
2 CORONILLA GLAUCA—rbk(w) (8)32. Compact, glaucous- 
leafed plant with handsome yellow flowers, these fragrant. 
Will need protection North. Pkt. 20e. 
2 CORDYLINE TERMINALIS MIXED—w. Decorative pot 
plants, grown for colorful foliage effects. Big, gracefully 
carried, elliptical leaves that may be all green, or show mark- 
ings and suffusions of white, cream, rose, crimson, wine. A 
mixture of seeds from several growers. Pkt. 25c. 
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. 
4 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. Pkt. 15c; 4% oz. 25c. 
5 CREPIS RUBRA MIXED—A quick and pretty annual 
flower is the Pink Dandelion. The blossoms really look like 
large Dandelions, clear white or pure pink. Pkt. 15c. 
1 CREMANTHODIUM RENIFORME—rbstkt(2)20. Desirable 
Himalayan daisy with rather large, solitary flowers of golden 
orange, carried on purple-shaded stems above shining, cor- 
date leaves, that are white below. Pkt. 25c. 
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. 
2 CURCULIGO CAPITULA—w. Distinctive pot-plant orna- 
mental with gracefully arching, oddly tremulous foliage and 
drooping clusters of yellow star-shaped flowers. Pkt. 20c. 
2 CRUCIANELLA STYLOSA—erk(2-3)5. Many clusters of 
little starry flowers in crimson-toned pink. A hardy, rock 
perennial from Persia. A fine-leafed mat-former. Pkt. 20c. 
THE VARIED CUPHEAS 
Interesting, colorful, and exceed- g 
ingly floriferous plants, for the an- 
nual garden, or the Cigar Plant as 
a house plant. 
5 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, crim- i 
son, and intense fire scarlets. The plants seem to be covered 
with fluttering, brightly hued, butterflies. Illustrated above. 
Pkt. 15¢; Ye oz. 25c; % oz. 40c. 
5 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; Yg oz. 80c; % oz. 50e. 
5 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 
petals of brilliant crimson. Pkt. 15¢; 3 for 40c. 
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 pot plant, or used in window or porch box. 
Pkt. 25c. Plants, each 45c; 3 for $1.20. 
PRETTY CORYDALIS 
Dainty cousins of Bleeding Heart. ‘‘kt’’ culture. 
CORYDALIS HALLERI—8 inches. Early spring delight for 
the rock garden. In late March come compact racemes of 
rosy purple flowers above fern-like foliage. Will form consid- 
erable clumps with time. A hardy perennial growing from 
tuberous roots. Pkt. 20c; Ye oz. 40c; % oz. T5c. 
CORYDALIS AUREA—6 inches. Airy golden flowers in 
spring. Attractive Annual. Sow in autumn or earliest spring. 
Pkt. 20c; Ye oz. 40c. 
CORYDALIS SEMPERVIRENS—25 inches. Airy, everbloom- 
ing. Annual. Charming blossoms, mostly pink with golden 
tips, but sometimes all yellow. Pkt. 20c; Yo oz. 35c. 
CORYDALIS CHEILANTHIFOLIA—10 inches. Rare Chinese 
perennial for the rock garden. Bright yellow. Hardy. Pkt. 25c. 
OFFER 68A—One pkt. each of the four for 7T5c. 


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4 CRYPTOGMERIA JAPONICA—k 125 feet. Handsome pyram- 
idal Conifer, the Temple Evergreen of Japan. Bright green 
foliage. Young seedlings are sometimes grown as pot plants, 
giving effect of Araucaria. Pkt. 20c; ™%4 oz. 45c. 
3 CURTONUS PANICULATUS — k(3)40. Densely-flowered 
panicles of red and yellow. A summer-flowering bulb that 
will usually winter in the open if well mulched. Pkt. 20c. 
1 CUTHBERTIA GRAMINEA-—7 inches. A pretty little peren- 
nial for the shaded rock garden. Many upfacing flowers of 
bright rose pink all summer long. Plants, each 50c. 
CYATHEA MIXED—w. True Ferns that make short or long 
trunks with a handsome crown of fronds at the top. They 
make decorative large pot plants for sun room or conserva- 
tory. Called Tree Ferns. Spores germinate freely, making 
attractive plants by second season. For cultural directions, 
see heading FERNS TENDER, this catalog. Spores of mixed 
Cyathea species, pkt. 35c; 3 pkts. for $1.00. 
2 CYPERUS ALTERNIFOLIUS—w. Umbrella Plant. Mada- 
gascar species grown as a pot plant for graceful foliage form. 
Likes ample moisture. Pkt. 15c; 3 pkts. for 40c. 
1 CYNANCHUM ACUMINATIFOLUM—A handsome plant, 
making eventually big clumps that are sheafs of flowers for 
months. The profuse blossoms are waxy creamy-white, starry 
in form. Plants, each 50c; 3 for $1.40. 
3 IFAFA LILY 
In South Africa they call it Ifafa Lily, 
but to the botanist it is CYRTANTHUS, 
a pretty bulb-flower of the Amaryllis fam- 
ily. The blossoms are slender, waxen trum- 
pets, carried in clusters, see illustration 
opposite. Easy for pot culture, blooming 
freely year after year. We offer four kinds. 
LUTESCENS—Soft, glossy yellow. ROSEUS 
—Salmon pink. MACKENI—Ivory white. 
HOWARD VARIETY — Red-toned orange. 
Supplied as potted bulbs at 45c each or all 
4 for $1.60. 

3 DAINTY CYANELLA 
Charming little bulb-flowers from the Cape of Good Hope, 
blossoms in mauve, blue, rosy lilac and yellow. Makes a nice 
bulb for flowering in pots under glass, but it may be grown 
in the rock garden, too, if given protection. Pkt. 20c. 
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. 
Fragrant blossoms above ornamental foliage. 6 seeds for 25c; 
14 for 50c; 30 for $1.00; 100 for $2.95. 
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 5 
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. 15¢. AMABILE PINK—The 
last in pleasing lilac-rose. Pkt. 15¢. AMABILE SNOWBIRD 
—Here the sprays are snowy-white. Pkt. 15c. AMABILE 
PEERLESS—Unsegregated color variations in blue from 
palest to deepest, white and suffusions, rosy tints. Pkt. 15c; 
Y4g oz. 25c.: 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; 3 pkts. for 40c. OFFER 73A—One pkt. each for 75c. 
CYPELLA HERBERTI 
Tigridia cousins with undulate, shell-shaped blossoms in 
blended tan, old gold and brown. Illustrated page 2. Blooms 
first year from seed, and will force nicely as a pot bulb, 
being then in bloom most of the year. Also does well in 
garden, wintering in open ground from Philadelphia, south. 
Pkt. 25e. Potted bulbs, each 40c; 3 for $1.10. 
