DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGTJE. 



87 



Coleus. 



Colu 



Convolvulus, aureus superbus, ven- large, golden 



yellow flowers ; grows six feet high ; new 15 



" mauritanicus, hardy, trailing plant, about one 

 foot high, and produces an abundance of 

 rich, satiny, lavender blossoms. Especially 

 adapted for rock work or baskets 10 



" Major, (see Morning Glor\'.; 



CONVOLVULUS MINOIt-« Dwarf 



Morning- Glory;. 



Dwarf plants, of trailing, branching habit, each plant 

 occupj'ing a space of two feet. At mid-day it is com- 

 pletely covered with a mass of most brilliant, manj^ col- 

 ored blossoms, which remain open till evening, in dr>' 

 weather. The colors are pure white, blue passing into 

 white, yellow, red, purple, &c. Will do well in any 

 common garden soil. Thin to three feet apart each 

 way. Half-hardj^ annual ; one foot high. 

 Convolvulus Minor, tricolor, bright blue, shaded 



to pure white, ne.xt to the golden center 5 



Minor, alba, pure white 5 



" striata, finely striped 5 



" mixed 5 



" flora pleno, a new double variety 10 



" unicaulis, a single, upright stem with- 

 out a branch, and a compact head of flower 

 buds in great profusion, which expand into 

 blossoms of immense size, of ver>' rich, pur- 

 plish-blue color, and continues in bloom the 

 ■whole season 10 



mbine, double. Convolvulus, Minor. 



COIX— (See Job's Tears.) 



CREPIS. 



Very pretty, unobtrusive plants, bearing double flow- 

 ers of a variety of striking colors. Are known in some 

 sections as Hawk Weed. Any good common soil suits 

 them, and if sown in open border early in spring, the^'' 

 will flower from July to October. Grown in masses 

 and thinned to eighteen inches apart, they are verj' 

 effective. Hardy annual ; one foot high. 



Crepis, barbata, 3-ellow, purple eye 5 



" rubra, bright red 5 



'° flore albo, white 5 



" mixed 5 



CUCURBITA- See Gourds.) 



CUPHEA. 



A favorite bedding plant with green-house men, fa- 

 milarly known as Cigar Plant, on account of the fancied 

 resemblance to a lighted cigar. The colors are firey 

 red and crimson brown. Planted on gentle heat and 

 transplanted to the garden, it will continue to blossom, 

 all summer, and on the approach of frost may be re- 

 moved to the green-house or conservator^', and will 

 continue to bloom all winter. Tender perennial ; one 

 and a half feet high. 



Cuphea, silenoides, dark crimson-brown 10 



'■ Zimpanii, violet-red 10 



" mixed 10 





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Commelina. 



Cyclamen, Jannes' Prize 



Cypress Vine. 



