111 
We were awarded the highest premium at the 
World’s Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893, 
° for Chinese Primroses. 
The ‘‘Chinese Primrose”’ is a great favorite for the house or conservatory. The foliage is pretty 
and attractive, and the flowers, 114 to 2 inches across, are borne in clusters all through the winter and 
spring. One of our best pot plants. (See cut.) 
singlé Large-ilowering Fringed Varieties. 
White (alba fimbriata grandiflora)....... Pkt. 25 | Alba Magnifica. The finest pure white; 
Crimson. Yellow eye (kermesina splendens). 25 flowers 214 inches ELCTOBS......cescereeeseeneeee Pkt. 35 
Scarlet. Sulphur eye (coccinea magnifica).. 25 | Rosy Morn. Charming rosy pink. no Ge 
Striped (striata fimbriata grandiflora)....... 25 | Chiswick. Red. Fine bright red. 35 
Red (rubra fimbriata grandiflora) 95 | Chiswick. Blue. Deep blue........... - 35 
Spotted. Whit ate cinta AS Fi a sy Mixed Large-flowering, Fringed..... cop PAs 
POLLO.) ite and crimson (punctata ele- Fern-leaved, Mixed. F[ern-like foliage; 
GANTISSIINA)|...cs-cseonssesenssccensssecnosssovesssecasssses 25 plants beautiful even when out of bloom..... 25 
Double Large-lowering Fringed Varieties. 
Double Red (rubra fi. pl. fimbriata).....Pkt. 50 | Double Striped. White, flaked red.....Pkt. 50 
Double White (alba. pl. imbriata)(Seecut) 50 | Double Mixed Sorts. .......-......ccccccsssecesesseees 50 
Other Greenhouse Primroses. 
PRIMULA OBCONICA GRANDIFLORA. The old P. obconica has long been a favorite pot 
plant for house and conservatory culture on account of its wonderful blooming qualities, flowering 
nearly all the year through. These new, large-flowering, or grandiflora varieties are great improve- 
ments, producing trusses of large flowers nearly double the size of the older type. 
P. obconica grandiflora, silvery lavender................cccceceeeeececeeeeeceeeeeeeeeenens f.. 15 
P. obconica grandiflora rosea, soft blush pink 
Floribunda. Foliage deep green, stems of both leaves and flowers red, making a charming con- 
trast to the whorls of bright yellow flowers borne during the autumn and winter months............. 25 
Hardy Primroses. 
Cowslip, Mixed Colors (Primula veris). The 
well-known favorite English Cowslip, flowering early 
AM SPLIN SSA OOUsercrieceons-serescekersstreesceer ee Pkt. 5 
Auricula, Fine Mixed (Primula auricula). 
Umbels of fragrant flowers, of many rich colors. 
DO WOO Uercrectnesccessnen enact osensrcseoncemence eaten 10 
Polyanthus, Mixed (Primula elatior). 
Early blooming for spring flower beds 
or pot culture; the large umbels of 
flowers are borne on stalks 8 inches 
Callen ((SCClCUUs)enceee eae eestor 5 
Japanese Primrose (Primula 
Japonica). One of the most beau- 
tiful. Flowers, 1 inch across, of 
shades of crimson, maroon, lilac, 
pink, white, etc., on stems 1 to 3 
feet high. Mixed colors......... 10 
English Primrose (Primula. 
vulgaris). ‘The old favorite 
common yellow Primrose, now 
so popular and fashionable in 
1D aA FO bcacohecosooatoocsoecHocneonccecd 5 
Alpine Rose-colored Prim- 
rose (Primula rosea). Some- 
times as many as 12 spikes to 
a plant, 4 to 6 inches high, sur- 
mounted with 6 to 10 blossoms, 
1 inch across; rosy carmine, 
with yellow eye.............:.0+0 25 
WW, Sieboldii. Splendid fo 
either garden or pot culture; 
flower stalks 8 to 12 inches 
high, with large clusters of flowers 
1 to 2 inches across; color, soft 
rose, with white eye; beautiful and 
free-blOOMINQ.............ceeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 25 
2, Pay oe ee 
VEB AY ony 
ane eee 
a NMI 
POLYANTHUS PRIMROSE. 
Purple Fountain Grass. 
(Pennisetum Ruppelianum.) 
The leaves are narrow, green and 
long, arching gracefully from the 
centre to a circumference forming 
aperiectfountain. From July until 
frostits attractiveness isenhanced 
by feathery purple heads which 
bend over on their long slender 
stalks. Eventually they expand 
until the whole plantis veiled with 
nodding clouds of purple. Per 
packet, 15c. 
Purethrum. 
Valuable hardy border plants, 
throwing up numerous stems 
about 2 feet high, eathsurmounted 
with large flowers, 3 or 4 inches 
across, of bright colors, such as 
rose, flesh, pink, white, crimson, etc. 
They remain in bloom along time. 
Single Large - flowering Hy- 
brids, Mixed............... YEN ee, #30) 
Double Large - flowering Hy- 
brids, Mixed....................000 25 
Yellow-leaved Sorts. 
Dwart-growing plants, extensively used for rib- 
bon and carpet bedding; foliage of bright yellow. 
These are usually grown as annuals, although they 
are perennials. 
Aureum. (Golden Feather.) Yellow foliage. %4 ft. Per 
Ler) Ce sccondcodconcee son beeacseconQsOd Hoc DOIOSCOO5 Seo acononecoco) Pkt. 
Selaginoides. Handsome fern-like yellow foliage. 1 ft...10 
Rs AROSE SEEDE yea 
Rose, hardy, double mixed. Flowers the second year; hardy perennial. 3 to 6 feet......... Pkt. 10 
Monthly Tea, double mixed. Half-hardy perennial. 2 tO 4 feet... iseesssccccccestsecceseerseeeeeeeres 10 
. . « RIGINUS. . . . — Gastor oi Plant. 
Large, luxuriant, rapid-growing foliage annuals, with palm-like leaves; much used for subtropical 
effects on the lawn, or for centres of beds of foliage plants. 
Cambogiensis. Leaves bronzy maroon, with red veins, Stems D1ack.............:ccceccceeseeeeeeeeeneees Pkt. 10 
Borboniensis. 15 feet. Immense foliage.............:c::sscceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees coos, 
Obermanii. 8 feet. Light red foliage.....................-.. bens DIES 
Gibsonii. 6 feet. Dark purplish red foliage and stems.. eva t s) 
Communis Major. Green foliage. 6 feet a. 
Zanzibarensis. Their gigantic leaves, 2 to 2% feet across, and the great size of the plants surpass 
any other Ricinus. We offer 4 varieties in mixture; one will produce light green leaves with whitish 
. ribs; another coppery brown leaves, changing to dark green with red ribs—stems brown; another, 
brownish purple leaves, changing to dark green with reddish stems; another, with bronze leaves, 
with reddish ribs and glaucous brown stems. Price, the 4 varieties just described, in mixture......... 10 
Collection of above 6 named Ricinus, 30c. 
EINES RMT OC EW LTT CCL rete eee eee eee ee canna unccch dostmsupuattcasesdcccsscacsatsenssosterccacs Pkt. 5 
W H anywhere in the United States, direct to the consumer, all 
e€ Deliver Free Vexetable Seeds, Flower Seeds and Bulbs, except where noted. 
. “SAPS | 
Alen rice ee i y 
RICINUS ZANZIBARENSIS. 
