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D. M. EERRY & CO>S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 



Cuphea, silenoides, dark crimson brown 10 



" Zimpani, violet red 10 



44 mixed . . to 



Cyclamen, Persicum. 



CYCUMEN. 



Well known and universally admired bulbous 

 rooted plants, producing exceedingly handsome red 

 and white flowers. The seed should be sown in 

 spring, and by autumn will produce a bulb, which if 

 potted and placed in conservatory or green-house, 

 will blossom the following spring. 

 Cyclamen, Persicum, mixed, variety of great 



beauty and many colors 25 



" Persicum, giganteum, mixed, character- 

 ized by beautiful foliage and profuse 

 bloom; each flower is from two to two and 

 one half inches long. Very choice 50 



CYPRESS YlNE-dpomaea 

 Quamoclit). 



A most beautiful climber, with delicate, dark 

 green, feathery foliage, and an abundance'of bright, 



star shaped, rose, scarlet and white blossoms, which in 

 the bright sunshine, present a mass of beauty. Planted 

 by the side of veranda, tree or stakes, and trained pro- 

 perly, there is nothing prettier. The seed will germinate 

 more freely if warm water be poured on the ground 

 after planting. Tender annual; fifteen feet high. 



Cypress Vine, scarlet 5 



" " rose 5 



" " white 5 



" 44 mixed 5 



DAHUA. 



This exceedingly beautiful genus comprises an almost 

 endless number of varieties, all more or less showy in 

 the flower garden in the autumn, when most other flow- 

 ers have faded. They are all of easy cultivation, grow- 

 ing freely in almost any soil, from seed sown in spring. 

 The seed can be sown in shallow pans, any time from 

 March to July, and the seedlings transplanted to small 

 pots. As soon as they are strong enough (but not until 

 danger of frost is over) plant out, one foot apart. These 



Cypress Vine. 



Dahlia, Double. 



plants will make tubers which should be taken up in the 

 fall and kept through the winter in a dry place, away 

 from frost, and planted out in the spring, when they 

 will blossom the following autumn. New varieties are 

 constantly being produced from seed, some of them of 

 exquisite beauty. 



Dahlia, finest double, mixed, seed saved from 



choicest double /towers 15 



" finest single, mixed, very brilliant flowers 

 running through a very wide range of strik- 

 ing colors, easily raised from seed and very 

 desirable 15 



DAISY— Bellis). 



Charming little plants for edgings and borders. The 

 flowers are quilled and flat petaled, white, pink, red, 

 and variegated. Not all will come double from seed, 



