WM. ELLIOTT & SONS’ GENERAL CATALOGUE FOR 1896 
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COWSLIP. 
CONVOLVULUS. 
A well-known, free-flowering, hardy perennial, flowering 
profusely during early spring. 
Per Pkt. 
Cowslip. (Primula Veris.) Fine English mixed, 9 
inches. 6 
CUCUMIS. 
An ornamental Cucumber, remarkable for the luxuriance 
and rapidity of its growth. Treat the same as the ordi¬ 
nary Cucumber, and train against a wall or trellis. 
Cncumis Flexuosus. Snake Cucumber, 3 ft. long.10 
CYCLAMEN. 
One of the handsomest greenhouse or parlor plants. The 
seed should be sown in spring, and by autumn will pro¬ 
duce a bulb, which if potted and placed in conserva¬ 
tory or greenhouse will blossom the following spring. 
Propagated only from seed. 
Cyclamen Persicum, Giganteum Album (Williams.) 
Flowers pure white, good substance.50 
-Kubrum (Williams). Delicate rose chang¬ 
ing to bright crimson at the base. 50 
- Sanguineum. Deepest shade of blood-red 
imaginable.50 
-Com pactum. A very profuse bloomer; the 
petals are very large and of great substance, pure 
white with a deep purplish base.75 
-Giganteum. Finest Mixed. A very large and 
f reatly improved variety; the flowers measure 2 to 
£ inches in length, and are of fine form, with very 
broad, massive petals.50 
-Crimson King (Williams). Beautiful new va¬ 
riety; a brilliant crimson, deepening at the base to 
dark red. 50 
-Fine Mixed. Beautiful variegated foliage.25 
-Williams’ Superb Strain. In original packets. 
Mixed.50 
A beautiful class of trailing annuals, some of which pro¬ 
duce flowers of wondrous beauty. Useful for verandas, 
lattice, etc., growing freely in any good garden soil. 
Per Pkt. 
Convolvulus Minor Tricolor. Rich, violet-purple with 
white center; trailer. Hardy annual, 1 ft. 5 
- Mauri tan icus. Hardy trailing plant, about 1 ft. high, 
produces an abundance of rich, satiny, lavender blos¬ 
soms, fine for baskets, etc.10 
- Major. (See Morning Glory.) 
CYPERUS. 
(UMBRELLA PLANT.) 
A strikingly handsome foliage plant, equally well adapted 
for the greenhouse or open ground, and easily raised 
from seed. The leaves are striped with white, giving 
the plant a distinct appearance./ Half-hardy perennial, 
1 to 2 ft. 
Cyperus Alternifolius.15 
CYPRESS VINE. 
(IMPOMCEA QUAMOCLIT.) 
Among the most beautiful climbing plants which adorn 
the flower garden. The dark green, very graceful, fern¬ 
like foliage, thickly studded with brilliant starry 
flowers, is very effective. Half-hardy annuals. 
Cypress Vine, Crimson. Very brilliant, 15 to 20 ft. 5 
-White. Beautiful and graceful, 15 ft. 5 
-Ivy-Leaved. Ivy shaped leaves and scarlet 
flowers.10 
-Mixed. Per oz., 50 cts. . 5 
DATURA. 
(TRUMPET FLOWER.) 
Very ornamental plants, with trumpet-shaped, double 
white, yellow and purple flowers, which produce a fine 
effect in large clumps or borders of shrubbery. Annuals. 
Datura. Mixed varieties, 2 ft.10 
- Cornucopia. The flowers average 8 inches long by 5 
inches across the mouth, the interior is a French 
white with purple exteriors Delightfully fragrant. 
Seeds sown early in the house will produce plants 
that will bloom from early summer until frost.10 
DELPHINIUM. 
A class of hardy perennials, remarkable for their great 
beauty and highly decorative qualities. The principal 
color is light blue, and the various shades to the dark¬ 
est purple, also scarlet and white. 
Delphinium Brunonianum. (Musk-scented Larkspur.) 
New species of a peculiar shade of a light blue, emit¬ 
ting a powerful odor of musk.25 
- Cashmerianuni. Very fine, dark blue, Monk’s Hood¬ 
like flowers, 1£ ft.10 
- Nudicaule. Scarlet, 1£ ft. 10 
- Formosum. Rich blue and white, a favorite variety, 
3 ft. 5 
- Chincnsis. Double mixed, 2 ft. .... 5 
CUPHEA. 
(CIGAR PLANT.) 
A free-flowering, neat, half-hardy perennial, well adapted 
for either the conservatory or flower border. 
Cuphea Platycentra. Scarlet, black and white, 1 ft.10 
- Roezlii. Pyramidal formed; flowers yellow and red. 10 
DRAC/ENA. 
(CORDYLINE.) 
Well-known ornamental greenhouse plants, with elegant 
foliage, invaluable for decorative purposes. 
Dracaena Indivisa. Green and bronze, narrow leaves... .25 
- Australis. Wide green foliage... 25 
