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Castor Bean. 



Exceedingly valuable for making bouquets, 

 as the color is so brilliant as to render it very 



conspicuous 25 



Carnation, extra fine mixed double Picotee 25 



11 extra choice double mixed, seed saved fro>n 

 the choicest French, German, Italian and 

 English stocks. A large proportion of this 

 seed will produce double flowers, and will be 



appreciated by the florist 25 



" double mixed, good seed, producing many 

 double flowers of all shades and colors, many 

 being very fragrant 10 



CASTOR BEAX-(Ricinus). 



Tall, majestic plants for lawns, with leaves of glossy 

 green, brown, or bronzed metallic hue, and long spikes 

 of prickly capsules of scarlet and green. An elegant 

 plant for a lawn, and of very quick growth in rich soil. 

 Plant in hot-bed, and transplant when three leaves have 

 formed, or plant where they are required. Tender an- 

 nual; eight to ten feet high. 



Ricinus, sanguineus, splendid red fruit in clusters; 



blood red stalks 10 



" tricolor, leaves spotted 10 



•• giganteus, leaves of large size, richly veined 



and marbled; ten feet high 10 



'• communis major (Palma Christi), the com- 

 mon Castor Oil Bean 5 



4 " mixed 10 



CATANAXCHE. 



The flowers are white with a violet center, and blue 

 with purple center, quite double, somewhat resembling 

 a pink, and extremely showy. It will blossom more 

 freely in light, well drained soil, will begin to bloom in 

 July or August from seed sown in April. Hardy peren- 



nial; one and a half to two feet high. 



Catananche, ccerulea, blue, purple center 5 



" bicolor, white, violet center 5 



" mixed 5 



CATCHFI.Y-(Silene). 



An easy growing, free flowering plant, producing 

 dense umbels of white, red and rose pink like blossoms. 

 6 



The plant is covered with a glutinous moisture, from 

 which flies cannot disengage themselves, hence the 

 name Catchfly. After having been once grown, the 

 seed will sow itself in the ground. Hardy annual; one 

 foot high. 



Silene, armeria, alba, white 5 



" " rubra, red 5 



" " rosea, rose 5 



" " mixed 5 



CEDRONELLA. 



A beautiful, hardy herbaceous, perennial plant, having 

 fragrant leaves, and producing long spikes of salvia 

 shaped, crimson blossoms, which remain a long time. 

 Start in the house from January to March. 

 Cedronella, cana, three feet high 10 



CEEASTRUS-rciimbing Bitter- 

 Sweetj. 



Hardy, deciduous climber, producing yellow blossoms 

 early in the season, and later, ripened fruit, which is 

 very ornamental, and remains on the vines nearly all 

 winter. Grows about twenty feet high. 

 Celastrus, scandens 10 



CEEOSIA. 



Magnificent plants for green-house or conservatory 

 decoration, producing elegant, plume shaped spikes of 

 flowers; look well in vases out of doors in summer. Sow 

 in good, rich soil, and transplant at proper period. Half- 

 hardy annuals; one to three feet high. 

 Celosia, pyramidalis, crimson feathered, crimson 



spikes; beautiful 10 



" pyramidalis, plumosa, mixed, beautiful 

 long plumes; pyramidal in form, of red, yellow, 



violet, etc.; very striking 10 



" cristata, (see Cockscomb). 



CENTAIREA Dusty filler ... 



An exceedingly interesting genus of- plants, embrac- 

 ing annuals, biennials and perennials. Some of the va- 

 rieties are magnificent foliage plants, indispensable for 



Silene, Rosea. 



