DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE 



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Castor Bean, 



Carnation, fine double selves, one color. 

 " fxne aouble striped 



Catananche 



" double dwarf, ear'.y flowered 20 



" perpetual-flowered, seed saved from 

 choicest double fiowers 25 



" English seedling 10 



" choicest white ground 50 



yellov/ ground 50 



'' Italian 50 



*' " German. 50 



Tree, or Perpetual 50 



" double Grenadin, a splendid variety for flor- 

 ists ; very early, charming double scarlet flow- 

 ers. Exceedingly valuable for making bou- 

 quets, as the color is so brilliant as to render it 

 ver>' conspicuous 25 



'• extra fine mixed double Picotee 25 



■' extra choice double mixed, seed saved /roin 

 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 dou- 

 ble flowers of all shades and colors, many being 

 very fragrant 10 



CASSIA. 



A very handsome genus of ornamental shrubs, useful 

 for either green-house or conservatory decoration We 

 have selected a few of the most desirable, low-growing 



Celosia, pyramidalis plumosa. 



varieties, which will be found very beautiful. Sow the 



seed in March or April, in heat, in sand. 



Cassia, floribunda, stove annual, from Northern 



Spain, growing four feet high ; flowers yellow ; 



very ornamental 10 



" grandiP.ora, green-house shrub, from North 



America, growing six feet high, and producing 



yellow flowers in August and September 10 



" six finest varieties mixed, these comprise all 



the most desirable green-house varieties 10 



CASTOR BEAN'-(Bicmus). 



Tall, majestic plants for lawns, with leaves of glossy 

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

 of prickly capsules of scarlet and {.xeen. An elegant 

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

 Plant in hot-bed, and transplant whet, 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 



" mixed 10 



CATANANCHE. 



A plant from the south of Europe, and takes its name 

 from the fact that it compels admiration. The flowers 

 are white with violet center, and blue with purple cen- 

 ter, quite double, somewhat resembling a pink, and ex- 

 tremely showy. It will blossom more freely in ligkt 



Catchfly. 



Centaurea, gymnocarpa. 



Celosia, Huttonii. 



