Novelties and Specialties^ 1894. 



XXVll 



T81- 



FARQUHARS' FINEST SHOW PANSY. 



No. 781. Per packet, 50 cents. 



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1402- 



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 1404- 



OSTROWSKIA MAGNIFICA. A beautiful hardy herbaceous plant, bearing large mauve- 

 colored flowers, four inches across. Height, four feet. Valuable introduction. Perpkt., 10c, 



PANSY, FARQU- 

 HARS' FINEST 

 SHO"W. These are su- 

 perior to anything pre- 

 viously offered. The 

 flowers are of a very 

 large size, great sub- 

 stance, and perfect 

 form. All the newest 

 colors and rarest shad- 

 ings are included, and 

 for refinement, bright- 

 ness and attractiveness 

 are unsurpassed. We 

 offer the seed in mixed 

 packets; and the variety 

 IS so endless, and the 

 quality of the flowers so 

 superior, that we feel 

 confident they will give 

 the greatest pleasure 

 to every cultivator who 

 bestows proper care 

 upon the plants. Mr, 

 James H. Viiiing, of 

 "Weymouth, writing 

 April 25, says : " . . 

 Your Farquhars' Show 

 Pansies are the finest I 

 have ever seen ; they are 

 of most beautiful and 

 rare colors and largest 

 size, some measuring 

 three and one-quarter 

 inches." Pansy Spe- 

 cialists from all over 

 the country send to 

 us annually for their 

 seeds. Hundreds of 

 testimonials might be 

 added. Per packet, containing about 250 seeds, choicest mixed, 50 cents. 



PANSY, FARQUHARS' FINEST SHOW. Same quality as above. Per packet of about 

 100 seeds, 25 cents. 



PANSY, BUGNOT'S OWN-SAVED. By special engagement with Mons. Bugnot we are 

 able to offer as tine seed as he ever saved. Mons. Bugnot is an enthusiastic amateur grower of 

 the Pansy in France, whose collection is acknowledged to be the finest in the world His 

 strain is unapproached for beauty, fine form and variety of color. Only the finest flowers are 

 permitted to grow. From such flowers our seed is saved. It is the finest strain ever offered, 

 and is genuine headquarters seed, direct from the hands of Mons. Bugnot, containing the full 

 variety of wonderfully beautiful Pansies which have made his name famous. Per pkt., 40 cts. 



PANSY, BUGNOT'S STRAIN. Grown in Belgium; fine mixed. Per packet, 20 cents. 



PANSY, CARDINALi. A bright red Pansy has been sought for long, and this novelty is the 

 nearest approach to it, being browny scarlet with dark spots in the three lower petals. It is of 

 good substance and attracts marked attention wherever grown. Per packet, 20 cents. 



PANSY, BCKFORD'S PRIZE. Having made arrangements with this celebrated English 



f rower of Sweet Peas and Pansies, we are enabled to offer seed from his own grounds. Mr.' 

 ckford's is a superb cross-fertilized mixture of superior excellence comprising many brilliant, 



novel and lovely colors. Recommended for size and fine form. Per packet, Headquarters 



Seed, 20 cents. 



PANSY, PEACOCK STRAIN. So named because the beautiful ultramarine blue contained 



in the upper petals resembles the peculiar shade of this color in the feather of the peacock. In 



form and substance the flower is perfect. It is so striking as to delight all lovers of this most 



expressive flower. Headquarters Seed, per packet, 15 cents. 

 PANSY, GIANT ; CANARY BIRD. A superb large flowering Pansy of great substance and 



fine form. It is a heavy, velvety flower of great substance. Color deep yellow with dark blotch 



on each petal. A grand flower. Per packet, 20 cents. 

 PANSY. TUFTED OR BEDDING VARIETIES. These useful bedding pansies are not so 



large flowering as others, but continue much longer in bloom and are much freer. The leading 



colors are varieties of blue, yellow and white. In shaded locations and for bedding purposes, 



generally early in the season, they will be found exceedingly useful. Per packet, 15 cents. 

 PANSIES, NEW MAMMOTH OR GIANT TRIMARDEAU. These are the production 



of a German Florist's efforts, extending over several years, to obtain a larger race of Pansies 

 han anything known. They belong to the Trimardeau section, but have more substance and 



are of better colors than the original of this variety. We offer them as follows : 

 uriculaeflora. New, 1894. Very large and finely blotched flowers, beautiful introduction. 



Mixed, per packet, 15 cents. 

 Blue. Fine clear ultramarine Per packet, 15 cents. 

 Black. Velvety, of great substance. Per packet, 15 cents. 

 Striped. Remarkably attractive and showy flowers of many fine shades, charmingly striped, 



mottled, etc. Per packet, 15 cents. 

 White. With dark eye; very large and fine. Per packet, 15 cents. 



YoUow. One of the most effective Pansies grown; deep rich color. Per packet. 15 cents, 

 ord Beaconsfleld. A true giant form of this admirable sort. Color purple-violet with white. 



Per i)acket, 15 cents, 

 arlegated Foliaged. Novelty of very pretty appearance. Leaves edged with white, flowers 



large. Per packet, 25 cents. 

 Choicest Mixed, Mammoth, Inciiiding all the above and many more beautiful colors. 



Per packet, 15 cents. 



