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



HARDY CARNATIONS. 



No. 



2395 

 2400 

 2405 

 2410 



2415 

 2420 

 2430 



2433 



2435 



Pkt. 



HARDY CARNATIONS, For the Open Garden. 



Fragrant and beautiful, free-flowering perennials. It 

 is advisable to protect them with a light covering of 

 pine boughs or coarse straw during winter. 

 Double, Fine Mixed Ounce, $2.00 .10 



— Prize Strain Mixed " 4.00 20 



— White " 3.00 .15 



Plumarius Cyclope Double. Splendid strain of 



double, hardy garden pink. Mixed colors . . • . . . 40 



— Her Majesty. Fine; double; white 50 



— Mrs. Sinkins. Double: soft rose 50 



— Scoticus Flore Pleno. (Paisley Pink.) Finest 

 double mixed ; seed saved from stage flowers only . . .50 



— Semperflorens Flore Pleno. New, perpetual, 

 double, pheasant-eye pink ; finest mixed 25 



— Virginal. Double ; pure white 25 



2440 CARYOPTER1S Mastacanthus. Showy, hardy 

 herbaceous plant growing two feet high, and bearing 

 along the stems feathery blue flowers ; fragrant 10 



2445 CASTILLEJA Indivisa. Splendid hardy perennial, 

 with brilliant scarlet flower-bracts. Height, one-and- 

 a-half feet .25 



CASTOR BEAN. See Ricinus, No. 6925. 



No. 



2450 CATANANCHE Ccerulea. Hardy 



flowers blue, everlasting. Three feet . , 

 2455 Mixed. Bright-colored everlastings . . , 



CATCHFLY. See Silene, No. 7220. 



perennial ; 



Pkt. 



.05 

 .05 



2460 CEDRONELLA Cana. Hardy perennial; fragrant, 



purple, Saivia-like flowers. Two feet . . 05 



CELOSIA, or Cockscomb. Showy annuals of easy 

 cultivation ; producing large, brilliant, comb-like flower 

 heads. They prefer a light soil, and should not be 

 allowed to become crowded if a dwarf habit is desired. 



2465 Dwarf, Finest Mixed y x Ounce, 



2475 — Copper " 



2480 — Dark Crimson 



2500 — Golden Yellow . . . . " 



2505 — Light Yellow " 



2510 — Rose " 



2515 — Scarlet 



2520 — Violet " 



2522 — Empress. Crimson-purple; dark 



foliage " .75 .10 



2523 — Glasgow Prize. Dwarf ; dark foli- 



age, and large' rich crimson combs . . " 1.00 .10 



2524 — Vesuvius. Flame color and crimson ; 



splendid , . . " 1.00 .1© 



2525 — Collection of Twelve Distinct Varieties . . 60 



2530 — Collection oi Six Distinct Varieties 35 



2535 Tall, Finest Mixed. Height, one-and-a-half 



feet Ounce, .75 .05 



.40 



.05 



.75 



.10 



.75 



.10 



.75 



.10 



.75 



.10 



.75 



.10 



.75 



.10 



.75 



.10 



WARF COCKSCOMB. 



~^m. 



CELOSIA PLUMOSA. 



No. Pkt. 



2540 Plumosa, Finest Mixed. Showv annuals, with 



brilliant plume-like flowers. One-and-a-half feet oz. .80 .05 



2545 — Crimson Ounce, .80 .05 



2550 — Golden Yellow • . . . " 80 .05 



2555 — Scarlet " .80 .05 



2565 Thompson's Superb. Splendid strain, with bright 



red and dark foliage ; flowers crimson 10 



2567 CELSIA Arcturus. (Cretica.) Half-hardy perennial, 

 with bright yellow flowers ; easily raised from seed ; 

 splendid for conservatory decoration. Height, two- 

 and-a-half feet 10 



CENTAUREA, White-Leaved Varieties. Dusty 

 Miller.) Half-hardy perennials of dwarf growth, 

 with silvery leaves; splendid tor ribbon-bedding. 

 2570 Candidissima. Thick, white leaves. Height, one 



foot % Ounce, (about 1,000 seeds) .60 .1* 



2572 Clementei. Silvery leaves 10 



2573 Gymnocarpa. White, fern-like leaves; very grace- 



ful. Height, one-and-a-half feet. Splendid bedding 

 plant Ounce, .80 .1® 



