D. M. FERRY & CO’S 
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Clianthus 
Cobsea. 
Cockscomb, Japan. 
CLEMATIS. 
Well known and universally admired climbers, some 
of the varieties being remarkable for the beauty and 
fragrance of their blossoms. Fine for covering arbors, 
verandas, &.C., as they cling readily to almost any ob¬ 
ject. Most of the kinds are hardy, herbaceous perenni¬ 
als, but some little protection in Northern latitudes, 
through winter, is advised. Will do well in any good 
garden soil. 
Clematis, Pitcheri, new; elegant habit, neat foli¬ 
age, and exceedingly pretty, blight red blos¬ 
soms ; hardy climber.25 
44 Virginana (Virgin’s Bower), a rapid climber, 
with white blossoms, growing twenty feet in a 
single season , is hardy, dying down in winter, 
biR starting up again in the spring. It is 
equally remarkable when in fruit, the long, 
feathery tails of the fruit separating like tufts 
of wool. ... 10 
44 Verticellata, produces beautiful blue flowers 
from June to September, on long panduncles 
from the axis of the leaves ; rather bell-shaped 
and nodding. Grows eight to ten feet in a 
season..10 
• 4 Flammula, a luxuriant climber with clusters of 
small, white, fragrant flowers in August and 
September. Sometimes called Sweet Virgin’s 
Bower.. ... 10 
CLIANTHUS. 
Curious, green-house shrubs, with singularly beauti¬ 
ful foliage, and magnificent clusters of long, drooping 
flowers, somewhat resembling a parrot’s beak. About 
three feet high, and succeeds best in loam, peat and 
sand mixed ; does well planted in a border of the con¬ 
servatory, or will flourish against a south wall, if pro¬ 
tected from cold and frost. Among the most vtagni/t- 
cent blooming plants in cultivation. 
Clianthus, Dampieri, bright scarlet blossoms.. . . .20 
CLINTONIA. 
Charming little trailing plants, suitable for baskets, 
pc..s, or rock work. The flowers are somewhat like the 
Loc " a, blue, purple and spotted, about half an inch in 
diaine \ The seed is exceedingly small, and should 
be sown ith great care, covering very slightly with 
earth, and shading from the rays of the sun till firmly 
established. Tender annual ; six incites high. 
Clintonia, elegans, light blue .. 5 
44 pulchella, blue, yellow and white. . 
*•* 14 atropurpurea, violet-purple,center 
of yellow, margined with white.. 1 
44 fine mixed. . 10 . 
COBiEA. 
A fine, rapid growing climber, with handsome foliage, 
and large, bell-shaped flowers, green at first, but rapidly ; 
changing to a beautiful, deep violet-blue. Seeds should 
be started in hot-bed, in rather dry soil, as they are apt 
to rot m open ground. A well established plant will run 
fifty feet in a season, covering a large veranda vith | 
handsome foliage and beautiful flowers, 'leader per¬ 
ennial. 
Cobcea, scandens.10 
COCKSCOMB fCelosiu . 
Highly ornamental plants, producing ciest^d heads of 
flowers, somewhat resem- i\ 
bling a cock’s comb. 
and shapes, but the scar- - 
let and crimson ones are 
the most brilliant and 
combs, the soil cannot be 
too rich, and the plants 
should be forwarded in 
hot-bed, though showy 
plants may be raised . T 
from seed planted in open •-• 
ground in M ay. The ^ “ 1 _j 
oftener they are trans- Cockscomb, new dwarf- 
planted or shifted, the Crested, 
larger and more beautiful (hey grow. Should be three 
feet apart. T r .er ann»J ; two feet high. 
Celosia, cri' ta, mixed tall, twelve of the most 
spier x tall varieties mixed.10 
44 cristr , dwarf crimson, brilliant.10 
4 * 4 44 rose, deep rose.10 
44 44 yellow, fine.10 
44 * 44 mixed.10 
44 » v Japan, (Celosia Japonica) Vick , the comb 
,s finely cut, delicate as lace, and wonderfully 
brilliant. 10 
' new variegated, variegated in branch, leaf, 
and comb ; very handsome.10 
“ Japonica, cristata nana, ( new , dwarf-crest¬ 
ed Cockscomb ), we had the pleasure of first 
introducing this remarkable variety three years 
ago, and under our own growing this seasooit 
has fully sustained its characteristics. The 
striking features of this singular variety are its 
perfectly symmetrical growth, the leaves cov¬ 
ering the entire stem with dark bronze red, 
half drooping leaves, forming a compact mass. 
