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fUYSM-lS. OR JAPANESE 



Portulaca. 



Oenothera. " E ™^* 



Mixed. Large showy flowers of 

 various colors; hardy annual. 



1 to 2 feet PJrt. 5 



(Enothera Drtimmondi 

 IT ana. Afinedwarfcorapact- 

 growing annual "Evening 

 Primrose." only 1 foot 

 high, with immense bright 

 yellow flowers in pro- 

 fusion Pit. 15 



Ovfllic Pretty little 



UAallS. half-trailing 

 annuals, for hanging bas- 

 kets, vases, rock work and 

 edgings, flowering in profu- 

 sion. 6to9inches. Mixed. 

 Annual sorts Pit. 10 



P#»nnV Grand hardy. 

 r <VUII j • herbaeeousplants, 



well-known ornaments of our 



gardens, with large double 



flowers of various colors. 2 feet 



high. Doable Mixed Pkt. 10 



Palava Flexuosa. lZf^\ OT 



beds or pots ; large pink flowers with black 

 throats; plants bushy. About lVb 

 feet high Pit. 5 



Passion Flower. 



Handsome, rapid-grow- 

 ing perennial climber, for 

 greenhouse decoration or 

 sunny positions in the 

 open ground in summer. 

 Incarnata ("May Pops"). 



Blooms the first season 



from seed. Flowers 2 or 



3 inches across. Flesh 



color, with purple rays, 



followed by yellow edible 



fruits Pkt. 5 



Coerulea. Large flowers of 



violet and blue Pit. 10 



Von Volexmi (Tacsonia). 



Largescarletflowers..Pit. 15 



Pelargoniums, 



or Lady Washington Geraniums are grand plants forpot culture; theflowers, 

 an inch or more across, are borne in immense clusters through spring and summer; 

 colors are rich in the extreme, and beautifully marked. Height, 1 to 2 feet. Finest 



Mixed. (See cut.) Pkt. 15 



Pentsf emon Beautiful garden perennials, growing from 2 to 3 feet high, with 

 I tlll^ltlliuil. w hite, pink, scarlet or blue flowers, beautifullv spotted and marked. 



Mixed Colors Pkt. 10 



"Sensation." A new Gloxinia-flowered annual Pentstemon, blooms the first season from 

 spring-sown seed; the flowers measure 2 inches across, in shape similar to Gloxinia flowers 

 and brilliantly colored, and are crowded on tall graceful spikes about 2 feet high; grows well 

 in almost any gardeu soil Pkt. 15 



PHYSALIS FRANCHET1 



(Japanese Winter Cherry.) 



A remarkably showy annual of sturdy, erect branching habit, growing about 

 18 inches high. The branches a re well covered with luxuriant, green foliage and 

 studded with large bright red cherry-like fruits, each enclosed in an enormous 

 balloon-like semi-transparent calyx, about 3 inches long by 7 to 8 inches in 

 circumference, at first of light green color, gradually changing, as they mature, 

 to yellow, then orange, and finally to crimson. It is a bold, handsome plant 

 and gorgeously effective in the autumn garden, and equally as valuable when 

 grown in pots for winter decoration in the house, or the colored balloon-like 

 vessels can lie used to great advantage with winter bouquets of dried grasses. 

 The fruit is edible for those who like it. (See cut.) Pkt. lO 



Platycodon Grandiflora. ffi^BfERSM^ i2£ 



broad, bell-shaped white or blue flowers; very handsome for garden decoration. 

 lt._, feet. The Xana Compacta or " Mariesii" type form sturdy little bushes 

 oulv about 12 inches high and are profuse bloomers. 



Grandiflora, White Pkt. 10 Blue Pir. 10 Mixed Pit. 10 



Nana Compacta, Blue [Mariesii) Pit. 10 White Pit. lO 



Brilliant dwarf annuals, only 6 incheshigh.luxuriatingin warm 

 situations, and blooming profusely from early summer to 

 autumn. For low beds and masses of color, from spring until frost, they are 

 indispensable; colors range through innumerable shades of red, yellow, 

 pink, striped, white, etc. Single Mixed Peroz., 40; Pit. 5 



Cushion Portulaca. 



(P. Grandiflora Compacta.) A short-stemmed class, 



forming compact, oval bushes 6 inches high by 24 inches 



"n circumference; perfect cushions of dense foliage 



studded with large single flowers of scarlet, lemon, 



rose.orange.ete. (See cut.) Mixed Colors.. Pit. 10 



Double Portulaca. 



These make perfectly gorgeous masses of color; 

 the flowers of the double sorts remain open all 

 day. Seeds from double Portulacas will not all 

 produce double-floweriug plants. To ha ve a fine 

 bed of all doubles, rogue out allsinglesand stick 

 in cuttings of the doubles in vacancies. They 

 quickly take root and flourish. (See cut.) 



Double White Pit. 10 



— Rose Striped Carmine 10 



— Yellow Striped Crimson 10 



—Scarlet Pkt. 10 Double Sulphur.. ..1 



-Salmon. Beautiful rosy salmon lO 



Double Bose Color 10> 



— Orange lO 



Purple lf> 



Double Mixed. Per 1,000 



seeds, 25 cts Pkt. 1© 



Customer's selection of any 3 

 packets of the above for 25 

 cts.; any 6 for 45 cts. 



Perilla Nankinensis. 

 Purple Bells. 



Ornamental foliage plants of compact habit; leaves dark mulberry 

 color; useful for ribbon effects. 1V4 feet Pit. 5 



(Rhodochiton Volubile.) A charming climber. The heart-shaped 

 leaves are very pretty, the upper surface bright green, with large, dark 

 veins, and the under side as well as the stems purplish red. The flowers 



are about two inches long, curiously formed and of a rich claret red, and hang on long graceful stems. 



It flowers freely from seed the first season. 10 feet. (See cut.) Pit. 10 



Plimle Fountain firaSS (Pennisetum Ruppelianum.) The leaves are narrow, long, and arch gracefully 



I I uuiuaiu vji ass. from the centre of plant to circumference; forming a perfect fountain. From July until 



frost its attractiveness is enhanced by feathery purple heads which bend over on their longslender stalks. Eventually they 



expand until the whole plant is veiled with nodding clouds of purple Pit. 10 



