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<ul and fragrant, and gives plenty of flowers a long time. 
The ever-blooming varieties are admirable for winter 
flowers in the house, and arc the main dependence of the 
florist for the preparation of floral ornaments in the win¬ 
ter. Young plants, just right for winter blooming, 25 
cents each, or £2.00 per dozen. The following are the 
best winter flowering varieties : 
Hinsdale, lilac, mottled with white, clove scented. 
La Purite, carmine. 
Peerless, white, slightly striped with pink. 
Peter Henderson, large, pure white, very fine. 
President DeGraw, pure white ; very fine. 
Snow White, pure white. 
White La Purite, fine, strong grower. 
CENTAUREA. 
SEE ENGRAVING, PAGE 48. 
White foliaged bedding plants. Used generally for 
bordering beds of Coleus or Geraniums. 20 cents each ; 
£2.00 per dozen. 
Centaurea gymnocarpa, leaves deeply cut. 
Candida, leaves smooth and very white. 
CESTRUM. 
Cestrum, or Night Bloomingjasmine. 25 cents. 
Aurantiacum, orange yellow. 
Laurifolium, pure white. 
Parqui, flowers greenish white. 
CHRYSANTHEMUM. 
The Chrysanthemum is the prettiest late autumn and 
early winter flower in existence. In November and 
December there is nothing that will make such a cheer¬ 
ful display. The thought that the Chrysanthemums are 
opening almost makes us willing to have the autumn 
leaves fall. They are almost hardy, but not quite, north 
of New York City. The best way is to get young plants 
in the spring, and sink the pots in the soil up to the rim. 
Take them to the house in October and November, and 
you will have a grand display for two months. There 
are three classes of Chrysanthemums, the Chinese, bear¬ 
ing a large, loose, graceful flower ; the Pompon, with 
small and perfectly double flowers in great abundance ; 
and the Japanese, with ragged, fringe-like flowers, like 
Chinese, only more so. The character of the Pompon 
and Japanese wc have endeavored to show in the en¬ 
gravings. The prevailing colors arc white, the different 
tints of yellow (and the yellow colors are exceedingly 
fine,} and different shades of red. The reds are not bril¬ 
liant. Fine plants of Chinese, Pompon and Japanese, 
good assortment of colors, 20 cts. each ; $2.00 per dozen. 
COBCEA. 
SEE ENGRAVING, PAGE 31. 
Coboea scandens, a popular climber; fine for win¬ 
dow boxes and trellises in summer, and for the 
house in winter. A very rapid grower, often at¬ 
taining the height of 20 feet. Flowers purple, 
an inch and a half across, 
CLERODENDRUM. 
A handsome greenhouse climber, with large clusters 
of crimson scarlet flowers, each flower encased in a 
bag-like calyx of pure white. When trained on a 
trellis the drooping panicles have a rich and elegant 
appearance. It can be trained as a shrub also, and 
makes a very showy pot plant, blooming, as it does, 
almost continually in the winter. 130 cents each. 
COLEUS. 
The Coleus are the best and cheapest ornamental 
leaved plants we have for ornamental bedding, in what 
is sometimes called the carpet style. A few dozens of 
these plants will make a bed of which no one will have 
any cause to be ashamed. There is such an endless 
variety in their colors and markings that, with a little 
taste in planting varieties, the most gratifying results 
can be obtained at a trifling cost. Plants should be set 
about a foot apart, so that when the size of the bed is as¬ 
certained, it is easy to figure how many plants are 
needed of each kind for a row. Plants 20 cents each ; 
per doz., $2.00. 
Brilliant, bronzy crimson, yellow edge. 
Chameleon, purple, rose and green. 
Eclat, crimson and gold. 
Fascination, carmine rose, bronze and green, very 
desirable. 
Garnet, crimson center, veined with violet, surround¬ 
ed with chocolate, green edge. 
Hero, chocolate-maroon, almost black. 
Kentish Fire, center crimson, marbled with purple. 
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