. E. Fred Washburn's amateur cultivator's guide to the flower & kitchen garden for 1880 . .25 .10 .10 canary-bird flower. CANARY-BIRD FLOWER. Nat. Ord., Tropceolacece. The popular name of this pretty little annual alludes to the supposed resemblance of the flower to a bird with its wings expanded, the spur of calyx representing the head, and the two upper petals the wing. From Mexico. 781 Canary-Bird Flower (TropcBolum Peregrinum). Half-hardy annual. 20 feet . .10 CLITORIA. Nat. Ord., Leguminosce. Splendid free-flowering greenhouse climbei's, with large elegant pea-shaped flow- ers, of gre
. E. Fred Washburn's amateur cultivator's guide to the flower & kitchen garden for 1880 . .25 .10 .10 canary-bird flower. CANARY-BIRD FLOWER. Nat. Ord., Tropceolacece. The popular name of this pretty little annual alludes to the supposed resemblance of the flower to a bird with its wings expanded, the spur of calyx representing the head, and the two upper petals the wing. From Mexico. 781 Canary-Bird Flower (TropcBolum Peregrinum). Half-hardy annual. 20 feet . .10 CLITORIA. Nat. Ord., Leguminosce. Splendid free-flowering greenhouse climbei's, with large elegant pea-shaped flow- ers, of great beauty, particularly adapted and very effective for training on trellis- work, wire globes, or any of the numerous contrivances on which plants of this character may be grown' for greenhouse or conservatory decoration. Though pe- rennials, they bloom the first year. 783 Clitoria. Fuaest varieties mixed 25 COB^A. Nat. Ord., Polemoniacece. A rapid-gi-owing climbing plant, with large purple bell-shaped flowers, finely adapted for bedding out in summer; seeds should be sown early, to secure well- established plants by the time the season arrives for planting out. 78? '^bsea Scandens. Tender perennial. 20 feet 10 CTJCUMIS (Ornamental CucrMBER). Nat. Ord., CucurUtacece. A most interesting tribe of plants, remarkable for luxuriance and rapidity of growth, which, if the soil be rich, is truly marvellous. Treat the same as the cu- 73
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