26 Theodore Payne, Seedsman and Nurseryman 
CONVOLVULUS MAJOR. 
climbing- vine attaining- 
Useful for covering fen( 
seeds in warm water foi 
"Morning Glory." Annual 
a height of about 15 feet. 
:es, trellises, etc. Soak the 
• a few hours before plant- 
ixe«l. Each, 
White, rose criin»iou, dark blue, 
per pkt., 5c. 
iiiiuor. "Dwarf Morning Glory." Annual, 1 foot. 
Flowers similar to the "Morning- Glory," but smaller 
and remaining- open all day in fine weather. Very 
pretty for borders or grown in masses in beds. All 
colors, fine mixed. Pkt., 5c. 
mauritaniciis. Perennial trailing plant. Valuable 
for rock work or hanging baskets. Flowers a rich 
shade of lavender. Soak the seeds a few hours in 
hot water before planting. Pkt., 10c. 
COREOPSIS LANCEOLATA. Perennial, 2 feet high. 
Large, showy, bright yellow flowers produced in 
great abundance. Much used for cutting purposes. 
Pkt., 10c. 
DAHLIA. Perennial. 4 to 6 feet, flowering the first 
season from seed. Well known plants with large, 
showy flowers, useful for beds and masses. Sow the 
seed early in spring in seed boxes and afterwards 
transplant to the open ground. Dahlias like a rich 
soil with plenty of well rotted manure and should 
be watered freely. In raising Dahlias from seed 
many of them will come semi-double, although the 
seed is saved from tlie very best double varieties. 
The best varieties should be marked when in flower 
and at the end of the season tlie poor ones dis- 
carded and the better ones can be taken up and 
divided and again replanted. 
Cactus. Double, with long pointed petals; seeds 
saved from one of the finest collections. Mixed col- 
ors. Pkt., 15c. 
Double. I^arge flowers; the best strain procurable. 
Mixed colors. Pkt., 15c. 
Slng-lc. All colors; splendid mixed. Pkt, 10c. 
Eschscholtjiia, Golden West 
COREOPSIS MARITIMA. See Flower Seed Specialties, 
page 18. 
CORNFLOWER. See CENT A UREA. 
COSMOS. Annual, producing large single flowers much 
used for cutting purposes. The plants vary in height 
according to the time of year at which they are 
planted. If sown in the spring ..ney grow very 
tall, from 5 to 8 feet high, and flower in the fall, 
but if the seed is sown in the fall, about October, 
they will flower in about 2 months and the plants 
will be dwarf, from 1% to 2 feet high and are very 
pretty for massing in beds. Seed sown in December 
will form dwarf plants and bloom about March. 
Maiiiiiiotli perfection, white, dark pink, crim.son, 
or mixed. Each, per pkt., 5c. 
Lady Lenox. Very large flowers; a lovely shade Of 
shell pink. Pkt., 10c. 
COSMOS KLONDYIvE. Annual, 2 to 3 feet. Deep or- 
ange-colored flowers 2 to 2% inches in diameter, 
blooming in the fall. Pkt., 10c. 
CUCUMBER, WILD. (Echinocystis lobata.) A quick 
growing annual vine for covering trellises, etc. 
Pkt., 10c. 
CYCLAMEN PERSICUM. Perennial, 8 to 10 inches. 
Charming plants with rich colored, fragrant flow- 
ers. Blooming in winter and spring. Generally 
grown as a pot plant. The seed may be sown in 
the spring or early in the fall in seed pans of rich 
soli mixed with leaf-mould and sand and potted 
on when large enough, 
perslcum. Fine mixed. Pkt., 15c. 
glganteiim. Fine mixed. Pkt., 25c. 
CYPRESS VINE. A popular annual climbing vine with 
delicate fern-like foliage and masses of small star- 
shaped flowers. Sow early in spring; soak the seed 
in warm water a few hours before sowing. Scarlet, 
white or mixed. Each, per pkt.. 5c. 
DAISY. See BELLIS. 
DELPHINIUM. "Perennial Larkspur." Perennial, ?, 
to 5 feet high. Beautiful summer flowering plants 
with long spikes of showy flowers. Sow the seed 
in spring or early fall in seed boxes and afterwards 
transplant to open ground. 
formosnm. Rich blue, with white centers. Pkt., 10c. 
elatum hybridiim. Rich shades of blue and purple. 
Pkt., 10c. 
Belladonna hybrids. See Flower Seed Specialties, 
page 18. 
Biirbauk's liybrids. Extremely larg-e flowered; all 
the richest shades of blue. Pkt.. 10c. 
cardinale. "Scarlet Larkspur." A native California 
species, with long- spikes of scarlet flowers. Pkt., 10c. 
DIANTHUS CIIINENSIS. Biennial, but generally treat- 
ed as an annual; 1 foot high. Charming free- 
flowering plants with flowers of the most brilliant 
colors. Very effective for planting thickly in beds. 
chinensis. Fine mixed. Pkt., 10c. 
Heddewigi. Single fine mixed. Pkt., 10c, 
albus. Queen Of Holland; single white. Pkt., 10c. 
Crimson Belle. Single crimson. Pkt., 10c. 
Eastern dueen. Single, marbled carmine-rose 
mauve and lilac. Pkt., 10c. 
hybrldiis. Double mixed. Pkt., 10c. 
laeiniatus. Single fringed, fine mixed. Pkt., 10c. 
plumarius. Perennial, 1 foot high. A beautiful sin- 
gle pink. Flowers with fringed edge, white witli 
dark centei-. Pkt., 10c. 
DIGITALIS. "Foxglove." Perennial, 3 to 5 feet. An 
old-fashioned flower with long spikes of tubular- 
shaped flowers. Sow the seed in spring or fall in 
seed pans and afterwards transplant, 
ifloxiniaellora. Beautifully spotted, fine mixed. Pkt., 
.Tc. 
