84 1). M. FERRY & CO’S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 
Clematis, Flammula, a luxuriant climber with 
clusters of small, white, fragrant flowers in 
August and September. Sometimes called 
Sweet Virgin’s Bower.. 
4i mixed, a superb mixture including the most de¬ 
sirable kinds of clematis.io 
CUANTHIS. 
Curious green-house shrubs, with singularly beautiful 
foliage, and magnificent clusters of long, drooping flow¬ 
ers, 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 conserva¬ 
tory, or will flourish against a south wall, if protected 
from cold and frost. Does not bear transplanting and 
should be kept rather dry. Among the most magnifi¬ 
cent blooming plants in cultivation. 
Clianthus, Dampieri, bright scarlet blossoms.20 
CI.INTONIA. 
Charming little trailing plants, suitable for baskets, 
pots, or rock work. The flowers are somewhat like the 
Lobelia, blue, purple and spotted, about half an inch 
in diameter. The seed is exceedingly small, and should 
be sown with great care, covered very slightly with 
earth, and shaded from the rays of the sun till firmly 
established. Tender annual; six inches high. 
Clintonia, elegans, light blue. 5 
“ pulchella, blue, yellow and white.10 
14 “ atropurpurea, violet-purple, center 
yellow, margined with white.10 
“ fine mixed.10 
Celosia, Cristata. 
COCKSCOMB—(Celosia). 
Highly ornamental plants, producing crested heads of 
flowers, somewhat resembling a cock’s comb. There are 
many colors and shapes, but the scarlet and crimson ones 
are the most brilliant and rich. The oftener they are 
transplanted or shifted, the larger and more beautiful 
they grow. Start under glass or in the.house and trans¬ 
plant, setting the plants out three feet apart. Tender 
annual; one to three feet high. 
Celosia, cristata, dwarf crimson, brilliant . . 
COIJAiA. 
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, or by a warm window in the 
house, with the edge down , in rather dry soil, as 
they are apt to rot in open ground. A well estab¬ 
lished plant will run fifty feet in a season, covering 
a large veranda with handsome foliage and beauti¬ 
ful flowers. Tender perennial. 
Cobaea, scandens.10 
Cob«a, Scandens. 
, Coleus. 
Celosia, cristata, dwarf, rose, deep rose.10 
“ yellow, fine . 10 
“ mixed. 10 
“ Glasgow Prize, a very fine, semi-dwarf variety; 
with large, brilliant crimson comb, and hand¬ 
some dark foliage.15 
“ new Japan (Celosia Japonicd)^ the comb is fine¬ 
ly cut, delicate as lace, and wonderfully bril¬ 
liant. IO 
variegated, variegated in branch, leaf, and 
comb; very handsome . . 
COLEIS. 
Probably there is no other kind of ornamental foliage 
plant so well known and universally admired as the 
