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



No. 6466. Phacelia Grandiflora. A very robust growing annual producing upright, many-branched bushes 

 2% to 3 feet high, with oblong-cordate, irregularly toothed foliage. The flowers appearing in loose racemes 

 are 1% to 1% inches in diameter and of a beautiful sky blue colour with a lighter, purplish-veined centre- 

 It flowers from June to October. Pkt., .20. 



PETUNIA, HOWARDS NEW STAR STRAIN'. 



Petunia, Howard's New Star Strain. This unique strain of Petunia is the result of twenty years of 

 hybridization and selection on the part of the originator. The flowers show a clearly defined star on a 

 ground of rich velvety maroon. The ground is frequently beautifully feathered or veined with a lighter 

 color. They have received much favorable comment at exhibitions in Boston and New York, and as they 

 are free growing and floriferous they are destined to become popular. 



No. 6362. Originator's full-size packet 25 



No. 6363. Originator's half=size packet > . . .15 



No. (3237. Poppy. Downie's Superb Iceland. 



Mixed. Few summer flowers are more attractive 

 or more popular at the present time than the pretty 

 Iceland Poppies. They are hardy and bloom con- 

 tinuously. This fine strain contains a number of 

 new and choice colors. If sown early the plants 

 bloom freely the first vear. Mixed Colors. 

 Ounce, $l\25; Pkt., .10. 



No. 6196. New Fancy Shirley Poppies. A fine 

 selection of the beautiful Shirley Poppies. No 

 annual affords prettier or gayer effects, there being 

 many very pretty new colors and combinations in 

 the strain now offered. Very desirable for beds 

 and borders. The flowers are perfectly elegant in 

 vases. Finest Mixed, Ounce, .60; Pkt. .10. 



No. 6142. Poppies, Isle of Shoals. This strain 

 of Poppies was furnished by us to the order of the 

 late Mrs. Celia Thaxter, poetess, and is among the 

 most attractive of the flowers she loved and culti- 

 vated at the Isles of Shoals. They can be grown by 

 anyone, and make a grand display. Their beauty 

 i- indescribable and the variety endless. All are 

 hardy annuals. Ounce, .50; Pkt., .10. 



DOWN1E S SUPERB ICELAND POPPIES. 



