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BARR & SUGDEN'S SPRING SEED CATALOGUE, 



CJISALPIMA, Nat. Old. Leguminosw. ^^j.^ 

 Very interesting greenhouse evergreen slirubs, succeeding best in sandy peat and loam. 



284 Caesalpinia echinata, striped, 6 ft., from E. Indies 1 0 



285 „ Sinensis, yellow spilces and flowers, new and beautiful variety 2 0 



CACTUS, Nat. Ord. Cactacece. 

 An extremely curious and interesting genus, many of the varieties producing magnificent 

 flowers of the most brilliant and striking colours ; succeeding best in sandy loam, mixed with 

 brie); and lime rubbish and a little peat or rotten dung. Greenhouse perennials. 



286 Cactus, choice varieties, mixed 1 0 



CALAADRWIA, Nat. Old. Portulacece. 

 Very beautiful free flowering plants. C. discolor and grandiflora have large handsome 

 flowers, and are tine for edgings ; while C. umbellata is of a trailing habit, and producing pro- 

 fusely its glowing rosy violet flowers in bunches, is invaluable for rockwork and dry hot 

 banks, or similar situations, where it will stand for many yeiurs. They all succeed in a liglit 

 rich soil. Hardy annuals. 



287 Calandrinia discolor, ro.sc lilac, very beautiful, 1 ft., from Chili 0 3 



288 „ grandiflora, rose pink, handsome, 1 ft., from Chili 0 3 



289 „ umbellata, rich rosy violet, exceedingly beautiful, ^ ft., from Chili 0 3 



CiLCEOLARIA, Nat. Ord. Scrophulariacece. 

 Plants of a liighly decorative character, indispensable for the ornamentation of the 

 flower-hou.sc and garden. C. hybrida is grown for in-door decoration ; while C. hybrida, 

 shrubby variety, is sometimes grown for in-door and sometimes for out-of-door decoration. 

 They succeed in any light rich soil. Half hardy perennials. 



290 Calceolaria hybrida, from choice varieties, 2 ft 1 0 



291 „ „ saved from Exhibition varieties, 2 ft 2 (i 



292 „ „ shrubby (Cole's), saved from carefully hybridized flowers, 1 i ft. . . 10 



293 „ scabiosaefolia, clear yellow, half-hardy annual 0 3 



C.UE\DULA (Cape Marigold), Nat. Ord. Compositw. 

 A very showy free flowering genus of i)lants, producing a very pretty effect in beds or 

 mixed borders, and gro^\ ing freely in almost any soil. Hardy annuals. 



294 Calendula pongeii, fl. pi., double white, 1 ft 0 0 



295 „ pluvialis, pure white, flowers large, 1 ft., from the Cape 0 "2 



CALIA, Nat. Ord. Aracetp. 

 A very handsome plant, either as an aquatic or for the ornamentation of the drawing- 

 room and conservatory. 



296 Calla ./Ethiopica, ichitc Ethiopian lily, half-hardy perennial, 1ft 0 4 



CAILIRHOE, Nat. Ol d. 3Talvacecc. 

 Beautiful, free-flowering plants, continuing in bloom throughout the .summer and autunm 

 months ; C. pedata nana makes a ver}' excellent l)edding plant. Hardy annuals. 



297 Callirhoe pedata, pii/yj/e r/ /m.voH ?(-(7/i uj /»■((; €^e, 2 ft., from N. America 0 3 



298 „ „ nana, rirh rioh t, crimson, with white eye, I ft 0 (i 



CALLIOPSIS, or COREOPSIS, Nat. Ord. Coinpositce. 

 This genus is amongst the most showy, free-flowcring, and beautiful of hardy annuals ; 

 the tall varieties are very eft'ective in mixed borders and fronts of shrubberies, while tlie dwarf 

 kinds, from their close compact habit of growth, make line bedding plants, and are valuable 

 for edgings, while the ditl'erent varieties make very pretU' ribbons. Amongst the tall varieties, 

 C. filifolia Bun-idgi is the most graceful and beautifffl, and C. bicolor grandiflora the most 

 showy and elfectivc in mixed borders. All are hardy annuals e.xcept C Ackermanni. 



299 Calliopsis Ackermannii, yellow, crimson centre, hardy perennial, 3 ft., from N. America . 0 2 



300 „ bicolor grandiflora, t;olden yellow, with crimson centre, large and beautiful, 



hardy annual, 3 it., from N. America 0 3 



301 „ „ nana, yellow, with crimson centre, beautiful, f ft 0 3 



302 „ „ marniorata, crimson brown, marbled with yellow, 2 ft 0 3 



303 „ „ „ nana, crimson brown, marbled ivith yellow, J ft 0 3 



304 „ „ nigra speciosa, rich velvety crimson, 2 ft 0 2 



305 „ „ „ nana, ricli vetrcly crimson, J ft 0 3 



306 „ cardaminefolia hyorida. brdliaut yellow, growth pyramidal, compact and freo 



lloweiing; plant 2 ft. ajiart, l.J It .' 0 6 



307 „ coronata, rich yellow, disc encircled with crimson spots, handsome, 1 J ft., from 



Texas 0 8 



308 „ Drunimondii, i/e//ou; cj iHuwi ceiiire, li ft. from Texas 0 2 



309 „ filifolia Burndgii, rich crimson, bordered with briyht yellow, beautiful, 2 ft., 



frum Texas 0 3 



310 „ „ „ atropurpui ea, rich crimson purple, with a narrow border of 

 bfiijht ijcllow, 2 ft , 0 4 



