HARDY ORNAMENTALS, HERBACEOUS PLANTS, ETC 
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CALYSTEGIA pubescens. Flowers flesh-colored, turning to bright rose; 2 to 3 inches wide. A 
native of China. A very pretty plaut. 15 cts. ea., 
2 for 25 cts. b. 
CARNATION, Double Half Hardy, Mixed. 15 cts. 
each, $1.25 per dozen, c. 
-CATANANCHE cserulea. A hardy perennial from 
Southern Europe, with blue flowers. It grows 
about 3 feet high, and will thrive in ordinary border 
soil. 15 cts. each. c. 
CENTAUREA dealbata. Flower-heads rose-color, 
plant about 15 inches high. Useful for wild 
gardens, etc. 15 cts. each, 3 for 30 cts. t\ 
*C. ruthenica (Russian). A hardy perennial, 3 feet 
high, with pale yellow flowers. 25 cts. each. e. 
C. macrocephala. Plant about 3 feet high, with 
flower heads large, yellow. A native of Caucasus. 
15 cts. each. e. 
C. Babylonica. A hardy perennial, with small but 
numerous yellow flower heads. Plants clothed 
with white, cottony down, which adds to its attrac¬ 
tions for the border. 15 cts. each. c. 
*CEPHALARIA Tatarica. 5 to 7 feet high, with large 
yellow flowers. Siberia. 35 cts. each. e. 
CHAM/ELIRIUM Carolinianum (Devil’s Bit). A smooth herb with wand-like stems, terminated by 
wand-like racemes of small, bract-like flowers. 12 cts. each, $1 per dozen, c. 
CASSIA M arilandica (American Senna). Flowers yellow, in axillary racemes. Said to be the only 
hardy perennial species. Thrives in any good garden soil. 20 cts. each, Si.25 per dozen, c. 
*CAULOPHYLLU M thalictroides (Blue Cohosh, or Pappoose-Root). The foliage of this plant is 
dark green, and the large, dark blue berries are interesting when ripe ; the flower does not 
amount to much. It is a plant that does well in shade. 15 cts. each. d. 
CERASTIUM Boissieri. A pretty silvery-leaved plant, with white, large flowers. 6 to 10 inches 
high. 25 cts. each. c. 
C. Biebersteinii. Foliage is a very bright green, in dense masses ; flowers white. 20 cts. each. c. 
C. tomentosum. Pretty foliage and flowers 
in early summer. A native of Eastern Europe. 
Flowers large, white, foliagesilvery, forming 
a dense mass. 10 cts. each, 80 cts. per doz. c. 
CLAYTONIA parviflora. A small western spe¬ 
cies, which is pretty for a shady situation or 
for the shady portions of the rockery. 10 
cts. each, $1 per dozen, a. 
C. Virginica (Virginian Spring Beauty). A 
low plant, 3 inches high, from a small tuber¬ 
ous root, bearing siyiall, nodding, white flow¬ 
ers in early spring. Pretty for shady corner 
or the rockery. 5c. each, 40 cts. per doz. a. 
C- Caroliniana (Common Spring Beauty). 
10 cts. each, Si per dozen. 
CUNTONIA borealis. Needs moisture and 
shade, with a good depth of leaf-mold or 
peat. Its dark green, shiny leaves, when 
grown to perfection are interesting, as well 
as the pale yellow, small, lily-shaped flow¬ 
ers It is a native of damp, cool woods, and 
when planted in dryer situations is liable 
not to thrive. 15 cts. each. c. CENTAUREA. 
