1 DAINTY CORYDALIS 3 
Rock garden exquisites in distant reaches of the Bleeding- 
heart family. rstkt(2). HALLERI—10 inches. Racemes of 
fringed purple flowers over slashed foliage. Pkt. 20c. CHEI- 
LANTHIFOLIA—10 inches. Splendid Chinese species with 
sprays of bright yellow blossoms over fern foliage. Pkt. 20c. 
* SEMPERVIRENS ROSEA—25 inches. Airy everblooming 
annual for sun or light shade. Charming little pink blossoms 
with golden tips. Blue-silvered foliage. Pkt. 15c. ‘NOBILIS— 
10 inches. Well-spurred creamy flowers with purple dot and 
yellow tip, carried in dense racemes. Pkt. 20c. THALICTRI- 
FOLIA—z 12 inches. Golden spires over foliage that reminds 
of Chelidonium rather than of Thalictrum. Pkt. 20c. 
COMMELINA (Skyflower) 
3 COELESTIS BLUE—*ebx (8) 27. Blue of deep summer sky, 
flowers repeated for months. Tuberous roots, to be stored in 
sand over winter for earliest bloom following year. Pkt. 1lb5c; 
14g oz. 25c. CORLESTIS PURE WHITE—Like last in enamel 
white. Pkt. 20c. CRISPA—6 inches. Quick annual, with but- 
terfly blossoms in the most intense of blues. Edging, bedding, 
rock garden, porch box. Pkt. 15c; % oz. 25c. * DIFFUSA— 
Garden annual or a good pot, window box or hanging basket 
plant. Particularly large, wavy-winged blossoms, usually in 
brightest blue, but sometimes in orchid rose. Pkt. 20c; 3 pkts. 
for 50c. OFFER 62A8—One pkt. each of above for 60c. 
1 COREOPSIS 
Easy hardy perennials of a desirable diversity. They cut. 
Ge cultures AURICULATA— (8) 8. Few better dwarf peren- 
nials, everblooming, hardy, desirable foliage, bright flowers 
of rich golden tone. Pkt. 25c. Plants, each 50c. ROSEA— 
(3-4) 8. Little daisies of silvery pink over a foliage turf that 
is low, aromatic, fern) Pkt. 20c. Plants, each 45c; 3 for 
$1.20: SAXICOLA—(8) 35. The August Daisy. Effect of 
GC. grandiflora, same glossy, golden flowers, but better car- 
riage and later, longer blooming. Pkt. 15e; % oz. 25c; %4 oz. 
40c. Plants, each 40c; 3 for $1.10; 10 for $3.00. TRIPTERIS— 
(3-4) 84. Splendid tall, late-flowered species for screen plant- 
ings, or for the back of the border. .Long-rayed flowers of 
softest yellow, the centers brown. Pkt. 15c; Weg oz. 25c. 
Plants, each 45c; 8 for $1.20. VERTICILLATA—(2-3) 30. 
The lovely Fern-Coreopsis. Finely cut green foliage, buff- 
roseate in new growth. Butter-yellow flowers. A slow growing, 
long lived perennial. Pkt. 20c; 4g oz. 40c. Plants, each 50c; 
3 for $1.40. GRANDIFLORA—(2-3)28. Bright yellow. The 
usual Coreopsis of gardens. Very good species for the mixed 
border for cutting. Often used for naturalizing, thriving with 
little care and attention when broadeast. Pkt. 10c; %4 oz. 
20c; 1 oz. 60c; %4 Ib. $1.80. GRANDIFLORA DOUBLE—The 
large and showy yellow flowers come mostly semi-double to 
fully double. Pkt. 15c. OFFER 63A8—One pkt. each of above’ 
for 80c. 
THE VARIED CUPHEAS 
Interesting, colorful, and exceed- 
ingly fioriferous plants, for the an- v¢ 
nual garden, or the Cigar Plant as 
a long-lived, everblooming house 
plant. 
* CUPHEA AVALON HYBRIDS— 
ecbx (8)20. One of the better annual 
flowers. The curious blossoms come 
in a season-long profusion, and the 
color range, in gradations of shade 
and tone, is of rather amazing ex- 
tent. There will be lavender, lilac, | ; 
white, pure pink, rose purple, crimson, and intense fire 
scarlets. The plants seem to be covered with fluttering, 
brightly hued butterflies. Illustrated above. Pkt. 15c. 
* CUPHEA FIREFLY—Very like the last, but averages a 
bit more dwarf and compact, and the flowers are all of a 
fire red, exceedingly brilliant. Makes a good pot plant, being 
actually a tender perennial, or it may be grown as a garden 
Annual. Pkt. 20c. 
* CUPHEA LANCEOLATA—ecbx (8) 40. As attractive as the 
last, but quite different, taller, with intricately wrought blos- 
soms, two large petals of velvety black-maroon, four smaller 
ones of brilliant crimson. Pkt. 15c; 46 02. 25c. 
2 CUPHEA PLATYCENTRA—(C. ignea). ew (8) 10. Called 
Firecracker Flower or Cigar _Plant. An almost incessant 
bloomer, tubular flowers in brightest red, each with white 
tip. A desirable window pot plant, or useful in window or 
porch box. Pkt. 25c. Plants, each 40c; 3 for $1.10. 


CUPHEA 
HYSREDS 
4 CORYTHOLMA WARSCEWICZI—w. Rare Gesneriad from 
Mexico, to be handled as a pot plant. In late spring come 
sprays of tubular, two-lipped flowers in combinations of 
orange and scarlet. Pkt. 25c. 
4 COSTUS SPECIOSUS—ew (6-7). Showy, tuberous-rooted 
species to be grown as a pot plant North. Large leaves, 
silky below. Flowing white flowers, yellow centered, are 
subtended by red bracts. Pkt. 20c; 46 oz. 40c. 
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 cul- 
ture from seed. Pkt. 20c; 3 pkts. for 50c. 
(Plants, each $1.00.) 
* COSMOS FOR CUTTING 
An Annual of easiest culture, Cosmos is long decorative in 
the garden. A splendid cut flower. RADIANCE—New bicolor. 
Big flowers of rich rose with zone of deep maroon about the 
center. Pkt. 20c. YELLOW FLARE—Showy, early flowering, 
clear yellow. Pkt. 10c; % oz. 20c. ORANGE RUFFLES— 
Glowing orange flowers with two, sometimes three, petal 
rows, giving a ruffled, semi-double effect. Early bloomer. 
Pkt. 10c; % oz. 20c. LADY LENOX—Giant flowers of soft 
pink. Needs slightly longer season than the others. Pkt. 10ce; 
% oz. 20c. SENSATION—Particularly large flowers with 
fluted petals, in pink, white, crimson. Quick from seed to 
bloom. Pkt. 10c; 1% oz. 25e; 1%, oz. 40ec. EARLY DOUBLE 
CRESTED—Flowers with high center crests in Anemone 
fashion, with some that are fully double. Pink, white and 
crimson in mixture. Pkt. 15c; 4% oz. 35e; % oz. 65c. FAIRY 
QUEEN—New English variety of densely bushy, branching 
habit, growing only to 30 inches, the mass filled with medium- 
size flowers of soft pink. Delightful for garden or landscape 
use. Makes an excellent divider or annual hedge. Pkt. 20c; 
: se for 50c. OFFER 65A8—One pkt. each of. the above 
or 80c. : 
2 THE EASY CRASSULAS 
Desirable pot plants for any sunny window. Easy to grow 
and always attractive. —ARGENTEA—Jade Plant. Thick 
branches are set with leaves of jade-like sheen and coloring. 
Eventually rose-toned flowers, but really grown for orna- 
mental foliage and form effect. Makes handsome specimens. 
Plants, each 45c; 3 for $1.20. CULTRATA—One of the better 
foliage plants, the thick and glossy lettuce-green leaves 
each turned to a different angle, giving a whirling effect. 
Plants, each 40c. PERFORATA—String of Buttons or Pagoda 
Plant. The thick, rounded leaves seem to have the stems 
threaded through them. Pink flowers. Boxes or hanging 
baskets. Plants, each 40c. TETRAGONA—Called Baby Pine 
of China. The plants with their thick spike-leaves of emerald 
green do resemble miniature Pine trees. Plants, each 40c. 
OFFER 66AN8—One plant each of the four for $1.50. 
The gardener hopes, and hope may save the world. 
1 COTULA SQUALIDA—Desirable low, hardy plant from 
New Zealand, for rock gardens, or carpeting. The densely 
packed, foliage featherings are bronze in sun, green in shade. 
Plants only, each 40c; 3 for $1.10; 10 for $3.15. 

-1 CREMANTHODIUM DECAISNEI — rstk(2)12. Beautiful 
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Himalayan daisy. Big, nodding, golden flowers. Foliage white 
below. Give Primula treatment. Pkt. 20c. 
5 CREPE MYRTLE—k. Lagerstroemia indica. Exceedingly 
handsome blossoms, ranging from pink to near crimson. 
Wood-hardy to about Washington. Farther north it behaves 
as an herbaceous perennial, flowering freely on the current 
season’s stems. In cold areas roots may need a 
Pkt. 15c. vy protection. 
*CREPIS RUBRA MIXED—A quick and pretty annual 
flower is the Pink Dandelion. The blossoms realign like 
large Dandelions, except that color is clear white or pure 
pink. Attractive over a long season. Pkt. 15c. 
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