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



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PHOLX DRUMMONDI GRANDIFLORA. 



No. Pkt. 



PHLOX DRUMMONDI— Continued. 



6515 — Scarlet with White Eye Ounce, 1.20 .05 



6517 — Violet " 05 



6520 — White " 1.20 .05 



6525 Double Finest Mixed " 3.00 .10 



6530 — Red. Flowers, semi-double " G.00 .10 



6535 —White. Useful for cutting " 1.50.10 



6540 —Yellow. Flowers semi-double . . . . " 3.00.10 

 6545 Dwarf Finest nixed. These come in bloom very 

 early; they are of dwarf habit; excellent for pot cul- 

 ture and edgings Ounce, #2.00 ,10 



6550 — White • 10 



6555 — Scarlet. Intense color 10 



6560 Cuspidata. The petals have long points giving the 

 flowers a star like form novel and distinct ; mixed 



colors 05 



6565 Fimbriata. Flowers beautifully fringed; mixed col- 

 ors in great variety • 05 



No. Pkt. 



6577 PHORM1UM Tenax Foliis Variegatis. (New 



Zealand Flax.) A handsome plant for lawn or con- 

 servatory decoration with long sword-shaped leaves 

 which are beautifully variegated. The flowers are 

 orange colored borne on spikes twelve to fifteen feet in 

 height. Half-hardy perennial 25 



6578 PHYSALIS Francheti. (Japanese Winter 

 Cherry.) A large and ornamental variety of the Ground 



Cherry or Strawberry Tomato. The fruit is large, 

 deep red in color, edible, and enclosed in enormous 

 balloon-shaped husks of a brilliant orange-red color. 

 A very showy hardy-annual ; two feet. . , , 10 



6580 PHYSOSTEGIA Speciosa. Beautiful hardy peren- 

 nial growing eighteen inches in height and bearing in 

 July spikes of charming pink flowers . . 10 



6585 PLATYSTEMON Californicus. Free-flowering 

 hardy annual of dwarf habit with numerous bright 

 lemon-colored blossoms ; one foot 10 



PLATYCODON. See JVahlenberg-ia NO. 8195. 



6590 POINSETTIA Pulcherrima. A very ornamental 

 greenhouse Shrub producing large heads of brilliant 

 scarlet bracts most valuable for house and conservatory 

 decoration during winter. If sown in February or 

 March the seedlings produce splendid scarlet tops by 

 December • . . .50 



POLEMONIUM. (Jacob's Ladder, or Greek 



Valerian.) Hardy perennials with deeply-cut foliage 



and clusters of handsome flowers ; thriving in any good 



soil. Height, two feet. 



6595 Coeruleum Grandiflorum. Beautiful spikes of deep 



blue flowers, coming from May to July 05 



6600 Album. Pure white 05 



6605 Richardsonii. Large deep blue flowers, May to 



August. Height, eighteen inches 10 



POLYANTHUS. See Primula Elatior, No. 6830. 



POPPY. See Palaver, Nos. 6095-6280. 



PORTULACA. Charming dwarf annuals for sunny 



situations or light soils producing flowers of most 



brilliant colors in great profusion. Height, six inches. 



6610 Double, Finest Mixed. Brilliant and striking 



colors in great variety Ounce, #5.00 .10 



6615 — Collection of Eight Distinct Varieties . . . .45 

 6620 Single, Finest Mixed. Large flowers of most 



brilliant colors Ounce, .50 .05 



6625 — Collection of Eight Distinct Varieties ... .35 



6627 — Rose • Ounce, .50 .05 



6630 — Scarlet " .50 .05 



6635 — White " .50 .05 



6640 — Yellow " .50 .05 



PBRBNNIAL PHOLX. 



No. Pkt. 



PERENNIAL PHLOX. (Phlox Decussata.) Splen- 

 did hardy herbaceous plants producing large trusses 

 of showy flowers on tall stems; which bloom from 

 July until frost. They are equally effective for beds 

 perennial borders or groups among shrubs. The col- 

 ors range from pure white to deep crimson and pur- 

 ple. Height three feet 10 



6570 Finest Mixed. In superb mixture 10 



6575 Dwarf Varieties. Finest colors mixed 10 



PLANTS OF PERENNIAL PHLOX — See Hardy 

 Herbaceous Plants. 



POTENTILLA, SINGLE MIXED. 



6645 POTENTILLA, Double, Finest Mixed. Splendid 

 hardy perennials with ornamental foliage and brilliant 

 flowers, chiefly shades of yellow and red, borne in great 

 profusion from July until frost. They prefer a sandy 

 foam. Height, two feet 



.10 

 6650 Single, Finest Mixed 06 



