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Bulbocodium vernum, the earliest and most dis- 

 tinctive in character of spring flowers, throw- 

 ing up its large rose-purple flowers while the 



snow of winter still lingers on the soil 18 



Caladium, unsurpassed for ornamental foliage; 

 some are of rare and exquisite beauty, others 



are large and massively grand 31 



Calla JEthiopica, Lily of the Nile, an effective 

 plant in the sitting-room or conservatory, and 



for ornamental ponds in summer 31 



Calliprora flava, a hardy bulb, with fine umbels 



of yellow flowers.. 31 



Calystegias, the perennial Convolvuli, fine hardy 



climbers 31 



Camassia esculenta, the Quamash of the North 

 American Indians. A fine hardy plant, with 

 beautiful blue flowers, produced in May and 



June 3 1 



Carina. As the Geranium is the Plant of the 

 Period for the flower garden, so is the Canna 



for the sub-tropical or leaf-garden 31 



Chlidanthus fragrans, remarkable for its long 



frankincense-like fragrant yellow flowers 31 



Choretis glauca. The flowers are of rare beauty, 



and their formation is remarkably curious ... 31 

 Coburgia incarnata, a fine plant of striking aspect 31 

 Cocoa fibre and Charcoal, prepared for culti- 

 vating Hyacinths and other bulbs successfully 

 in the sitting-room or drawing-room in jar- 

 dinets and any of the many elegant contri- 

 vances adopted for this purpose 47 



Colchicum autumnale. The flowers of these ap- 

 pear suddenly in autumn as if the magic wand 

 of Flora's Harlequin had called the more 

 spiritual portion of the plant prematurely into 

 existence, leaving the material accompaniment, 



the leaves, to follow 31 



Collections of Bulbs, for the decoration of the 

 conservatory and sitting-room, and for fur- 

 nishing the spring flower-garden, cape pits, 

 and flower borders ; also collections for wood- 

 land walks and semi-wild situations 7 and 30 



Collections of Cliveden Plants for producing a 



display in the spring flower garden 35 



Commelina ccelestis. Few, indeed, would be 

 satisfied with merely a passing glance at a 



group of this ornamental plant 31 



Convallaria raultiflora. This and Dielytra spec- 

 tabilis are the most graceful of early forced 

 plants for dinner-table and conservatory de- 

 coration, or to cut for jardinets and table 



bouquets 31 



Cooperia, displaying in the evening its pretty 



flowers,and emitting its primrose-like fragrance 31 

 Corydalis. Charming border plants, and for 



rockwork and semi-wild places 31 



Crocosmia aurea. For conservatories, for filling 

 jardinets, and for bouquets, this plant, grown 

 several in a pot, is a charming acquisition ; 

 for out-doors it is as hardy as the Gladiolus... 31 

 Crocus, cheap Dutch varieties, are offered by 

 the thousand at a low price, to induce our cus- 

 tomers to plant them thickly in those matchless 

 lines and edgings to beds, which are less fre- 

 quently met with now than in days gone by. 

 Planted in lawns and pleasure grounds in 



groups or designs, the effect is matchless 17 



Crocus, Dutch named varieties. For in-door 

 decoration, or for carrying out fancy designs 

 and planting select beds these large flowered 



varieties are admirably adapted 17 



Crocus species, beautiful, and more or less rare ... 32 

 Crown Imperials, stately plants for centres of 



spring beds and flower borders ... , 24 



Curcuma, exquisite in flower and foliage 32 



Cyclamen. The Persicum varieties form a prin- 

 cipal feature in our Metropolitan Spring flower 

 shows ; so elegant, so graceful, and attractive 

 are these that wherever there is a group there 

 you will find them surrounded by the ladies. 

 Hederifolium, vernum, repandum, Graecum, 

 Coum, Atkinsi, etc., do not possess the gay 

 dress of their Persian sister : their aspect is 

 more humble, and at our flower shows they 



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generally appear in collections of herbaceous 

 plants. Being perfectly hardy, and of easy 

 culture, they are within the reach of all, and 

 as they bloom in succession, wherever there is 

 a rockwork there should be a collection of 

 Cyclamen. The Grajcum section have extra- 

 ordinarily beautiful foliage, and many of them 



have very fragrant flowers .1 23 



Cypella Herberti, an elegant species of the Tig A 



spotted flower .^L 32 



Dactylis elegantissima, a dwarf, silvery-folia^i 

 grass of great beauty for lines and ribboB, 

 and intermingling with the blue Lobelia, &c. 35 

 Dahlia. Dry roots of these aj^upplied from* No- 

 vember to April ^ 32 



Delphinum, a fine collection, including the new 



scarlet variety 

 Dielytra spectabilis and Convallaria multiflora. 

 When forced, their long elegant racemes of 

 flowers give them an aspect the most attractive, 

 beautiful, and graceful, that can be desired on 



the dinner-table and in the conservatory 32 



Dodecatheon Meadia, in this country called the 

 "American Cowslip;" by the Americans 



called the " Shooting Star" 32 



Dog's-Tooth Violets (Erythronium). Few spring 

 flowers present so charming an aspect, the 

 foliage being beautifully variegated, and the 



flowers resembling the Cyclamen 32 



Eucharis amazonica, the loveliest of fragrant 

 white flowers for bouquets and for ladies' hair 



and dresses 32 



Euccmis punctata, a highly ornamental hardy 

 plant, with singular-looking flower-spikes sur- 

 mounted by a tuft of green leaves 32 



Fritillarias, so called from the curious chequered 

 dice-board appearance of their elegant bell- 

 shaped flowers 24 



Funkias. Most of them are valued for their orna- 

 mental foliage, and all for their pretty bell- 

 shaped flowers 32 



Gagea, a nice little plant for rockwork, etc 32 



Galaxia, producing bright yellow flowers for weeks 



in succession 32 



Geranium tuberosum, a valuable rock-plant, with 



elegant foliage and effective flowers 32 



Gesneras, charming hothouse plants for summer 



and winter decoration 32 



Gladiolus, the gayest of garden favourites, and the 

 most ornamental and useful for cutting. In 

 water the cut flowers last longer than they do 

 on the plant. The Ramosus are the branch- 

 ing and earliest flowering section ; Gandaven- 



sis the latest and the stateliest 28 



Gloriosa, exceedingly beautiful climbing Lilies 32 



Gloxinias, exquisite hothouse plants, with flowers 

 remarkable for their softness, richness of 



colour, and profusion of bloom 32 



Guernsey Lily. The exquisite flowers of this bulb, 

 when fully expanded, have the appearance of 



being spangled with gold-dust 25 



Gunnera scabra, a hardy and exceedingly orna- 

 mental plant, with immense rugged leaves and 



large spikes of curious inflorescence 32 



Habranthus, an exceedingly handsome section of 



the Amaryllis family 32 



Hamanthus, remarkable for its ornamental foliage 



and the markings of its fine flower-scape 32 



Hedychium Gardnerianum, the beautiful and 



fragrant " Garland-flower" of the hothouse... 32 

 Helleborus niger, the white "Christmas rose," 



in flower during winter and spring 32 



Hemerocallis.The variegated varieties are amongst 



the most attractive of hardy foliage plants... 32 

 Hepatica, a universal favourite, and a charming 

 plant for growing in shrubbery and Rhododen- 

 dron borders, and for rockwork ; the North 

 American species, Angulosa, has very large 



flowers, and is a valuable acquisition 32 



Herbaceous border plants. Of these we can 

 supply a fine collection, dwarf or stately in 

 growth, but do not publish a list of them. 

 Any of our customers desirous of adding to 

 their collections, if they will send us a list of 



