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R. & J. FARQUHAR & CO.'S SEED CATALOGUE. 





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Sweet Pea, Helen Pierce. No. 7743. 



No. 6143. Poppy, Farquhar's singlk iivbkid.s .mi.xed. 

 This is a magnificent strain of annual Poppy with 

 immense flowers ranging from white to deep red. 

 Pkt., .20; 3 pkts., .50. 



No. 6162. Poppy, Miss SHiiRwoon. Large single 

 satiny-white flowers bordered with chamois-rose. 

 Oz., .50; pkt., .10. 



No. 6236. Papaver Nudicaule Hybridum. A new 

 race of Iceland Poppies of German origin, producing 

 flowers of large size and embracing many new shades 

 of yellow, salmon, and rose. Pkt., .20; 6 pkts., $1.00. 



No. 6824. Primula obconica gigantea. A new 

 hybrid resembling P. obconica but with larger foliage 

 and flower trusses, the latter running in the same colors 

 as in P. obconica. Pkt., .25. 



No. 7102. Saponaria vaccaria. A very striking an- 

 nual for cut bloom, tall and feathery, with pale pink 

 flowers. Height, 3 feet. Oz., .30; pkt., .10. 



No. 7103. Saponaria vaccaria alba. A white form 

 of the preceding with larger flowers. Pkt., 20; 3 

 pkts., .50. 



No. 7156. SCABIOSA Japonica. a hardy perennial 

 Scabious from Japan growing 2Vi to 3 feet high with 

 lovely lavender-blue flowers, 2y2 inches in diameter. 

 The plants flower continuously from July until late in 

 fall. Pkt., .25; 5 pkts., $1.00. 



No. 7164. SCHIZANTHUS HVBRIDUS 



grandiflorus. a beautiful annual 

 growing I foot in height and bearing a 

 profusion of many colored Orchid-like 

 flowers of marvelous beauty. It is 

 also useful for winter flowering grown 

 as a pot plant and for tliis purpose 

 should be sown in August. It may 

 be sown in the open ground in May 

 for summer and autumn blooming. 

 Pkt., .20; 6 pkts., $1.00. 



No. 7169. SCHIZANTHUS RETUSUS TRI- 



MACULATUS. Another new and in- 

 teresting variety with bright attractive 

 blossoms, differing greatly from those 

 of the typical species. This new 

 variety bears on each of the three 

 upper petals a large bright golden 

 yellow, dark veined nlotch, edged with 

 purplish carmine, presenting thus a 

 three-blotched flower of a characteri?;tic 

 marking. Pkt., .20; 3 pkts., .50. 



No. 7440. Stock, Beauty of Nice. 

 This splendid novelty was exhibited at 

 the horticultural exhibition at Cannes, 

 France, in 1902, and received first 

 prize. When well grown it attains a 

 height of 2 to 2Vl' feet, throwing up a 

 strong central spike about a foot in 

 length, surrounded by a number of 

 long side shoots, loosely covered with 

 uncommonly large, very fragrant flow- 

 ers, nearly 2 inches across, of delicate 

 flesh pink color. It blooms extremely 

 early and may be treated as any ten- 

 week stock. Pkt., .20; 6 pkts., $1.00. 



No. 7496. Stokesia cyanea. This 

 splendid hardy perennial bears from 

 July to October a number of large 

 light blue flowers resembling semi- 

 double Chinese Asters. .Seeds started 

 early in heat, bloom the first year. 

 Pkt., .25. 



Xo. 7743. Sweet Pea, Hei.em Pierce. Especially 

 new in color and markings, and briefly described as a 

 gloxinia-flowered type. The color is very bright 

 blue, mottled on pure white. It does not come 

 striped nor with any suggestion of stripe, but uniformly 

 marbled or peppered with the color, and the veins 

 show a little deeper. The effect is very fine, especially 

 when bunched by itself. Pkt., .25; 5 pkts., $1.00. 



No. 7615. Sweet Pea, Evelyn Byatt. This variety 

 may be termed a self Gorgeous, having a rich orange 

 salmon standard with wings a trifle deeper in color, 

 giving a deep sunset color to the whole flower. Pkt., 

 .25 ; 5 pkts., $1.00. 



No. 8216. Wallflower, Annual, Bloou Red. This 

 is a great improvement upon the Early Parisian Vellow 

 Wallflower brought out some years ago. If sown in 

 March this new sort may be had in bloom in July. 

 The flower is larger than that of the yellow variety, the 

 color good, blood-red, and there is considerable fra- 

 grance. Pkt., .20. 



No. 8214. Wallflower, ,\n.nuai,. Golden Gem. A 

 very fine pure yellow shade of this popular and fragrant 

 annual. Pkt., .25; 5 pkts., $1.00. 



No. 8367. Zinnia, Dwarf, Scarlet Gem. One of 

 the most charming introductions, the plants fa; c\y 

 bristling with double blooms of intense, dazzling scarlet. 

 Oz., $1.25: pkt., .10; 3 pkts., .25. 



