New Floral Guide — Spring:, 1^01, 



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PLENDID FRINGED 



(Primula Sinensis Fimbriata) 



Chinese Primrose 



PRIMULA SINENSIS FIMBRIATA (Fringed Chinese 

 Primrose) — Undoubtedly one of the most beautiful and 

 satisfactory house plants ; never attacked by insects, and 

 will thrive in a window where there is 

 but little sun and few other plants 

 would grow ; seed sown from April till 

 July blooms freely the following Winter. 

 Cover the seed an eighth of an inch with 

 fine, light, rich soil, keep moist but not wet^ 

 and they will begin to grow in two or three 

 weeks. They are so easily raised there is 

 no reason why every flower lover should 

 not have a magnificent display of these 

 brightest and best of all Winter flowers. 

 The seed we offer is from the finest strains 

 and best colors, including pure white, pur- 

 ple, rose, scarlet, striped and spotted, and 

 the lovely blue Primula. Splendid mixed 

 large-flowering, all colors. Packet 8 cts. 



THE EVERBLOOMING PRIMROSE, 



PRIMULA OBCO NIC A— This lovely 



primrose is one of the finest plants for pot 



culture ever introduced. Flowers are pure 



white, shading to lilac, and have the real 



primrose fragrance ; they are borne in 



beautiful clusters on long stems, and in such constant profusion 



that plants have been known to bloom twelve months at a 



stretch; grows very easily, and will doubtless become a great 



favorite. Packet cts. 



Primula Sinensis Fimbriata. 



(Fringed Chinese Primrose.) 



MIMULUS (Monkey Flower)— Curiously shaped, brilliantly 

 colored flowers, blotched and spotted in every conceivable 

 manner; excellent for pots and baskets; also for open 

 ground, Packet 3 cts. 



SCHIZANTHUS, or CHRISTMAS ORCHID FLOWER— An 



elegant free-blooming annual; large, curiously-shaped flowers 

 beautifully spotted with crimson, lilac, purple and orange; 

 makes pretty house plants ; also fine for beds and cutting. 

 Packet 4 cts. 



SOLANUM (Jerusalem Cherry)— A charming plant for a pot 

 resembling a miniature orange tree ; covered all Winter with 

 a profusion of scarlet fruit, which is the chief attraction. 

 Packet 4 cts. 



HEUCHERA SANGUINEA— A splendid new hardy perennial 

 of real value. Plants make neat, compact bushes fifteen to 

 eighteen inches high. The flowers are produced in long, 

 graceful trusses, and are bright, rich crimson. Exceedingly 

 valuable and handsome for cut flowers. Perfectly hardy, will 

 live over Winter, and come up fresh every Spring. 

 Packet 4 cts. 



NEW LARGE-FLOWERING TORENIA— A most charming 

 plant, equally valuable for beds, baskets and pots ; a profuse 

 bloomer, covered with deep blue flowers most all the time. 

 Packet 6 cts. 





Schizanthus or Christmas Orchid Floiver. 



Crotalaria Retusa* 



MIMULUS MOSCHATUS (The Musk Plant)— An old favor- 

 ite, grown for its strong, musky odor does well outside ; also in 

 pots. Packet 3 cts. 



NEW MINA SANGUINEA— An elegant new climbing vine, 

 quite scarce and rare ; grows fifteen to twenty feet high ; 

 neat, handsome foliage, and covered from top to bottom with 

 pretty deep crimson fiowers ; blooms all Summer. Fine for 

 screens, porches and trellises. Packet 6 cts. 



CROTALARIA RETUSA, GOLDEN BUSH PEA, or FLOR- 

 IDA RATTLE-BOX— Looks very much like a Golden Yellow 

 Sweet Pea ; often forty flowers on one spike ; blooms pro- 

 fusely all Summer. The flowers are followed by pods in 

 which the seeds sound like a child's rattle. Soak seeds in 

 warm water and start in window or hot-bed. Packet 6 cts. 



NEW TORENIA " WHITE WINGS"— Fully equal in beauty 

 to the Blue Torenia, which it closely resembles ; flowers 

 pearly white ; extra fine for bedding and house culture ; 

 blooms all the time. Packet 6 cts. 



IMPATIENS SULTANA— This is a lovely plant either for 

 house culture or open ground ; nearly always loaded with its 

 brilliant rosy crimson flowers ; very showy and beautiful; 

 grows easily and is one of the prettiest plants we have. Pkt. 6c. 



