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PETEH HEfiDE^SOri <St CO., JiEW YOl^.— piiOWEH SEEDS. 



PORTULACA. 



Brilliant dwarf annuals, only 6 inches high, luxuriating 

 in 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. (Per oz., 40c.) Pkt. 5 



Double "Varieties. 



These make perfectly gorgeous masses of color; the 

 flowers of the double sorts remain open all day. 



Yellow Striped Crimson-PR 15 Scarlet Pkt. 15 



Eose Striped Carmine 15 Sulphur 15 



White 15 Rose 15 



Large Flowering', Double Mixed. (Per % oz., 



$1.00) 10 



Imported collection of 6 separate double sorts, 60 cts. 



RICINUS. 



(Castor-Oil Plant.) 



Large, luxuriant, rapid-growing foliage annuals, with 

 palm-like leaves ; much used for sub-tropical effects on the 

 lawn, or for centres of beds of foliage plants. 

 Cambogiensis. Leaves of a bronzy maroon, with large 



red veins ; stems ebony black. (See cut.) Pkt. 10 



Borboniensis. 15 ft. Immense foliage 5 



Gibsonii. 6 ft. Dark purplish red foliage and stems. . 5 



Oberrnanii. 8 ft. Light red foliage 5 



Communis. Green foliage. 6ft R 



Finest Mixed 5 



Imported collection of 8 separate Ricinus, 30 cts. 



SALVIA. 



One of our handsomest summer and autumn flowering 

 plants, growing into compact bushes about 3 feet high and 

 literally ablaze with brilliant flowers ; very effective for 

 massing on the lawn and for garden decorations ; peren- 

 nials, but bloom first season from seed. 

 Coccinea Lactea. Pure milk white. Height, 2 ft.. Pkt. 10 



Patens. Brightblue 20 



Splendens, (Scarlet Sage.) Scarlet 10 



SCABIOSA. 



(Sweet Scabious. ) 

 The "Mourning Bride" of our old gardens, but much 

 improved in size, colors and doubleness. They are very 

 free bloomers, the colors white, carmine, lilac, maroon, etc. 

 They are very effective for garden decoration, and equally 

 valuable for cutting purposes. 



Mixed Dwarf Double. 1ft ...Pkt. 5 



Imported collection of 6 different colors, 25 cts. 



Leviathan Scabiosa, 



Many of the flowers measure six to nine inches in circum- 

 ference, and double clear to the centre, having long stems. 



" Royal Purple." Rich claret color Pkt. 10 



" Snowball." Large pure white 10 



" Beaten Gold." (Aurantiaca.) New and novel color, 



a beautiful golden yellow 10 



Maxima Plena, Mixed. New, large flowering tall 



double sorts : 5 



Caucasica. One of the handsomest of hardy perennials, 

 forming a spreading and dense plant, 2 to 3 feet high, 

 thriving well in ordinary garden soil, and should be 

 grown by every one, if only for its flowers for cutting, 

 as they last a long time in water, and their peculiar, 

 soft lilac blue shade is charming 10 



DOUBLE POHTULACA. 



CHINESE PRIMROSES. 



We were awarded the highest premium 

 at the World's Columbian Exposition, Chi- 

 cago, 1893, on Chinese Primroses. 



The "Chinese Primrose" is a great favorite 

 for the house or conservatory. The foliage i» 

 pretty and attractive, and the flowers ljg to 2 

 inches across, borne in clusters of from 25 to 60, 

 of perfectly charming colors and borne all 

 through the winter and spring. One of our best 

 pot plants. (See cut.) 



Single Fringed Varieties. 



White Pkt. 35 



Carmine. Yellow eye 35- 



Scarlet. Sulphureye 35> 



Striped 35- 



Bed 35 



Spotted. White and crimson 35 



Alba Magnifica. The finest pure white ; 



flowers 2 ! 4 inches across 60 1 



Mixed Large Flowering 1 , Fringed.. 35 

 Fern-leaved, Mixed. Foliage long and 



Fern like 36- 



Fine Single Mixed Colors (not fringed). IE 



Double Fringed Varieties* 



Double Bed Pkt. 60 



Double White 60> 



Double Mixed Sorts 60 



Cristata Nana. A dwarf, semi-double 



variety, snow-white flowers ; very profuse 36> 



Other Greenhouse 

 Primroses. 



Obconica. Flowers pale lilac, borne in 

 umbels on long stems; delicately fragrant; 

 in pots it will flower continuously for the 

 greater portion of the year ; plant dwarf 

 and compact, 6 to 12 inches high Pkt. 16> 



Floribunda. Foliage deep green, stems of 

 both leaves and flowers red, making a 

 charming contrast to the whorls of bright 

 yellow flower3 borne during the autumn 



and winter months 2© 



For Hardy Primulas, see " Complete List," 

 pages 90 to 97. 



CHINESE PBI1IBOSE. 



SALPIGLOSSIS. 



(Painted Tube Tongue.) 



One of the most beautiful of 

 flowering annuals, forming 

 strong bushy plants about 18 

 inches high, and bearing 

 throughout the season large 

 flowers 3 to 4 inches across, of 

 many beautiful colors, all ex- 

 quisitely veined and laced. (See 

 cut.) 



Large Flowering, Mixed. 

 Pkt. 5 



The Orchid Sa/pig/ossis. 



"Purple and Gold." Eich 

 velvety purple, exquisitely 

 veined and feathered with 

 yellow or gold Pkt. 15 



Imported collection of 6 separate 

 sorts, 35 cts. 



SAXPIULOSSIS. 



RICINUS CAMBOGIENSIS. 



For a Complete List of Flower Seeds, see pages 90 to 97. 



