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■when the plant is cultivated in masses, the flowers are 

 very showy and ornamental, and continue in bloom a 

 Jong time. Hardy annual; about nine inches high. 



Campanula, fined mixed, blue and white 5 



' V,-,' ciLo Canterbiij-y Bell.\ 



CAI^ARY BIRD KI^OlJVEir. 



( TtopceoluDi canariense.) 

 A beautiful climber, the charming little canary colored 

 i lossoms bearing a fancied resemblance to a bird with 

 its wings half expanded. The plant has a fine, luxuri- 



Canary Bird Flower. 



.ant. rambling character, and if the seeds are planted 

 'by the side of an arbor or trellis, to run upon, it will 

 run twenty feet high, and blossom from July till frost 

 • comes. The flowers will be more numerous and brill- 

 iant in light moderately rich soil. Tender annual ; 

 twenty feet high. 



■Canary Bird Flower. 10 



CA^JDYXIKX. 

 Universally known and cultivated, and considered in- 

 dispensable for cutting. 

 All the varieties look 

 best in beds or masses. 

 Seed sown in the au- 

 tumn produces flowers 

 early in spring ; when 

 sown in April, flowers 

 from July to Septem- 

 ber, and some of the 

 sorts till frost comes. 

 All the varieties are 

 hardy, and easy to cul- 

 tivate. Single plants 

 transplanted look well, 

 and bioom profusely. 

 Hardy annual; one foot 

 high. 

 Candytuft, purple. 5 



Candytuft, white 5 



Rocket, wliite 5 



fragrant, white .... 5 



new cri mson, fine 5 



fine mixed 5 



new carmine, of dwarf, compact habit. The 

 plant presents one perfect mass of \i\id and 



rich bloo.Ti i« 



" perennial (.SV////cr7'/;v//.v^ 10 



CAJ^XERBIR-Y BKI I, Campan- 

 ula Medium.) 



Handsome, hardy biennial, of stately growth, rich 

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



Candytuft. 



soil, and should be transplanted two feet apart. Their 

 large, bell shaped flowers are freely produced through- 

 out the summer, and are strikingly effective. 



Canterbury Bell, double white 10 



blu2 10 



'■ ■■ ■■ mixed, blue and white. .10 

 " " calycanthema, mixed, oneof the 

 newer sorts ; flowers large, of fine form, white, 

 lilac, rose and purple. Hardy perennial 10 



Stately and highly ornamental plant, desirable not 

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

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

 feet long and six inches wide, very handsome as they 

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

 and transplant in June, and blossoms will appear in July 

 or August. Soak the seed thoroughly 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 Shot), scarlet blossoms ... 10 



'■ gaboniensis, yellow flowers ; fine. 15 



nigricans, orange blossoms ... . 15 



•' Warszewiczii, bright red flowers ; striped foli- 

 age : \ery beautiful ; four varieties mixed . .10 



CAR.I)IOSI»EIl.:»IT'ia-(See Balloon Vine). 



CARTVAXIO:?* and PICOXEIX Oi- 



antlius Caryopliyilasi. 



No flt)wer can surpass in delicacv of marking, form, 

 or delicious fragrance, the richly hued Carnation. It 

 has always been one of the most esteemed of the flor- 

 ist's collection, and there is no flower more desirable for 

 the garden. The seed will not produce all double flow- 

 ers, though a good percentage will be double, and of all 

 shades and colors, many being very fragrant. Sow under 

 glass in green-house or hot-bed. and wheH of suftlcient 

 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 



