in a season. The flower and foliage are both beautiful, and we esteem it one of 

 the best of plants for covering windows, arbors, trellises, etc. Tender perennial. 

 Cobffia SCandenS^ flowers deep ;iur;^le and lilac ; from Mexico. 



COCKSCOMB.— (Celosia.) 



Curious, ornamental flowers, highly attractive, producing a fine eflect in 

 beds or green-house. Flowers large and very brilliant. 

 Celosia cristata, mixed tall, 12 splendid tall varieties mixed. 

 dwarf crimson, brilliant ; 9 inches. 

 " dwarf yellow, fine ; 9 inches. 



* " " rose, same as above, except in color. 



" " mixed dwarf, dwarf varieties mixed. 



' i' japonlca, or New Japan Cockscomb. ( Fic^.) We grew this new and 

 beautiful variety last season, and can, with the utmost confidence, rec- 

 ommend it as possessing all the merit claimed for it. It is a perfect 

 \- ^ blaze of beauty. The comb is finely cut, delicate as lace, and won- 

 \ ■ ^ derfully brilliant. The branches, from the roots to the smallest leaf- 

 veins, are crimson, and a single plant in a bed attracted universal atten- 

 tion from all passers-by. 



