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177. 
CARNATION— Contd. P^t- <"^. 
VIENNA — A fine early sort well adapted for bedding 
out 10 
PERPETUAL FLOWERING OR TREE— Choice 
mixed, G. Contains all the best French varieties 
in cultivation SO 
Ewing's Improved Marguerite Carnation 
CASTOR OIL PLANTS— See Ricinus 
CELOSIA— (See "Coxcomb" for other varieties) 
(Feathered Coxcomb') 
Particularly fine plants for groups or large bedf. 
178. (PLTJMOSA) PYRAMID ALIS— Ornamental foliage 
and graceful plumes. Splendid mixed S 
179. THOMPSONI MAGNIFICA — The finest feathered 
coxcomb yet introduced. Flowers are of all 
colors from yellow to the deepest blood red. A 
splendid decorative plant either in pots or open 
ground IS 
CENTAUREA 
180. CANDIDISSIMA (Dusty Miller)— Silvery white 
leaves broadly cut. 1 ft., h. h. p 15 
181. GYMNOCARPA— Silvery foliage 10 
CENTAUREA IMPERI ALIS— (Royal Sweet Sultan) 
Blooms are double and very large, sweet-scented, and colors 
are white, purple, rose and lilac. Flowers are borne on long 
strong stems, and is undoubtedly the best of all Sweet Sultans 
for cut flower purposes. 
182. SPLENDID MIXED VARIETIES 10 
183. CENTAUREA CYANUS (Cornflower, Blue-bottle 
or Ragged Sailor) — Mixed Varieties S 
CENTRANTHUS 
184. MIXED — H. a., 1 ft. Good for mixed borders, use- 
ful for bouquets S 
No. CENTROSEMA P^t. ou. 
185. GRANDIFLORA— T. p. (Butter-fly pea.) A 
climber of great beauty. Large pea-shaped flowers 
ranging in color from rosy-violet to purple, with 
white markings 10 
CHRYSANTHEMUM tTfft:^^.^1^°:^. 
tensively grown for cut flowers, 
186. FRUSTESCENS or PARIS DAISY— Single perennial 
variety with pure white flowers, 1 ft., G 10 
187. mODORUM PLENISSIMUM— Pure white. If seed 
is started early will flower all summer. Fine for 
cutting. H. h. p., 1 ft 10 
188. INODORUM (Bridal Robe) — Of very compact 
and upright habit and not exceeding 10 inches m 
height, the sturdy plants throw out their finely 
feathered foliage from the base and deck them- 
selves with a mantle of extra double pure white 
flowers. A large bed in full bloom may well be 
compared to a drift of snow. Chrysanthemum 
Bridal Robe will certainly prove a bedding plant 
of the very first rank, while also useful for pot 
culture 30 
189. CORONARIUM DOUBLE WHITE— An excellent 
strain S 
190. CORONARIUM DOUBLE YELLOW 5 
191. MIXED — Coronarium double sorts S 
192. ANNUAL — Mixture of double and single sorts, h. a. 5 
PTTTin? A'PT A These beautiful flowers should be iu 
the greenhouse of every lover of flow- 
ers. They come into bloom during spring and earlv sum- 
mer. Our Prize Strain is superb, and is grown by one of 
the greatest specialists of the present time. 
193. EWING'S PRIZE STRAIN— Beautifully formed 
flowers of large size and of exquisite and varied 
colors 50 
194. GRANDIFLORA STELLATA (Star Cineraria')— 
Plants are of graceful habit, bearing small flowers 
in loose panicles. A most valuable plant for 
greenhouse decoration, 2 to 3 ft 3S 
Our strains of Cineraria are very superior and we confident- 
ly recommend them to all who are desirous of having really 
good specimens of this fine showy greenhouse plant. 
195. MARITIMA— Silvery foliage. Much used as a 
border plant. H. h. p., IJ ft S 
Cineraria, Ewing's Prize Strain 
CLARKIA 
196. MIXED— Single and double. 
Of easy culture and, 
to 2 ft. high. 
197. 
if thinned out is very handsome. 
CLIANTHUS 
DAMPIERI — Mixed, h. h. p. Greenhouse climber. 
Fine foliage and bright scarlet flowers 
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