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



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NOVELTIES IN FLOWER SEEDS — Continued. 



No. 5457. Farquhar's Rainbow Mixture ; Tall 

 Nasturtium. The most showy and varied in color 

 of all Running Nasturtiums; the mixture includes 

 thirty of the choicest named varieties of tall Nasturtiums 

 and Tropoeolums. In common with our Kent-grown 

 strain, this Rainbow Mixture is distinguished by the 

 richness of color 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 trel- 

 lises, fences, railings, balconies, etc. Lb., $1.50; 

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



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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. 



No. 7076. Salvia ringens. A hardy perennial sort 

 from the mountains of Greece, bearing long racemes 

 of large pale blue flowers. 2 ft. Pkt., .25. 





Evans' Boston Giant Mignonette. 



No. 5085. Evans' Boston Giant Mignonette. 

 Pronounced by our leading florists the " finest Mign- 

 onette grown." Oz., $1.50; !/4 oz., .50; pkt., .25. 



Boston, Mass. 

 I have used from fifteen to twenty dozen of " Evans' 

 Boston Giant Mignonette " daily, and can say truthfully 

 it is the finest and most fragrant Mignonette grown. 



THOMAS F. GALVIN. 



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 



