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1696 PorTULACA SINGLE LARGE FLOWERED MIXED. 
PORTULACA (Rose Moss or Sun Plant) 
Hardy Annual 
A favorite for edgings, rock work, etc. Will grow and bloom profusely 
in a dry, hot, sunny location, where almost any other plant would die. RICINUS (Castor Oil Bean) 
Blooms profusely from early summer until autumn. Only 6 inches high. 

Hardy Annual 
1696 SINGLE LARGE FLOWERED MIXED, ALL COLORS.| A stately, strong-growing and highly ornamental tree-like annual 
Many striped and variegated sorts will be found in this mixture. plant; 6 to14 feet high. Very effective as a foliage plant. Highly desira- 
Packet, 5 cents; 4 ounce, 25 cents; ounce, 75 cents. ble for centres of beds or for backgrounds. By planting Ricinus beans 
1697 DOUBLE LARGE FLOWERING MIXED. Brilliant shades, | 0" the borders of gardens moles may be kept away, as they will leave 
including white, yellow, salmon and carmine. Seed saved from perfect | 2S Soon as they get a sent of the plant. 
double flowers, which will, at times, produce some Singles, 1714 ZANZIBARENSIS. The handsomest strain of castor oil bean. 
‘i Packet, 10 cents; 4 ounce, 40 cents; 4 ounce, 75 cents. Leaf sometimes 2 feet across, with stem rising 8 to 12 feet. The different 
,All Flower Seeds Postpaid at These Prices varieties in a mixture have light and dark green leaves as well as 
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PRIMULA (Primrose) coppery bronze, changing to dark green with reddish colored ribs. 
k Half Hanis Péfennial Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 25 cents; 14 pound, 75 cents. 
1699 OBCONICA. These are of the easiest culture in window or con- 
servatory; flowering profusely and continually with little care. Finest 
Mixed. Allcolors. Packet, 15 cents; 2 packets, 25 cents. 
PRIMULA CHINENSIS. Also called Chinese Primrose. Profuse 
bloomers and among the finest and most popular of the winter and 
spring flowering window or greenhouse plants, doing well in cool 
rooms. Plants are sturdy and robust; the flowers cut and fringed. 
1705 BLUE. A violet blue. Packet, 25 cents; 3 packets, 60 cents. 
1706 CRIMSON. Arichcolor. Packet, 25 cts.; 3 packets, 60 cts. 
1707 ROSE. A delicateshade. Packet, 25 cts.; 3 packets, 60 cts. 
1708 WHITE. Pure white. Packet, 25 cents; 3 packets, 60 cents. 
1709 FINEST MIXED. Allshadesandcolors. Packet, 20 cents. 
1715 MIXED. All the best plain and fancy varieties in a grand mix- 
ture. Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 20 cents; 14 pound, 60 cents. 


1716 Rose, LITTLE MipGET. 1721 SaAtpictossis, 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 yery 
pretty. The bush grows only 10 inches high. Packet, 10 cents. 
All Flower Seeds Postpaid at These Prices 
SALPIGLOSSIS (Painted Tongue) 
1709 PRIMULA CHINENSIS, FINEST MIXED. 1710 Purple FEATHER GRASS. Hardy Annual 
Height, 18 inches to 2 feet, bearing many orchid-like flowers 2 to 244 
1710 PURPLE FEATHER GRASS inches across, with odd and beautiful velvety markings; the colors red, 
Half Hardy Perennial blue, yellow, pink, ete., in various shades are pencilled and veined with 
A very beautiful and popular ornamental grass of the easiest culture. | golden yellow or other colors. Easily grown, flower profusely and are 
_ As useful for hall or table adornment as a palm, and unequalled as | fine for cutting as well as being showy in beds or borders. 
an edging toa bed of cannas or other tall plants. The long, graceful, 1720 HYBRIDS MIXED. Exquisitely veined and marbled. Very 
recurving green foliage is overtopped by elegant, feathery, purplish | show yr Packet, 10 cents; 14 ounce, 25 cents; 4 ounce, 40 cents. 
| plumes a foot long, which are also useful in a dried state for winter 1721. EMPEROR. Improved large flowering strain of the richest 
_ bouquets. Packet, 10 cents. colors. Packet, 10 cents; 4% ounce, 30 cents; 4 ounce, 50 cents. 









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