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baskets. Requires light, rich soil. Half-hardy annual; 
one-half foot high. 
Brachycomc, iberidifolia, blue.. 
“ alba-fiora, white. . 
“ mixed, seeds of the above varieties mixed.10 
iiri/a (Ornamental Grass). 
Very useful ornamental grass, much sought for in 
forming winter bouquets and wreaths; one foot high. 
Briza, maxima, large ; attractive. 5 
'* gracilis, slender ; dwarf. 5 
1*1*0 W A LIJA. 
Handsome, profuse blooming plants, covered with 
pretty blue and white blossoms throughout the whole J 
summer. Sow in hot-bed and transplant to border in 
June, one foot apart. The plants are quite minute 
when they first come up, and should be protected from 
the hot sun, or they will be destroyed. Half-hardy an¬ 
nual ; one and a half feet high. 
Browallia, elata, Roezlii, this variety makes acorn- 
pact plant eighteen inches high, and pro¬ 
duces pure white and blue flowers of twice 
the size of the older sorts .15 
“ elata, fine mixed..10 
I 1 RYONOPSIS. 
An ornamental climber of the gourd family, bearing 
green fruits, which change in color as the season ad¬ 
vances, to bright scarlet striped with white. Very 
handsome, and of rapid growth. Tender annual climb¬ 
er ; ten feet high. 
Bryonopsi9, laciniosa erythrocarpa. .5 
CACAUA-(See Tassel Flower). 
CAI y ANI)RINIA. 
Fine, dwarf plants for growing in masses, having 
fleshy leaves and succulent stems like the portulaca, 
and producing an abundance of blossoms, which, when 
fully expanded, make a beautiful appearance, and suit¬ 
able for edgings, rockeries, and clumps: in bloom a 
long time. The seed should be sown in hot-bed, early 
in spring, and planted out in June, in rich, sandy loam, 
in masses. Tender annual, but perennial if protected 
in winter ; one-half to one foot high. 
Calandrinia, grandiflora, rosy lilac. 5 
u umbellata, crimson. 5 
CAI.AMPKUS. 
A beautiful, tender climber from Chili, with delicate 
foliage, and bright orange blossoms in racemes, freely 
produced late in the season. The plants should be 
started early in hot-bed, and potted when five leaves j 
have formed, and planted out in June. Tender per¬ 
ennial, fifteen feet high. 
Calampelis, ( Eccremocarpus), scaber.10 
CAI.CEOI.ARIA. 
A favorite and 
universally admired 
genus, remarkable 
for their large, beau¬ 
tifully spotted blos¬ 
soms, which are very 
showy, and from 
which an almost 
countless number of 
hybrids have been 
raised. They are 
perennial, are grown 
in pots in the conser¬ 
vatory, green-house, 
and garden ; but few 
flowers are held in 
greater esteem. They 
prefer a turfy loam, 
a mixture of peat and 
Calampelis, Scaber. sand, or a rich open 
garden mold, and are propagated from seed or cuttings. 
Some of them are herbaceous perennials, others shrubby 
evergreens. 
Calceloaria, hybrida grandiflora, flowers of im¬ 
mense size ; seed saved from finest specimens. 
Very choice .25 
“ hybrida tigrina, flowers of the largest dimen¬ 
sions; beautifully maculated or spotted. Seed 
saved from choicest collection .25 
4i rugosa, bedding variety; shrubby; grown in 
and out of doors. Mixed seed,saved from the 
Jinest shrubby sorts only .25 
“ hybrida pumila compacta tigrina, a new 
very dwarf variety, only ten inches high, and 
of compact growth. F'lowers of fine form and 
beautiful color; desirable for contrast with 
taller sorts. 25 
“ finest hybrids mixed, seed saved only from 
the most perfect fowers , embracing many of 
recent introduction ; all desirable.25 
Calceolaria. 
CAI^EKI>XTI.A-(See Marigold). 
CALL A, 
An old and very desirable plant, either as an aquatic 
or for the ornamentation of the drawing room and con¬ 
servatory. Thrives in any light, rich soil when plenti¬ 
fully watered. The seeds, which should be sown in 
