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NOVELTIES IN FLOWER SEEDS — Continued. 



^°- 5457* Farquhar's Rainbow Mixture; Tall 

 Nasturtium. The most showy and varied in color 

 of ail Running Nasturtiums; the mixture includes 

 thirty of the choicest named varieties of tall Nasturtiums 

 and Tropseolums. In common with our Kent-grown 

 strain, this Rainbow Mixture is distinguished by the 

 richness of co.or and size of the flowers, which exhibit 

 every shade of rose, salmon, bright red, bronze, ma- 

 roon, pale yellow, etc., self-colored, spotted, and 

 striped; exceedingly fragrant, and flower freely until 

 severe frost ; cannot be surpassed for covering trellises, 

 fences, railings, balconies, etc. Lb., $1.50; ^4 lb., 

 .50; oz., .20; liberal pkt., .10. 



No. 6236. Papaver Nudicaule Hybridum. A new 

 race of Iceland Poppies of German origin, producing 

 flowers of large size and embracing many new shades 

 of yellow, salmon, and rose. Pkt., .20. 



Silene Asterias grandiflora. 



No. 7240. Silene Asterias grandiflora. A beau- 

 tiful and hardy perennial from the Balkans, throwing 

 up flower-stalks, about 2 feet in height, each carrying 

 a large globular head, about 2 inches across, of crimson 

 scarlet flowers. On account of its early bloom in 

 spring it is of great value for cut flowers. Pkt., .20. 



New Giant Primula Obconica, Mixed. 



No. 6810. New Giant Primula Obconica, Mixed. 

 The flowers of this strain are a half larger than those 

 grown heretofore ; they also show great improvement in 

 their colors, which embrace pure white, lavender, 

 pink, and rosy-red. Pkt., .50. 



No. 6812. white. .50. 



No. 6814. rosy-red. .50. 



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Scarlet Gem, Double Zinnia. 



No. 8367. Zinnia, Dwarf, Scarlet Gem. One of 

 the most charming introductions, the plants fairly 

 bristling with double blooms of intense, dazzling scar- 

 let. Oz., $1.25; pkt., .10. 



