WM. ELLIOTT & SONS, NEW YORK 
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Choice Flower Seeds 
COCKSCOMB (Celosia cristata) 
Highly ornamental plants, produc¬ 
ing crested heads of flowers some¬ 
what resembling a cockscomb. To 
produce fine 
combs the soil 
cannot be too 
rich, end the 
plants should be 
forwarded in hot- 
b e d, though 
showy plants may 
be raised from 
seed planted in 
open ground in 
May. The of tell¬ 
er they are trans¬ 
planted or shifted 
the larger and 
more beautiful 
they grow. 
Dwarf Mixe cl. 
Pkt. 5 cts. 
Glasgow Prize. 
An improved va¬ 
riety, producing large blooms of dark crimson. Pkt. 10 cts. 
Empress. This variety produces combs of colossal propor¬ 
tions; have been grown measuring 4 5 inches from tip to tip; 
rich velvety crimson. Pkt. 10 cts. 
Japanese (Celosia Japonica). A branching variety of great 
beauty. Pkt. 5 cts. 
Collection of six separate sorts, 25 cts. 
COSMOS 
COREOPSIS 
Lanccolata. This is one of the 
finest hardy perennial plants; flowers 
bright golden yel¬ 
low, large and 
showy. Pkt. 5 cts. 
Golden Glory. 
An improved va¬ 
riety of the lan- 
ceolata type, pro¬ 
ducing long-stem¬ 
med, immense 
rich yellow flow¬ 
ers, shaded with 
orange, flowering 
in profusion for 
a long period 
during the sum¬ 
mer; unequaled 
for cutting; grows 
anywhere. Pkt. 
10 cts. 
CUPHEA 
These are pretty, free-flowering, half-hardy perennials 
well adapted for the house or garden border. 
Platycentra. Scarlet, black and white. Pkt. 10 cts. 
Uoezlii. Pyramidal-formed; flowers yellow and red. Pkt. 
10 cts. 
CUCUMIS FLEXUOSUS 
(Snake Cucumber) 
This is one of our most useful and beautiful autumn flowers. To get it iri 
bloom early, the seed should be sown in May in the open ground where 
the plants are desired to bloom, and the seedlings allowed to glow and 
flower without being transplanted. 
Mammoth Perfection. The flowers are double the size of C. hybridus, 
the petals are broader, overlapping and deeply ribbed. For cutting it is 
one of the finest flowers grown, lasting in water two weeks. The plants 
are five to six feet high, pyramidal form, and one mass of feathery emerald- 
green foliage, studded with mammoth flowers of white, pink or crimson, 
long after more tender flowers have been destroyed by frost. 
Pure White. Pkt. 10 cts. Crimson. Pkt. 10 cts. 
Eight Pink. Pkt. 10 cts. Mixed. Pkt. 10 cts. 
Lady Lenox. Large; shell pink. Pkt. 10 cts. 
Klondike. Flowers 2 V 2 to 3 inches across, rich orange-yellow, produced in 
great abundance. Pkt. 10 cts. 
Early-Flowering. Seed of this variety may be sown in the open ground in 
May, and will bloom in August, continuing until late in fall. Pkt. 10 cts. 
CYCLAMEN PERSICUM GIGANTEUM 
This strain of Cyclamen is unquestionably the most important floral intro¬ 
duction of the season. It differs from our giant type of Cyclamen in the 
foliage, having a broad, lace-like fringe around the edge. The flowers are 
of the giant form, embracing the leading colors; are frequently fimbriated. 
Gigantcum album. Pure white. Pkt. 2 5 cts. 
Kubrum. Dark red. Pkt. 2 5 cts. 
Koseum. Bright rose. Pkt. 2 5 cts. 
Duke of Connaught. Crimson. Pkt. 2 5 cts. 
Picturatum. White, claret base. Pkt. 25 cts.^ 
Giganteum, Finest Mixed. All colors. Pkt. 2 5 cts. 
Williams’ Superb Strain. In original packages. Pkt. 75 cts. 
Fine Mixed Colors. Pkt. 10 cts. 
CYPRESS VINE 
The most graceful climbing plants, with fern-like foliage, 
of small, star-shaped flowers. 
Scarlet. Very briliant. Pkt. 5 cts. 
White. Beautiful and graceful. Pkt. 5 cts. 
Ivy-Leaved. Ivy-shaped leaves and scarlet flowers. Pkt. 
Mixed. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 50 cts. 
bearing clusters 
10 cts. 
CYPERUS ALTERNIFOLIUS (Umbrella Plant) 
A strikingly handsome foliage plant, equally well adapted for the green¬ 
house or open ground, and easily raised from seed. Pkt. 15 cts. 
An ornamental climber remarkable for the 
luxuriance and rapidity of its growth. Fine 
for trellises. Pkt. 5 cts. 
COWSLIP (Primula veris) 
A well-known hardy perennial, flowering 
early in spring; very fragrant. Six inches. 
The Isbell Mole Trap will catch those troublesome moles 
