
CALENDULA, ORANGE SHAGGY 

CARNATION, MARGUERITE MIXED 

COREOPSIS, DOUBLE SUNBURST 

CALENDULA (Pot Marigold) (hA). This 
is one of the easiest. annuals to grow; 
blooms from May to frost. Plants are 
from 1 to 2 feet high. Does well under 
average soil conditions, but responds to 
a moderately rich loam and in either full 
sun or semi-shade. Easily started from 
seed sown in the spring. Grouping—for 
bedding out; in front of shrubbery; for 
the mixed border combining with Del- 
phinium, Shasta Daisy, Salvia or Alyssum. 
Varieties: Orange Shaggy, deep orange 
shading to lighter center. Balls Orange, 
bright orange shades. Lemon Queen. 
Double Mixed. Packet, 10c. 
CALLIOPSIS (hA). Graceful for border 
plant, supplying throughout the summer 
an abundance of showy flowers of yellow, 
crimson and maroon. Growth from six 
inches to one foot. Seed sown in early 
spring to summer. Grows in any soil, but 
prefers a rich, light, well fertilized loam. 
Grouping — with Coreopsis, deep blue 
Delphinium, Snapdragons and Salvia. Va- 
rieties: Golden Crown, a rich orange-yel- 
low with a pleasing fragrance. Nice for 
cuttings, with 12-inch wiry stems. Drum- 
mondi (Golden Wave), yellow with cir- 
cle of crimson-brown around the eye. 
Tall Semi-Double Mixed. Packet, 10c. 
CANARY BIRD VINE (Tropaeolum) 
(hA). This vine bears curiously cut yel- 
low flowers with curved green spurs, the 
entire blossoms vaguely resembling canary 
birds in flight. Packet, 10c. 
CANDYTUFT (lIberis) (hA). Very showy, 
branching plant, growing 12 to 15 inches. 
Excellent for beds, masses, rock gardens 
and cut flowers. Blooming prolifically in 
spring, and during other seasons by suc- 
cessive sowing of seeds. Grows in ordi- 
nary soil, in sun and slight shade. Vari- 
eties: Coronaria, giant white hyacinth 
flowered. Umbellata Type, crimson, rose, 
white, lavender and mixed. Packet, 10c. 
CANTERBURY BELLS (hB). The real bell 
flower. Branching plant heavily loaded 
with large pendant bells. Excellent for 
flower borders and rockery background. 
Grown in ordinary soil, fertilized with 
complete fertilizer. Does well in sun or 
light shade. Blooms May and June; 
growth 3 to 4 feet. Grouping with Scabi- 
osa, Perennial Aster and Lupine. Seeds 
sown in July to produce flowering clumps 
next year. Varieties: Calycanthema (Cup 
and Saucer), light blue, white, rose pink 
and mixed. Packet, 10c. 
CARNATION (tP). Grows from 1 to 114 
feet. Easily winter killed, should be sown 
in flats during March. Transplant to other 
boxes when plants are 1 inch high, trans- 
fer to open soil when ground becomes 
warm. Carnations are best planted by 
themselves. Varieties: Chabaud, Double 
Giant—cardinal red, deep rose, flesh pink, 
white, mixed. (Annual!) Marguerite, 
blooms four months from sowing, in mixed 
shades only. Packet, 10c. 
CARDINAL CLIMBER (Lobelia cardi- 
nalis) (hA). Growth 2 to 4 feet. Erect, 
smooth, glistening plant with large, dark 
green lanceolate leaves. Racemose spikes 
of rather large, slender-tubular, intense 
cardinal flowers. Blooms July to Septem- 
ber. Accent plant in rockery, near pools, 
in perennial border. Packet, 10c. 
CELOSIA CRISTATA (Cockscomb) (hA) . 
Erect plant, with large leaves, curious 
spikes of crested or plumy, brightly col- 
ored fascicles, the effect extending from 
July until late in the fall. Growth 9 to 
18 inches. Requires a moist, rich soil and 
sun. Should be planted by themselves in 
beds, in flower borders, or in front of 
shrubs with dark green foliage. Sow seed 
in early spring. Varieties: Cristata Tall, 
Crimson. Celosia Plumosa, Fine Feathered 
Mixed. Packet, 10c. 
CHRYSANTHEMUM (hA). Attractive 
long stemmed summer flowering plant, 
wide varieties of color. Sow seeds in flats 
and transplant when soil is warm, or sow 
seeds outdoors after all danger of frost has 
past. Plant in rich soil. Grows 18 to 
24 inches in height. Blooms profusely 
throughout the summer months and into 
the late fall. Varieties: Coronarium, tall 
double mixed. Carinatum, single mixed. 
Packet, 10c. 
CLARKIA (hA). Popularly known as the 
Rocky Mountain Garland because in form 
and color it resembles a garland of almond 
blossoms. Easily cultivated in sunny loca- 
tions in any light garden soil. It produces 
graceful, showy blossoms delicately rose 
or purple. Excellent for mass planting. 
Plant with Larkspur, Pansies, Nicotiana or 
Virginia Stock. Varieties: Scarlet Queen, 
Salmon Queen, White, Double Mixed. 
Packet, 10c. 
COBAEA SCANDENS (Cup and Saucer 
Vine) (hP). Evergreen shrubby climber, 
growing 10 to 20 feet. Rapid growing 
with pinnate leaves, solitary, light violet 
or greenish-purple, bell-shaped flowers 
blooming in April and May. Seed should 
be sown in early spring in moist earth. 
Good for covering porches, arbors, etc. 
Packet, 10c. 
COLEUS (tP). Erect, branching plant, 
grown chiefly for the leaves which are 
furrowed serrate, or dentate, colored red, 
yellow, purple, bright green, frequently 
blotched or variegated; small blue or lilac 
flowers. Sun loving plant growing from 
1 to 2 feet. Requires a rich, fibrous loam. 
Used in window boxes and as potted 
plants for sun porches, conservatories, etc. 
Packet, 25c. 
COLUMBINE (Aquilegia) (hP). Erect, 
branching plant, with long, slender stems. 
The sepals as well as the petals are col- 
ored, and each of the latter has a down- 
ward extension which forms a hollow spur. 
Should be given only partial sun and pro- 
tection from wind. Tolerates different 
soils but prefers rich humus to which 
bonemeal has been added. Seed sown 
in spring or early summer will give plants 
which can be set into their permanent 
quarters in September. Following spring 
will bloom abundantly, growing from 1 
to 3 feet high. Splendid for the mixed 
border. Group with Delphinium, Scabiosa, 
Stocks, Snapdragons, Heuchera. Varie- 
ties: Mrs. Scott Elliott, long spurred, 
packet, 25c; Pink Shades, packet, 25c; 
Blue Shades, packet, 25c; Long Spurred 
Mixed, packet, 25c. 
COREOPSIS (Grandiflora) (hP). Spread- 
ing plant, with long, smooth, dark green 
lanceolate. leaves; large, daisy-like flow- 
ers, blooming April to frost. Drought re- 
sistant; grows in any soil, but best in 
