e CASTOR BEANS 
(RICINUS) 
Mixed Varieties 
Tender perennial handled as annual, 7 to 
10 feet tall; bold foliage plants with 
large cut leaves. Green, bronze and red 
leaved types. Excellent for background 
or tropical foliage effect. 
CELOSIA 
(COCKSCOMB) 
Hardy annuals, 1 to 3 feet. Easily grown, 
showy plants with decorative plumes or 
tufts in reds or yellows. Excellent for mass 
plantings, for cutting and dried for winter 
bouquets. 
Cristata Dwarf, Empress 
1 foot. Reddish green, attractive foliage, 
large dark red crested flower heads. 
Cristata, Tall Red Shades 
3 feet. Crested, velvety heads in shades 
of red. Excellent in beds or for distinc- 
tive bouquets. 
Plumed or Feathered (C. Plumosa) 
Feathery plumes in shades of yellow, red 
and pink. Good background plant or in 
bouquets. 2% feet. 
CHRYSANTHEMUM 
Merry Mixture 
Annual garden type, 2 to 3 feet. Daisy- 
like flowers with long stems. Unusually 
wide range of bright gay colors with 
zoned, tricolored heads. Superb for 
cutting. Adapted to heavy soils. 
Coreopsis—Mayfield Giants 
CLARKIA ELEGANS 
Double Mixed 
Hardy annual, 2 feet. Erect, attractive 
plants covered with dainty doubled 
flowers borne along stems. Many shades 
of red, pink, white and purple. Toler- 
ates shade and poor soil. 
CLEOME 
(SPIDERFLOWER) 
Giant Pink Queen 
Hardy annual, 4 to 5 feet. Large, vigor- 
ous plants with nearly continuous 
bloom of clear pink clusters turning to 
white underneath. The long graceful 
stamens, unique stalked seed pods 
plus the attractive palmate leaves make 
this plant interesting and decorative in 
background or tall border. 
COLUMBINE 
(AQUILEGIA) 
Long Spurred Hybrids Mixed 
Hardy perennials, 2% to 3 feet. Attrac- 
tive plants with lobed foliage and 
showy, graceful, spurred flowers in a 
wide range of both sharp and subdued 
colors and bi-colors. Adapted to cool, 
semi-shady conditions. 
COREOPSIS 
Lanceolata Grandiflora 
Hardy perennial, 2% to 3 feet. Easily 
grown, hardy, daisy-like yellow flowers 
with fluted petals, long stems. Excellent 
for borders and cutting. Needs well 
drained soil, full sun, 
Double Sunburst 
3 feet. Large, golden yellow, double and 
semi-double blooms on long stems. 
Mayfield Giants 
3 feet. Improved strain of C. Lanceolata 
Grandiflora. Tall, vigorous plants with 
large, single, golden yellow flowers on 
strong stems. Petals fluted and lacini- 
ated at edges. 
COSMOS 
(COSMOS BIPINNATUS) 
Half-hardy annuals. 3 to 4 feet. Easily 
grown, late summer and autumn subjects. 
Plants large, vigorous, and with finely cut 
foliage. Flowers daisy-like, long stemmed 
with fluted petals, serrated edges. Useful 
for tall background, planting and cutting. 
Needs full sun, well drained soil. 
Early Large Flowering Mixed 
4 feet. Early flowering strain with large 
flowers in red, pink and white. 
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