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PRIMULA. Primrose. 
bloomers of highest merit. 
Cowslip. Favorite early | 
For the Chinese primroses 
see greenhouse plants on another page. The primula 
group also includes , 
Auricula and Polyan- | 
thus. Culture not dif- 
ficult. Sow seeds in- 
doors or under glass, 
and transplant to 
shaded situations, in 
rich soil. 
Primula Veris. 
Cowslip. Fine mixed. | 
Packet, 5 cents. 
Primula VWul- 
garis. True English. 
Primrose. Yellow. 
Popular. Also called | 
Polyanthus. Pkt., 5c. | 
Primula Auric- 
ula. Fragrant. 
Many rich colors. A 
hardy primrose, 
blooming early and 
often in summer. 
Packet, 5 cents. 
PYRETHRUM. 
Golden Feather. 
like or aster-like flowers, of several 
be started under glass or in the 
open ground. In either case the flowers will probably 
be finer the second season than the first. About two 
feet high. Flowers 
three or four inches 
across, of bright col- 
ors, including red, 
pink, white, etc. They 
bloom during a long 
period. 
Single Hybrid. 
Mixed colors. Packet, 
10 cents. 
Golden Feather. 
Grown for its yellow 
foliage; 6 to 9 inches 
high. Packet, 10 cts. 
BRoseum. Persian *‘ 
insect powder plant. 
The insect powder is 
made from the flowers, 
which are dried after 
the pollen has formed. 
Packet, 10 cents. 
ROSE SEED. See 
Little Midget or Baby 
Roses in novelties. 
PrRiIMULA AURICULA. 
Hardy with daisy 
colors. Seeds may 
PyYRETHRUM. 
|) shades 
SWEET BOCK- 
ET. Hardy peren- 
nials bearing purple | 
or white flowers. 
Plants two or three 
feet high. Flowers fra- 
grant. A rich, light 
soil is required, and 
the plants should be 
moved after blooming. 
Double fine mixed. 
Packet, 5 cents. 
STEVIA. 
greenhouse plants. 
SWEET WIL- 
LIAM. Dianthus 
barbatus. A well 
» known, free-flowering 
plant which has been 
greatly improved of 
late years. It produces 
masses of lovely, bril- 
liant blossoms through | 
a long period. It makes 
a splendid effect in 
The colors are rich and varied, The plant is 
and comes up with increased vigor 
See 
Sweet ROCKET. 
beds. 
perfectly hardy, 
year by year. 5 ? 
Fine Double Mixed. A splendid strain of 
sweet william; all colors. Packet, 5 cents. 
Fine Single Mixed. 
Various beautiful shades 
and markings. Pkt., 5 cts. 
Auricula Flowered 
Perfection. 
A handsome 
class, each flow- 
er having a 
clearl, defined 
eye. Mixed col- 
ors. Pkt., 5 cts. 
Mammoth 
Holborn 
Glory. A beau- 
tiful new strain 
with large flow- 
ers and bushy 
compact habit of 
growth. Single 
florets have 
measured over 
one inch across. 
Embraces many 
and 
markings. 2}, ft. 
high. Pkt., 10c. 
Sweet WILLIAM. 
TRITOMNA. 
Hot Poker. 
Flower. Har 
nial plant, 
tall spik 
Ree 
Torch 
red fi rs; th 
four feet. Bloom 
August until 
autumn. Very st 5 
é triking in beds or 
m. 3. 
Uvaria. Varies 
from yellow to scarlet. 
Packet, 5 cents. 
VALERIANA- 
Hardy heliotrope. 
showy border 
producing 
corymbs of t 
flowers suitable for bou- 
¥ quets or decorations. 
Very fragrant, resem- 
bling heliotrope. Two 
to three feet. Should 
be largely grown, as it 
succeeds almost everywhere. A desirable perennial. 
Mixed. Rose, redand white. Packet, 5 cents. 
WIOLA. Violet. The popular sweet violet. It 
blooms very early in the spring. It is perfectly hardy, 
but repays winter protection, coming earlier. The vio- 
let can easily be grown from seed. 
The Czar. Rich 
| blue. Very large flow- 
ering. Packet, 10 cents. 
Fine Mixed. All 
| the new and old varie- 
ties. Packet, 10 cents. 
WALLFLOWER. 
A hardy or half-hardy 
perennial bearing long 
Spikes of exquisitely 
fragrant flowers. It is 
very ornamental in the 
border or in forming 
groups. Blooms in 
spring. Sow thinly in 
shallow drills in early 
spring. When well 
started transplant to 
twelve inches apart. 
Double Mixed. 
About twelve colors. 
Packet, 10 cents. 
Single Mixed. 
Fine mixture. Very de- 
sirable, Packet, 5 cts. 
VIOLA, THE CZAR. 
DousLe WALLFLOWER. 
EVERLASTINGS, ORNAMENTAL GRASSES AND AQUATICS. 
EVERLASTINGS. | 
The so-called everlasting | 
flowers get their name from | 
the peculiar character of | 
their rays or petals. They are | 
justly popular, not only for 
their summer display in the 
garden, but because they will | 
retain their beauty for years, | 
if cut as soon as they come 
into full bloom, tied in small 
bunches and allowed to dry | 
slowly in the shade, with the | 
heads downward to keep the 
stems straight. I offer the 
best everlastings that are 
known. | 
) ACROCLINIUM. 
Graceful annual border | 
plants, one foot high. Valu- | 
able for winter bouquets and | 
decorations. Finest mixed 
rose and white. Pkt., 5 cts. | 
AMMOBIUM. A pretty | 
and useful little white flower 
for bouquets. Stiff and an- 
gular in appearance; hardy | 
annual; eighteen inches. 
Alatum Grandi-| 
The largest flowering sort, produces an 
GLoBeE AMARANTH. 
florum. 
enormous crop of pure white flowers. Packet, 5 cents. 
BACHELOR’S BUTTON. 
ranth. Also known as Gomphrena, 
| 
See Globe Ama- | 
GLOBE AMARANTH. Bachelor’s Button. A 
tender annual. Seeds rather slow to germinate, and 
should be started early, in window box or hot bed and | 
transplanted. Colors white, purple, striped, ete. Un- 
der good treatment a single plant will produce several | 
they are fully ripe, for the best permanent bouquets. 
Very pretty. About two feet high. 
Nana Compacta,. 
Mixed. Only a few inches 
A mass of bloom. 
Packet, 5 cents. 
Mixed Colors. All the 
best colors. Packet, 5 cts. 
HELICHRYSUM. 
Straw Flower. Large, full 
double flowers, of various 
colors, from white and 
bright yellow to scarlet, 
shaded and tipped. Exceed- 
ingly handsome bouquets 
for winter. Annual. Easy 
culture. Two feet or less. 
Dwarf Double 
Mixed. All colors. 
Packet, 5 cents. 
| leading varieties in a single packet. 
| hardy 
RHODANTHE. 
A very pretty annual, 
about one foot high, 
belonging to the ever- 
lasting group. Flowers 
white, pink, crimson, 
quire careful starting, 
P ers bell-shaped; beau- 
tiful when dried. Suit- 
able for pot culture. 
Finest mixed, embrac- 
ing all the best and 
most prolific varieties. 
Packet, 5 cents. 
STRAW FLOW- 
ER.See Helichrysum. 
KERANTHE- 
MUM. Beautiful, 
free-blooming annual, 
RHODANTHE. 
one foot high, highly | 
prized as an everlasting. Large, double, globe-shaped 
fiowers. Seeds germinate easily in open ground. Set 
ten inches apart. Fine mixed; all colors. Pkt., 5 cts. 
FINEST MIXED EVERLASTINGS. All the 
Packet, 10 cents. 
ORNAMENTAL GRASSES. 
The ornamental grasses are indispensable for garden 
or lawn, being beautiful and graceful in summer, in the 
green state, and equally desirable when dried for inter- 
ior decoration during the winter season. I offer a few 
of the best. 
EULALIA. Japonica Zebrina. Zebra 
Grass. A robust perennial grass from Japan, forming 
handsome clumps. Six feet. Hardy. Beautiful 
plumes. Leaves variegated ; crosswise bars. Pkt., 10c, 
GYNERIUT ™. 
Argenteum, Pam- 
pas Grass. Half 
perennial, a 
native of South 
America. Very beau- 
tiful. Roots require 
winter protection, or 
to be lifted and kept 
in greenhouse or cel- 
lar. Taller than Eu- 
lalia, Gynerium 
blooms the second 
season from _ seed, 
and its white, silvery 
plumes well repay 
the trouble taken in 
its proper culture. 
Tall Double Mixed. 
Allcolors. Packet, 5 cts. 
HELIPTERUM. A 
half-dwarf annual, bearing 
yellow everlasting flowers. 
Fine. Packet, 5 cents. 
HELICHRYSUM. 
Packet, 10 cents. 
HORDEUM. 
Jubatum. Squirrel- 
tail grass. A fine or- 
namental variety. 2 
feet Packet, 5 cts. 
XERANTHEMUM, 
lil 
ete. Select light, rich 
soil, in a sheltered 
situation. Seeds re-j| 
but the bloom well re- | 
pays all trouble. Flow- | 
JOB’S TEARS. 
Coix Lachryme. 
Broad leaves and hard, 
shining seeds of pecu- 
liar appearance, giving 
the plant its name. 
Annual. Two feet. 
Packet, 5 cents. 
PAMPAS GRASS. 
See Gynerium Argen- 
teum. 
PURPLE FEA- 
THER GRASS- 
Beautiful and already 
popular. See novelties 
ZEBRA GRASS. 
See Eulalia Japonica. 
ORNAMENTAL 
GRASSES. Mixed. 
Embracing many va- 
rieties of ornamental 
grasses additional to 
those listed. Packet, 
Gynerium. (Pampas Grass.) 10 cts.; ounce, 25 cts. 
AQUATICS. 
[t is quite possible to raise water lilies from seeds; 
and the greater the care the greater the reward. Peo- 
ple haying control of shallow ponds, access to streams 
| or rivers, may well experiment in this direction. Small 
artificial ponds or pools can be constructed for the pur- 
pose, or tanks can be made of wood. Half barrels filled 
with water will answer very well for summer, but per- 
manent operations are most successful w here the frost 
cannot exercise a hostile effect. Many of the water 
lilies are perfectly hardy, and are not hurt by the w in- 
ter, and it is only necessary to establish them in order 
to enjoy a wealth of beautiful and fragrant blossoms 
year after year. Some of the water lilies } roduce float- 
ing flowers; others raise the bloom quite into the air. 
The flower colors run through a wide rance, including 
white, pink, blue, yellow, etc., with rich fragrance. In 
| general terms it is only needful to plant the seeds im 
|rich soil, in pans or 
| boxes, and to cover this 
rich soil with sand (to 
hold the soil in place), 
and then to sink the pan 
or box in shallow water. 
Cow manure and earth 
(the former well rotted) 
make a good medium 
for the growth of the 
lily roots, 
NELUMBIU ™. 
Luteum. American 
Lotos. Hardy. Pkt., 15c. 
NELUMBIUM. 
Speciosum. Egyp- 
tian Lotos. Deep rose. 
Hardy. Packet, 15 cts. 
NYMPH BA. 
Odorata. Common 
fragrant pond lily. 
Hardy. Packet, 16 cts. 
NymPHA€A ODORATA, 
