CARNATION, hp. If I were limited to a half 
dozen perennial flowers, one of them would be 
the Improved Large-flowd Carnation. The plants 
start readily from seeds, stool out into fine clumps, 
begin to bloom in five months, and bloom contin¬ 
uously. If potted, they will bloom in the sunny 
window in Winter. The flowers are large, perfect¬ 
ly double, deliciously fragrant, and come in rich 
colors, some striped and blotched. The plants will 
last for years, requiring a little protection at the 
far North. To protect, "simply place a board frame 
a foot high around the bed and fill it with dense, 
nude brush. This will protect other plants as well. 
Double German Border, 20in. Double firs; free- 
blooming, splendid mixture. 40 seeds. 
Early Dwarf Prague, 1ft. A fine double German 
border Carnation. Mixed colors. 40 seeds. 
Earliest Dwarf Vienna, 14in. Flowers very double; 
White, Rose, Violet. Separate or Mixed. 50 seeds. 
Hardy Garden Carnations and Picotees, a high- 
class strain saved by a French specialist; plants 
compact, free-blooming; firs richly-scented, mixed 
Perpetual or Tree Carnation, lft. Double, mixed. 
Simpson's Triumph, 2ft. Very large double blocms 
on long sturdy stems, new, splendid mixture. 40s. 
CATANANCHE Bicolor, hp, lGin. White, blue eye. 
Coerulea, hp, 18in. Flowers blue, 2 inches across. 
CEBATHA Carolina, hp, 20ft. A lovely vino; small 
white firs, followed by scarlet berries that hang 
till Christmas, handsome. 20 seeds. 
CEDRONELLA Cana, hp, 2ft. F,vergreen mint, crim¬ 
son, sweet-scented flowers in spikes. 25 seeds. 
Canariensis, hp, 2ft. Charming lemon-scented fo¬ 
liage, light rose flowers, easily grown. 20 seeds. 
CENTAUREA Babylonica, hp, 6ft. Very tall winged 
stems, many showy golden flowers. 25 3eeds. 
Gymnocarpa, hp, 2ft. Silvery pinnatified foliage; 
rosy-purple flowers, desirable for pots or beds. 
Macrocephala, hp, 3ft. Large showy golden heads. 
Montana, hp, 2ft. Large violet-blue firs from July 
to Sept., showy border species of easy culture. 
Ruthenica, hp, 3ft. Pinnate foliage; yellow flowers. 
CEPHALARIA Alpina, hp, 5ft. Scabious-like yellow 
flowers, beautiful, easily grown. 50 seeds. 
Tartarica, hp, 5ft. Sulphur-colored Scabious-like 
heads, tall robust habit. 50 seeds. 
CERASTIUM Biebersteini, Snow in Summer, hp, 9in. 
Excellent rockery and edging plant; has silvery 
white dense hairy foliage spreading four feet or 
more in a thick blanket. Miniature daisy-like firs 
cover the plant in a white sheet early in the season. 
Boissieri, hp, 1ft. Stems and leaves silvery, flowers 
whitej large, profuse, in regular cymes; Summer. 
Tomentosum, hp, 9in. A very desirable low-grow¬ 
ing plant with silvery foliage and white flowers in 
June, suitable for the rockery or for carpeting. 
CHAMAPEUCE Diacantha, hp, 4 ft. Deep lilac firs, 
with white-spined leaves. 20 seeds. 
CHELONE Coccinea, hp, 3 ft. Rich scarlet firs. 
Torreyi, hp, 4 ft. Firs, tubular, brick-red, profuse; 
plants are slender and graceful. 
CIMICIFUGA Cordifolia, hp, 3 ft. Racemes of white 
firs.; showy border plant. 100 seeds. 
CINERARIA Diamond, Dusty Miller, hp, 2 ft. Very 
handsome silvery foliage plant of easy culture; 
flowers yellow; showy; foliage almost white. 
CIRSIUM Pulcherrimum, hp, 3ft. Lilac flowers. 50s* 
Velenowskyi, hp, 3 ft. White and violot firs. 50s. 
CLEMATIS, hp. These species are all hardy vines 
except Crispa, Integrifolia and Recta, which are 
shrubby plants. They are free-blooming, fine for 
covering trellises. Summer-houses and shading 
porches. The seeds are mostly tardy in starting 
and are not always successful when planted. 
Crispa, 4 ft., lilac flowers, urn-shaped, nodding. 
Flammula, 20 ft., slender, thrifty vine; pretty white 
flowers in panicles; July till October, 20 seeds. 
Integrifolia, 2 ft., lavender-like flowers. 20 seeds, 
Jackmanii, 10 ft., big purple flowers.; profuse. 12s. 
Paniculate, 20 ft., white fragrant firs, in great pro¬ 
fusion; in cloud-like masses. 25 seeds. 
Recta, 5 ft., sweet white firs., in corymbs. 25 seeds. 
Virginiana, 20 ft., firs, white, sweet, panicled. 
Vitaiba, 20 ft., flowers white, almond-scented. 
Complete Special Mixture of Clematis. 40 seeds. 
CODONOPSIS Meleagris, hp, 1 ft. A charming rock 
plant; handsome bell-shaped flowers, pale blue 
with chocolate pencillings; new Himalayan plant. 
COLCHICUM Autumnale, hbb, 1 ft. Crocus-like 
mauve flowers during Autumn; fine. 
CONVALLARIA Japonica, hp, 8 inches. Used in hot 
countries instead of lawn grass. 
Majalis, Lilly of the Valley, hp, 6 in. Large-flowered 
sweet-scented flowers in racemes. These, like most 
other plants, repays for being well treated, and if 
ihe bed is given a liberal topdressing of well-de¬ 
cayed compost in fall or early spring, it will show 
the effect by increased size and number of firs. 
