2 CORYTHOLMA WARSCEWICZI—Rather showy, but rare, 
pot plants in the Gesneria relationship, the blossoms in bril- 
liant combinations of golden orange and scarlet. Pkt. 50c. 
3 CROCUS ZONATUS—ry(3-4)6. In autumn it surprises with 
a lavish showing of lavender cup-flowers, zoned orange deeply 
within. Pkt. 15¢e; 4% oz. 30c; %4 oz. 50ce. 
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. Exceed- 
ingly showy. Sow early, soaking the seed first. Pkt. 25c. 
2 CROSSANDRA NILOTICA—w. Handsome pot plant, easy 
from seed, and starting to flower when very small. The blos- 
soms, of scarlet-shaded orange, are carried in rather dense 
spikes. Pkt. 20c; 3 pkts. for 50c. 
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 55c; 8 for $1.40. 
2 CRYPTANTHUS ACAULIS ROSEUS—Delightful foliage 
plant for pot culture. It makes rosettes of tapering, curving 
leaves with prettily undulate margins. The leaves show alter- 
nate, longitudinal bandings of pink-fiushed olive and old rose. 
A Bromeliad. Plants, each 60c; 3 for $1.55 . 
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. 45ce. 
THE COLORFUL CUPHEAS 
5 CUPHEA AVALON HYBRIDS— 
» ecbx(8)20. An easy and gay long- 
¢> blooming annual that shows amaz- 
ing color range in its flowers. There 
will be lavender, lilac, white, pure 
pink, rose purple, crimson and fire 
scarlet. Illustrated opposite. Pkt. 20c; 
8 pkts. for 50c. 
5 CUPHEA FIREFLY—Like a more 
dwarf and compact variant of the 
last with blossoms all in brilliant 
fire red. Good as a pot plant, or in 
the garden. Pkt. 20c; Ye oz. 35c. 
5 CUPHEA LANCEOLATA—ecx(8) 40. Attractive annual with 
intricately wrought blossoms, velvety black-maroon above, 
rich crimson below. Pkt. 15c; 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. Pkt. 25c. Plants, each 50c. 
2 A GRACEFUL TREMBLER 
It is CURCULIGO CAPITULA, an unusual Amarylliad 
grown as a pot plant for the arching, oddly tremulous foliage, 
and for the drooping clusters of pretty little yellow star- 
flowers. Of easy handling if given plenty of moisture. Pkt. 25e. 
BOOK—GARDEN GUIDE—Perhaps most practical and 
comprehensive garden information book available for the 
home gardener. Covers flowers, fruits, vegetables, lawns, 
shrubs, trees. 576 pages, 300 illustrations. $3.50. 
2 CURCUMA ZEODARIA—w. Handsome large pot plant with 
variegated leaves, carmine-tinged white bracts and yellow 
flowers. One grower calls it ‘‘a striking picture of exotic 
splendor’. Pkt. 35c. 
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. Rktpe2zbe- 
3 CYANELLA BLEND—w(kt)(2)8. Charming bulb-flowers 
from South Africa for pot culture under glass. May also be 
grown in rock garden if given winter protection. Blossoms 
come in mauve, lilac, blue, yellow. Pkt. 20c; 8 for 50c. 
2 COTYLEDON ORBICULATA—w. It makes an attractive 
pot plant, with its glaucous, succulent, red-margined leaves 
and decorative panicles of red-toned flowers. From South 
Africa. Pkt. 30c. 
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, each 50c; 3 for $1.30. 
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1 CREMANTHODIUM RENIFORME—rkt(3)20. Himalayan 
daisy with large, solitary, golden orange flowers on purple 
stems above shining foliage rosettes. Pkt. 25c. 
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; ¥% oz. 25c. 
5 PINK DANDELION 
It is CREPIS RUBRA, and the blossom is very like a rich 
pink dandelion, to which it is indeed closely related, but 
Crepis is altogether annual, and must be sown anew each 
year. In this strain some of the flowers will be pink, some 
white. Sow early. Long in bloom. Pkt. 20c. 
ANT 
CYPELLA: 3 
HERBERTII 
CANARIN 
m CAMPANULA 
‘CRINUM 
FIMBRIATULUM 
A’ Y/ 
CRINUM. 
LONGIFOLIUM 
FAXTOLIRION 
2: MON-TANUM DIERAMA 
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 Crin- 
ums may be grown in pots if one wishes. 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. LONGIFOLIUM—Big trumpet-flowers in pink- 
and-white, sweetly scented. Blooms always in spring, often 
again in fall. Each $1.00; 8 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 de- 
sirable Crinum blooms in late summer, big, bell-shaped flow- 
ers of soft pink. Winter-hardy here. Each $1.25; 3 for $3.50. 
CECIL HOUDYSHEL— Showy, robust, long-blooming hybrid. 
Deep rose pink. Particularly good. Will winter with protection 
at Philadelphia. Each $1.50. LOUIS BOSANQUET—Rich, 
glowing pink. Blooms most of the summer. Each $1.25. 
OFFER 7344AN—One bulb each of the six for $6.50. 
3 CYPELLA HERBERTI 
Trigridia cousins with undulate, shell-shaped blossoms in 
blended tan, old gold and brown. Illustrated above. 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, win- 
tering in open ground from Philadelphia, south. Pkt. 25c. 
Bulbs, each 40c; 3 for $1.00. 
1 A HARDY LONG-BLOOMER 
CYNANCHIUM ACUMINATIFOLIUM —A _ fully hardy, 
drought-resistant perennial that comes near to being ever- 
blooming. Each plant will be a great sheaf of blossoming, 
overflowing with creamy white stars, thick, wax-crispy. 20 
inches. Long-lived. The flowers are said to be cunningly 
fashioned mosquito traps, but most of us will grow Cynan- 
chium for its long decorative effect. Plants each 60c; 3 for 
$1.60; 10 for $4.60. 
