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R. & J. FARQUHAR & CO.'S SEED CATALOGUE. 



GLOXINIAS. 



These are desirable summer-flowering plants for both green- 

 house and window. For cutting purposes they may be very 

 successfully grown during summer in cold frames, with the glass 

 shaded with whitewash or slats to moderate the heat of the sun. 



Each. 

 L.-vrge-Floweking \'arieties, Mixed . .10 

 Large-Flowering, in separate shades, as 

 follows: 



Red with white border .... 



Spotted 



Blue 



Red 



Blue with white border .... 



White . 15 



White with blue border 11; 



Doz. 



st.oo 



1-25 

 1.25 

 1.25 

 1.25 

 1. 25 

 1.25 

 1.25 



$7.00 



9.00 

 9.00 

 9.00 

 9.00 

 9.00 

 9.00 

 9.CX) 



HYACINTHUS CANDICANS. 



.\ hardy summer-flowering Hyacinth producing erect spikes 

 of pure white, hell-shaped flowers, 3 ft. in height. It is very 

 effective when planted in clumps among shrubs. Per doz.. .30; 

 per 100, $2.00; per l.ooo. $12.00. 



MADEIRA VINE. 



A favorite tubeious-rooled climbing plant with dense and 

 beautiful shining foliage and of very rapid growth, twining on 

 strings to a great height or forming garlands in many fanciful 

 forms. It will grow anywhere, but does best in a warm, shel- 

 tered, sunny location. It is also a very pretty plant for tiaining 

 around the windows in the house. Per doz... .40; per lOO. 

 $2.50. 



Glo.xinia Large Flowering. Bulbs. 



MILLA BIFLORA. 



One of the loveliest bulbous plants; most desirable on account of its immense pure waxy-white flowers, which 

 are borne in clusters of two to three, on a flower-stalk twelve to eighteen inches high. The petals are very thick 

 and firm, and the flowers will keep in water for a week after cutting. A single bulb will produce as many as six 

 flower-stalks. I'er doz., .50: per 100, $3.00. 



MONTBRETIA. 



Hardy border plants with elegant and gracefully branched 

 Gladiolus-like flowers which are now much prized for cutting 

 during summer. The colors vary from clear yellow to rich 

 scarlet, and the plants grow about 2 feet in height. Plant . 

 the bulbs five inches deep and protect them duiing winter 

 with liberal mulching. 



Doz. 100. 1,000. 

 CrocosmI/EFLORA. Orange-scarlet . . .15 $0.85 $6.00 

 Etoile DE Feu. Rich scarlet, yellow c'tre .40 2.50 18.00 

 Germania. New hybrid, being the re- 

 sult of a cross between Crocosmia aurea 

 imperialis and a Montbretia, having the 

 large, perfect brighti orange-colored 

 flowers of the former and the hardiness 

 of the latter. It is much freer in bloom 

 than any other of this family . . 

 Golden Sheaf. Clear yellow, beautiful, 

 Rayon d'Or. Deep yellow, very large. 

 Rosea. Bright salmon-rose - . . . 

 Transcendent. Large golden-yellow 



flowers, outside bright red .... 25 

 PoTrsil. Bright yellow, flushed with red, .15 



1.25 

 .20 

 .20 



.25 



8.00 

 1.25 

 1-35 

 ••75 



1-75 

 ■85 



10.00 

 11.00 

 14.00 



15.00 

 6.00 



etI'TllcSHT not 



Montbretia. 



ORNITHOGALUM. 



Arabicum. {Arabian Star of Bethlehem.^ An effective 

 variety with large heads of fragrant star-shaped flowers, 

 white with black eye, borne on erect stems 18 inches high; 

 excellent for forcing and winter cultivation. Per doz., 

 .40; per 100, $2.50. 



