DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 





Cineraria, dwarf, flower. 



Clarkia, elegans flore pleno, double; ros^' purple. 5 

 " mixed, best and finest varieties 5 



CLEMATIS. 



Well known and universally admired climbers, some 

 of the varieties being remarkable for the beauty and 

 fragrance of their blossoms. Fine for covering arbors, 

 verandas. <fec., as they cling readily to almost any ob- 

 ject. Most of the kinds are hardj', herbaceous perenni- 

 als, but some little protection in Northern latitudes, 

 through winter, is advised. Will do well in anj' good 

 garden soil. 



Clematis, Pitcheri, new .• elegant habit, neat foli- 

 age, and exceedingly pretty, bright red blos- 

 soms : hardy climber 25 



" Virginana (Virgin's Bower), a rapid climber 

 with white blossoms, growing twenty feet in a 

 single season ; is hardy, dj'ing down in winter, 

 but starting up again in the spring. It is 

 equally remarkable when in fruit, the long, 

 feathery- tails of the fruit separating like tufts 



of wool 10 



" Verticellata, produces beautiful blue flowers 

 from June to September, on long panduncles 

 from the axis of the leaves ; rather bell-shaped 

 and nodding. Grows eight to ten feet in a 



season 10 



" Flammula, a luxuriant climber with clusters of 

 small, white, fragrant flowers in August and 

 September. Sometimes called Sweet Virgin's 

 Bower 10 



CLIANTHUS. 



Curious, green-house shrubs, with singularly beauti- 

 ful foliage, and magnificent clusters of long, drooping 

 flowers, somewhat resembling a parrot's beak. About 

 three feet high, and succeeds best in loam, peat and 

 sand mixed ; does well planted in a border of the con- 

 ser%-atory, or will flourish against a south wall, if pro- 

 tected from cold and frost. A mong the most magnifi- 

 cent bloo7}iing plants in cultivation. 

 Clianthus, Dampieri, bright scarlet blossoms 20 



CLINTONIA. 



Charming little trailing plants, suitable for baskets, 

 pots, or rock-work. The flowers are somewhat like the 

 Lobelia, blue, purple and spotted, about haL' an inch in 

 diameter. The seed is exceedingly small, and should 

 be sown with great care, covering verj' slightly with 

 earth, and shading from the rays of the sun till firmly 

 established. Tender annual ; six inches high. 



Clintonia. 



Clarkia. 



Clintonia, elegans, light blue 5 



•■ pulchella, blue, yeilow and white 10 



" '■ atropurpurea, violet-purple, center 



of yellow, margined with white 10 



" fine mixed 10 



COB^ffiA. 



A fine, rapid-growing climber, with handsome foli- 

 age, and large, bell-shaped flowers, green at first, but 

 rapidly changing to a beautiful, deep violet-blue. Seeds 

 should be started in hot-bed, in rather drj- soil, as they 

 are apt to rot in open ground. A well established plant 

 will run fifty feet in a season, covering a large veranda 

 with handsome foliage and beautiful flowers. Tender 

 perennial. 

 Cobaea, scandens 10 



COCKSCOMB— < Celosia 1 . 



Hignly ornamental plants, producing crested heads of 

 flowers, somewhat re- 

 sembling a cock's comb. 

 There are many colors 

 and shapes, but the scar- 

 let and crimson ones are 

 the most brilliant and 

 rich. To produce fine 

 combs, the soil cannot be 

 too rich, and the plants 

 should be forwarded in 

 hot-bed, though showy 

 plants may be raised 

 from seed planted in open 

 ground in May. The 

 oftener they are trans- 

 planted or shifted, the 



Cockscomb, variegated. 



