B. & J- FARQUHAR & C9., BOSTON. FLOWER SEED NOVELTIES. 



Dimorphotheca Auiantiaca, 



105 



106 



110 



115 



Delphinium, Farquhar's Hybrids. 

 No. 6565. 



)IANTHDS Snowdrift. This 

 double white Dianthus may be 

 classed among the very best. It 

 grows about a foot high, is very 

 floriferous, the blooms fre- 

 quently measuriug 3 to 4 

 inches across and very dou- 

 ble 2 pkts., .25 ; 



DAHLIA Pseony - flow- 

 ered mixed. This new 

 class has flowers resem- 

 bling semi-double Pseo- 

 nies, borue on tall erect 

 stems. The brilliant flow- 

 ers make a handsome dis- 

 play in the garden and 

 last well when cut. To 

 obtain tlie best results, 

 seeds should be sown in 

 doors during March or 

 April ... 3 pkts., .40; 



6565 DELPHINIUM. Farqu- 

 har's Selected Hybrids 

 Mixed. It is our aim to pro- 

 cure for this mixture seeds 

 saved from the finest plants in 

 existence and we feel that those 

 now oftered are of unsurpassed 

 excellence. The flower spikes are 

 extremely large and vary in color from 

 pearly white to lavender and from azure 

 )lue to rich indigo ... J oz., 75; 



Dimopphotheea aupantiaea. A rare 

 and extremely showy annual from 

 Namaqualand. .South Africa. The 

 plants, of very neat branchy habit, 

 grow about 12 to 15 inches high and 

 are exceedingly profuse in flowering. 

 Its Marguerite-like blossoms, 24 in. in 

 diameter, show a unique glossy rich 

 orantje-gold, which brilliant coloring 

 is rendered the more conspicuous by the 

 dark colored disc surrounded by a 

 black zone 5 pkts., .$1.00; 



DOLICHOS Lablab Scarlet Hyacinth 

 B'fin. An entirely new color of this 

 splendid annual Japanese climber with 

 clusters of bright scarlet bean-like flow- 

 ers followed by red seed pods. Oz., .75 ; 



GILIA coFonopifolia. A 



very handsome half-hardj- 

 biennial, bearing large 

 spikes of brilliant scarlet 

 flowers. The plants at- 

 tain a height of 2 J to 3 

 feet and remain in bloom 

 the greater part of the 

 summer 



GLAUCIDM Leiocarpum. 

 This n e w Horn-Poppj- 

 from Asia Minor is doubt- 

 less the showiest and most 

 effective species of the 

 whole genus. The plants 

 grow from 15 to IS inches 

 in height, developing their 

 large cup-shaped flowers 

 from June to August. The 

 individual flowers measur- 

 iug 2 to 24 inches across, 

 are of brilliant deep orange 

 scarlet with large black 

 spots at the base of the 

 petals, a striking and rich 

 coloring . . . 3 pkts.. ..50: 



GODETIA Schaminifl. pi. 



A beautiful variety with 

 long sprays of large dou- 

 ble rose-colored flowers. 

 The cut flowers retain their 

 l)eauty for several days in 

 water. Hardv annual. 1 

 foot "3 pkts., .40; 



39 



Pkt. 



.15 



.15 



.25 



120 



.25 125 



.15 



Cineraria "Matador." No, 75. 



GLOXINIA hybPida Impepialis 

 Mixed (Sinningia.) These new hybrids, 

 the result of a cioss between Sinnin- 

 gia regina and the Gloxinia. The 

 erect Gloxinia-like flowers are borne in 

 the greatest prof usion and in a variety of 

 colors with foliage of dark green veined pkt. 

 white. This introduction will prove 

 of value for greenhouse cultivation . . . .50 



HIBISCUS Immutabilis albus. A new 

 large-flowered white perennial mallow 

 which blooms continuously through- 

 out the summer. The plants are of 

 bushy growth and very ornamental, 

 they should be protected in winter. 



3 pkts.. .50; .20 



Pkt. 



Dahlia P^Eony-flowered. No. 95. 



