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PYRETHRUM. 



EICINOS. 



its large dark 



RICINUS. 



Castor Oil Bean. 



Magnificent tall-growing foliage plants, useful as 

 specimen plants on lawns, or groups in center of large 

 beds. Their brilliant leaves create a grand sub-tropical 

 effect. H. H. A. 

 Bismarkiana — A vigorous grower, and very ornamental 



green leaves being tinged with metalic bronze and ribbed purple. The 



stems are almost black, with silvery white stripes ■' 10 



Borboniensis Arboreus — Very large and handsome foliage; 15 feet. Oz. 15c. 5 

 Cnmbodgensis — The leaves are large, palm-shaped and of a bronze-red 

 color with red veins. The steins of the leaves are of a reddish-brown, - 

 and the main stem of the plant is black, making a beautiful ornament 



for the lawn ; oz. 15c 5 



Gibsonii — Dark red foliage; 8 feet; oz. 15c 5 



Obermanii (Sanguineus) — Red fruit; very ornamental; S feet; oz. 15c 5 



Panormitaniis — A remarkably decorative variety, with gigantic dark 

 brown leaves and bluish stalks, which turn almost black as the season 



advances. The leaves often measure 3 feet across 10 



Zanzibariensis Mixed — A race from East Africa, producing leaves of enor- 

 mous size, varying in color from light green to purplish red; oz. 25c. ... 5 



Fiji.- Mixed — Oz. 10c; lb. 70c 5 



RTJDBECKIA. 

 (Texas Cone Flower.) 

 &*o - These robust-growing plants 



are becoming very popular for 

 border decoration. They are of 

 very easy culture and produce 

 snowy flowers during summer 

 and autumn. Pkt. 



Bieolor Superba — H. A. 1% 

 feet. Bright yellow with 



black-purple center 10 



Fulgida — H. P. Small yellow 



flowers; very free 10 



Purpurea (Echinacea) — H. P. 

 Hardy purple sunflower. . . 15 



ROSES. 



Little Midgets. Bloom the First 

 Season From Seed. Pkt. 



Polyantha Multiflora (Little 

 Midgets) --Although bloom- 

 ing freely the first season, 

 beginning about six weeks 

 after the seed germinates, 

 they do not attain their 

 best until the second year, 

 when they are a perfect 

 mass of bloom. The seed 

 germinates very slowly. 3 

 pkts. 25c 



French Hybrids — Finest 

 mixed; 2 pkts. 25c 



Ten Scented — Finest mixed; 

 2 pkts. 25c 15 



Feverfew. 



Old favorite herbaceous plants, very much in use for borders. 



The Golden Feather is a valuable yellow-leaved variety much 



used for carpet beds and for ribbon borders. H. P. Pkt. 



Parthenifoliiim Aiireiim (Golden Feather) — Bright golden 

 foliage 5 



Double French Hybrids — Beautiful large flowering hardy 

 plants, bearing bright-colored double flowers of crimson, 

 pink, rose, white, etc 25 



Roseum Hybridum — Currie's Exhibition and Border Strain, 

 single mixed. Saved from a well-known collection of 

 Named Plants — white, pink, buff, rose, purple and crimson. 20 



Uliginosum (Giant Ox Eye Daisy) — A fine hardy perennial, 

 forming a stout upright bush literally covered from August 

 to October with pure white flowers having bright yellow 

 centers. Height 4 feet 10 



SALVIA. 



Handsome plants, excellent for beds or borders, with long 

 spikes of flowers, -which continue in bloom until late in the 

 fall. For early flowering sow the Seed indoors in March or 

 April, or outside as soon as the warm weather appears. H. H. P. 

 Bonfire — The plants are dwarf and compact in habit, grow- 

 ing about 2% feet high, bearing in great profusion long 



spikes of brilliant scarlet flowers; % oz. 75c 10 



Sylvestris Alba — A clear-white sport from the blue flowering 

 hardy Salvia, nearly all seedling plants producing pure 

 •white flowers. Seeds sown in March, transplanted early in 

 May, will produce blooming plants about the middle of 



July. 3 feet 10 



Splendens (Scarlet Sage) — The long spikes of vivid scarlet 

 are borne in such profusion as to fairly hide the foliage; 



y, oz. 50c 5 



Ball of Fire — A compact, dwarf-flowering variety unequaled 

 for bedding. Begins to bloom two weeks ahead of other 

 sorts and continues until late fall. Height IS inches. % 



oz. $1.00 10 



Zurich — A dwarf, compact Salvia, coming into bloom very 



early, and producing large, brilliant scarlet flowers 10 



Patens — Flowers of a delightful blue 10 



Coccinea Lactea — Pure white 5 



Precocity — A dwarf, compact growing Salvia, forming plants 

 about 12 inches in height and producing continually an 



abundance of bright scarlet flower spikes; % oz. 50c 10 



Pkt. 



10 

 15 



ROSE LITTLE MIDGETS. 



SALVIA r.ONFTHE. 



