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COCKSCOMB. {See Celosia Cristata.) 



PER PKT. 



COLEUS. 



The utility of the Coleus is well known for ornamental purposes, whether for bed- 

 ding or other decorations, where colored-leaved plants are desired. They are 

 grown so easily, and make such fine specimens in so short a time, that their 

 merit can he scarcely over-estimated. 

 Coleus, from New Hybrids. These seeds may all he expected to produce very 

 beautiful and distinct new sorts. They have been produced by fertiliza- 

 tion, and saved from the handsomest varieties of recent introduction 50 



COLLINSIA. 



An exceedingly pretty and popular genus of free blooming and attractive plants. 

 Hardy annuals. 



Collinsia Bicolor. Purple and white, 1 ft 5 



Candidissima. Pure white, 1 fb 5 



Grandiflora. Blue, white, and lilac, 1 ft 5 



Finest Mixed Varieties. 5 



COLLOMIA. 



Collomia Grandiflora. Showy border plant, saffron color. Hardy annual 5 



COMMELIKA. 



Beautiful free-flowering tuberous-rooted plants, succeeding in any light rich soil. 



The roots should be lifted and preserved like Dahlias through the winter. 



Half-hardy perennials. 



Commelina Ccelestis. Sky bine, 1$ ft 5 



Alba. White, lift 5 



CONVOLVULUS, 



One of the handsomest and most popular annuals in cultivation, growing freely 

 in almost any situation. The climbing varieties, C. aureus .superbus and C. 

 major, or Morning Glory, produce a fine effect when grown on rock-work, 

 stumps of trees, or banks, and when trained over trellises, rustic-work, or 

 rough fences, the beauty and delicacy of their colors are unsurpassed. C. minor 

 and its varieties are admirably adapted for beds and mixed borders. Half- 

 hardy annuals. 



Convolvulus Aureus Superbus. Beautiful golden yell o w, 6 ft 15 



Major. {Morning Glory.) Fine mixed varieties 5 



Minor Tricolor. Violefc, purple, and white, 1ft. Hardy annual 5 



Minor Unicaulis. A new variety of uprigbr, growth, compact heads of rich 



purplish blue flowers. Hardy annual 10 



Mauritanicus. Beautiful for hanging baskets and vases: flowers blue. 



Hardy perennial - 10 



COSMIDIUM. 



A beautiful Coreopsis-like annual, wiih large and very showy flowers, admirably 



adapted for groups or marginal lines. Hardy annual. 

 Cosmidium Burridgeanum. Crimson, brown and yellow, 2 ft 10 



COWSLIP. 

 A favorite early free-flowering plant, very useful for tilling the beds and borders 



of spring flower gardens. Hardy perennial. 

 Cowslip. Fine mixed English, f f t 5 



CUCUMIS. 



Ornamental Cucumbers with curious fruit, remarkable for the luxuriance and 



rapidity of their growth. Half-hardy annuals. 

 Cucumis Dipsaceus. Sulphur yellow, very elegant 10 



Flexuosu^. (Snake Cucumber.) Frait 3 ft. long 10 



Grossularia. {Gooseberry Gourd) 10 



CUCURBITA. • 



The tribe of Cucurbita or Gourds are well-known as producing some of the most 

 curiously shaped of all fruits, and being, like the Cucumis, of extremely rapid 

 growth, are very desirable for covering trellis- work cf arbors, etc., the varied 

 and fantastic forms of the fruit adding a peculiar charm to the luxuriance of 

 the foliage. 



Cucurbita Leucantha Longissima. Very curious, 5 ft. long 10 



Depressa. Dark' green fruit 10 



CYCLAKTHERA. 



An ornamental climbing plant, with handsome foliage, and pretty oval-shaped 



fruit, exploding loudly when ripe. Half-hardy annual. 

 Cyclanthera Explodens. Very elegant, 10 ft 10 



