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Calceolaria Superba. dwarf; a splendid spotted or tigered new dwarf variety, of com¬ 
pact habit, and a profuse bloomer; from a celebrated German collec¬ 
tion which has received many prizes.• 
** rugosa, shrubby varieties for bedding out in the open garden; saved from 
the most beautiful self-colored and spotted varieties .... 
** plnnata, yellow, fine, half-hardy annual.10 
** Bcabiosiufolia ( Scabious-leaved), bright yellow; a pretty, free-flowering, 
hardy annual ..10 
CALENDULA (Cape Marigold). Nat. Ord., Composite. 
A very showy, free-flowering genus of plants, producing a pretty effect in beds or mixed 
borders, and growing freely in almost any soil. Hardy annuals. 
183 Calendula hybrid a, white; a pretty single variety. 1 ft. . . . . . . 
184 “ piuviulis (Cape Marigold), white, large flowers. 1 ft. . . . 
185 ** pongei, fl. pi., double white, line. 1 ft. 
180 “ officinalis superba, new double Pot Marigold, golden-orange, dark eye 
187 “ sulphurea, new sulphur-colored Pot Marigold; very double and beautiful 
CALLA. Nat. Ord., Aracece. 
A very handsome plant, either as an aquatic, or for the ornamentation of the drawing¬ 
room or conservatory. Half-hardy perennial. 
188 Calla iEt hiopica, white; from Cape of Good Hope. 2 ft.25 
CALLIRHOE. N at. Ord., Malvacear. 
Beautiful annual; two to three feet in height, with leafy stems, terminating in large pani- 
cled racemes of rich violet or purple crimson flowers, with white centre; commences to 
bloom when about six inches high, and continues to yield a succession of its numerous at¬ 
tractive flowers throughout the summer and autumn till hard frost; forming an elegant ob¬ 
ject for groups, beds, or single specimens. 
189 Callirhoe involucrata, a trailing variety of great beauty; large purple crimson flowers .10 
190 “ pedata, rich violet purple, with white eye. 2 ft.5 
191 u “ naua, like the above, only dwarf. 1 ft. . . 6 
CALLIOPSIS, op COREOPSIS. Nat. Ord., Composite. 
This genus is amongst the most showy, free-flowering, and beautiful of hardy annuals. 
The tall varieties are very effective in mixed borders and fronts of shrubberies; and the 
dwarf kinds, from their close, compact habit of growth, make fine bedding-plants, and are 
valuable for edgings. Hardy annuals. 
Calliopsis bicolor, a well-known favorite; dark crimson, with yellow rays. 2* ft. . 5 
marmorata (marbled), brown and yellow, shaded. ft. .5 
nigra speciosa, rich velvety crimson. 2 ft. ..6 
“ mum purpurea, dwarf: dark purplish. 1ft.,6 
marmorata, dwarf; red, marbled with yellow. 1ft.6 
Coronata, rich yellow; disk encircled with crimson Bpots; handsome. 1$ ft. 6 
Drummoiulii, yellow, with crimson centre; fine; from Texas. 1* ft. . 6 
filifblia (thread-leaved), yellow, neat foliage.6 
“ Burridge’s, exceedingly beautiful; flowers rich brown, tipped with 
bright orange. 2 ft.6 
** mixed, all colors.6 
Pliiladelphiea, hardy perennial, which flowers the first year. Its large 
flowers are of a fine yellow, and very ornamental.6 
** auriculata, bright orange; fine; hardy perennial. 2 ft.10 
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CALLICHROA. Nat. Ord., Compositor. 
Callichroa platyglossa, pretty light-yellow flowers in abundance; from California. 
CAMELLIA. Nat. Ord., Ternstromiacece. 
Favorite winter and spring flowering plants of great beauty. The amateur, in sowing 
seed saved from the following choice sorts, lias a fair chance of raising some valuable varie¬ 
ties; succeed in sandy peat and loam. Half-hardy shrubs. 
205 Camellia Japonica, mixed. From a choice named collection of double flowers 
CAMPANULA. Nat. Ord., Campanulacece. 
The Campanulas are, without exception, some of the finest of all garden-plants for deco¬ 
ration in conservatory, greenhouse, and flower-garden. By good culture, the tall varieties 
assume a magnificent effect, unequalled by any other plants. 
Campanula Loreii, fine expanded blue blossoms, which continue in succession through 
the summer; set the plants eight or ten inches apart. * ft. 
“ alba, differing from the above only in color; white 
carpatica, blue, dwarf; fine for beds, edging, &c. Hardy perennial . 
“ alba, white variety of the preceding. 
persicifolia, large blue flowers, fine for borders. Hardy perennial. 3 ft 
“ alba, white variety of the preceding .... 
“ macrantha, a fine, free-blooming variety, with large purple flowers 
Hardy perennial. 3 feet.. 
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