ALPHABETICAL LIST OF PLANTS 227 
C. latifolia. Tall spikes of large, drooping bells ; blue-mauve. 
C. Michauxoi des. Pale mauve flowers, greyish foliage, 3 feet 
high ; requires a sunny spot and rich, light soil. 
C. persicifolia alba grandiflora. Immense white bell-shaped 
flowers, 2 to 3 feet high, flowering in July and August ; 
also in a double variety. 
C. Phyllis Kelway. Pale heliotrope, large and double, 2\ feet, 
flowering June to August. 
C. pumila or pusilla. Pale blue-mauve. Edging plant 3 
inches high, flowering June to September. 
C. pumila alba , White, ditto. 
C. pyramidalis. Chimney Campanula. Pale blue or white, 4 
to 5 feet high, flowering July to September, liking shady 
position and good soil ; should be treated as a biennial 
and grown from seed. 
C. Trachelium. Single, blue-mauve, 2 feet high. 
CATANANCHE C2ERULEA, “ Blue Cupidone.” 
(N.O. Composite.) 
An old-fashioned border plant from Italy and south of France, 
deep blue colour, 2 feet high, not particular as to soil, propagated 
by seed or division. Also a white variety. 
CENTAUREA, “Knapweed.’ 5 (N.O. Composite.) 
Excellent, free-growing plants, not particular as to aspect or 
soil, though preferring a sandy loam. Propagated by division 
or seeds. 
C. babylonica. Yellow flowers and tall silvery leaves which are 
the greatest attraction of the plant. Propagated by seed, 
C. macrocephala. Bright yellow heads of bloom, very robust, 
4 to 5 feet high. 
C. monlana. Blue like a coarse-growing cornflower, about 
2 feet high, with white and rose-coloured varieties also. 
CENTRANTHUS, “Valerian. 55 (N.O. Valerianacese.) 
Red, pink, and white in dense heads of small flowers, growing 
about 12 inches high, preferring poor sandy soil, and excellent for 
dry borders, liking lime or old mortar-rubble. 
CERASTIUM, “ Mouse-ear Chickweed. 55 
(N.O. Caryophyllaceas.) 
A useful carpeting plant with silvery foliage and white flowers, 
Easily propagated by divisions or cuttings. 
