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CARDIOSPERMUM. 
Cardiospermum Halicacabum is a curious, half-hardy 
annual. Sow seed under glass, and if planted in the gar¬ 
den, find it a sheltered situation. It nfceds favoring in 
the garden, but does well in the house. 
Cardiospermum Halicacabum,. - 
COBCEA. 
I he Cobcea s.andens is one of the most beautiful of 
our climbing annuals. Strong plants set out early in the 
spring often grow twenty or thirty feet long, branching 
freely. Flowers are at first green, changing to a deep 
violet blue. Put the seeds in moist earth, edge down, 
and do not v/ater until the young plants appear, unless 
*n a warm place and the earth is very dry. In the au¬ 
tumn, plants can be taken up with care, potted, and re¬ 
moved to the house where they will flourish and flower 
during the winter. Coboeas set in a row, two feet apart, 
supported by brush six feet high, make an elegant 
screen. The Cobcea makes a rapid growth after getting 
a good start, but care is necessaryin planting seed as it 
is liable to rot in the ground if too moist. 
Coboea scandens, . 10 
CALAMPELIS. 
Calampelis scabra 
is a very beautiful 
climber, foliage very 
pretty, with bright 
orange flowers, and 
produced in ia 
cemes; blooms pio- 
fusely the latter part 
of the season. Sow 
seed in the hot-bed 
or green-house. 
Calampelis scabra, (.Eccremocarpus sender ,) . 10 
CONVOLVULUS MAJOR. 
Convolvulus major, the old Morning Glory, is the best 
known and most popular annual climber we possess. 
The seeds germinate so readily that they can be giown in 
the garden in any corner where the plants are needed, 
and almost at any time. The growth is so rapid that 
they cover an arbor or trellis in a very short time. Sup¬ 
ply support early, either cord, wire or brush. As most 
of our readers know, the flowers open very early in the 
morning, and close as soon as the sur. becomes very 
warm, before noon, though in shady places and cloudy 
weather they will remain open nearly all day. 
Convolvulus major, White, White and violet 
striped, White striped with blue, Dark blue. Car¬ 
mine, Rose. Lilac, Violet striped ; each color, 
Michaux. - , fine striped, . 
incarnata, bright red, . . 
atrosanguinea, dark red. 
tricolor, three-colored. 
All the above mixed,. 
