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PORTULACA (Rose Moss or Sun Plant) 

 Hardy Annual 



A favorite for edgings, rock work, etc. Will grow and bloom profusely 

 In a dry, hot, snnny location, where almost any other plant would die. 

 Blooms profusely from early summer until autumn. Only 6 inches high. 



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1696 SINGLE LARGE FLOAVBRED MIXED, ALL COLORS. 



Many striped and variegated sorts will be found in this mixture. 

 Packet, 10 cents; i^ ounce, 35 cents; ounce, 75 cents. 



1697 DOUBLE LARGE FLOWERING MIXED. Brilliant shades, 

 Including white, yellow, salmon and carmine. Seed saved from perfect 

 double flowers, which will, at times, produce some singles. 



Packet, 10 cents; % ounce, 40 cents; J^ ounce, 75 cents. 



1709 Primula Chinensis, Finest Mixed. 



1710 Purple Feather Grass. 



PRIMULA (Primrose) 



Half Hardy Perennial 



1699 OBCONICA. These are of the easiest culture in window or con- 

 servatory; flowering profusely and continually with little care. P'inest 

 Mixed. All colors. Packet, 15 cents; 3 packets, 35 cents. 



PRIMULA CHINENSIS. Also called Chinese Primrose. Profuse 

 bloomers and among the flnest and most popular of the winter and 

 spring flowering window or greenhouse plants, doing well in cool 

 roonas. Plants are sturdy and robust; the flowers cut and fringed. 



BLUE. A violet blue. Packet, 35 cents; 3 packets, 60 cents. 



CRIMSON. A rich color. Packet, 35 cts.; 3 packets, 60 cts. 



ROSE. A delicate shade. Packet, 25 cts.; 3 packets, 60 cts. 



WHITE. Pure white. Packet, 35 cents; 3 packets, 60 cents. 



FINEST MIXED. All shades and colors. Packet, 30 cents. 



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RICINUS (Castor Oil Bean) 

 Hardy Annual 



A stately, strong-growing and highly ornamental tree-like annual 

 plant; 6 to 14 feet high. Very eflfective as a foliage plant. Highly desira- 

 ble for centres of beds or for backgrounds. By planting Ricinus beans 

 on the borders of gardens moles may be kept away, as they will leave 

 as soon as they get a scent of the plant. 



1714 ZANZIEARENSIS. The handsomest Strain Of castor oil bean. 

 Leaf sometimes 2 feet across, with stem rising 8 to 12 feet. The difl'erent 

 varieties in a mixture have light and dark green leaves as well as 



I coppery bronze, changing to dark green with reddish colored ribs. 

 Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 35 cents; J^ pound, 75 cents. 



1715 MIXED. All the best plain and fancy varieties in a grand mix- 

 ture. Packet, 1(» cents; ounce, 30 cents; i^ pound, 60 cents. 



1710 PURPLE FEATHER GRASS 



Half Hardy Perennial 



A very beautiful and popular ornamental grass of the easiest culture. 

 As useful for ball or table adornment as a palm, and unequalled as 

 an edging to a bed of canuas or other tall plants. The long, graceful, 

 recurving green foliage is overtopped by elegant, feathery, purplish 

 plumes a foot long, which are also useful in a dried state for winter 

 bouquets. Packet, 10 cents. 





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1716 Rose, Little Midget. 



1721 Salpiglossis, Emperor. 



ROSE SEED (Miniature Fairy Roses) 



Hardy Perennial 



1716 LITTLE MIDGET. Only an Inch across; mostly double. They 



are borne in clusters, and embrace all the tints of the larger roses. The 



blossoms are followed by bright red hips or seed pods that are very 



pretty. The bush grows only 10 inches high. Packet, 10 cents. 



SALPIGLOSSIS (Painted Tongue) 



Hardy Annual 



Height, 18 Inches to 2 feet, bearing many orchid-like flowers 2 to 2J^ 

 inches across, with odd and beautiful velvety markings; the colors red, 

 blue, yellow, pink, etc., in various shades are pencilled and veined with 

 golden yellow or other colors. Easily grown, flower profusely and are 

 fine for cutting as well as being showy in beds or borders. 



1720 HYBRIDS MIXED. Exquisitely veined and marbled. Very 

 showy. Packet, 10 cents; % ounce, 25 cents; )^ ounce, 40 cents. 



1721 EMPEROR. Improved large flowering strain of the richest 

 colors. Packet, 10 cents: Yg ounce, 30 cents; % ounce, 50 cents. 



