COBAEA SCANDENS, A 
A handsome, rapid growing, climbing plant, having large, 
bell-shaped flowers, beautiful foliage and peculiarly delicate 
and curious tendrils. Seed should be planted on edge in shallow 
boxes of soft soil, covering with glass until seedlings appear. 
Transplant about May. Violet. 
COLEUS 
Coleus. Rich and colorful. Brilliantly colored foliage plants 
for borders, beds, pots or edgings to taller plants. To get best 
coloring, plants should be grown in full sun. 20 inches. Pkt. 
25¢. 
COLUMBINE, Aquilegia, P 
These are among the most beautiful of spring and early 
summer flowers; very effective when grown in the herbace- 
ous border and groups among shrubbery. Graceful spurred 
flowers on stems 2 feet or more above the fern-like foliage. 
Longissima Hybrids, a new American specie, having 4-inch 
spurs on f.owers. Attractive. Pht. 25e. 
Dobbie’s Imperial Hybrids. Considered by many to be the 
finest mixture of long-spurred, giant sorts. Extraordinary 
range of colors and shades. Pkt. 15e. 
Crimson Star. The brightest red Columbine, long spurs and 
outer petals rich crimson, center petals white. Pkt. 35c. 
COREOPSIS, PF 
One of our most popular perennials; the attractive flowers 
are borne in great profusion and are excellent for cutting. 
Grandiflora Double Sunburst. Much of the beauty of early 
summer gardens is due to the brilliant golden yellow of Core- 
opsis plantings. The double flowers are large, 1% to 2 inches 
across, deep golden yellow, and are excellent for cutting as 
well as for garden decoration. 
Mayfield Giant. Brilliant, 
flowers. 
deep golden yellow. Very large 
COSMOS, AF 
No garden is complete without Cosmos. These old favorites 
supply a gorgeous, colorful effect during late summer and 
fall. Fine for cutting as the flowers last well in water. 
Cosmos are easy to grow. 
Cosmos Early Klondyke Orange Flare. Granted the highest 
honor that can be bestowed on a new flower. The long stemmed 
flowers of bright vivid orange are freely borne on 2 to 3 
foot plants. Its most remarkable feature, however, is its 
early blooming habit. It blooms from mid-summer until frost. 
Cosmos Sensation. The newest Cosmos of immense size—4 
to 5 inches in diameter. Their strong stems make them an 
ideal cut flower. Height, 3 to 4 feet. Mixed. 
Pinkie—Rose Pink. 
Yellow—Very beautiful. 
Purity—Pure White. 
Dazzler—Crimson. 



NEW! 
Radiance. Winner of highest award in the ’48 All- 
America trials. First bi-color Cosmos ever to be devel- 
oped. Striking deep rose and rich crimson, two entirely 
new colors in Sensation Cosmos. Pkt. 25e. 


Cosmos Extra Early Double. The new double form of the popu- 
lar Sensation Cosmos. The average size is between 4% and 5 
inches in diameter. The finest Cosmos we’ve ever offered. 
Pkt. 1dc. 
CUPHEA FIREFLY, AR 
Firefly has all the characteristics needed in a dwarf, com- 
pact plant. The flowers are small and delicately formed, fiery 
cerise red in color, and are freely produced on compact plants 
which reach a height of about 10 inches. The general effect 
of a plant when in full bloom is a ball of fire, reeommending 
itself at once as a subject for the rockery, for window boxes, 
for flower pots, or as border or edging variety. Pkt. 15c. 
CYNOGLOSSUM, Chinese Forget-Me-Not, A 
An easy grown annual producing large sprays of Forget- 
Me-Not-like blooms. Blooms for a long: season. 
Amabile Blue—Brilliant Blue. 
Firmament. A new dwarf type of Cynoglossum. Deep ultra- 
marine blue. Fine for border and as a cut flower. 15 inches. 
Pkt. 15c. 
CYPRESS VINE, Ipomoea Quamoclit 
Climber with rapid growth. Has delicate fern-like foliage 
and great numbers of star-shaped blossoms with long tubes. 
Soak seeds over night in warm water, then sow where vine 
is to grow. Does best in warm, sunny location: Grows 10 to 
15 feet. Scarlet. 
DAHLIA 
Magnificent, fall-blooming tuberous-rooted plant. Sow seeds 
in boxes indoors very early, transplanting to open when 
danger from frost is past. Will bloom first season. Tuber of 
the best ones may be saved for following season. 
Unwin’s Dwarf Hybrids. Flowering in 60 days from seed. This 
remarkable strain produces branching plants bearing semi- 
double flowers 3 inches in diameter, of lovely soft pink, laven- 
der, red, orange, yellow and maroon. 
Coltness, W. F. Formula Mixed. Improved strain of dwarf 
dahlias with an increased range of colors. Pkt. 15c. 
Single Mixed, from select flowers. 
Cactus. Flowers odd and fantastic in shape; unusual colors, 
from named varieties. Pkt. 35ce. 

CLARKIA, ELEGANS 
COSMOS, RADIANCE 
DAHLIA, COLTNESS HYBRIDS 

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