XXVI 



Novelties and Specialties, 1894, 



SUNFLOWER, MILFLOWEBED. 



"^Sy B4t packet, 20 cents. No. 1453. 



1391 -^AR 





KASTURTIUM, FARQUHARS' KEXT-GROWX. 



Largest, most free flowering and finest strain in cul- 

 tivation. Per ounce, 15 cents; per packet, 5 

 cents. See page 43. 

 1391-*MARIGOLD, GOLDEN NUGGET. A charming variety of French Marigold. It is of dwarf 

 ^ habit, very free and neat. The plant is covered with the lovely, deep golden-yellow flowers 

 ^/ all summer till frost. Per packet, 10 cents. 



-^^IGNONETTE " URANIA." This fine sort is sent us from far away Italy, and is described as 



the most fragrant and beautiful of all Mignonettes. It is of free' and strong growth with 



grand panicles of deep red flowers. The branching habit and abundant dark green foliage 



sort, make it very charming in the flower garden, and valuable for 



10 cents. 



13933LMIGNO NETTE, NE"W PRIZE 



"WHITE. The fragrant little Mignon- 

 ette is a favorite with everyone. This 



new variety has the additional charm 



of flowers very largely white in their 



composition. It blooms very freely, is 



sweetly fragrant, and is an unsurpassed 



variety for bouquets, flower beds and 

 • garden borders. Highly recommended. 

 yy Per packet, 15 cents. 

 1394i-MIGNONETTE, CO VENT GARDEN. 



We noticed in the great flower market 



of London thousands of pots of this 



Jost fragrant and free-flowering sort, 

 is of bushy and compact habit, and 

 irticularly adapted for cutting. Seed 

 rect from the London grower. Per 

 mce, 40 cents; packet, 10 cents. 

 _ STURTIUM. TOM THUMB, 



PRINCE HENRY (Novelty. 1894\ 

 A very handsome new variety; verv free 

 flowering; compact habit. Flowers are 

 light canary yellow, speckled and mar- 

 bled with scarlet in the most beautiful 

 manner. Per packet. 15 cents. 

 NASTURTIUMS, FARQUHARS' KENT-GROWN. The Dwarf and Tall Nasturtiums are promi- 

 nent specialties with us. The excellence of our Kent-Grown- Seeds of these beautiful annuals 

 has brought us hundreds of new customers from all over the United States and Canada. From 

 many letters received, we select one from Ohio — that of Mr. Will J. Oberlin, who writes 

 August 4th : "/?.<& J. Farquhar & Co. : Gentlemen,— In all my experience of at least fifteen 

 years, in buying and planting seeds, I have had no such pleasure as I have had this summer 

 with your Sweet Peas and Nasturtiums. I think it but right to let you knotv my satisfaction 

 with them, as I surely would have told you if they had disappointed me." For list of 

 varieties, please see pages 43 and 52. 



1396 — NICOTIANA GLAUCA. Foliage ornamental, grows to an enormous size, producing abun- 



dantly clusters of lemon-yellow tubular flowers. Per packet, 5 cents. * 



1397 — NICOTIANA COLOSSBA. Amongst all ornamental foliaged plants coming to perfection the 



first season from being sown, this novelty ranks foremost. It is an annual, attaining five to 

 six feet in open ground. The leaves are from twenty-four to thirty-six inches in length, and 

 eighteen to twenty inches in width. The leaves are "dark green, contrasting beautifully with 

 the dark reddish brown ribs. The plants are very graceful appearing, as single specimens or 

 in groups. Per packet, 15 cents. 



NEW PRIZE WHITE MIGNONETTE. 



Per packet, 10 cts. No. 1393. 



