58 CURTIS & COBBS 



, PRICE. 



Clitoria ccelestis. Sky-blue • . -io 



" gesnatia. Pale blue, shaded with white 25 



« " atro-cserulea. New; dark blue 25 



» lilacea superba. Lilac 25 



" Ternatea. Blue and white . . . . . . . • -25 



" " alba grandiflora. Pure white 25 



« * lilacea fl. pi. Double lilac ; very fine . . . .25 



COJ52EA* NAT. Ord., Polemoniacece. 

 Cobsea SCandens. A rapid -growing, climbing plant, with large, purple, 

 bell -shaped flowers ; seeds should be sown early, to secure well- 

 established plants by the time the season arrives for planting 



out. Tender perennial. 20 feet 10 



CONVOLVULUS. Nat. Ord., Cowvolvutacece. 



The Convolvulus major, or Morning Glory, is a beautiful and useful 

 annual climber, making a rapid growth. The flowers are well known, and 

 are exceedingly delicate as well as large and showy. The seeds may be 

 sown in the open ground, early in the spring. 



The finest varieties mixed 05 



CUCUMIS. (Ornamental Cucumber). Nat. Ord., Cucurbitacece. 



A most interesting tribe of plants, remarkable for luxuriance and rapidity 

 of growth ; truly marvellous. Treat the same as the Cucumber ; and train 

 against a wall Or trellis, or in any way that may be desired. 



Cu.CU.mis aradae. Yellow ; fruit small, growing in pairs . . . .10 

 " dipsaceus. Sulphur-yellow; teasel-like; elegant . . . .10 



"• erinaeeus-. Beautiful 10 



" flexuosus. Snake cucumber. 3 feet long 10 



" medulliferous. Scarlet; thorny . 10 



" meloehito. Variegated; brown and yellow ; small, oval 



fruit; very pretty . . . . . . . . . .10 



" perennis. Foliage, highly ornamental . . . . . ' . . 10 



CUCURBIT A (Ornamental Gourds). Nat. Ord., Cuairbitacece. 



Specially interesting. 



The species enumerated under this heading are remarkable for their 

 extremely ornamental and picturesque character, for their miniature fruit 

 • and foliage. They are exceedingly suitable for training up conservatory 

 pillars, covering the back walls of greenhouses, &c, or as select objects 

 in warm situations, — trained on walls, over ruins, in flower-boxes, or in 

 tubs, or to cover balconies, and festoons for windows or porches. 



Cuourbita digitata. Handsome, rapid grower, with pretty, cut foliage, 

 marbled with white ; the fruits are a beautiful dark green, 



striped with white 25 



** argyraspermum. New ; very interesting ; seed, large ; 



bordered with a silvery margin 25 



M leucantha longissima. Very curious ; from 4 to 6 ft. long . . 10 

 " melopepo variegata. Small ; green and yellow ; varie- 

 gated . . 10 



M " maxima. Green and yellow ; large . . .10 



