. CANDYTUFT <Iberis Umbellate). The annual Candytufts are universally known and cultivated, and considered indispensable for cutting. All the varieties look best in beds or masses. Seed sown in autumn produce flowers early in spring; when sown in April, flowers in June; successive sowings should be made at intervals. Hardy and easy to grow. Single plants transplanted look well and bloom profusely; 1 foot. PER PKT. 1751 Carmine. Bright carmine rose. Oz., 50 cts 10 1752 Crimson. Rich deep shade. Oz., 25 cts 5 17" 3 Empress. The finest of all the white varieties, being a complete mass of
. CANDYTUFT <Iberis Umbellate). The annual Candytufts are universally known and cultivated, and considered indispensable for cutting. All the varieties look best in beds or masses. Seed sown in autumn produce flowers early in spring; when sown in April, flowers in June; successive sowings should be made at intervals. Hardy and easy to grow. Single plants transplanted look well and bloom profusely; 1 foot. PER PKT. 1751 Carmine. Bright carmine rose. Oz., 50 cts 10 1752 Crimson. Rich deep shade. Oz., 25 cts 5 17" 3 Empress. The finest of all the white varieties, being a complete mass of pure white flowers, in a pyramid of bloom. (See cut.) Oz., 50 cts 10 1755 White Fragrant. Flowers small, very sweetly scented. Oz., 25 cts., 5 1756 White Rocket. Good spikes of pure white. Oz., 25 cts 5 1757 Lavender. Delicate shade of rosy-lavender. Oz., 25 cts 5 1760 Mixed Colors. Oz., 25 cts , 5 1770 Dwarf Hybrids, Mixed. A very dwarf and compact type not over 6 inches high and very useful for the edge of borders, etc, Oz., 50 cts. 10 For perennial Candytuft see Iberis, page 93. CANNA (Indian Shot). Dwarf, Large=fIowering French. Unquestionably the finest of bedding plants for the American climate. The seeds here offered are all of our own sav- ing. Soak the seeds in warm water until they show evidence of swelling, then sow in sandy loam, and place in a hotbed; when up to the second leaf, pot off singly and keep under glass until the proper season for planting out. 1799 Collection of a packet each of six grand sorts 30 1790 Mixed. Saved from the finest sorts. Per oz., 25 cts 5 For roots or plants of Canna see under Garden and Greenhouse Plants. Calliopsis CAIXIOPSIS. Showy and beautiful free-flowering annuals, of the easiest culture, doing well in any sunny position, blooming all summer and excellent for cutting and massing. It is best to sow them where they are to bloom, thinning out to stand 6 inches to 12 inches apart. By keeping the old flowers cut off the flowering seas
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