Hardy Perennials. 
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CERASTIUM Biebersteinii, C. Boissieri and C. tomentosum are low-grow- /—' Not prepaid—«/ — Prepaid—* 
ing, spreading plants for edging or for matting purposes. The last is the Each Doz. Each Doz. 
taller, being about 6 inches high and having silvery foliage. I have put 
the three under one price and description. Summer.$o 15 $0 20 
CHAM/ELIRIUM carolinianum (Devil’s Bit). A smooth herb, with stems ter¬ 
minated by a wand-like raceme of small bract-like white flowers in June. A 
very pretty little plant when in bloom, and with half a chance will thrive in 
any good garden soil. The racemes have stems of good length for cutting, 
and make good additions to bouquets.. 
CHRYSANTHEMUM caucasicum (Pyre thrum caucasicum). Flowers in 
reddish purple heads. Showy. 
C. macrophyllum ( Pyre thrum hybridum , “ Gloire de Nancy”). Very charm¬ 
ing, daisy-like flowers ; fine for cutting.Seeds, 8 cts. per pkt. . 
C. coronopifolium (Pyre thrum carneum) . 
C. maximum. Flowers like 
the common white daisy, but 
twice as large. Handsome 
when in flower, and the flow¬ 
ers have good stems for cut¬ 
ting. Hardy and easily 
grown in full sun. Summer. 
. . . Seeds, 5 cts. per pkt. . 
CIMICBFUCA racemosa (Black 
Snake-root, Black Cohosh). 
Four to 8 feet high, with white 
flowers in feathery racemes 
which droop gracefully. 
There are many places for 
such plants,—the borders of 
woodland walks, of shrub¬ 
bery, or in the wild garden. 
A stately plant, suited to moist 
and shaded situations, though 
it will do well in any good 
garden soil in full sun. July 
and August 
CLAYTON 8 A caroliniana 
(Spring Beauty). A low 
perennial from a small tuber¬ 
ous root, with pale pink flow¬ 
ers in the beginning of spring. 
C. virginica. Has almost white 
flowers ; blooms with the first. 
CLEMATIS recta. Two or 3 
feet high ; white fragrant flow¬ 
ers in June to August. Native 
to south and east Europe . . 
COLLINSONIA canadensis . . 
CONVALLARSA majalis (Lily- 
of-the-Valley). A plant of the lily family, too well known to need detailed 
description. It likes a little shade and moisture, and does finely under shaded 
walls. Spring. 
C.—, var. “ Miellez’s Revelation”— in Lily-of-the-Valley. It is of extraordi¬ 
nary size and vigor, of the most exquisite fragrance, does well under all condi¬ 
tions and in all sorts of soils, growing just as well in full sun as in partial shade; 
is extremely hardy, and while not increasing quite so fast as the common 
kinds, is still of good increase. It is well to cover it in December with a good 
coat of barnyard manure—cow or horse—green is just as good as old. Leave 
it in the spring to serve as mulch. The Massachusetts Horticultural Society 
awarded this strain a “ First Class Certificate of Merit,” May 22, 1897 .... 
Convallaria majalis. 
COPTIS trifolia (Gold Thread). A small bog plant,which needs moist peat or 
moist sand. It has small white flowers in summer. 
COREOPSIS lanceolata. A good hardy perennial about 2 feet high, which 
produces an abundance of large yellow, daisy-shaped flowers on good long 
stems in June and July.. Seeds, 5 cts. per pkt. . 
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