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O. W. CLARK & SOW, BUFFALO, NEW YOKE 
CARDIOSPERMUM ( BALLOON VINE) 
A rapid-growing, handsome and interesting 
climber, remarkable for its inflated membranous 
capsule. Half-hardy annual. 
White. Pkt. 5 cts. 
CELOSIA 
Very singular, attractive and showy plants, -pro¬ 
ducing magnificent spikes of beautiful feathery- 
looking flowers. They succeed well in the garden 
if planted out in June. Graceful and beautiful 
half-hardy annual. 
Cristata (Cockscomb). From selected Cocks¬ 
combs ; velvety crimson, i ft. Pkt. io cts. 
Ostrich Feather. Very large plumes. Pkt. 
to cts. 
Carnation. 
CANARY-BIRD FLOWER 
See Tropesolum peregrinum. 
CANNA (INDIAN SHOT) 
With foliage and tropical luxuriance, this plant is 
particularly suitable for forming groups on lawns, 
or placing as backgrounds for dwarfer-growing 
plants, for which purposes it is now largely used. 
Of late years this tribe has developed great beauty 
and variety in flowers, giving them added interest 
and value. Half-hardy perennial. 
Choice Mixed Varieties. All colors. 
Pkt. 5 cts. 
Croxy’s Early, New and fine. Pkt. io cts. 
CARNATION 
These well-known charming plants are highly 
prized for; the delicious perfume of their flowers. 
Varieties raised from seed are infinitely more florif- 
erous than from cuttings, and first quality seed 
usually produces about 90 per cent double flowers. 
Half-hardy perennial. 
Finest Double Mixed. From the finest I 
German collection. Brilliant colors, and very fra¬ 
grant. Pkt. 25 cts. 
Double Mixed. Very good quality. Pkt. 10c. 
Perpetual, or Tree, Double. Fine for 
winter blooming. Pkt. 15 cts. 
Red Grenadin. Blooms from two to three 
weeks earlier than other Carnations. Dwarf habit; 
color brilliant scarlet. Valuable for either garden 
or pot culture ; double. Pkt. 15 cts. 
Marguerite. Sown in spring, will commence 
flowering in early summer and continue until frost. 
New and excellent sort. Pkt. 10 cts. 
CENTAUREA (dusty miller) 
Valuable silver-leaved, ornamental bedding 
plants, growing in any good soil; fine for conser¬ 
vatory and parlor decoration ; succeed well when 
potted and kept through the winter. Greenhouse 
perennial. 
Clementei. Very handsome and ornamental, 
the leaves, which are deeply cut and fringed, being 
covered with silvery white down. 2 ft. Pkt. 10c. 
C&ndidissima. Splendid silvery, broad-cut 
leaves. 1 ft. Pkt. 15 cts. 
Gymnocarpa. A very graceful silver variety : 
valuable for bedding. \]/ 2 ft. Pkt. 10 cts. 
Cyanus, Emperor William (Bachelor’s 
Button). Hardy annual. 2 ft. Pkt. 5 cts. 
Marguerite. New ; pure white, large, sweet- 
scented flowers. Excellent for cutting. Pkt. 10c. 
Odorata Chameleon. Yellow and rose; 
fragrant. Pkt. 10 cts. 
CENTRANTHUS 
A pretty, free-flowering, com pact-growing plant; 
does well in any common soil ; very effective in 
beds, edgings, ribbons or borders. Hardy annual. 
Mixed Red and White. 2 ft. Pkt. 5 cts. 
Albus. White ; very pretty. 1 ft. Pkt. 5 cts. 
Ostrich Feather Celosia. 
