R. & J. FARQUHAR & CO.. BOSTON. PERENNIAL FLOWER SEEDS. 



6475 

 6480 



648.5 

 6490 



6495 



6496 



649S 



6503 



6501 



25 



,15 



.75 



Farquhar's Prize Canterbury Bells. 



CENTAUREA Babylonica. A most desirable hardy 

 perennial with showy yellow flowers. 3 ft. J oz., .25; 



Maerocephala. One of the finest hardy Centaureas, 

 with large thistle-like heads of golden-yellow flowers; 

 useful for cutting. July and Aug. 3 ft. j oz., .30; 



Montana. Large blossoms of deep purple; very showy; 

 -July and Aug. 2 ft. ... ... J oz., .60; 



CEPHALARIA alpina. An attractive perennial with 

 pretty sulphur yellow flowers especially desirable for 

 large herbaceous borders. July. 3 to 4 ft. {Crop failed.) 



CERASTIUM tomentosum. (Srww in Summer.) The 

 foliage; of this hardy [jorcnuiial is perfectly white and its 

 dense matted growth makes it valuable for edgings and 

 rockeries. 4 inches . . 



Biebersteini. Foliage silvery-white; smothered with 

 snow-white flowers in early Suiruner. 8 inches. 



CHEIRANTHUS Allioni. (Siberian Wallflower.) An 

 exceedingly showy rock and borrler jilant; flowers 

 bright orange. (Jontinues in bloom all Summer if the 

 seed pods are reniovcd. 1 foot. 



CHELONE Hybrida Torreyi. Extremely showy bed- 

 ding plant, wit h brilliant scarlet ftow(>rs. Jime to Aug. 

 2 ft 1 oz., .50; 



Hybrida Mixed. The colors vary from light pink to 

 deep red ;ind violet. 2 ft ... J oz., ..50; 



CANTERBURY BELLS. Campanula medium. 



Showy," hardy biennials, growing in pyramidal form and bearing many large, bell- 

 shaped flowers; very effective in mixed borders and in shrubberies. 2\ ft. Seedlings 

 raised in May or June bloom the following Summer. 



Farquhar's Prize Mixed. a combination of the finest colors Pkt. 

 including single, and cup-and-saucer varieties. Oz., S2.00; \ oz., .60; .25 



SINGLE CANTERBURY BELLS. (Camvanula medium.) 

 Pink. 6335 Mauve. 6340 Blue. 



White. 6350 Striped. 6355 Mixed. 



Each of the above varieties and mixture, ... Oz., SI. 00; \ oz., .35; .10 

 DOUBLE VARIETIES. 



Blue. 6365 White Each, i oz., .75; 10 



Pinlc, 1 oz., $1.00; pkt.,-.15. 6375 Mixed " .75; .10 



CUP AND SAUCER VARIETIES. 



{Campanida medium Calycardhema.) 

 6380 Pinlc. A charming color. Oz., .S2.50; i oz., .75; 

 6385 Blue. 6390 Mauve. 6395 White. 6400 Mixed. 

 Each of the above colors and mixture, except pink. 



Oz., .S2.25; \ oz., .60; 

 6405 Collection of 8 Varieties Ca^nterbury Bells 



Separate, our selection 

 CANDYTUFT. Free-flowering dwarf perennials 

 blooming in early Spring ; suitable for rock-work 

 and the edges of herbaceous borders. 

 6410 Gibraltarica. White, shaded with pink. 1 ft. 



i oz., .60; .25 

 6415 SempervirenS. a very hardy variety, with 

 glossy, deep green foliage which is evergreen; 

 flowers white. Valuable for Spring gardens or 

 rockeries . . ... ... \ oz., .75; . 15 



HARDY CARNATIONS. 



A dehghtful class of fragrant hardy plants bfooming profusely 

 during May and June. They are indispensable for the hardy border 

 and for cutting. It is advisable to protect them with a light cover- 

 ing of pine boughs or coarse straw during Winter. 1 to 2 ft. Pkt. 

 6425 Grenadin Scarlet. Double flowers, early. 2 ft. \ oz., $1.25; . 25 

 6430 Grenadin White. 2 ft 25 



6435 Farquhar's Prize Strain Mixed. Our Prize strain 



is particularly adapted to garden planting and includes only the 

 best tvpes in a great variety of colors. Oz., $4.00; \ oz., SI. 25; .25 



6440 Fine "Mixed Oz., $3.00; i oz., $1.00; .10 



6445 Plumarius Cyclope Double Mixed. A charming race of 



double Phcaaant-Eije pinks. Very fragrant and hard}' ... .25 

 Plumarius Double Mixed. (Pheasant-Eye Pink). \ oz.,'S1.00; .25 

 Plumarius SeOtiCUS. {Paisley Pink.) This race of Scotch pinks 

 is quite as much in favor for Winter forcing as for border culti- 

 vation. The flowers have the strongest spice fragrance ... . 50 

 Other Perennial varieties see Dianthu.s, Nos. 6640-6650; also Carnation, 

 Nos. 1585-1615 

 6460 CASSIA Marylandica. (American Senna.) A hardy 

 plant of shrub-like growth with large panicles of yellow 

 pea-shaped blossoms. Julv and Aug. 4 ft. j oz., .30; . 10 

 6465 CATANANCHE Ccerulea. Lovely blue flowers. June 



to Aug. 2 ft 10 



6470 Bicolor. Blue with white margin ... . . 10 



CHRYSANTHEMUM. 



6510 Shasta Daisy. A large free-bloommg hybrid from Cali- 

 fornia; flowers white. 2 ft. . . ... ... ... .25 



6515 King Edward VII. Flowers j)ure white, the handsomest 



of all the Maximum varieties. 3 ft.. . . ... ... .25 



6520 Maximum. (Ox-Eye Daisy.) Hardy Daisy with large 



white flowers; excellent for cutting. 3 ft. J oz., .50; 10 



6526 Leucanthemum prsecox. White Lady, A new 

 hardy white Marguerite producing a good percentage of 

 double flowers from seed ... ... ... ... .25 



64.50 

 6155 



Pkt. 



.10 



15 



15 



COREOPSIS, or Calliopsis. 



1 5 These frequent!}' bloom the first year from seed sown in 



Sirring. It is more satisfactory, however, to sow in 

 May or June, ]>rot(-cting tiie plants with coarse straw 

 or ]iiii(> boughs during Winter. 3 ft. 

 2,5 6530 Grandiflora. Rriglit golden-yellow flowers, 3 to 4 

 inches in diameter ... ... Oz., ..50; J oz., .15; 



6535 Eldorado. .\n imjiroved form from California with 

 flowers 4 to 5 inclu'S across. . . ... \ oz., $1.00: 



1^' 6.540 Lanceolata. Rich golden vellow ... ,; oz., ..50; 



6.545 CRUCIAN ELLA Stylosa. Dwarf early-flowering peren- 



. 10 nial adapted for rockeries; flowers bright rose. 6 inches. 



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