2 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; 3 pkts. for 50c. 
2 CORDYLINE or TI 
Easy ornamental pot plant with graceful, colorful foliage. 
Sometimes the leaves are all green, but more often they show 
markings or suffusions of white, cream, rose, crimson or wine, 
applied, perhaps, as splashings, radiating lines or contrasting 
margins. We offer a blend of seeds saved from the best in three 
fine private collections. These are variations of Cordyline ter- 
minalis (Dracaena). Expect new beauties from the seedlings. 
Pkt. 35c; 3 pkts. for $1.00. 
5 CONVOLVULUS (Morning Glory) 
CONVOLVULUS—ek. Desirable diversities. 2 MAURITANI- 
CUS—7 inches. Not a vine. Everblooming. Deep blue cascades. 
Rock garden, porch box, hanging basket. Pkt. 20c. 5 BLUE 
ENSIGN—12 inches. Upright, quick showy annual. Not a 
vine. Upfacing indigo blossoms. Pkt. 15c. 5 MAJOR MIXED 
—The old-fashioned Morning Glory, a handsome vine, unsure 
passed for quick covering of trellis or fence. Varied, intensely 
bright colorings. Pkt. 10c; 44 oz. 20c. 5 TRICOLOR MIXED— 
12 inches. Low, upright Annual. Blue flowers 
with yellow and white throat. Pkt. 10c; 
1% oz. 20c. 
5 CORAL FLOWER 
Effects of exquisite, jewel-like daintiness. 
Even the deep green, succulent foliage is 
decorative. Many slender, 30-inch stems bear 
little five-pointed stars of luminous rosy pink, 
these in loose, alternate clusters. Then come 
airy, long-hanging capsules, like polished coral 
beads, hundreds of them on each great glowing 
plume of a stem. A single plant may throw 30 
or more of these great, bright plumes. IJllus- 
trated opposite. Pkt. 20c; Yeo oz. 30c; Ye 
2ul4n8 oz. 50c. 
1 COREOPSIS 
Easy hardy perennials of a desirable diversity. They cut. 
“kt”? culture. AURICULATA—(8)8. Few better dwarf peren- 
nials, everblooming, hardy, desirable foliage, bright flowers 
of rich golden tone. Pkt. 25c. Plants, each 55c; 3 for $1.35; 
10 for $3.90. ROSEA—(3-4)8. Little daisies of silvery pink, 
over low mats of ferny, aromatic foliage. Pkt. 25c. Plants each 
50c; 8 for $1.25; 10 for $3.65. SAXICOLA—(8)35. Summer 
Daisy. Effect of C. grandiflora, same glossy, golden flowers, 
but better carriage and later, much longer blooming. Pkt. 15c; 
1% oz. 25c; % oz. 40c. Plants each 45c; 3 for $1.10; 10 for 
$3.00; 25 for $6.50. TRIPTERIS— (3-4) 84. Splendid tall, late- 
flowered species for screen planting, or for the back of the 
border. Long-rayed flowers of softest yellow, the centers brown. 
Pkt. 15c; 146 oz. 25c. Plants, each 50c. 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; 3 pkts. for 50c. Plants, 
each 50c; 3 for $1.35. GRANDIFLORA— (2-3) 28. Bright yel- 
low, the usual Coreopsis. Good for the mixed border, for 
naturalizing, for cutting. Pkt. 10c; %4 oz. 25c; 1 oz. 65c; % Ib. 
$1.95. GRANDIFLORA DOUBLE—Big, showy yellow flower 
semi-double to double. Pkt. 15c. OFFER 5832A—One pkt. each 
of above for $1.00 
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. 
RYDALIS SEMPERVIRENS—25 inches. Airy, everbloom- 
nee Annual. Charming blossoms, mostly pink with golden 
tips, but sometimes all yellow. Pkt. 20c; Yeo oz. 85c. 
CORYDALIS CHEILANTHIFOLIA—10 inches. Rare Chinese 
perennial for the rock garden. Bright yellow. Hardy. Pkt. 25c. 
OFFER 532B—One pkt. each of the four for 75c. 
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5 CROTALARIA RETUSA—ck(3-4)36. Called Golden Sweet 
Pea because of the Sweet-Pea-formed blossoms, and the glossy 
yellow color, but the flowers, carried in many upright spikes, 
show bronze-brown tintings in reverse. Not a vine. Exceedingly 
showy. Sow early, soaking the seed first. Pkt. 25c. 
1 CORNUS CANADENSIS—styt(2)10. Attractive white 
“flowers’’, then bright red berries. Excellent under-plant for 
woods or for any shady place. Pkt. lic; % oz. 40c. 
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 45c; 3 for $1.15. 
2 CRUCIANELLA STYLOSA—erk(2-3)5. Many clusters of 
little, starry flowers in crimson-toned pink, over fine-foliaged 
mats. Pretty rock garden or ground cover perennial from 
Persia. Pkt. 20c. Plants, each 50c; 3 for $1.25. 
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. 
4 CRYPTOMERIA 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. 
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3 THE CRINUM LILIES 
Glorious beauties, flowering bulbs of the Amaryllis family 
for outdoor growing. Illustrated above. The bulbs store in 
winter as readily as Gladiolus, but Crinums longifolium, 
Powelli album, Moorei and Cecil Houdyshel may be considered 
as winter-hardy at Philadelphia. In colder climates they will 
need considerable winter protection if left outside. All Crinums 
may be grown in pots if one wishes, Ellen Bosanquet being par- 
ticularly good for this handlink. ERUBESCENS—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 $1.00; 3 for $2.75. POWELLI ALBUM—Lovely lily- 
trumpets of purest waxen whiteness. Full winter hardiness 
here. Each $1.00 ; 3 for $2.80. MOOREI—This desirable Crinum 
blooms in late summer, big, bell-shaped flowers of soft pink. 
Winter-hardy here. Each $1.25; 3 for $3.50. CECIL HOUDY- 
SHEL—Showy, robust, long-blooming hybrid. Deep rose pink. 
Particularly good. Will winter with protection at Philadelphia. 
Each $1.70. ELLEN BOSANQUET—Here the blossoms are a 
rich and glowing wine red. Each $1.30. OFFER 532CN—One 
bulb each of the six for $6.75. 
3 COOPERANTHES 
Horticulturists of India have produced interesting hybrids 
between COOPERIA and ZEPHYRANTHES, two beautiful 
genera of summer-flowering bulbs that are sometimes known 
as the Fairy Lilies. Shadings and blendings in white, blush 
pink, and creamy yellow may be expected. ‘‘x” “w" cule 
ture. Pkt. 20c; 46 oz. 60c; % oz. $1.00. 
