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WM. ELLIOTT & SONS, SEEDSMEN, NEW YORK. 



PRIMULA — Continued. 

 Meteor. Plant of compact habit, the leaves are deeply cut 

 and of a dark reddish tinge. The blooms are of good 

 form and substance, and well fimbriated at the edges. 

 Color an intense rich crimson, relieved by a bright 

 yellow eye Pkt. 



50 



PBIMITLA FRINGED CHINESE PEIMROSE. 



Magenta Queen. Compact habit of growth, very vigorous 

 and robust ; the leaves are of a dark-green color. The 

 blooms are very large, of very good substance and a 

 bright magenta color, with a small bright lemon eye . . 75 



Village Maid. White, striped and spotted with carmine, 

 very beautiful and finely fringed 50 



Princess Louise. Splendid white flowers, of great size and 

 substance, and peculiar metallic luster of surface ; very 

 distinct 75 



Double Fringed Chinese Primrose. 



Alba Plena. Double white Pkt. 75 



Rubra Plena. Double red • . 75 



Finest Double Mixed 75 



Greenhouse Primroses. 



Floribunda. Of the same general character as the preced- 

 ing, with primrose yellow flowers. Very fragrant anu 

 free blooming ; will thrive under window cultivation . . 25 



PEIMULA OBCONICA. 



Flowers pale lilac color with the true Primrose frag- 

 rance, borne in heads of 10 to 15 blooms on long stem.s. 

 Thrives best in a cool house Pkt. 15 



Hardy Varieties. 



(See also Auricula, Cowslip and Polyanthus ) 

 Well-known spring flowers ; to get flue plants sow in cold 

 frame or greenhouse and transplant. The seed of P. Japonica 

 frequently takes a long time to germinate. 



Dean's New Hardy Hybrids. Beautiful, hardy varieties, 

 all colors mixed . . • Pkt. 25 



Cortusoides. (English Primrose.) Red ; . 10 



/uigaris. Yellow English Primrose 10 



Japonica. The Queen of Primroses. The beautiful, fine, 

 large, magenta-colored flowers stand in whorls, pyra- 

 midallj' arranged on stout flower stems, which are 



ever 1 ft. high 10 



Denticulata. Reddish purple 25 



Rosea. Beautiful bright rose ' 25 



PYRETHRUM. 



(FEVERFEW.) 



Hardy, free flowering perennials, growing well in any good 

 garden soil. The Golden Feather is now so well-known that 

 no recommendation is needed. P. Tchihatchewi is valuable 

 for obtaining verdure on poor soils, forming a moss-like 

 turf, even under trees. P. Parthenium is very double and 

 pure. 



Roseum Hybridum. Double and single varieties, choice 

 mixed colors Pkt. 25 



Aureum. (Golden Feather.) Beautiful, gold-leaved bed- 

 ding plant, retaining its ornamental character till late 

 in autumn. Per oz., $1.00 10 



Parthenium. (Double Feverfew.) Pure white, double 

 flowers, very beautiful, desirable for bedding 10 



Tchihatchewi. White flowers, dark green foliage .... 10 



Carneum. (Persian Insect Powder.) Flesh color . ... 10 



Obconica. A profuse blooming primrose. Seed sown in 

 early spring will produce blooming plants in May or 

 June, which will continue in profusion the entire year. 



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RITODANTHE. 



These are the most graceful of all the Everlastings, and form 

 admirable pot or window plants, in addition to their utility 

 for winter bouquets. Good manuring aod a light soil best 

 develop the merits of the Ehodanthe. Half hardy annuals. 

 Maculata. Rosy purple, with crimson center 1 ft. . Pkt. 10 



Alba, White, 1 ft |0 



Flore Pleno. New double, with bright rosy carmine 



flowers 25 



Mixed Colors 10 



RHODODENDRON. 



Arboreum Hybridum. Finest mixed. Hardy perennials,, 

 3 to i ft 25 



