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F. H. Horsford, Charlotte, Vermont. 
CHAMZELIRIUM 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 doz. c. 
CASSIA Marilandica (American Senna). Flowers yellow, in axillary racemes. Said to be the 
only hardy perennial species. Thrives in any good garden soil. 20 cts. each, $1.25 per doz. t. 
Seeds, 8 cts. per pkt. 
CAULOPHYLLUM 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, ft 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. fcomentosum. Pretty foliage and flowers in early summer. A native of Eastern Europe. Flow¬ 
ers large, white; foliage silvery, forming a dense mass. J5 cts. each. c. 
CIMICIFUGA racemosa (Black Snakeroot). Grows 4 to 6 feet high, bearing handsome elongated 
racemes of white flowers. A stately plant; nice for moist and shaded situations. 15 cts. each, 
$1.25 per doz. d. Seeds, 10 cts. per pkt. 
CLAYTONIA parviflora. A small western species, which is pretty for a shady situation or for the 
shady portions of the rockery. 10 cts. each, $1 per doz. a. 
C. Virginica (Virginian Spring Beauty). A low plant, 3 inches high, from a small tuberous root, 
bearing small, nodding, white flowers in early spring. Pretty for shady corner or the rockery. 
5 cts. each, 40 cts. per doz. a. 
C. Caroliniana (Common Spring Beauty). 10 cts. each, $1 per doz. 
COPTIS trifolia (Gold Thread). The only place for this little evergreen is in shady situations. Its 
shiny green leaves and pretty all-white flowers are not very conspicuous, but they thrive where 
others would not. Use peat or leaf-mold, with sand or loam. 10 cts. each, 75 cts. per doz. b. 
CORONXLLA varia. Flowers pink and white; very pretty, 
nice for cutting. A native of Europe; hardy. 12 cts. each, 
$1 per doz. c. Seeds, 8 cts. per pkt. 
CHRYSANTHEMUM maximum. A first- 
class plant for decoration of the border or 
for cuttings. Free-growing, not over 2 feet 
high, and forms considerable of a bush, 
which is almost hidden with fine white 
flowers. Flowers very durable when cut. 
16 cts. each, 2 for 25 cts. «. Seeds, 5 cts. 
per pkt. 
COREOPSIS lanceolata. One of the finest 
hardy perennials. The large, bright, gold¬ 
en yellow flowers are borne in groat pro¬ 
fusion ; valuablo for cutting. 12 cts. each, 
$1 per doz. e. Seeds; 5 cts. per pkt. 
C. graucliflora. I take this to be a form of 
O. lanccoktta, but with me the flowers are 
larger and more numerous. 15 cts. each, 
2 for 25 cts. c. Seeds, 8 cts. per pkt. 
C. vortioillata. A distinct species, smaller, 
but blooms after the others, with man,} 
lino, bright yellow flowers. 15c. each. c. 
CYCLAMEN, European. The common Swiss 
autumn - flowering Cyclamen. Flowers 
bright rose, froo-bloorning when established. Fine 
for rook-work. 12 cts. each, 2 for 20 cts. b. _ 
C. hodorrefolium. A strong species, varying in foli 
ago and In color of flowers, which are of various 
shados, from bright rose to deep crimson. 15 cts. each, 
2 for 35 cts. b. 
C, roi)andum. A native of South Europe. Flowers rosy 
rod, with purple at base. 12 cts. each, 2 for 20 cts. a. 
DAHLIA variabilis. Double. 15 cts. each. d. 
Coreopsis lanceolata. 
