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CLEOME PUNGENS.
"Giant Spider Plant." A showy garden annual,
producing curious heads of flowers of bright rose
color with lone astenna'-like stamens of easy culti-
vation, blooming early until late. 4to5 feet. .Pit. ^
(GOLD-LEAVED, SWEET-SCENTED.)
The plants. 12 to 18 inches high, form compact
bushes, with leaves of bright golden yellow; small
lilac-red flowers, perfuming the air with their
sweetness ^'^'- ^"
COBEA.
Elegant, rapid-growing climbers, attaining a height
of 20 to 30 feet. Particularly desirable for covering
arbors, walls, etc. Can be grown in the conservatory
in winter. Flowers large and well-shaped.
Blue Ptt. 10 I WMte
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COCONEA ESTDICA.
A remarkablv prettv annual climber: luxuriant ivy-
like foliage: small flowers followed by numerous fruits
2 inches long, which turn to brilliant scarlet, spotted
with white. 10 feet P^t. 10
COLEUS.
Plants with richlv-colored foliage of maroon, green,
crimson, vellow, etc. For groups on lawns and
ribboning thev are indispensable, and also valuable
for pot culture. Although perennials, they attain
perfection from seed the first season. 1 to 3 feet.
Pine Hybrids, Mixed .- ^*^- 19
Large -leaved Pring-ed Coletis. lSeepage86.) 2o
COLLINSIA.
Mixed Colors
great beauty
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Free, summer-flowering annuals of
for mixed flower-gardens; great
variety of color— white, purple and crimson pre-
dominating. 1 to 2 feet Pit. S
CONVOLVULUS MINOR.
DWAEP or BEDDING MORNING GZ.OBIES.
These grow only 1 lout high and 2 feet in diameter;
the flowers are freely borne throughout the summer;
if pleasant they remain open all day.
Mixed Colors P*'- ^
BUSH MOBNING GLOBIES. .(onvolvijlus
Trici/Ior CiiuiiihcIus.) Com;iact, bushy plants
about .S inche.s high and 18 inches in circumference,
covered with beautiful Morning Glory flowers of all
colors and markings. Splendid for beds or pot;
Mixed Colors
CONVOLVULUS MAJOR.
(■■ MORNING GLORIES ")
Climbing plants ; unequaled for rapidity of growth
and profusion of bloom, annuals attaining a height
of :^0 to 50 feet.
White Pkt. 5 ' Striped 5
Hose 5 ' Blue 5
Blood-red '. Mixed Colors 5
DOUBLE-FLOWERING MORNING
GLORIES.
Very unique, good-sized double flowers, of a great
variety of shapes, colors and markings Pkt. 15
COREOPSIS.
( Lanceohi ta Grn n dj flora . )
"Harvest Moon." Une of the finest hardy garden
plants grown, forminglarge clumps 2 to 3 feet liigh,
producing long-stemmed, immense rich orange-yel-
low flowers ill profusion during the summer; un-
equaled for cutting ; grows anywhere. It flowers the
first season from seed sown early Pkt. 10
"Z^J.OBAI.0." (See noveltiea, pn/^e 8(5.) 25
(For annual Coreopsis, see CaUiopsis.)
DOrBLE-FLOWKRlNG MORNIN'G GLORIES.
COSMOS.
X.ABGE AUTTTMN-PLOWEBING. The plants.
TTT, r, feet high, are one mass ot leathery green foli-
age, gemmed with large single flowers of white, pink
or crimson, enlivening the garden long after more
tender flowers have succumbed to eariy frost i or
Wquets and vases this is one of the finest flowers
grown.
LARGE-FLOWERING.
Mixed Colors Pkt.o I White Pearl o
Crimson -^ I Pi»* vg
Tall Orange. Goldenyellow ^.^... f"
New Giant Cosmos. (Seepages.^.) i"
EARLY SUMMEK-PI.OWEBING. (Se P^,^\ll.
Dwarf Yellow Cosmos. A spreading, dwarf plant
12 to 15 inches high; the star-shaped flower*. 2
inches across, are of a rich golden yellow. It begins
blooming when young, and flowers continuou8l. un-
til frost, a perfect mound of gold '■'^
COTTON, MOSAIC-LEAVED.
Identical with our Southern Cotton, excepting the
foliage on most ot theplauts is lif«"t.f"".V"«'"'^^tl!^'
green, white, red and yellow. Large, yellow flowers
followed by pods ot white downy lint Pl^t. n.
COWSLIP.
The well-known favorite English Cowslip (Prim u7a
vi'ri.O hardv.fiowering eariy in spring. % foot _
Mixed Colors ' '^- "*
CREPIS, Of "HAWK'S BEARD."
Prettv dwartannuals.deservingaplace in every gar-
den, of t-asy culture, blooming in profusion; excellent
for cutting". 1 toot.
Mixed Colors i-kc a
CROTOLARIA RETUSA.
(Gohlfn Bu.s/i r,'a. or Florida Ruttlebox.)
A beautiful bushv garden annual with golden yellow.
Sweet Pea-likeflow'ers, often 40 blossoms on one spike
It blooms profusely throughout the summer and until
killed bv frost. The seed-pods, when shaken sound
like a child's rattle ^^- ^^
CUPHEA MINIATA COMPACT A.
Bushv compact annual, S inches high ; flowers scar-
let, crimson, purple, etc., throughout the season ; fine
for either bedding or pots ^i^^- -i"
CYCLAMEN, PERSIAN.
Among the most beautiful winter and spring flower-
ing plan's tor the window and greenhouse Not only
are the flowere ot striking beauty, but the foliage is al-
s..highlv ornamental. Tliecolors range throughshades
of pink.'crimson, white, spotted etc.
Persicnm, Pinest Mixed Colors ^*i,.^
.For Giants and .Vovflties in Cvrhinens.see page 86.)
CYPRESS VINE.
UATURA CORNUCOPIA.
Favorite summer-climbing annuals, with feathery-
foliage and star-shaped flowei-s, borne in clusters, lo
to -JO feet. _ -
W^hite Pkt.Ti Rose ?
^aillt... -• I Mixed Colors 5
DATURA.
Strong-growing garden annuals. 3 to 4 feet high.
with large, showy trumpet-shaped flowers.
"Cornucopia." Stems purplish maroon. The flow-
ers average 8 inches long by 5 inches across the
mouth, the interiors being white, the exteru»^ pur-
"Ebony^'and Goid;"'"Dark'purplisr The
hirge flowers are golden-yellow inside, with shiny
puriilisli black exterior :^--,-r"^Z:'^^;^i^
Double Golden. (Chlorantha d. pi) Large double
gdlilen-vellow flowers: very fragrant ^
Pastuosa fl. pl. Double mixed colors a