Catalogue of seeds. 17 



PRICE. 



CATANANCHE. Nat. Ord., Composites. 



Exceedingly showy, free-flowering, hardy perennials, succeeding in any 

 garden soil. 



Catananehe bicolor. White ; violet centre. 2 feet 05 



cserulea. Blue, with purple centre. 2 feet . , . .05 

 lutea. Yellow ; hardy annual. 1 foot . . . . .05 



CATCHFLY (Silene). Nat. Ord., CarvophyllacecB. 



A showy, free-flowering plant for beds, borders, or ribbons ; succeeds in 

 any garden soil. Hardy annual. 



Catehfly lobels. Red. i^feet 05 



" alba. White. 4 feet 05 



" flesh. New; flesh-color, ij feet . . . . . .05 



" Colors mixed 05 



CELOSIA. Nat. Ord., Amarantacea. 



Magnificent, free-flowering, graceful-growing plants ; producing, in the 

 greatest profusion, spikes of the most beautiful feathery-looking flowers. 

 C. argented, nowever; produces its flowers in spikes like a Gomphrena, but 

 much longer ; and, if gathered when young, they are valuable for winter 

 bouquets. Plants of the Celosia flower freely if planted out in June, in a 

 warm, sheltered situation ; grown in pots, they are the most elegant of 

 greenhouse, conservatory, or window plants, where, with a little manage- 

 ment, they may be had in flower the whole winter ; grow freely in rich, 

 loamy soil. Half-hardy annuals. 



Celosia argentea. Silvery white, shaded with bright rose ; very hand- 

 some. 3 feet 1 n 



" alba. White ; very handsome flowers, in long, graceful plumes . .25 

 " aurea pyramidalis. Golden yellow ; exceedingly fine. 3 feet .10 

 " versicolor. Carmine, changing to red; violet-brownish foliage . .25 

 " new crimson-feathered. Fine in contrast with the preced-' 



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CENTRANTHUS. Nat. Ord., Valerianacea. 



A very pretty, free-flowering, compact -growing plant ; very effective in 

 beds, ribbons, or as an edging ; grows freely in any common garden-soil ; 

 a native of Grenada. Hardy annuals. 



Centranthus macrosiphon (long-tubed). Pale rose ; pretty in masses. 



" nanus. A new dwarf variety. 1 foot ic 



" " albus. A very pretty white-flowered variety. 



I foot . .05 



" carneus. A new flesh-colored variety. 2 feet . . . .10 



CENT AUREA. Nat. Ord., Composite*. 



Very showy, free-flowering border-plants ; succeeding in any common 

 garden-soil. Hardy annuals. 



Centaurea, American. A large-growing species ; flower, pink . . .05 



" Babylonica. A most picturesque plant . . . . .10 



" depreSsa. Bright blue, with deep-red centre. 1 foot . . .05 



" "° rosea. Rose ; pink centre. 1 foot . . . .10 



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