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



5630 



5635 



GESNERA. 



Exceedingly showy bulbous greenhouse plants, with richly marked 

 velvety leaves and handsome spikes of briUiant flowers. Pitifist. 

 Mixed 



Finest Pkt. 

 50 



GLOXINIA. 



Tender perennials^ 1 ft. 



Farquhap'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, lilac, violet-purple and deep purple. First size packet ... 1 . 00 



5640 Second size packet 



5645 Farquhar's Avalanche. Pure white 



5650 Farquhar's Sky Blue. 



5655 Farquhar's Fire King. Brilliant scarlet. 



5657 Farquhar's Meteor. Scarlet with white throat. 



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



soft and pleasing 



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; 



HELIOTROPE. 



5670 Farquhar's Giant Hybrids Mixed 



5676 Midnight. Purple shading to blue 

 5680 Mixed. In great variety 



.50 

 .50 

 .50 

 .50 

 .50 



.50 



.15 



IMPATIENS. Perennial Balsam. 



Charming plants for the house or conservatory, blooming continuously. 

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



5690 Sultani. Bright rosy carmine 



5696 Holsti Orange-Scarlet. 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 ... 



5697 Holsti Hybrids. Includes many colors varying from lilac to 



ruby and pink to vermilion-scarlet ... 



KALANCHOE. 



5700 Flammea. Splendid greenhouse plants with large heads of 

 orange-scarlet flowers. 1| ft. 



.25 

 .15 

 .10 



.25 



.25 



.50 



Gesnera. No. 5630. 



LIBONIA. 



5710 Floribunda. A handsome plant for house Pkt 



or conservatory decoration during winter; 



flowers scarlet and yellow, tube-shaped, l^ft. 



MIMULUS. 



5715 MosehatUS. 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. 

 5720 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, 2.50; 



PHORMIUM. 

 5730 Tenax Foliis Variegatis. New Zealand Flax. 

 Half-hardy perennial with long sword-shaped 

 leaves, beautifully variegated; adapted to 

 lawn and conservatory decoration; flowers 

 orange color. 6 ft. 



POINSETTIA. 

 5735 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, 1.50; 



GERANIUM. 

 5610 Apple-scented. This sort is highly esteemed 

 for bouquets on account of its ferny, fragrant 

 foliage. 1 ft. ... ... ... ... 



5615 Show Pelargonium. Seed saved from the 

 finest varieties ... ... ... 



5620 New Varieties, Single. Shades of scarlet. 



Gloxinia, Farquhar's Giant Strain. 



