D. M. FERRY & GO'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 



55 



CALCEOLARIA. — A favorite and universally admired 

 genus, remarkable for their large, beautifulh- spott>ed 

 blossoms. An almost countless number of hybrids have 

 been raised. They are grown in pots in the conserva- 

 tory, green-house and garden. Herbaceous or shrubby 

 evergreen perennials. 

 Hybrida grandiflora, flowers of immense size; seed 



saved from finest specimens 25 



Hybrida tigrina, flowers of the largest size, beautifully ^ 



spotted. Seed saved from choicest collection 25 



Finest hybrids mixed, seed saved only from the most 

 perfect flowers, embracing many of recent introduction;^ 



all "desirable • • • 25 



Rugosa, shrubby: grown in and out of doors. Saved from 

 the finest varieties, mixed 25 



CALENDULA.— (See Marigold.) 



CALIFORNIA POPPY.— (See Eschscholtzia.) 



CALLA /ETHIOPICA— (Ethiopian Lily).— An old and very 

 desirable plant, either as an aquatic or as an ornament 

 for the drawing room and conservatory. "Will flower in 

 one 3-ear from planting of the seed. Half hardy per-^ _ 

 ennial 25 



CALLIOPSIS, OR COREOPSIS.— A very showy border 

 plant, producing flowers in nearly every shade of yel- 

 low, orange, crimson, red and brown. Hardj' annual; 

 two feet high, mixed, fine 5 



CALLIRHOE— (Poppy Mallow). — Extremely handsome 

 border plants, bearing large, rich, violet-purple flowers 

 in great profusion throughout the season. Hardy- 

 annual; one to two feet high. 

 Involucrata, trailing, purplish- 

 crimson 5 



Pedata, purple, white eye 5 



" nana, dwarf; one foot.. 5 



CAflELLIA JAPONICA. -House 

 or green-house evergreen, per- 

 ennial shrubs, easily grown 

 from seeds. As varieties do 

 not come true from seed when 

 plants are grown this way, one 

 may have the pleasure of get- «^^Of*5^ 



ting something distinct and of ^^^K^^^^ifc 



unusual merit. Mixed, flnest 

 double varieties 25 



CANARY BIRD FLOWER-(Tro= "^/^ 



pceolum peregrinum). — A 

 beautiful climber, the charm- 

 ing little canary colored bios- ^^^ 

 soms bearing a fancied re- 

 semblance to a bird with its 

 wings half expanded. The 

 plant has a luxuriant, ramb- 

 ling character, and if the seeds 

 are planted by the side of an 

 arbor or trellis, will run 

 twenty feet and blossom from 

 July till frost comes. Tender 

 annual 10 "^ ^ 



CANDYTUF T-(Iberis).- Uni- Can dytu ft 



versally known and cultivated. 



Candytuft, Rocket. 



and considered indispensable 

 for cutting. All the varieties 

 look best in beds or masses. 

 Hardy annual; one foot high. 



Purple 5 



White 5 



Rocket (Empress), white, extra 

 large trusses. One would 

 scarcely believe, without see- 

 ing it, what an improvement 

 this is in size and quality of 

 the flowering trusses over 

 v^ the common white variety. 



Ours can be relied on to be 



the large flowered kind 5 



Fragrant, white 5 



Crimson, flne 5 



Carmine, of dwarf, compact 



habit 10 



Fine flixed 5 



'JJ:^ Dwarf mixed hybrid, four to 



six inches high 10 



Perennial iSeinpervirens'), 

 hard}- evergreen, sub-shrub; 

 height, ten inches; flowers 



white, very pretty 10 



~'.'~f "■-'^■■^^ C A N N A. — Stately ornamental 

 plants, verj- desirable for 

 Carmine. bedding out' doors, while the 

 dwarf varieties are now 

 much used for forcing under glass for the flowers. Ten- 

 der perennial; two to six feet high. Store roots in 

 cellar in winter. 

 Indica (Indian Shot), scarlet blossoms . 10 



Crozys Hybrid Cannas. 



