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R. & J. FARQUHAR & CO. '8 SEED CATALOGUE. 



NOVELTIES IN FLOWER SEEDS— Continued. 



Farquhar's Pink Annua* Lupin. 



No. 4842. Farquhar's Pink Annual Lupin. Of 

 old-fashioned flowers none is more worthy of attention 

 than the Lupin. This variety is one of the prettiest 

 annual sorts, growing about two feet in height, and 

 producing handsome spikes of salmon-pink flowers. 

 The flowers are particularly useful for cutting, lasting 

 a week or longer in water. Sowings should be made 

 in April or May, and again in July for succession. 

 Oz., .50; pkt., .10. 



No. 5106. Mignonette Improved Machet. Machet 

 has been acknowledged to be one of the most valuable 

 varieties of large flowering, sweet-scented Mignonette, 

 for florists' and amateurs' use, ever introduced. The 

 strain now offered has been obtained through careful 

 selection for a number of years by a specialist in 

 Northern Europe. It is of robust growth and very 

 hardy, producing large, broad flower spikes of a 

 reddish-green color and agreeable fragrance. Oz., 

 $1.00; large pkt., .15. 



No. 5085. Evans' Boston Giant Mignonette. 

 Pronounced by our leading florists the " finest Mign- 

 onette grown," and extensively used throughout the 

 country for forcing. When sown out of doors for 

 summer flowering, it produces spikes of the largest 

 size, and is now the favorite summer Mignonette in 

 Newport and other summer resorts. Oz., $1.50; % 

 oz., .50; pkt., .25. 



Boston^ Mass. 



I have used frotn fifteen to twenty dozen of il Evans' 

 Boston Giant Mignonette'''' daily, and can say truthfully 

 it is the finest and most fragrant Mignonette grown. 



THOMAS F. GALVIN. 



Evans' Boston Giant Mignonette. 



