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NEW OR NOTEWORTHY PLANTS 
CAMPANULA. Bellflower. Campanulaceae. A variform group, in¬ 
cluding many choice rock plants. 
C. Carpatica. $ To 12 inches, flowers clear blue or white, nearly all 
summer, showy, 2 inches broad. Assorted, 40c; 3 for $1.00. 
C. glomerata superba. $ Flower bells clustered toward the summit 
of foot-high stems, rich purple-violet. Dwarf enough for the rock 
garden, and very superior in color to seedling types. 35c; dozen, $3.00. 
C. persicifolia. Peach-bell. To 2 feet, large blue or white bells. 40c; 
3 for $1.00. 
C. petiolata. *$ 12 inches; the Colorado Harebell now ranks as a 
distinct species; a profusion of exquisite bells of blue for a long season. 
30c; dozen, $2.50. 
CENTAUREA. Compositae. Ordinary soil. 
C. rigidifolia. To 3 feet; tassel-shaped heads of dark rose in June 
and July, forming very permanent clumps with good foliage. 40c each; 
3 for $1.00. 
CLEMATIS. Ranunculaceae. Virgins-Bower, Clematis. Includes 
both vines and bushy herbaceous perennials. All are easily grown in 
a rather light loamy soil with medium moisture. Our Clematis roots 
are all strong field-grown, and are offered at the uniform price of 50 
cents each, three of one kind for $1.25; a collection of six, one plant 
each, purchaser’s selection, for $2.50; six of any one kind, $2.50. 
C. crispa. Low climber to 6 feet; the true variety, lavender, with 
crisped spreading perianth, is rare; the flowers are fragrant and are 
produced all summer. 
C. Davidiana. Two feet; tubular flowers of clear blue in whorls, 
fragrant, early summer. 
C. eriophora. * One foot; silky laciniate foliage; deep purple nod¬ 
ding bells in May or June; partial shade and leaf-mold soil. 
C. Fremontii. * One foot; flower bells of lavender or lilac, leaves 
oval, very distinct, easy culture; not too large for the rock garden. 
C. integrifolia. Low bush, very large blue flowers for a long sea¬ 
son, the petals two inches in length. 
C. ligusticifolia. * Western Virgin’s-Bower. Vine of vigorous 
growth (woody) the showy white flower sprays in August followed by 
fluffy seed heads. 
C. recta grandiflora. Two feet; much like C. recta, but with two- 
inch white flowers in large terminal sprays, very beautiful and easily 
grown. 
C. Scottii. *i One foot; glaucus pinnate foliage, the nodding 
blossoms are urn-shaped, light blue to bluish violet, large and of distinct 
form; for well-drained sunny position. 
C. Simsii. * Vine from western Texas, hardy and a vigorous climber 
to ten feet. The herbaceous -stems come from the ground each season, 
bearing deep purple bells all summer. 
C. Texensis. (Syn. C. coceinea). * Scarlet Clematis. An herbaceous 
climber to 10 feet or more, grows rapidly and blooms constantly from 
June until frost, the brilliant scarlet bells being mingled with the 
golden seed plumes; hardy and of prime value. 
C. Viticella. Climbing to 12 feet. Flowers blue-purple, two inches 
across, 2-3 together, June to Aug. One parent of the hybrid, Jackmani. 
Convallaria majalis, Parson’s Giant. Lily-of-the-Valley. A superb 
garden type, exceptionally strong growth, large bells on tall stems, 
