I). M. FERRY & CO>S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 



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CALCEOLARIA. 



A favorite and universally admired genus, remark- 

 able for their large, beautifully spotted blossoms, which 

 are very showy, and from which an almost countless 

 number of hybrids have been raised. They are per- 

 ennial, are grown in pots in the conservatory, green- 

 house and garden; but few flowers are held in greater 

 esteem. They prefer a turfy loam, a mixture of peat 

 and sand, or a rich open garden mold, and are propa- 

 gated from seed or cuttings. Some of them are herba- 

 ceous perennials, others shrubby evergreens. 



Calceolaria. 

 Calceolaria, hybrida grandiflora, flowers of im- 

 mense size: seed saved from finest specimens. 

 Very choice 25 



" hybrida tigrina, flowers of the largest dimen- 

 sions; beautifully maculated or spotted. Seed 

 saved from choicest collection 25 



** rugosa, bedding variety; shrubby; grown in and 

 out of doors. Mixed seed, saved from the 

 finest shrubby sorts only 25 



u hybrida, pumila compacta tigrina, a very 



dwarf variety, only ten inches high, and of 

 compact growth. Flowers of fine fiorm and 

 beautifiul color; desirable for contrast with 



taller sorts 25 



" finest hybrids mixed, seed saved only from 

 the most perfect fioivers, embracing many of 

 recent introduction; all desirable . . .25 



CALENDULA.-rSee Marigold). 



CALLA. 



An old and very desirable plant, either as an aquatic 

 or as an ornament for the drawing room and conserva- 

 tory. Thrives in any light, rich soil when plentifully 

 watered. The seeds, which should be sown in green- 

 house in early spring, produce small bulbs in the fall, 

 which should be re-potted in rich soil. The production 

 of large plants from seed takes some time, but the 

 beautiful creamy white flowers are an ample reward 

 for the care and patience bestowed. Half-hardy per- 

 ennial. 



Calla, aethiopica 25 



CALLIOPSIS, or COREOPSIS. 



A very showy border plant, producing flowers in nearly 

 every shade of yellow, orange, crimson, red and brown. 

 If the seed pods are removed as soon as they appear, the 

 plant will remain in bloom much longer. Sow where 



Coreopsis. 



they are to remain, and thin to two feet apart. Hardy- 

 annual; two feet high. 



Cailiopsis, fine mixed 5 



CALLIRHOE. 



A pretty plant, resembling the scarlet Linum, produc- 

 ing an abundance of rich violet-purple blossoms, each 

 blossom having a white eye. The plant begins to flower 

 when six inches high, and continues to yield a succession 

 of its attractive blossoms till frost. Succeeds better 

 when planted in hot-bed and transplanted two feet 

 apart. Hardy annual; one to two feet high. 

 Callirhoe, involucrata, trailing; purplish-crimson. 5 



" pedata, purple, white eye 5 



" nana, dwarf; one foot 5 



CAMELLIA. 



All species of Camellias are universally admired on 

 account of their beautiful, rose like flowers, and elegant 

 dark green, shining, laurel like leaves. They are hardy 

 green-house shrubs of easy culture, requiring only to be 

 protected from frost. The best soil for them is an equal 

 quantity of good, sandy loam and peat. They are 

 propagated by inarching, cuttings, grafting, and from 

 seed, the latter being the only method of obtaining new 

 varieties. When the plants are not growing, they 

 should receive but little water, but when growing freely, 

 can scarcely receive too much. A regular succession of 

 flowers may be obtained from autumn till July, if atten- 

 tion be given to removing the potted and growing plants 

 from a warm to a cooler atmosphere. When the growth 

 is completed and flower buds formed, a cool, sheltered 

 situation is best, for they will be seriously injured if ex- 

 posed to the rays of the sun. 



Camellia, Japonica, fine double mixed, seed 

 saved firoin the finest double varieties, and 

 will undoubtedly produce some very valuable 

 kinds, of various colors 23 



CANARY BIRD FLOWER. 



(JTropcpoleum canariense). 

 A beautiful climber, the charming little canary colored 

 blossoms bearing a fancied resemblance to a bird with 

 its wings half expanded. The plant has a fine luxuri- 

 ant, rambling character, and if the seeds are planted by 

 the side of an arbor or trellis, to run upon, it will run 

 twenty feet high, and blossom from July till frost 

 comes. The flowers will be more numerous and brilliant 

 in light, moderately rich soil. Tender annual; twenty 

 feet high. 



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