4 CLETHRA ALNIFOLIA—kt(w) (3)70. Sweet Pepper Bush. 
Hardy shrub, blooming freely in late summer, many spikes of 
richly fragrant white flowers. Pkt. 20c; 3 for 50c. 
2 CLIANTHUS PUNICEUS—w. Red Kowhai. Showy pot 
plant climber, with racemes of rich crimson. Pkt. 25c. 
1 CLINTONIA UNIFLORA—Kt8. Queen-cup. Pure white, up- 
facing flowers like smaller lilies. Brilliant blue berries. De- 
lightful plant of a delicate beauty. Pkt. 25c. 
5 COBAEA SCANDENS—Cathedral Bells. k. Quick annual 
climber with handsome, bell-shaped blossoms of rosy purple. 
Plant the large seeds on edge. Pkt. 20c; 3 pkts. for 50c. 
1 CODONOPSIS BLEND—x(8)10. Delightful, tuberous-rooted 
rock perennials with drooping flowers, bell-shaped or tubular, 
usually of blue-suffused white, the bells often zoned within in 
deep blue, buff, or black. May need winter protection in 
colder areas. Pkt. 25c; 3 for 70c. 
5 COLLINSIA BICOLOR—K(2)20. Attractive annuals, easy 
sown early. Whorls of oddly formed flowers, white above, 
blue-violet below, varying to pink. Pkt. 15c; % oz. 25c. 
4 COLUTEA MEDIA—k(3)60. Handsome, pea-shaped flowers 
in yellow and bronzed red; followed by odd, inflated seed 
pods. Though a hardy, long-lived shrub, it will sometimes 
give flowers first year from seed. Pkt. 20c; 3 for 50c. Plants, 
young, each 70c; 3 for $1.90. 
CLIVIA HYBRIDS = 
Here are aristocrats of the Amary]l- 
lis family to be grown as pot plants. 
From straplike foliage rise stout stems 
crowned with trumpet blossoms from 
softest creamy yellow, through golden 
and burnt orange, to salmon-tinged 
scarlet. Illustrated opposite. Leaves 
are wide, heavy, symmetrically ar- 
ranged, and plant is attractive year 
around. Large succulent seeds, per 
seed 35c; 3 seeds for $1.00; 8 seeds for 
$2.10. Young plants, not less than one 
year old, each $1.10; 3 for $3.10. These 
are still well under blooming size, and 
are intended for growing on. 
CLIVIA LARGER PLANTS—Plants below are large enough 
so most of them should bloom first year. MINIATA HY- 
BRIDS—Fine trusses of flowers in salmon orange to deep 
orange. Plants, each $2.00. BELGIAN HYBRID—Large 
trusses and large flowers of deep red-orange. The foliage is 
so wide and heavy that the plant would be worth growing for 
decorative effect, even without bloom. Each $6.00. 
5 COMMELINA or SKYFLOWER 3 
All Commelinas bloom the first year from seed, and may be 
treated as Annuals. All are exceedingly showy and _ long- 
blooming. The Coelestis varieties make roots like little Dahlia 
tubers, and these may be stored over winter in the cellar, 
and planted out in spring for extra quick start. CORLESTIS 
BLUE—2 5inches. Branching plants filled for months with 
flowers of the deep blue of a summer sky. Pkt. 20c; 46 oz. 
85c. Tubers, 3 for 50c; 10 for $1.40. COELESTIS WHITE— 
25 inches. Masses of enamel white flowers. Pkt. 20c; Ye oz. 
35c. Tubers, 3 for 50c; 10 for $1.40. CRISPA—10 inches. A 
lower variety for bedding or edging. Enormous numbers of 
massed blue flowers that remind of butterfiies. Pkt. 15c. DIF- 
FUSA—Pot or hanging basket. Also good garden flower. 
Large, wavy blossoms, bright blue, or rarely, rose. Pkt. 20c. 
OFFER 131A—One pkt. of each for 65c. 
5 CONVOLVULUS (Morning Glory) 
CONVOLVULUS—k. 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—1 2inches. Upright, quick showy annual. Not a 
vine. Upfacing indigo blossoms. Pkt. 15c. MAJOR MIXED 
—The old-fashioned Morning Glory, a handsome vine, unsur- 
passed for quick covering of trellis or fence. Varied, intensely 
bright colorings. Pkt. 10c; %4 oz. 20c. 5 TRICOLOR MIXED— 
12 inches. Low, upright Annual. Blue flowers with white and 
yellow throat. Flowers open all day in sunny weather. An 
all-summer bloomer for edgings or bedding. Pkt. 15c; % oz. 
30c; %4 oz. 50c; 1 oz. $1.50. 
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2 CORYTHOLMA CARDINALIS—Here the flowers are large, 
and come in all bright, cardinal red. Pkt. 50c. 
CORYTHOLMA DOUGLASI LEOPOLDI—No description. 
Seeds promised us by a collector of rare Gesneriads, but not 
yet arrived as this goes to press. Pkt. 50c. 
2 CORYTHOLMA MACROPODUM—w. Handsome Gesneriad 
for pot culture. Clusters of red flowers, marked purple. Pkt. 
50c. 
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. 
2 COSTUS SPECIOSUS—w/(6.7). Showy, tuberous-rooted 
species, to be grown as a pot plant. Large leaves, silky be- 
low. White flowers, yellow-centered, and with red bracts. 
Pkt. 20c; 3 for 50c. 
1 CREMANTHODIUM RENIFORME—kt.(3)20. Above shin- 
ing foliage rosettes come big, solitary orange daisies on purple 
stems. Hardy Himalayan species of high merit. Pkt. 20c. 
COBRA PLANT 
DARLINGTONIA CALIFORNICA is called 
Cobra Plant from the fantastic form, see 
illustration opposite. The leaves are twisted, 
red-toned pitchers with translucent win- 
dows. Odd -red flowers. Carnivorous plant, 
best grown in pots in east or north win- ” 
dow. Keep well watered. Toward spring the old pitchers start 
dying back, to be soon replaced by new ones. May be grown 
from seeds, sown in damp sand and peat. Pkt. 35c. Plants, 
each $1.50; 3 for $4.35. 
5 COLEUS FOR RICH COLOR 2 
Grown for the brilliant and varied foliage colors. Valued as 
a pot plant, or for outdoor bedding. ‘‘w’’ culture. 
w 
NEW AVALON —In the New Avalon we offer a superb Coleus 
stock, one that will produce plants vibrant with vivid color. 
There will be spreads, markings, edgings, splashings and 
stainings of cream, rose; salmon, pink and apricot, with 
cherry, copper, mahogany, maroon and black-violet, but al- 
ways it will be the gayer, brighter hues that will dominate. 
In extent of chromatic range, in the melting blendings. or 
more surpriseful contrast applications of shade and tone, the 
only limit seems to be that of. the possible. Pkt. 35c; 3 pkts. 
for $1.00; 10 pkts. for $2.75. 
OLD ORCHARD—Here the leaves are particularly large, the 
eolorings always rich and dark. Look for brocade effects in 
weathered copper, purple-toned maroon, near violets and the 
like, with a bit of cherry, rose or crimson. Pkt. 25c; 3 pkts. 
for 70c; 10 pkts. for $2.00. 
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, 
in loose, alternate clusters. Then come airy, 
long-hanging capsules, like polished coral 
beads, hundreds of them on each great, glow- 
ing plume of a stem. Culture ‘“‘x.’”’ Illustrated 
opposite. Pkt. 25c; 3 pkts. for 70c. 
2 CORDYLINE or TI 
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. Forms of Cordy- 
line terminals (Dracaena). The young seedlings 
look pretty much alike, the distinctions not 
appearing until later. Then you may expect new, 
and strange, beauties. Pkt. 35c; 3 pkts. for $1.00. 
3 THE RAIN LILY 
Large, fragrant, upfacing blossoms open 
white, becoming blush-suffused. After each rain 
comes a new burst of bloom, June to Novem- 
ber. It is COOPERIA PEDUNCULATA, de- 
lightful bulb-flower for the garden. Give Gladi- 
olus handling. Illustrated opposite. Pkt. 25e; 
eran 70c. Bulbs, each 45c; 3 for $1.10; 10 for 
PEDUNCULATA 
