1 CURCULIGO CAPITULA—w. Desirable pot-plant orna- 
mental with gracefully arching, oddly tremulous foliage and 
drooping clusters of yellow star-shaped flowers. Keep well 
watered. Pkt. 20c. 
3 CYCLOBOTHRA FLAVA—15 inches. Pendant, inch-wide 
bells of bright yellow on branching stems. Easy summer- 
flowering bulb for full sun. In late autumn, dig and store in 
sand. Calochortus barbatus. Bulbs, 3 for 35c; 10 for $1.00. 
1 CYANANTHUS LOBATUS—rstkt(3)9. Lovely rock garden 
semi-trailer with upfacing, recurved blossom-bells of powder 
blue. Sprays of it, foliage and flower, are like decorative, 
formalized floral designs. Himalayan alpine. Pkt. 25c. 
3 CYPELLA HERBERTI—“erk (3-4) 22. Tigridia-like summer- 
blooming bulbs with shell-blossoms in blended tan, old gold 
and brown. Blooms first year from seed, and will force. 
Illustrated page 1. Pkt. 25c. Potted bulbs, semi-dormant or 
in growth according to season, each 35c; 3 for $1.00. 
3 CYPELLA PLUMBEA—*ebk (3-4)32. Rather like last, but 
differs in that the flowers are blue-violet, and the plants a bit 
taller. Plaited leaves. Pkt. 20c. 
2 CYPERUS ALTERNIFOLIUS—w. Umbrella Plant. Mada- 
gascar species grown as a pot plant for graceful foliage form. 
Likes ample moisture. Pkt. 30c. 
2 CYPHOMANDRA BETACEA—w. Rare tropical fruit that 
may be grown as a large pot plant. Fruits are size of a large 
egg, tawny orange with purple stripes, skin tough, pulp soft 
and rich, flavor between that of the Tomato and the large 
English dessert Gooseberries. Pkt. 15c. 
3 CROCUS TOMASSINIANUS—ryt(1)4. Lovely elongated 
cups of soft blue-lavender. Blooms at first faint breath of 
spring. Pkt. 15c; 1% oz. 30c. 
2 DISSOTIS INCANA—zkw(3)24. Attractive South African 
with ashy, red-tinged foliage and pretty rose pink flowers. 
North, protect, or grow as pot plant. Pkt. 20. 
3 CYANELLA 4 
Charming bulb-flowers from Cape of Good Hope. Right 
for the rock garden, but give protection in cold areas. Also 
good pot bulbs for a cool window. 12 inches. Culture w(k). 
CAPENSIS—Starry, bright blue flowers in forking spikes 
through mid-summer. Pkt. 25ce. LUTEA—Loosely branching 
to dense racemes of fragrant blossoms, usually yellow, rarely 
pink. Pkt. 25c. ORCHIDIFORMIS—Graceful racemes of 
flowers ,usually mauve to lilac, but sometimes near red. Pkt. 
25e. OFFER 61A7—One pkt. each of the three for 60c. 
GAY CYCLAMEN 
2 CYCLAMEN GIANT-FLOWERED—w. A splendid strain 
for pot culture, brilliantly colored flowers of great size, not 
excelled we believe, by any other. Glorious color range. 6 
seeds for 25c; 14 for 50c; 30 for $1.00. 
1 CYCLAMEN HARDY BLEND—kt. Here are winter-hardy 
kinds for the outdoor garden. Flowers are smaller than those 
of the tender Cyclamen, but as exquisite in form. Delicately 
fragrant. Blossoms may be white, pink, rose or crimson, 
foliage often marbled or undulate. A delightful rock garden 
plant. 10 seeds for 25c; 33 for 75c; 100 for $2.00. 
1 EASY CYNOGLOSSUM* 
All of the Cynoglossums may be treated as annuals, and 
some of them are truly so, as the Amabiles. Others will live 
for years. AMABILE BLUEBIRD—25 inches. Chinese For- 
getmenot. Lustrous indigo. Pkt. 10c. AMABILE PINK—The 
last in pleasing lilac-rose. Pkt. 10c. AMABILE SNOWBIRD 
—Here the sprays are snowy white. Pkt. 15¢. AMABILE 
PEERLESS—Unsegregated color variations in blue from 
palest to deepest, white and suffusions, rosy tints. Pkt. 15c; 
1/16 oz. 25e. CRETICUM—Close crosier-sprays of purple and 
chocolate. Pkt. 15¢c. NERVOSUM—20 inches. Deepest blue- 
azure. Hardy perennials of high garden merit. Pkt. 20c; 3 
pkts. for 50c. ZEYLANICUM—28 inches. Decorative, silvery 
foliage with arching sprays of as silvery blue flowers above. 
Pkt. 15c. OFFER 62A7—One pkt. each of the above for 85c. 
4 IFAFA LILY 
The Ifafa Lilies of South Africa are known to botanists 
as CYRTANTHUS. They are pretty bulb-flowers of the 
Amaryllis family that will bloom long and freely when 
handled in pots, repeating the performance year after year. 
The flowers are slender, flaring trumpets, carried in some- 
what nodding clusters, the petals thick and waxen. Supplied 
as potted bulbs, dormant or in growth according to season 
of year. LUTESCENS—Glossy yellow. Each 40c; 3 for $1.10. 
MACKENI—Pure white. Each 45e. 

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3 THE CRINUM LILIES 
Glorious beauties, flowering bulbs of the Amaryllis family 
for outdoor growing. Illustrated page 1. The bulbs store in 
winter as readily as Gladiolus, but Crinums longifolium and 
Powelli album are fully hardy at Philadelphia when left right 
outside without digging, and with protection of mulching 
would probably winter in the open much further north. ERU- 
BESCENS—Whorls of large, fragrant flowers that expand 
to stars in the softest of pinks, each petal with a rose-shaded 
center stripe. Each $1.00; 3 for $2.80. LONGIFOLIUM—Big 
trumpet-flowers in pink-and-white, sweetly scented. Blooms 
always in spring, often again in fall. Each 90c; 8 for $2.60. 
POWELLI ALBUM—Lovely lily-trumpets of purest waxen 
whiteness. Each $1.00; 3 for $2.80. OFFER 70AN7—One bulb 
each of the three for $2.75; 3 each of the 3 for $7.70. 
5 CYTISUS or BROOM 
Gorgeous in blossom, decorative in foliage. “kt’’ culture. 
SUPINUS— Crown Broom. 30 inches. Fully hardy. A crown- 
shaped cluster of golden flowers ends each of the many 
branches. Pkt. 15c; RZ oz. 85ce. MULTIFLORUS—Spanish 
Broom. Pretty cream-white flowers. Give sheltered position. 
Pkt. lie. SCOPARIUS PEERLESS—80 inches. Selections of 
Scottish Broom. Attractive blossoms in creamy yellow, lemon 
an golden orange, with others that carry red to velvety crim- 
son shadings. Odd, whip-like stems that hold emerald green 
coloring all winter when cut, and with Ulex and rose-hip 
sprays will pleasantly fill a vase to brighten dull months. Pkt. 
15e ; 1/16 oz. 25c. BATTANDIERI—60 inches. Golden Lilac. 
Foliage silvery, glistening. Long, dense sprays of golden yel- 
low. Pkt. 20c. AUSTRIACUS—30 inches. Leafy branches 
filled with bright yellow flowers. Pkt. 15c. OFFER 63A7— 
One pkt. each of the above for 75c. 
2 COBRA PLANT 
DARLINGTONIA CALIFORNICA has _ been called Cobra 
Plant from the fantastic, serpentine appearance of the leaves, 
these twisted, hooded, pitchers’ with translucent windows. 
Illustrated opposite. Intricate, inverted flow- 
ers of red-veined buff-brown. A carnivorous 
plant that handles very well indoors in an 
east or north window. Use sandy soil mixed 
with sphagnum or peat, and keep well- 
watered. Feed plants at considerable in- 
tervals by putting minute shreds of meat in 
the pitchers. See “Sarracenia” for culture 
from seed. Pkt. 20c; 8 pkts. for 50c. 
(Plants, each $1.00.) 
3 DAHLIAS FROM SEED 
They are easy, usually blooming first year, and you can have 
a lot of fun in growing them from seed. They will all be 
pretty, and there is always the possibility that you may get 
one worth introducing as a new sort. PEERLESS DOUBLES 
—Saved from fine large semi-double to intensely double flow- 
ers in full Dahlia color range. Good things should come from 
this. 10 seeds for 25c; 85 for 70c. NEW MINIATURE— 
Strain of dainty baby Dahlias for cutting or bedding, running 
to about 25 inches, blossoms single or semi-double, or rarely 
double; in colorings that include canary, buff, apricot, pink, 
rose, scarlet, crimson, purple. Pkt. 15c: 3 pkts. for 40c. 
DAPHNE CNEORUM 
Called Garland Flower. Low spreading evergreen long 
mantled by clusters of lovely pink blossoms that are perfumed 
in Carnation reminder. Plants never exceed 12 inches of 
height, but may be 20 inches across. Rock gardens, edgings 
low hedge, or in the mixed border. Plants only, 6 to 9 inches. 
Each $1.25; 8 for $3.50. 
2 SHASTA DAISIES 
Soundly hardy, long-lived perennials, satisfactory for mixed 
border planting and for cutting. Big daisies, often 4 to 5 
inches across, pure white, or rarely faintly creamy. Seeds 
saved from singles of high merit. ecbk(2-4)30. Pkt. 15¢c; 1/16 
oz. 25c; 14% oz. 40c; 4 oz. 75e. Plants, fine, large flowered 
singles, long in stem, with petals of heavy texture, each 45e; 
3 for $1.20. ESTHER REED—Splendid full double, in bloom 
for months. High-centered flowers of purest white. Plants, 
each 70c; 3 for $1.95. GIANT CHIFFON—The frilled Shasta. 
Flowers often well over five inches in diameter, are built of a 
double row of long and fine frilly white petals, giving airy, 
lacelike effects. Plants, each 75c; 3 for $2.10. 
