CHOICE FLOWER SEEDS 



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BED SINGLE PORTCLACA. 



PORTULACA 



Brilliant dwarf annuals, blooming profusely from early 

 summer to autumn. For low beds and masses of color they 

 are very desirable. 



2400. Finest Single, Mixed. A large vari jty, of the 

 most brilliant colors. Pkt.. 5c. : oz., 30c. 



2401. Double Rose-Flowered, Mixed. The most 

 brilliant shades and choice flowers. Pkt., 10c. 



PRIMULA 



This beautiful flowering plant is indispensable for winter 

 decoration in the home or conservatory. Our seed is very 

 choice, being saved from the best English strains. Sow in 

 March, April or May. 



Single Primula 



2420. Sinensis Fimbriata 

 choice, mixed. Pkt., 20c. 



2432. Johnson's Choicest Prize Mixed. 



Our Prize Primula seed is grown by a renowned English 

 specialist, who has received the highest awards at the leading 

 Continental shows. The florets are unsurpassed in size and 

 wide range of brilliant and distinctive colors. Pkt., 30c. 



PRIMULA FORBESI (or Baby Primrose) 



2423. This is the freest flowering Primula we know of. 

 The seed comes up very readily, and the little plants throw up 



tiny flower stalks when 

 only a few weeks old. 

 These, however, shouid 

 be pinched off, and the 

 plants kept growing un- 

 til October, when the 

 flowers may be allowed 

 to develop, and from 

 then on until late in 

 spring they produce their 

 sprays of beautiful rosy 

 lilac flowers in seemingly 

 never-ending profusion. 

 Pkt., 20c. 



blooms the first season 

 from seed. 



2520. Splendens. 

 Scarlet sage. Pkt., 10c. 



2521. Patens. Blue 

 Fringed varieties. Very sage. Pkt., 10c. 



PYRETHRUM [Feverfew 



2440. P. Parthenifolium Aureum 'Golden Feather). 

 A highly ornamental golden yellow foliage plant, unexcelled 

 for bedding. Hardy perennial ; V/ 2 ft. Pkt.. 5c. ; oz., 50c. 



2441. P. Roseum (Persian Insect Powder Hard). Hand- 

 some aster-like flowers, with pink rays and deep yellow 

 centres ; foliage fern-like ; most beautifully cut. Pkt., 10c. 



RICINUS 



{Castor Oil Plant) 



Large, luxuriant, 

 rapid-growing foliage an- 

 nuals, with large, hand- 

 some metallic leaves. 

 Used for sub- tropical ef- 

 fects on the lawn, or for 

 the taller centres of foli- 

 age beds ; 6 to 10 feet. 



2460. Gibsoni. 

 Handsome deep red foli- 

 age. Pkt., 5c. 



2463. Mixed. Many 

 choice sorts. Pkt., 5c.; 

 oz., 15c. 



2464. RICINUS, 

 DUCHESS OF EDIN- 

 BURGH. The stem and 

 leaves are of a bright 

 metallic bronze; the 

 large branches of the 

 fruit are of a vivid red. 

 Pkt., 5c. 



2465. Ricinus Zan- 

 zibariensis. The leaves 

 of this new variety at- 

 tain a gigantic size, 

 measuring 2 to 2% ft. 

 across, and include light and dark green and coppery bronze 

 colors. Pkt., 5c.; per oz., 15c. 



SALVIA, OR SCARLET SAGE 



Gorgeous effects can be produced by massing on the 

 lawn or in the garden, or planted in rows along a sunn^ 

 drive. A perennial, but 



RICINUS. CASTOR OIL PLANT. 



DOUBLE PRIMULA 



2421. Double. Mixed. 

 Pkt., 35c. 



Our Double Primulas 

 bring a large percentage 

 of double flowers. 



2424. Ob conic a 

 Grandiflora. A profuse 

 blooming primrose, bear- 

 ing on long stems heads 

 containing ten to fifteen 

 flowers. The flowers 

 are pure white, shading 

 occasionally to lilac, and 

 have the true primrose fragrance. Pkt., 10c, 3 pkts., 25c. 



2436. Floribunda. Similar to "Obconica," but the 

 flowers are a beautiful primrose yellow. Pkt., 20c. 



2425. Japonica {Japanese Primrose). Pkt., 10c. 



2426. Vulgaris. Yellow English Primrose. Pkt.. 5c. 



NEW SALVIA 



SPLENDENS, 



"SILVERSPOT" 



2522. The leaves are 

 rich, soft, dark green, 

 with light sulphur or 

 cream-colored spots 



of various sizes liberally 

 sprinkled over them. The 

 i ntense bright scarlet 

 flowers are very large, 

 and the plants of neat, 

 compact habit. Seed, per 

 pkt,, 10c. 



2523. Clara Bed- 

 man, or Bonfire. Very 

 compact, with long, 

 erect spikes of brilliant 

 scarlet flowers. The fin- 

 est Salvia ever intro- 

 duced, and by far the 

 best for bedding and 

 massing on the lawn. 

 Pkt., 10c. 



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SCARLET SAGE. 



JOHNSON S PRIZE PRTMTTLA. 



SALPI GLOSS IS (Velvet Flower) 



The flowers are singularly marked and delicately penciled 

 —in shape resembling a Petunia. 



2500. S. Fine, Mixed. Sky-blue and scarlet flowers, very 

 beautifully penciled. Pkt., 5c. 



2501. SALPIGLOSSIS GRANDIFLORA. The large 

 flowering Salpiglossis is one of the most beautiful of flower- 

 ing annuals. In rich coloring they vie with orchids. Pkt., 5c. 



TROPJEOLUM CANARIENSE 



490. CANARY BIRD VINE. A rapid growing, sum- 

 mer-climbing annual, growing 10 to 15 feet high It will 

 cover trellis work in the most graceful manner, producing 

 hundreds of its pretty fringed bright yellow flowers, which 

 resemble a canary bird with expanded "wings. Pkt., 5c. 



