Hardy Ornamentals, Herbaceous Plants, Etc. 
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CAMPANULA.. An easy class of plants to grow. The largest ones do finely in any good garden soil, 
the Alpines in the rockery. Sow the seeds of annuals in early spring, biennials in J une. Perennials are 
increased by dividing the roots, young cuttings in spring, of by seed. All but one or two of the follow¬ 
ing are perennial. 
C. Carpathica. 9 or 10 inches high, with an abundance of blue or white flowers in loose panicles. 
Transylvania. Suited to border or rockery. 15 cts. each, $1.15 per doz. d. Seeds, S cts. 
C. Capathica alba. 10 cts. each, $1.25 per doz. d. Seeds, 6 cts. per pkt. 
C. Carpathica turbinata. Large blue flowers. 20 cts. each. d. Seeds, 5 cts. per pkt. 
C. medinm (Canterbury Bells). Flowers of various tints, blue, purple or white. Plant 1 to 3 feet 
high; biennial. 10 cts. each, $1 per doz. e. 
C. nobilis. A species from China ; flowers blue. 10 cts. each, $1 per doz. d. 
C. Persicsefolia coerulea. Flowers blue, shading to white. 25 cts. each. c. 
C. punctata. A Siberian species ; about iS inches high, with whitish flowers spotted with red. 
Suited to the border. 12 cts. each, $1 per doz. c. Seeds, 5 cts. per pkt. 
C. strigosa. A tall, blue-flowered species. 10 cts. each, $1 per doz. c. Seeds, 5 cts. per pkt. 
C. rotundifolia (Harebell). A slender native, about a foot high, with pretty, bright blue flowers. 
15 cts. each. c. 
C. grandis. 1 to 2 feet high. Flowers violet-blue. A pretty Siberian species of much merit, e. 25c. 
C. thyrsoidea. 18 inches high. Native to the Alps. 25 cts. each, e. 
C. allaritcfolia. 15 cts. each. e. 
CxVTANANCHE coerulea. This plant comes from Southern Europe, attains a height of about 3 feet, 
and bears, on ample stems, good-sized, daisy-shaped blue flowers. A good plant for the border. 
15 cts. each, $1.10 per doz. d. 
CENTAUREA dealbata. Flower heads rose-color. Grows about 15 inches high. Useful for wild 
gardens, etc. 25 cts. each. e. 
C. macrocephala. A plant from Caucasus, with large and numerous oblong, decurrent leaves, and 
showy, large heads of yellow flowers. 15 cts. each, $1.20 per doz. Seeds, S cts. per pkt. 
CEPHAIjARIA Tatarica. This is a tall-growing plant, 5 to 7 feet high, with creamy-yellow flow¬ 
ers. Nice to go among shrubbery. Siberian. 20 cts. each, $1.50 per doz. Seeds, 5 cts. per pkt. 
CHAMA2LIRIUM Caroliniamun (Devil’s Bit). A smooth herb, with stems terminated by wand¬ 
like racemes of small, bract-like flowers. It is a very attractive little plant, and will do in any gar¬ 
den soil. 10 cts. each, $1 per doz. d. 
CASSIA Mar ilandica (American Senna). 2 to 4 feet high, with axillary racemes of yellow flowers. 
The foliage of this plant is rather attractive. The only member of this genus which is a hardy 
perennial. 15 cts. each, $1.25 per doz. c. Seeds, 5 cts. per pkt. 
CEDRONELLA cana. Is a native of New Mexico. Grows 2 to 3 feet, with purple or crimson flow¬ 
ers. 15 cts. each, Si.25 per doz. e. 
CERASTIUM Boissieri. Flowers good sized, white ; silvery leaved. It forms dense mats of thick 
foliage. 20 cts. each. e. 
C. Biebersteinii. Bright green foliage ; dense masses. Flowers while. 20 cts. each. c. 
C. tomentosum. Pretty, silvery, dense foliage. Large white flowers in early summer. Eastern 
Europe. 15 cts. each. e. 
CIMICIEUGA raccinosa (Black Snake- 
Root;. 4 to 6 feet high under favorable cul¬ 
ture ; charming white flowers, in large 
elongated racemes. A stately plant, suited 
to moist and partly shaded situations, 
though it may be placed in any garden soil 
in full sun. 15 cts. each, $1.25 per doz. e. 
CIjAYTONIA Virginica. Flowers white, 
striped pink. Small, early blooming ; from 
bulbous root. 6 cts. each, 50 cts. per doz. a. 
COPTIS trifolia (Gold Thread). Needs 
shade, dark, rich soil, and moist but not 
wet situation. It is of little use to plant it 
in full sun. Pretty white flowers, and dark 
evergreen foliage. 10 cts. each. b. 
CORONILLA varia (Crown Vetch). Clover¬ 
like heads of white and pink flowers on 
long stems. Quite hardy. 10c. each. Ii per 
doz., *1.50 for 25. d. Seeds, 5 cts. per pkt. Coreopsis laneeolata. (See page 8.) 
