DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 



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Campanula. 

 CANDYTTJFT-aberis). 



Universally known and cukivated, and considered in- 

 dispensable for cutting. All the varieties look best in 

 beds or masses. Seed sown in the autumn produces 

 flowers early m spring ; when sown in April, flower from 

 July to September, and some of the sorts till frost comes. 

 All the varieties are hardy, and easy to cultivate. Single 

 plants transplanted look well and bloom profusely. 

 Hardy annual ; one foot high. 



Canary Bird Flower 



Candytuft, white. 



Candytuft, new carmine. 



Candytuft, purple 5 



" white 5 



" Rocket, white 5 



" fragrant, white 5 



'■ new crimson, fine 5 



•■ fine mixed 5 



" new carmine. A splendid novelty of dwarf, 

 compact habit. The plant presents one per- 

 f-ct mass of vivid and rich bloom ; a valuable 



acqv.isition^ and very choice 25 



" perennial iSeuipervirens) 10 



CANTERBURY BELL -Campanula 

 Medium.'. 

 Handsome, hardy biennial, of stately growth, rich 

 color, and profuse bloom. Succeeds best in light, rich 

 soil, and should be transplanted two feet apart. Their 

 large, bell-shaped flowers are freely produced through- 

 out the summer, and are strikingly effecti%-e. 



Canterbury Bell, double white 10 



blue 10 



" " mixed, blue and white.. 10 



CANNA. 

 Stately and highly ornamental plant, desirable not 

 only for the beauty of its spikes of flowers, but for its 



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elegant foliage. The leaves are a rich, deep green, three 

 feet long and six inches wide, verj' handsome as the5' 

 unfold themselves. Start the plants in hot-bed, in pots, 

 and transplant in June, and blossoms will appear in July 

 or Augu.st. Soak the seed thoroughlj' before planting, 

 and keep in a warm spot. The roots can be kept in the 

 green-house from year to year, and then it becomes 

 perennial. Tender annual in open ground ; four to six 

 feet high. 



Canna, Indica ("Indian Shotj, scarlet blossoms lo 



" gaboniensis, yellow flowers ; fine 15 



" nigricans, orange blo.ssoms 15 



" Warszew^iczii, bright red flowers ; striped foli- 

 age ; verj- beautiful ; /our varieties Tnixed. .10 



CARDIOSPERM:UM-(See Balloon Vine.) 



CARNATION and PIC0T2E- Dianthus 



CaryophylluS'. 



No flower can surpass in delicacy of marking, form, 



or del icious 



fragrance, the 



rich Ij'^-h u e d 



Carnation. It 



has always 



been one of the 



most esteemed 



of the florist's 



collection, and 



there is no 



flower more 



desirable f o r 



the gar d erf. 



The seed will 



not produce 



all double flow- 



ers, though a 



good percent- 

 age will be double, and of all shades and colors, many 



being ver>' fragrant. Sow under glass in green-house or 



hot-bed, and when of sufficient size, transplant two feet 



apart each way. New and choice varieties are obtained 



from seed. Half-hardy perennial ; one and a half_feet 



high. 



Carnation, fine double selves, one color 15 



" fine double striped 20 



" double dwarf, early flowered 20 



" " perpetual-flowered, seed saved from 



choicest double flowers 25 



" English seedling jq 



" choicest white ground -q 



Carnation, double Grenadin. 



