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but of all colors the scarlet and crimson are the most 
brilliant and rich. Tender annual: one to three feet high. 
COCKSCOM II—Cristata, dwarf crimson, brilliant.10 
Cristata, dwarf rose, deep rose.10 
yellow, fine......10 
“ mixed.10 
Glasgow Prize, (Pres. Thiers, Tom Thumb), a very 
fine, dwarf variety; with large, brilliant crimson comb, 
and handsome dark foliage.15 
Japan (Celosia Japonica), the comb is finely cut, deli¬ 
cate as lace, and wonderfully brilliant.10 
Variegated leaved, very handsome..10 
COLEUS.—Probably there is no other kind of ornamental 
foliage plant so well known and universally admired as 
the Coleus. The leaves are of many shapes, shades 
and colors, and nearly all have a rich, velvety appear¬ 
ance of extraordinary beauty. No yard should be 
without these decorative plants. Tender perennial. 
Mixed, best named sorts . 25 
Finest hybrids, mixed.25 
Coleus. 
COLUMBINE—(Aquilegia).— Every well regulated yard 
has a space devoted to hardy perennials, and no bed of 
perennials would be complete without a due proportion 
of Columbines. They are of the easiest culture and 
when once established will furnish a magnificent dis¬ 
play of the handsomest flowers each spring and sum¬ 
mer for many years. The beds should be kept clear of 
weeds and given each year a liberal dressing of well 
rotted manure. Hardy herbaceous perennials; two to 
three feet high. 
Alba plena, double white . . 10 
Coerulea hybrida, double, a vigorous growing, very 
handsome variety with blue and white flowers.10 
Californica hybrida, one of the handsomest of all the 
columbines, having orange, red and yellow flowers .10 
Vervaeneana l'ol. variogatis, plants variegated, repro¬ 
duced with certainty from seed. Double rose colored 
blossoms; exceedingly beautiful . IS 
Mixed double, best and finest colors . 10 
COM M ELINA--(Day Flower).—Has splendid white 
and blue flowers. Tender perennial; one and a-half to 
two and a-half feet high. 
Ccelestis, sky blue . 5 
Alba, white . 5 
Mixed. 5 
CONVOLVULUS.—A magnificent class of trailing annu¬ 
als. Useful for verandas, lattice, etc., and grows freely 
in any good garden soil. 
Aureus superbus, very large, golden yellow flowers; 
grows six feet high .15 
Mauritanicus, trailing plant, about one foot high, and 
produces an abundance of rich, satiny, lavender blos¬ 
soms. Especially adapted to rock work or baskets; 
perennial in green-house . 10 
Major— (See Morning Glory). 
CONVOLVULUS M INOR- (Dwarf MorningJGlory). 
—Dwarf plants, of trailing, branching habit, each plant 
occupying a space of two feet. At mid-day they are 
completely covered with a mass of most brilliant, 
many colored blossoms, which remain open till even¬ 
ing, in clear weather. Half hardy annual; one foot 
high. 
Minor tricolor, bright blue, shaded to pure white, next 
to the golden center. 5 
31 inor alba, pure white . 5 
striata, finely shaped . 5 
“ mixed.... . 5 
flore pleno, a new double variety . 10 
uuicaulis, a single, upright stem, without a 
branch and with a compact head of flowers borne in 
great profusion; color purplish-blue. 10 
COIX —(See Job's Tears). 
COSMOS.— A very effective autumn flowering plant. Quite 
hardy and rapid growing, forming bushes often four to 
eight feet high and covered with large, single, daisy like 
flowers. Should be started in heat in March in this 
latitude and transplanted to open ground about 
June 1st. 
Ripinnatn hybrida, finest mixed.10 
Hybrida, large white or pearl. This is in every way 
superior to the single Dahlia as an autumn blooming 
plant. It bears large, pure white flowers on long 
stems in the greatest profusion, which are extremely 
useful for decorative purposes. 10 
CRUCIANELLA STYLOS A.—A pretty little plant. , 
growing one foot high, and producing clusters or star 
shaped, pink flowers. Fine for rock work, vases, etc. 
Hardy perennial. 5 
CUCURBIT A —(See Gourds). 
CUl’HEA PLATYCENTRA—(Cigar, or Firecracker 
Plant). —A favorite plant with green-house men ; famil¬ 
iarly known as Cigar Plant, on account of its fancied 
resemblance to a lighted cigar. Tender perennial; one 
foot high. Scarlet, white and purple.10 
CYCLAMEN. — Well known and universally admired 
tuberous rooted plants, producing exceedingly hand¬ 
some red and white flowers. Tender perenuial; one 
foot high. 
Cyclamen . 
Persicum, mixed, variety of great beauty and many 
colors. 25 
Persicum giganteum, mixed, characterized by beauti¬ 
ful foliage and profuse bloom; each flower is from 
two to two and a-nalf inches long. Very choice.50 
CYPRESS VINE—(Ipomooa Quamoclit).—A most 
beautiful climber, with delicate, dark green, feathery 
foliage, and an abundance of bright, star shaped, rose, 
scarlet and white blossoms, which in the bright sun- 
Cyphess Vine. 
