R. & J. FARQUHAR COMPANY, BOSTON. 
SEEDS OF GREENHOUSE PLANTS. 
5330 
5340 
5345 
5346 
5350 
5355 
5360 
5365 
5367 
6370 
ABUTILON. 
Perpetual flowering greenhouse shrubs of easiest culti- 
vation, and invaluable for Summer bedding or conserva- 
tory decoration. Seeds sown in March produce flower- 
ing plants the first season. 3 to 4 ft. 
Farquhar’s Choice Hybrids. Saved from a splendid 
collection; the colors include shades of waite, yellow, 
pink and crimson ... 
ACACIA. 
Tender shrubs with graceful foliage and beautiful ra- 
cemes of flowers. 8 to 10 ft. The seeds should be 
soaked in hot water before being sown. 
armata. Yellow, very handsome 
Baileyana. Long sprays of bright yellow aoe 
which are excellent for cutting. This variety is of rapid 
growth, and good flowering plants may be had the sec- 
ond year from seeds .. 
dealbata. (Silver-Wattle.) IN charming species with 
large: silvery fern-like foliage. Flowers bright yellow 
and sweetly scented . 
floribunda. A popular variety with lovely ‘orange-red 
flowers 
lophantha superba. 
foliage 
ACHIMENES. 
Profuse blooming tuberous-rooted greenhouse plants 
valuable for pots or hanging baskets. The flowers vary 
considerably in size, and are of the most brilliant 
Flowers yellow, delicate green 
colors. 1 to 2 ft. 
Finest mixed aan abr natn dab Goo 
AGATHEA. 
ceelestis. (Blue Daisy.) Tender perennial with pretty 
blue daisy-like flowers. 1 ft. 
celestis Farquhar’s Giant. A great improvement 
on the type, the plants being more vigorous and pro- 
ducing much larger flowers, makes an excellent Bot plant 
for conservatory decoration a site Ans 
AMARYLLIS. 
Hippeastrum. New Hybrids. The largest and finest 
race of Amaryllis, with immense flowers varying in color 
from salmon to deep crimson, generally striped end 
feathered with white 
(Chinese Bell-Flower or Flowering Maple.) Pkt. 
25 
15 
15 
15 
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25 
15 
25 
.50 
5372 
5375 
5380 
5385 
5386 
Our strains of Calceolaria have a wide reputation. 
ANGELONIA grandiflora alba. 
ful greenhouse perennial, flowering the first season 
from seed. The compact plants are covered with pure 
white flowers throughout the Winter months. Fine 
plant for conservatory decoration. 15 in. 
ARALIA Sieboldi. (Fatsia Japonica.) Elegant green- 
house shrub, with large glossy leaves. 3 ft. 
New 
seeds are not ready before March or April aps 
ASPARAGUS. 
plumosus nanus. An excellent pot plant for conserva- 
tory decoration or for cutting, on account of its very 
graceful, finely cut foliage. It will remain fresh in water 
three or four weeks after being cut. 100 seeds, $1.25 . 
Sprengeri. Drooping variety, invaluable for suspended 
baskets or table decoration. The fronds frequently 
measuring 3 to 4 ft. in length Oz., $1.00; 
BROWALLIA Jamesoni. (Streptosolon.) An excel- 
lent Winter-flowering vine, with bright orange tubular- 
shaped flowers. Very showy as a pot plant 
For other Browallias, see Nos. 1400-1406. 
CALCEOLARIA. Greenhouse Annuals. 
79 
A pretty and grace- Pkt. 
15 
.50 
They are the 
result of constant selection and cross-fertilization of the best flowers 
and no pains are spared to maintain their excellence. 
The flowers 
are of large size, of rich and varied colors, including self-colors, 
spotted, blotched and laced. 
Farquhar’s Perfection Mixed. Large packet, $1.00 
5390 
5395 
5396 
5397 
5407 
Small packet 
profusa Clibrani. Another romereable hybrid of ex- 
50 
tremely light and graceful habit, bearing its large sprays Pkt. 
75 
of rich golden-yellow flowers most profusely 
Veitchii. A new hybrid variety for conservatory dec: 
oration. The plants attain a height of about 3 feet and 
are of sturdy Bros with quite large me wate 
flowers i ; 
“The Bronze Age. a oN dacs “conde eotrartie loose; 
branching heads of mahogany-bronze flowers. As a 
greenhouse plant it is invaluable for 1ts glorious color- 
ing and length of time it continues in bloom ; 
75 
.50 
Caiceolaria Farquhar’s Perfection. (Plants from Farquhar’s Seeds grown by Mr. J. Canning, Ardsley, N. Y.) 
