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in diameter. The seed is exceedingly small, and should 
be sown with great care, covering very slightly with 
earth, and shading from the rays of the sun, till firmly 
established. Tender annual; six inches high. 
Clintonia, ele- 
gans, light blue 5 
Clintonia, pulch- 
ella, blue, yel¬ 
low and white.. 10 
Clintonia pulch- 
ella atropur- 
purea, violet- 
purple, center 
yellow,margined 
with white.10 
Clintonia, fine 
mixed. 10 
COB^EA. 
A fine, rapid grow¬ 
ing climber, with 
handsome foliage 
and large, bell shap¬ 
ed 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 
Cobaea. 
established plant will run fifty feet in a season, cover¬ 
ing a large veranda with handsome foliage and beauti¬ 
ful flowers. Tender perennial. 
Cobaea, scandens. ... ....10 
COCKSCOMB—(Celosia). 
Highly orna¬ 
mental plants, pro¬ 
ducing crested 
heads of ;lowers, 
somewhat resembl¬ 
ing a cock’s comb, 
There are many 
colors and shapes, 
but the scarlet and 
crimson ones are 
the most brilliant 
and rich. The oft- 
ener they are trans¬ 
planted or shifted, 
the larger and more 
beautiful they grow. 
Start under glass or 
in the house and transplant, setting the plants out three 
feet apart. Tender annual , one to three feet high. 
Celosia, cristata, mixed tall, twelve of the most 
splendid tall varieties mixed.10 
“ cristata, dwarf crimson, brilliant. 10 
“ •* “ rose, deep rose.10 
“ •* “ yellow, fine..10 
“ “ “ mixed.10 
“ new Japan, ( Celosia Japonica ), the comb is 
finely cut, delicate as lace, and wonderfully 
brilliant. ....- -xo 
“ new variegated, variegated in branch, leaf, 
and comb ; very handsome.10 
“ Glasgow Prize, a very fine, semi-dwarf varie¬ 
ty ; with large, brilliant crimson comb, and 
handsome, dark foliage. 15 
“ Japonica cristata nana, (new dwarf crested 
Cockscomb). The striking features of this 
singular variety are its perfectly symmetrical 
growth, the leaves covering the entire stem 
with dark bronze red, which, in contrast with 
white leaved plants, produces a most striking 
effect. It is one of the most valuable plants 
we know of when used largely as a border 
plant. The color of the comb is an intensely 
brilliant shining carmine , rendering it very 
conspicuous, even among most brilliant color¬ 
ed flowers, like scarlet geraniums, roses, car¬ 
nations, etc. The three to five little combs 
form themselves on separate side stems in a 
perfectly symmetrical manner around the 
plant, keeping about eight inches lower than 
the head, and in no way interfering with the 
gracefulness of the leaves. The most char¬ 
acteristic feature is the leaflets which grow 
on the neck of the comb, and form a beauti¬ 
ful circle or collar around each comb, as true 
in the small as the large flower, all standing 
out perfectly horizontal.. 20 
COLEVS. 
Probably there is no other kind of ornamental foliage 
plant so well known and universally admired as the 
Coleus. The leaves are of all shapes, shades and colors, 
and nearly all have a rich, velvety appearance of extra-, 
ordinary beauty. No yard should be without thes$ 
Coleus. 
decorative plants. They should be planted in a green¬ 
house or a warm situation in-doors in a temperature of 
70°, and can be bedded out as soon as danger of frost is 
over. They will continue to grow and thrive till cut 
down by frost in autumn. Slips should be taken from 
the finest, which will grow finely all winter, if potted 
and placed in green-house or conservatory. 
Coleus, mixed, twenty-five best named sorts . 25 
“ new hybrids mixed.25 
