5° CURTIS & cobb's 



PRICE. 



CARNATION (Dianthus). Nat. Ord., Caryophyllacece. 



A class of popular favorites, most of them deliciously fragrant, and with 

 colors extremely rich and beautiful. The seed may be relied upon as being 

 the finest, having been selected from the best collections of prize varieties, 

 producing mostly all double flowers. Hardy perennials. 



Carnation Pink. Good ; mixed ; for border-culture 10 



German. Choice varieties from named flowers mixed .25 



French varieties, mixed 25 



English varieties, mixed 25 



dwarf double early-flowering. A distinct vari- 

 ety, of robust habit, mixed . . . . . . .25 



CAT AN AN CUE. Nat. Ord., Composite. 



Exceedingly showy, free-flowering herbaceous plants ; succeeding in 

 any garden-soil. Hardy perennials. 



Catananche caerulea. Blue, with purple centre. 2 feet . . . .05 

 bicolor. White, with violet centre. 2 feet . . . .05 

 " lutea. Yellow. 4 feet . . . . . . . .10 



• COLLINSIA. Nat. Ord., Scrophulariacees. 

 Collinsia verna. This most elegant plant, on account of the freshness 

 of its half pure-white and half tender-blue flowers, and the earliness of 

 its blooming, deserves to become a general favorite. Seeds should be 

 sown in the autumn 25 



DELPHINIUM. Nat. Ord., Ranunculacea. 



Highly-ornamental, profuse-flowering plants. When planted in large 

 beds or groups, their gorgeous spikes of flowers, of almost endless shades, 

 from pearl-white to the richest and deepest blue, render them conspicuous 

 and striking objects in the flower-garden ; growing from two to three feet. 

 They delight in a deep, rich, mellow soil, and all are hardy perennials. 



Delphinium cardiopetalum. Deep blue 10 



" Chinense pumilum. New; flowers very large, of a 



showy blue, varying from azure to indigo . . . . .10 

 " CCelestinum. New; soft, celestial blue; very beautiful 



spikes 10 



*" elatum (Bee Larkspur) . .05 



" formOSUm. Rich blue and white ; very handsome ; one of 



the best 10 



" grandiflorum. Dark blue ; large spikes 10 



" Hendersonil. Blue and white ; very fine 10 



" hybrid varieties. Finest mixed . . . . . .10 



DIGITALIS (Foxglove). Nat. Ord., Scrophulariacecc. 



Very ornamental and exceedingly showy plants for shrubberies and other 

 half-shady places. Hardy perennials. 



Digitalis purpurea. Purple spotted . 05 



" alba. A pure-white variety . .05 



" gloxinoides. New and beautiful ; with Gloxinia-shaped flowers .10 



