82 



R. & J. FARQUHAR & CO., BOSTON. SEEDS OF GREENHOUSE PLANTS. 



5610 



5615 

 5620 

 5710 



5715 

 5720 



5730 



5735 



GESNERA. 

 5630 Exceedingly show^,' bulbous greenhouse plants, with richly marked 



velvety leaves and handsome spikes of briUiant flowers. Finest Pkt- 

 Mixed. 50 



GLOXINIA. {Tender Perennials 1 ft.) 



5635 Farquhar'S Giant Mixed. This is the finest type of Gloxinia. 

 The flowers are of enormous size, massive and upright in growth, 

 with the throat wide open. The strain includes self-colors, 

 spotted and marked sorts, embracing pure white, pink, scarlet, 

 crimson, Hlac, violet-purple and deep purple. First size packet, SI . 00 

 5640 Second size packet ... ... ... ... ... .... 50 



5645 Farquhar'S Avalanche. Pure white 50 



5650 Farquhar'S Sky Blue. 50 



5655 Farquhar'S Fire King. Brilliant scarlet 50 



5657 Farquhar'S Meteor. Scarlet with white throat 50 



5660 Farquhar'S Superb Spotted. Dehcately spotted; the effect is 



soft and pleasing. ... ... ... ... ... .... 50 



GREVILLEA. 

 5665 Robusta. (Silk Oak.) The graceful evergreen, fernlike foliage 

 combines admirably with palms and other massive-leaved plants. 

 Excellent for table decoration. . . ... ... j oz., .35; . 15 



HELIOTROPE. 



5670 Farquhap's Giant Hybrids Mixed. 25 



5676 Midnight. Purple shading to blue 15 



5680 Mixed. In great variety 10 



IMPATIENS. {Perennial Balsam.) 

 Charming plants for the house or conservator^', blooming continuously. 

 The flowers vary in color from pink to red and are freely produced. 1 ft. 

 5690 Sultani. Bright rosy carmine 25 



5696 Holsti Orange-Seariet. A handsome variety from East Africa. 



It is of robust growth and flowers very freely, forming compact 

 bushes about 18 in. high. Fine for bedding. .. . ... ... .25 



5697 Holsti Hybrids. Includes many colors varying from lilac to 



ruby and pink to vermilion-scarlet. ... ... ... ... .25 



KALANCHOE. 

 5700 Flammea. Splendid greenhouse plants with large heads of 



oranse-scarlet flowers. 1§ ft. . . . ... ... ... ... .50 



Gesnera. No. 5630. 



GERANIUM. 

 Apple-seented. This sort is highly esteemed 

 for bouquets on account of its ferny, fragrant Pkt. 

 fohage. 1 ft 25 



Seed saved from the 



Shades of scarlet. 



.50 

 .20 



25 



15 



Show Pelargonium 

 finest varieties 



New Varieties, Single. 

 LIBONIA. 



Floribunda. A handsome plant for house 

 or conservatory decoration during Winter; 

 flowers scarlet and yeUow, tube-shaped. Ijft. 

 MIMULUS. 



Moschatus. (Musk.) The well-known scented 

 variety of Mimulus; useful for hanging 

 pots. Flowers yellow. 6 in. 

 For other varieties, see Nos. 7265 and 7270. 

 MUSA. 



Ensete. {Abyssinian Banana.) Of all plants 

 available to us for sub-tropical effects, this 

 is the most luxuriant. It is frequently grown 

 here to a height of 15 feet and with leaves 8 ft. 

 in length. Seeds sown in January or Feb- 

 ruary produce good plants for Summer 



bedding Per 100 seeds, S2.50; .25 



PHORMIUM. 



Tenax Foliis Variegatis. {New ZeakmdFlax. ) 

 Half-hardy perennial with long sword-shaped 

 leaves, beautifully variegated; adapted to 

 lawn and convervatory decoration; flowers 

 orange color. 6 ft. 



POINSETTIA. 



Pulcherrima. A very ornamental green- 

 house shrub, producing large heads of bril- 

 liant scarlet bracts, valuable for Winter deco- 

 ration. If sown in February or March the 

 seedlings produce splendid scarlet tops by 

 December Per 100 seeds, S2.0(); 



25 



.25 



Gloxinia, Farquhar'S Giant Strain. 



