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in diameter. The seed is exceeding!)- small, and should 

 be sown with great care; covering very slightly with 

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

 established. Tender annual ; six inches high. 



Clintonia, ele- 



gans, light blue 5 

 Clintonia, pulch- 

 ella, blue, yel- 

 low and white. . 10 

 Clintonia pulch- 

 e 11 a atropur- 

 purea, viole t- 

 purple, center 

 yellow, margined 



with white 10 



Clintonia, fi n e 

 mixed 10 



A fine, rapid grow- 

 ing climber, with 

 handsome foliage 

 and large, bell shap- 

 ed flowers, green at 

 first, but rapidly changing to a beautiful, deep violet- 

 blue. Seeds should be started in hot-bed, or by a warm 

 window in the house, with the edge down, in rather 

 dry soil, as they are apt to rot in open ground. A well 





Clintonia, 



Cobaea. 



established plant will run fifty feet in a season, cover- 

 ing a large veranda with handsome foliage and beauti- 

 fy i flowers. Tender perennial. 

 Cobaea, scandens 10 



COCK:sco:»IB-(Celosia). 



Highly orna- 

 mental plants, pro- 

 ducing crested 

 heads of I'io w ers, 

 somewhat resembl- 

 ing a cock's comb, 

 There are many 

 colors and shapes, 

 but the scarlet and 

 crimson ones are 

 the most brilliant 

 and rich. The oft- 

 ener they are trans- 

 ^ planted or shifted, 

 ■^ the larger and more 

 beautiful they grow. 

 Start under glass or 



Cockscomb. 



in the house and transplant, setting the plants out three 

 feet apart. Tender annual , one to three feet high. 

 Celosia, cristata, mixed tall, twelve of the most 



splendid tall varieties mixed 10 



" cristata, dwarf crimson, brilliant 10 



" •■ •• rose, deep rose 10 



" ■' " yellow, fine 10 



" " • mixed 10 



" new Japan, {Celosia Japo^iica), the comb is 

 finely cut, delicate as lace, and wonderfully 



brilliant 10 



" ne\v variegated, variegated in branch, leaf, 



and comb ; very handsome 10 



*' Glasgow Prize, a very fine, semi-dwarf varie- 

 ty ; with large, brilliant crimson comb, and 



handsome, dark foliage 15 



■• Japonica cristata nana, {^neiv dwar/ crested 

 Cocksco77ib). The striking features of this 

 singular variety are its perfectly symmetrical 

 growth, the leaves covering the entire stem 

 with dark bronze red, which, in contrast with 

 white leaved plants, produces a most striking 

 effect. It is one of the most valuable plants 

 we know of when used largely as a border 

 plant. The color of the comb is an intensely 

 brilliant shining car mine ^ rendering it very 

 conspicuous, even among most brilliant color- 

 ed flowers, like scarlet geraniums, roses, car- 

 nations, etc. The three to five little combs 

 form themselves on separate side stems in a 

 perfectly symmetrical manner around the 

 plant, keeping about eight inches lower than 

 the head, and in no way interfering with the 

 gracefulness of the leaves. The most char- 

 acteristic feature is the leaflets which grow 

 on the neck of the comb, and form a beauti- 

 ful circle or collar around each comb, as true 

 in the small as the large flower, all standing 

 out perfectly horizontal 20 



COI^EITS. 



Probably there is no other kind of ornamental foliage 

 plant so well known and universally admired as the 

 Coleus. The leaves are of all shapes, shades and colors, 

 and nearly all have a rich, velvety appearance of extra- 

 ordinary beauty. No yard should be without these 



Coleus. 

 decorative plants. They should be planted in a green- 

 house or a warm situation in-doors in a temperature of 

 70°, and can be bedded out as soon as danger of frost is 

 over. They will continue to grow and thrive till cut 

 down by frost in autumn. Slips should be taken from 

 the finest, which will grow finely all winter, if potted 

 and placed in green-house or conservatory. 



Coleus, mixed, twenty- five best named sorts 25 



" new hybrids mixed 25 



