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ASTILIiE JAPONICA. 
ASTILBE. Including several exquisitely beautiful 
plants for the herbaceous border. 
A. japonica {Spirea jajionica) . One of the finest white 
flowering hardy plants, bearing lovely i-acemose pan- 
icles of feathery flowers in May; it is very largely 
forced by florists for its elegant flowers. The foliage 
is also very ornameniial .?0 2.5 to $0 50 
A. rivularis. Fine yellowish white flowers; ex- 
cellent for a damp situation 25 
AUBRIETIA. Very dwarf blue flowering evergreen 
plants for rockwork and borders. 
A. deltoidea. Purple flowers in early spring . . . SO 26 
A. gTseca. Light purple 25 
BAFTISIA australis. A very fine blue flowering 
plant with peculiar foliage. .50 cents. 
BOLTONIA glastifolia. A tall growing, large yellow 
flowering plant, useful in shrubberies. 25 cents. 
BUPHTHALMUra. Showy perennial plants, in habit 
resembling the Boltonia. 
B. cordifolium. Yellow flowers SO 25 
B. salicifolium 25 
CALLIRHOE. Elegant plants of easy culture; of 
creeping or trailing habit. 
C. involucrata. Crimson flowers, nearl.y two inches 
across 25 
C. pedata. Cherry red flowers 25 
CALOCHOBTUS Guniiisoni. A very showy bulbous 
plant from the Rocky Mountains with flowers like a 
tulip, of a light lilac color. 25 cents. 
CALTHA palustris 11. pi. Large double golden flow- 
ers; a showy plant, best in a moist place, 25 cts. 
CAMASSIA esculenta. A blue flowering bulbous 
plant, blooming in summer; very pretty. 25 cents. 
CAraFAITXTLA. Beir flowers; Canterbury Bells. A 
very large genus of flowering plants of much decora 
tivc importance. They are of easy culture and great 
beauty in flower, and deserve more attention than 
they have been receiving of late. 
CAMPANTJIiA carpathica. Blue flowers . . . fO 25 
C. alba. A fine white form 35 
C. glomerata. Bluish violet or white flowers in 
terminal heads ; handsome . . . . ; 25 
C. latifolia macrantha. Purplish blue flowers . 25 
C. macrophylla 25 
C. nobills. Flowers drooping, reddish violet or 
white 25 
C. persicifolia fl. pi. Fine double flowers, of var- 
ious blue shades 25 
C. albo-pleno. Double white 25 
C. speciosa. Very pretty small flowers 25 
C. trachelinm fl. pi. Slightly drooping flowers . 25 
C. turbinata 25 
C. Van Houttei. Dai-k blue bell shaped pendu- 
lous flowers ; a splendid sort 25 
CABBAKINi: pratensis fl. pi. The double Cuckoo 
Plovver; a fine herbaceous shrub, bearing pale purple 
and white flowei-s. 25 cents. 
CATANANCHE coerulea. A pretty free-growing 
plant with blue flowers, which are desirable for cut- 
ting. 25 cents. 
CENTAtniE A. Very flue flowering and foliage plants ; 
for the latter forms, which ai-e superior for summer 
bedding, see page 1.54. 
C. dealbata. Fine rosy flowers ; dwarf habit . . $0 25 
C. montana. Large and handsome blue flowers 25 
C. rhutlienica. Pale yellow flowers 25 
CEBASTIUM. These are creeping plants with flue 
silvery leaves, and are useful fori-ock work. 
C. Biebersteinii. White flowers SO 25 
C. tomentosum. White; smaller leaves than pre- 
ceding 25 
CHELONE. Handsome herbaceous plants, on the order 
of Penstemon, with very showy and decorative flowers. 
C. Lyoni. Fine purple flowers SO 25 
C. Torreyi. Showy scarlet flowering plant ... 25 
CLEMATIS. To this magnificent genus of mostly 
climbing plants belong some interesting erect growing 
species, of much value for the herbaceous border. 
For the climbing sorts, see page 124. 
C. erecta (recto). Pretty white, sweet-scented flow- 
ers ?0 25 
C. integrifolia. Blue nodding flowers, peculiarly 
arranged with the leaves , 25 
CONVALLABIA. Exquisite hardy bulbous plants, 
well known as Lily of the Valley, and needing no 
description. No border is complete without them. 
C. majalis (Lily of the Valley). The ordinary and 
widely grown German form .... $1 per dozen . .*0 15 
C. fl. pi. A double form 35 
C. rosea. Rose flowers 35 
C. fol. var. The leaves are striped with 
yellow 35 
COREOPSIS. Very showy herbaceous plants, having 
also some annual species. These here described have 
handsome flowers in summer and are perennials. 
C. auriculata. Yellow and rich brown ?0 25 
C . lanceolata. Large bright yellow flowers ... 25 
C. rosea. Rose red petals and yellow disc .... 25 
