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



NOVELTIES AND SPECIALTIES IN FLOWER SEEDS. 



Attention is called to the many very desirable novelties which we have included this year in our general list of 

 Flower Seeds. 



Our new varieties of Cineraria Stellata, our new Giant Cyclamen, and our new Giant Chinese Primroses are 

 extremely valuable acquisitions. Of the beautiful new Primula Stellata we now offer a collection of eight splendid 

 varieties and we natter ourselves that these will prove the most useful and meritorious plants for winter blooming 

 introduced for many years. 



Xo. 292. Alyssum White Fleece. A dwarf, fragrant 

 Sweet Alyssum of great beauty. Begins to bloom early 

 and continues throughout the season a fleece-like mass 

 of white. Particularly desirable for dwarf beds and 

 edgings. Oz., $1.00; pkt., .10. 



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General Jacqueminot Aster. 



No. 882. Aster, General Jacqueminot. One of the 

 most beautiful Asters ever grown. The flowers are 

 large, full, double and finely imbricated. The color 

 is rich crimson, almost identical with that of the lovely 

 General Jacqueminot Rose. Height, 2 ft. Oz., $5.00; 

 34 oz., $1.50; pkt., .25. 



Xo. 982. Aster, Lady Washington. No Aster of- 

 fered is more beautiful than this superb tall sort. The 

 very large, perfectly double flowers are white, charm- 

 ingly shaded with pale rose, and are produced in such 

 numbers that each individual plant is in itself an object 

 of rare elegance and attractiveness. Oz., $5.00; }4 

 oz., $1.50; pkt., .25. 



No. 685. Aster American Branching Scarlet. Ef- 

 fective new color of this tall, long-stemmed class; 

 flowers 4 inches across. Pkt., .25. 



Xo. 1 162. Aster, Blue Prince. A grand and stately 

 Aster growing to a height of about 2 ft., with flowers 

 about 4 inches across, of a lovely shade of dark blue. 

 Oz., $4.50; H oz., $1.25; pkt., .15. 



No. 2776. Chrysanthemum segetum pumilum. New 

 dwarf variety, forming compact, perfectly round bushes, 

 literally covered with single yellow flowers throughout 

 the season; hardy annual; 8 in. Pkt., .25. 



No. 3900. Glaucium flavum tricolor. Remarkably 

 hardy Horn-Poppy from Asia Minor, about 2V2 ft- in 

 height. Its large, fine-shaped flowers, 3 to 4 inches 

 in diameter, are of the most brilliant orange-red with 

 black or yellow spots on deep orange ground at the 

 base of each petal. This orange coloring is of great 

 effect and very rare amongst annuals and biennials. 

 The buds expand daily and the flowers keep their 

 beauty for several days, the plants being continuously 

 in full bloom during most of the summer. Pkt., .25. 



No. 6142. Poppies, Isle of Shoals. This strain of 

 Poppies was furnished by us to the late Mrs. Celia 

 Thaxter, poetess, and is among the most attractive of 

 the flowers she loved and cultivated at the Isles of 

 Shoals. They can be grown by any one, and make a 

 grand display. Their beauty is indescribable and the 

 variety endless. All are hardy annuals. Oz., .50; 

 pkt., .10. 



Coleus hybridus ornatus. 



No. 2958. Coleus hybridus ornatus. Splendid 

 large-leaved Coleus with strikingly handsome foliage. 

 The leaves are irregularly spotted and marbled with 

 blackish purple, blood-red, carmine, and rose, here and 

 there abundantly sprinkled with white, yellow, green, 

 and brown, a beautiful combination of colors. Origi- 

 nal pkt., .50. 



Inula Royleana. 



No. 4442. Inula Royleaxa. A magnificent species 

 from Himalaya with large yellow flowers 3 inches or 

 over in diameter. They are larger and deeper than 

 those of Inula glandulosa grandiflora; hardy peren- 

 nial, 3 ft. Pkt., .50. 



