D M. Ferry & Go's Descriptive Catalogue. 



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Centaurea Americana, hardy annual from Arkansas 

 two feet in height, and of strong, robust 



growth ; flowers deep red very pretty 5 



" cyanus, isee Bachelor's liutton). 



" moschata atropurpurea. (see Sweet Sultan). 



CI3AM.«:K.OI»S-(See Palm). 



CHKIK-A]^TMUS- (See Wall Flower). 



CHU-YSAT^THHMrM:. 



The following are the old gar- 

 den varieties, producing flowers. 

 white, yellow and variegated, 

 single and double. They flower in 

 autumn, and are desirable as they 

 are brilliant and striking. The 

 single sorts are quite as handsome 

 as the double. Hardy annual ; 

 one and a half to two feet high. 



Chrysanthemum, frutescens, 

 Maiguerite^ or Paris Daisy. 

 This variety, under the name of 

 Marguerite, has obtained great 

 popularity among eastern florists. 

 The pretty, star shaped, white 

 flowers are freely produced, and 

 the plant will grow under almost 



Chrysanthemum any circumstances 10 



Chrysanthemum, coronorium, double white. . . 5 



'' coronarium, double yellow 5 



" Burridganum, crimson, white center; single., 5 



" coronarium, mixed 5 



J^^ The following varieties are for pot culture., for 

 bloomitig in the house in zviiiter, and for florists 

 for cutting for bouquets. 

 Chrysanthemum, Indicum, fi. pi. half-hardy per- 

 ennial; very double; mixed colors 25 



" Japonicum, fi. pi., ne7v, Japanese variety. 

 Flowers of very peculiar form, and much 

 beauty, combining numerous shades of color. 

 Very interesting. Half-hardy peiennial. ...25 



Cineraria, Maritima Candldissima. 



CIPiiCRARIA. 



Green-house perennials, which can be planted out in 

 summer. They thrive best in a mixture of loam and 

 peat, and yoiuig cuttings root freely under glass. One 

 to three feet high. 



Cineraria, maritima candldissima, extremely 

 handsome, silvery white foliage; very orna- 

 mental as a decorative pot plant, or for bed- 

 ding purposes 10 



" hybrida, very dwarf, new^ dwarf variety, 

 growing only four inches high. Plants glob- 

 ular in shape, and lilos.som profusely in many 



colors; 7<ery desirable 23 



" hybrida flore pleno, the flowers are perfectly 

 and evenly double, being entirely made up of 

 ligulate florets, as in double Jacobaea. The col- 

 ors run through all the shades peculiar to Cin- 

 erarias -Q 



choicest mixed, from the best named varieties. 

 Flowers from this seed have obtained many 

 first-class prizes. Extra choice 25 



CI^ARKIA. 



The flowers are very pretty, and of many colors, dou- 

 ble and single. It is better to sow the seed in Septem- 

 ber, and the plants will be large enough by spring to 

 make good bloom. Hardy annual; one and a half feet 

 high. 

 Clarkia, pulchella, flore pleno, double; beautiful, 



rich magenta color ^ 



•' pulchella integripetala, rosy crimson 5 



" elegans, flore pleno, double; rosy purple 5 



" mixed, best and finest varieties c 



CI.KMAXIS. 

 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, &c., as they cling readily to almost any ob- 

 ject. Most of the kinds are hardy, herbaceous perenni- 

 als, but some little protection in northern latitudes, 

 through winter, is advised. Will do well in any good 

 garden soil. 



Clematis, pitcheri, ne^v; elegant habit, neat 

 foliage, and exceedingly pretty, bright red 



blossoms; hardy climber 25 



" Virginiana (Virgin's Bower), a rapid 

 climber, with white blossoms, growing 

 twenty feet in a single season; is hardy, 

 dying down in winter, but starting up 

 again in the spring. It is equally remark- 

 able when in fruit, the long feathery tails 

 of the fruit separating like tufts of wool.io 

 " Verticelleta, produces beautiful, blue 

 flowers from June to September, on long 

 peduncles from the axis of the leaves ; 

 rather bell shaped and nodding. Grows 



eight to ten feet in a season lo 



" Flammula, a luxuriant climber with clus- 

 ters of small, w-hite, fragrant flowers in 

 August and September. Sometimes called 



Sweet Virgin's Bower 10 



CI^IABJXMrS. 

 Curious, green-house shrubs, with singularly 

 beautiful folia,ge, 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 conservatory, or will flourish against 

 a south wall, if protected from cold and frost. 

 Among the tnost magnificent blooming plants itt 

 cuitivatioft. 

 Clianthus, Dampieri, bright scarlet blossoms. 20- 



