Please write NUMBERS ONLY when ordering. See GENERAL LIST OF FLOWER 
SEEDS, Page 25, for additional NOVELTIES and SPECIALTIES. 
The Gardens, BALMORAL CASTLE, Oct. 29, 1896. 
Messrs. R. & J. Farquhar & Co-: 
Gentlemen,—The flower and vegetable seeds received from you for use in Her 
Majesty’s Gardens here, have given me great satisfaction. 1] am especially pleased 
with your strains of Pansies, Doubie Petunias, Balsams, Asters and Lettuces. 
Yours very truly, 
swt Dale Yi Shoup 
pie (Head Gardener.) 
R. & J. FARQUHAR & CO0’S BALMORAL SPECIALTIES. 
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Below we offer some of the varieties of flower seeds which we have furnished for the gardens of Her 
Majesty the Queen, at Balmoral Castle, Scotland. Wehave named them the Crown Jewel Strain, because 
the varieties and colors included in the mixtures are very superior and cannot be excelled for brilliancy and 
beauty. Each packet contains a liberal amount of seed. 
ASTERS, CROWN JEWELS. A special mixture of magnifi- POPPIES, CROWN JEWELS. No annuals can exceed 
cent, large-flowering, tall varieties of about uniform height; con- these for brilliant effects; the many new colors and shades in this 
tains all the finest colors in this beautiful race. No. 854. Pkt.,.20. strain are exceedingly showy and attractive; many are of startling 
BALSAMS, CROWN JEWELS. Saved with special care beauty and for richness of coloring leave nothing to be desired. 
E! No. 6164. Pkt., .15. 
tl ts doub] ties. A grand st INO? 1484). 2 
Phe ZO. Sone eae We ee ee SALPIGLOSSIS, CROWN JEWELS. A splendid mixture 
DIANTHUS, ANNUAL VARIETIES, CROWN JEWELS of the large-flowering type of this beautiful-annual; the colors are 
e : A so fine as to suggest the flowers of a tropical orchid, although that 
; ae al pinks ir ; ; ’ 5 
Few summer flowers excel the hardy annual pinks in beauty and of an annual which can be grown in any garden. No. 7034. 
continuance in bloom. This_ selection is unsurpassed. Superb | pre 29 
mixed. .No.3344.  Pkt., .15. | oe ; prey 
PANSIES, CROWN JEWELS. All large-flowering; a mix- PHLOX DRUMMONDI, CROWN JEWELS. This charm- 
} at prrseae f 5 ing axnual is being more and more improved and this strain con- 
Se: een ea ae cultivation ; of splendid form and coloring. tains a mixture of the latest and most-brilliantly colored varieties 1n 
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cultivation; all are of the large-flowering type; free and constant 
PETUNIAS, CROWN JEWELS. This mixture cannot be bloomers. No. 6484. Pkt., .15. 
eclipsed for beauty; the flowers are very large and gorgeously col- ZINNIAS, CROWN JEWELS. A selection of all the best 
ored. All colors mixed. No. 6434. PkKt., .20. colors from our own strains of this admirable annual. Splendid 
SCABIOUS, CROWN JEWELS. Our mixture contains a | Mixed. No. 8274. Pkt., .15. 
fine variety of the tall double Scadzous so desirable for garden dec- | COLLECTION, containing one liberal packet of each of the 
oration and for bouquets. No. 7104. Pkt.,.15. | above ten varieties. No. 8635. Per Collection, 1.50. 
