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FLOWER SEED SPECIALTIES- ^ 



Primula Obconlca, Large F % g b e r1 ds . 



These new, large-flowering hybrid ever-flowering Primroses are great im- 

 provements, producing trusses of large fringed-edge flowers nearly double the 

 size of the older type and containing several colors, including lavender, blush- 

 pink, white, rose, etc.; favorite pot plants for house and conservatory culture 

 on account of the wonderful blooming qualities, flowering nearly the year through. 

 Obconica, Large Fringed, Mixed Colors Pkt. .15 



" " " Oculata. New dark-eyed sorts 25 



Primula St e Hat a Glgantea. 



Greatly improved strains of these graceful "Star Primroses." 



Giant White Star, pure white, massive flowers Pkt. .25 



" Red Star, carmine-red, beautiful 25 



" Star, mixed colors 25 



Primroses. 



HENDERSON'S SUPERIOR 



Chinese mUZU 



Chinese Primroses are among our finest winter and spring blooming pot 

 plants, of healthy, sturdy growth, 8 to 12 inches high, and free from insects; 

 while they produce for weeks large trusses of flowers, which, in our new Giant 

 varieties, average from 4'i to 6 inches in circumference. 



Giant, Single White Pkt. .25 I Giant, Single Crimson. . .Pkt. 25 



Pink 25 " " Blush- White.. . .25 



" " Rose-Red 25 ] " " Blue 25 



" " Mixed Colors 25 



" " Fern-Leaved Fringed, Mixed Colors 25 



" " Yellow. Bright yellow merging to ereamv-white at edge. . .35 



" Double White Pkt. .50 ] Giant, Double Deep Rose. 50 



" " Striped 50 " " Red 50 



" " Blush-Pink 50 ! " " Mixed Colors .. .50 



"Our Primulas irom you last year were SUPERB — the best I ever had." 

 LEVI A. LOVELAND. Florist, Newark. N. Y. 



Rlclnus, or Castor Oil Plant 



Noble foliage plants of luxuriant and rapid growth, attaining a height of 

 from 5 to 10 feet, producing large palm-like leaves about 3 feet across, of majes- 

 tic sub-tropical effect; grown either as specimens or in groups. (See cut.) 

 Bismarkiana. A new hybrid, and one of the most decorative of orna- 

 mental foliage plants; vigorous grower; large dark green leaves tinged 

 with metallic bronze and ribbed purple; stalk and leaf stems almost 



black, ribbed silvery-white Pkt. .20 



Bronze Beauty. Of dwarf, compact growth, 4 feet high, with purplish 



stems and glistening bronzy-maroon foliage 10 



Zanzibarensis Enormis. Grows 10 feet high, producing enormous 



metallic green leaves 10 



(For our complete list of Ricinus, sec page 7S.) 



J^ew Cross-bred French Qpses. 



FROM SEED. 



These new hybrids — the originator claims — germinate easily from seed, the 



{)lants growing vigorously, and commence flowering in 6 months' time; the fol- 

 owing year, the plants, being larger, yield a greater quantity of (lowers; but 

 their prime is not reached until the third season, when they bloom in 

 astonishing prodigality all summer long and continue to do so thereafter for 

 years. The plants form robust bushes, and are hardy, with slight protection, 

 in cold climates; about SO per cent, of them produce large double flowers 

 of all colors and shades known in Roses, excepting yellow; they are, moreover, 

 delightfully fragrant. Suitable either for garden or pot culture Pkt. 2b 



