. 

 Callirhoe Pedata. Purple crimson, with white eye, 2 ft 10 



Involucrata. Beautiful hardy perennial, 1 ft 10 



CANDYTUFT (Iberis.) 

 Very beautiful hardy annuals, too well known to require any description. 



Candytuft, Crimson. 1 ft 5 



Lilac. 1 ft 5 



Purple. 1 ft 5 



White Rocket, 1 ft 5 



White Sweet-scented. 1 ft 5 



Fine Mixed „ . . . 5 



Perennial. (Herts sempervirens. ) 1 ft „ 10 



CAMPANULA. 



This is one of the most useful, well-known, and beautiful tribe of perennials. 

 Many of the varieties, if sown early in the spring, will bloom the first year, as 

 C. carpatica aud alba, valuable for beds and edgings. C. pyramidalis, which 

 may be trained to any form of growth, and is, when well grown, in pots, a 

 most beautiful and stately plant. The different varieties are all well 

 worthy of a prominent place in every garden. 



Campanula Carpatica. Mauve. Hardy perennial, 1 ft 5 



Carpatica Alba. Pure white. Hardy perennial, 1 ft 5 



Loreii. Purple lilac. Hardy annual, 1 ft „ 5 



Loreii Alba. White, tinged with silver gray. Hardy annual, 1 ft 5 



Pyramidalis. Blue. Hardy perennial, 3 ft 5 



Pyramidalis Alba. White. Hardy perennial, 3 ft 5 



CANNA (Indian Shot.) 



A magnificent genus of stately plants, remarkable for their large and handsome 

 foliage, invaluable for the adornment of the conservatory, drawing-room, or 

 for groups in the flower-garden, producing a most luxuriant and tropical ap- 

 pearance. 



Previous to sowing, soak the seeds in hot water for about 12 hours. Sow 

 from MarcU till the end of April in light soil, and place in a gentle heat : when 

 the young plants have attained their second leaf, pot off singly, and grow on 

 in moderate heat until established, gradually harden, and plant out into rich 

 soil on a warm border. During winter the tubers should be kept in a cool, dry 

 place until spring. 



Canna Limbata. Scarlet and yellow, 4 ft 10 



Marechal Vaillant. Splendid variety, orange, 4 to 6 ft 25 



Musaefolia Hybrida. Red, foliage resembling a small banana, 2 ft 10 



Nepalensis. Clear yellow, 3 ft 10 



Tricolor. Bright scarlet, striped foliage, 2 ft 10 



Warscewiczii. Brilliant red, variegated foliage, 3 ft - 10 



Zebrina. Scarlet, striped foliage, 4 ft 10 



Finest Mixed 5 



CANTERBURY BELLS (Campanula Medium.) 



Very attractive and well known border plants ; succeed in any light rich soil . 



should be transplanted 2 ft apart. Hardy biennials. 

 Canterbury Bells. Double mixed, 2-5- ft = 5 



- Single Mixed. 2| ft 5 



New Large-Flowering, Mixed. (Campanula medium calycanthema.) 25 



CANARY BIRD FLOWER (Tropaeolum peregrinum.) 



An exceedingly ornamental creeper, with bright yellow fringed flowers, and neat, 



finely-divided foliage ; a general favorite. Half-hardy annual. 

 Canary Bird Flower. Yellow, 10 ft 10 



CASTOR OIL BEANS. (See Ricinus.) 



