Z>. M. FERRY & CO’S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 
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Castor Bean. 
Exceedingly valuable for making bouquets, 
as the color is so brilliant as to render it very 
conspicuous . 25 
Carnation, extra fine mixed double Picotee ... .25 
“ extra choice double mixed , seed saved from 
the choicest French , German , Italian and 
English stocks. A large proportion of this 
seed will produce double flowers, and will be 
appreciated by the florist . 25 
“ double mixed, good seed, producing many 
double flowers of all shades and colors, many 
being very fragrant.10 
CASTOR ISKAN (Riciiius). 
Tall, majestic plants for lawns, with leaves of glossy 
green, brown, or bronzed metallic hue, and long spikes 
of prickly capsules of scarlet and green. An elegant 
plant for a lawn, and of very quick growth in rich soil. 
Plant in hot-bed, and transplant when three leaves have 
formed, or plant where they are required. Tender an¬ 
nual; eight to ten feet high. 
Ricinus, sanguineus, splendid red fruit in clusters; 
blood red stalks.. 
44 tricolor, leaves spotted.10 
44 giganteus, leaves of large size, richly veined 
and marbled; ten feet high.10 
44 communis major (Palma Christi), the com¬ 
mon Castor Oil Bean. 5 
44 mixed. . 
CATANANCHE. 
The flowers are white with a violet center, and blue 
with purple center, quite double, somewhat resembling 
a pink, and extremely showy. It will blossom more 
freely in light, well drained soil, will begin to bloom in 
July or August from seed sown in April. Hardy peren¬ 
nial; one and a half to two feet high. 
Catananche, coerulea, blue, purple center. 5 
44 bicolor, white, violet center.5 
44 mixed. 5 
CATCHFEY-(Silene). 
An easy growing, free flowering plant, producing 
dense umbels of white, red and rose pink like blossoms, 
6 
The plant is covered with a glutinous moisture, from 
which flies cannot disengage themselves, hence the 
name Catchfly. After having been once grown, the 
seed will sow itself in the ground. Hardy annual; one 
foot high. 
Silene, armeria, alba, white. 5 
44 44 rubra, red. 5 
44 44 rosea, rose. 5 
“ 44 mixed. 5 
CEDRONEEEA. 
A beautiful, hardy herbaceous, perennial plant, having 
fragrant leaves, and producing long spikes of salvia 
shaped, crimson blossoms, which remain a long time. 
Start in the house from January to March. 
Cedronella, cana, three feet high.10 
CEEASTRVS-CClimbing Bitter- 
Sweet), 
Hardy, deciduous climber, producing yellow blossoms 
early in the season, and later, ripened fruit, which is 
very ornamental, and remains on the vines nearly all 
winter. Grows about twenty feet high. 
Celastrus, scandens .10 
CEEOSIA. 
Magnificent plants for green-house or conservatory 
decoration, producing elegant, plume shaped spikes of 
flowers; look well in vases out of doors in summer. Sow 
in good, rich soil, and transplant at proper period. Half- 
hardy annuals; one to three feet high. 
Celosia, pyramidalis, crimson feathered, crimson 
spikes; beautiful.10 
44 pyramidalis, plumosa, mixed, beautiful 
long plumes; pyramidal in form, of red, yellow, 
violet, etc.; very striking .10 
44 cristata, (see Cockscomb). 
CENTAl’REA fDusty Miller). 
An exceedingly interesting genus of plants, embrac¬ 
ing annuals, biennials and perennials. Some of the va¬ 
rieties are magnificent foliage plants, indispensable for 
Silene, Rosea. 
