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



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No. 



Pkt. 



PRIMULA, OR PRIMROSE-Continued. 



6800 Forbes). (Baby Primrose.) A much advertised 

 variety producing delicate sprays of small lavender- 

 colored Mowers. Although pretty for bouquets the 

 flowers are too small for general usefulness 20 



6805 Japonica, Finest Mixed. Showy perennial pro- 

 ducing several whorls of large flowers on their erect 

 stems, the flowers varying from white to crimson. 

 Fifteen inches 10 



6815 Obconica Grandiflora. Splendid for winter and 

 spring blooming in cool greenhouse; flowers varying 

 from white to lilac and growing in large clusters on 

 erect slender stems. Handsome as a pot plant and 



exquisite for cutting. Height, one foot 25 



Fimbriata. Flowers finely fringed 25 



Sieboldii Finest Mixed. Free blooming variety 

 excellent for pots, with large and beautiful clusters of 

 flowers, colors white to rosy crimson ; one foot 25 



6817 

 6825 



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PRIMULA POLYANTHUS DUPLEX. 



No. Pkt. 



PRIMULA POLYANTHUS VARIETIES (Elatior.) 



Charming spring-flowering perennials with most fasci- 

 nating and richly colored velvety flowers. They are of 

 easiest cultivation succeeding best in partial shade. 

 Height nine inches. 

 6827 Dean's Selected Strain. Large flowers containing 



many bright and beautiful colors 10 



6830 Farquhar's Giant Fancy. Finest Mixed. The 

 finest type of Polyanthus Primroses. The flowers are 

 of large size supported on stout stems well above the 

 leaves in splendid clusters. The colors are most brilli- 

 ant ranging from white to deep maroon ; the yellow, 

 rose and crimson shades being part ; cularly fine. These 

 larger forms are most desirable for winter flowering in 



the conservatory ••*.... 15 



6835 Farquhar's Giant Crimson ! 15 



6837 Farquhar's Giant White 15 



6840 Farquhar's Giant Yellow 15 



6845 Gold Laced. Flowers of brilliant colors with' dis- 

 tinct yellow edges . . • 10 



PYRETHRUM. Golden Foliaged. Dwarf bedding 

 plants with yellow Fern-like leaves useful for edging 

 beds and borders. Half-hardy perennials 



6860 Aureum. (Golden Feather.) Bright golden yel- 

 low foliage, excellent for summer bedding. Nine 

 inches Ounce 1 00 10 



6870 —Golden Gem. Golden yellow foliage, flowers dou- 

 ble -JO 



6875 — Selaginoides. Foliage bright golden yellow, finely 



serrated; compact habit . . . „ ' jq 



No. Pkt. 



PYRETHRUM. Flowering Varieties. Hardy per- 

 ennials, very beautiful for borders and most desirable 

 for cutting. The flowers are of brilliant colors and 

 very lasting. 



6880 Atrosanguineum. Crimson with yellow centre • two 



feet 10 



6885 Roseum Double Hybrids Finest Mixed. Beau- 

 tiful Aster-like flowers ranging in color from pure white 

 to brilliant rose and purplish crimson ; eighteen inches .15 



0890 — Single Hybrids. Finest Mixed. Daisy-like 



flowers of brilliant colors with yellow centres 10 



6895 RAMONDIA Pyrenaica. Pretty hardy Alpine plant 

 with lilac flowers from May to July, height six inches; 

 perennial IS 



RESEDA. See Mignonette Nos. 50G5— 5130. 



RHODANTHE MANGLESI. 



RHODANTHE. Half-hardy annuals with Everlasting 

 flowers. They are beautiful for the open garden, or 

 grown in pots for the conservatory. If required for 

 winter use as dried flowers, they should be cut before 

 they are fully expanded. Height one foot. 



6900 Haculata. Bright pink with crimson circle 05 



6905 — Alba. Pure white, very beautiful 05 



6910 Manglesi. Brilliant rose 05 



0915 — Flore Pleno. Beautiful rose-colored flowers a 



large percentage of them double . . • • 10 



RICINUS. (Castor Oil Plant.) Tender annuals of 

 rapid and gigantic growth producing enormous dark 

 gieen or b.-onze-colored palmate leaves ; excellent for 

 sub-tropical beds or for massive foliage effects on lawns 

 or back-grounds. 



6925 Finest Mixed. The finest sorts . .• . Ounce .20 .05 



0930 Borboniensis Aboreus. Large purplish leaves, 



fifteen feet Ounce .20 .05 



6935 Cambodgensis. The plant is of compact growth with 

 stems and leaf stalks like shining ebony, foliage 

 varying according to age from bronze green to black- 

 purple, height six feet • ounce .40 .05 



6950 Gibsoni Mirabilis. Dark red stems and foliage; 



five feet ••...•• Ounce .20 .05 



6955 Macrocarpus. White stems and light green leaves 



ounce .20 .05 



6960 Sanguineus Fine tall variety, reddish purple leaves, 



ten feet •....• . . • -Ounce .20 .05 



6965 Zanzibariensis Mixed. A new and distinct race 

 from East Africa, producing leaves of enormous size 

 varying in color from light green to purplish red ; fif- 

 teen feet . • Ounce .25 .05 



6970 — Niger. Dark purple fifteen feet .... " .30 .05 



6975 RIVINA Humilis. Showy greenhouse biennial, pro- 

 ducing racemes of small scarlet berries. Seeds sown in 

 March will produce fine plants with berries the follow- 

 ing autumn; height eighteen inches 10 



ROCKET, see /fes/eris. No. 4257. 



