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STAR OF QUEDLINBURG AND GRANDIFLORA. 
FIMBRIATA, 

| ing habit. 
PERILLA. Perilla nankinensis. 
A coleus-like annual plant, with a 
metallic sheen; about 18 inches high. 
Effective for ribboning. Packet, 5 cents. 
PETUNIA. 
See Novelties. No annual flower is 
more widely used than the petunia, for 
both open air and under glass gardening. 
It begins to bloom early, and lasts the 
whole season, until killed by frost. It 
| is easily cultivated, but succeeds best in 
a rich soil and sunny situation. Some 
petunias are of a trailing habit and 
some are quite erect. Many are deli- 
ciously fragrant. A wide range of color, 
PETUNIA, SINGLE FRINGED AND 
Bette ETOoILe. 
shape and markings will be found 
among the newer sorts. 
Adonis. A new dwarf petunia of 
great merit as a bedder on account of | 
its very free blooming habit. The plant 
attains a height of 10 to 12 inches. The 
color is a velvety shade of light purplish 
crimson, with clear white throat; a 
handsome combination. Packet, 10 cts. 
White Pearl. Similar to Adonis, 
except that the flowers are a pure, satiny 
white. Packet, 10 cents. 
Single Fringed Varieties. Su- 
perb mixture. Fine large fringed flow- 
ers. Many colors. Packet, 20 cents. 
Single Large Flowered. Very 
large show flowers. Beautifully blotched 
and veined, but not fringed. Pkt., 20 cts. 
Belle Etoile. Beautiful large flow- 
ered, striped and blotched petunias of 
Coceinea,. Large: brilliant scarlet. 
Annual. Packet, 10 cents. 
Fimbriata. Fringed. Many shades. 
Annual, Packet, 10 cents. 
Star of Quedlinburg. (Cuspe- 
data). Large size flowers, with curious- 
ly pointed and toothed blossoms, of all 
shades and markings. Annual. PEt., 
10 cents. 
PENTSTEMON. 
Favorite annuals and garden peren- 
nials growing 2 to 3 feet high. Flowers 
white, pink, scarlet, blue, etc., spotted 
and marked. 
Annual Pentstemon. An annual 
variety of merit and beauty, about 2 feet | 
high. Bloom measures 2 inches across. 
Flower shape similar to gloxinia. Mixed 
colors. Packet, 5 cents. 
Perennial Pentstemon. Safely 
| hardy in some situations, but generally 


the most symmetrical shape and form; | 
sure to please. Packet, 10 cents. 
New Hybrids Mixed. 
For 
Pkt., 5c.; 0z., 60c. 
PHACELIA. 
A highly interesting hardy California 
annual, much branched and of spread- 
Flowers excellent for bou- 
quets. Blooms in about 8 weeks from 
planting and continues fiowering until 
late fall; 9 inches high. 
Campanularia. Blue with white 
spots in the throat. Packet, 10 cents. 
Alba. White. Packet, 5 cents. 
PHLOX. 
The annual and perennial phloxes are 
| not rivaled among garden flowers in 

| able. 
brilliancy of bloom. They become per- | 
fect masses of color. They are strong 
growing, healthy plants, with pretty fo- 
liage, and belong in every garden. I 
offer the old-fashioned favorites as well 
as the newest types. The annual phloxes 
are all of the Drummondii type, and en- 
joy wide esteem. The perennial sorts 
should be taken up and the roots sepa- 
rated and set in new soil at least once in 
| three years. 
Double Yellow. Annual. Valu- 
About 65 per cent. of the flowers 
are double. A greater percentage of 
double flowers are produced when 
planted in light, sandy soil. Pkt., 15 cts. 
Double White. Annual. A pro- 
fuse bloomer of great value, as-it comes 
| at a season when white flowers are espe- 
cially desirable. About 65 per cent. pro- 
duce double flowers. Packet, 15 cents. 
New Dwarf, Fireball. Annual. 
Brilliant scarlet. 8 inches. Pkt., 10 cts. 
New Dwarf. Snowball. Annual. 
Pure white. Eight inches. Pkt., 10 cts. 
New Dwarf, Superb Mixture. 
Annual. All shades, colors and mark- 
ings. 6to8inches. Packet, 10 cents. 
Grandiflora Mixed. Annual. 
Best large-flowered varieties in superb 
mixture. Packet, 10 cents; ounce, $1.00. 
Splendid Mixed. Annual. Very 
fine mixture of various annual types. 
Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 75 cents. 
Perennial Hybrids. Perennial. 
Two to three feet. The great rich heads 
or flower masses are Simply magnificent. 
The most admired sorts and the best 
bloomers. Mixed. Packet, 10 cents. 
A splen- | 
| did mixture of single varieties, beauti- 
| fully striped, blotched and mottled. 
| borders and massing. 
| cultivated 


called half hardy. Will bloom freely 
the first year, if planted early. A gocd 
assortment of mixed colors. Pkt., 5 cts. 
PERIWINKLE. 
See Vinca. 
PICOTEES. 
See Carnation. , 
PLATY CODON. 
Large-flowered Chinese Bellflower. 
A hardy perennial, bearing large bell- 
shaped purple or blue flowers. Profuse 
and handsome bloomers. 
Grandifiora Mixed. LEighteen 
inches. Packet, 10 cents. 
Nana Compacta Mixed. 
one foot high. Packet, 10 cents. 
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PINKS. 
See Dianthus. 
POPPY. 
See Novelties. A showy and easily 
annual. Quite hardy. A 
favorite everywhere. Flowers of vari- 
ous sizes, Shapes and colors, both single 
and double. Always conspicuous and 
brilliant. Adapted to any and every 
garden soil. Average height, 2 
Seeds should be sown where the plants 
are to remain. 
Fairy Blush. Beautifully fringed, 
pure white, tipped with rosy cream, 
shaded at base with lightlemon.. Very 
double, and of great size, some measur- 
ing 10 to 12 inches in circumference, 
Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 30 cents. 
Double Dwarf Peony Flow- 
ered. Flowers of enormous size, per- 
fectly double, resembling a peony, and 
Tanging through many. shades of pur- 
ple, red, pink, yellow and white. AlI- 
ways admired. Pkt., 5 cts.; 0z., 25 cts. 
Crimson King. Large, double 
flower, of intensely crimson hues. Very 
beautiful. Packet, 5 cts.; ounce, 25 cts. 
Carnation. Double carnation-like 
flowers. Large size and of the brightest 
colors. Mixed colors. Pkt., 5c.; 0Z., 15c. 
Shirley. Bright, tissue-paper-like 
appearance. Mixed colors. Single. 
Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 50 cents. 
Glauecum, Tulip Poppy. Beau- 
tiful vivid scarlet, blooming abundantly. 
Form, like tulips. Packet, 5 cents. 
Iceland Poppy. A hardy peren- 
nial, blooming the first season. The 
fiowers resemble crushed satin, and are 
fragrant. They bloom freely during a 
long period. Satisfactory as cut flowers, 
if cut as soon as they open. Mixed col- 
ors. Packet, 10 cents. 
Wietorias. Semi-dwarf in_ habit, 
with intensified double prettily fringed 
rose colored flowers. A superior type in 
every way, the flowers being borne high 
above the foliage. Packet, 5 cents. 
Hardy Perennial. Unrivaled 
for permanent beds. Flowers 6 to 9 
inches across. Plants 3 to 4 feet bigh. 
Finest mixed. Packet, 5 cents. 

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Collection on page 101. 
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| Chinese Primrose. 
| and among the finest and most popular 
| of the winter and spring flowering win- 
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PORTULACA. 
A favorite annual for beds, edgings, ® 
rock work, ete. Thrives best in rich light 
loam or sandy soil. Blooms profusely 
from early summer untilautumn. Only 
6 inches high. 
Large Flowered Mixed. All 
many striped and variegated. 
Packet, 5 cts.; ounce, 50 cents. 
Grandiflora. Double-flowering 5 
portulaca. Colors of most brilliant s 
Shades, including white, yellow, salmon 
and carmine. Seed saved from perfect & 
double flowers, resulting in gorgeous a 
masses of color. Bloom remains open 
allday. Packet, 10 cents. 
POT MARIGOLD. 
See Calendula. 
PRIMULA. 
The genus Primula includes three 
groups that are famous among florists—_ 
Auricula, Polyanthus and Primrose. #4 
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plants shaded during summer. 
Aurieula. Primula Auricula. A 
fragrant half-hardy perennial. Many 
An extremely free bloomer 
anda favorite; 6inches. Packet, 10 cents. 
Polyanthus. Primuda elatior. 
Showy hardy perennial, blooming in 
early spring. Pot or outdoor culture; 
9inches. Single. Allcolors. PkKt., dc. 
Primrose. Primula Chinensis. a 
Profuse bloomers | 
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dow or greenhouse plants, doing well in 
They are 8 or 10 inches 
high, and the fiowers are variously cut 
and fringed. Separate colors, as follows: 
White. Pure white. Packet, 25 cts. 
Bose. A delicate shade. Pkt,, 25c. 
Crimsom. Arichcolor. Pkt., 25c. 
Blue. A violet blue. Pkt., 35 cts. 
Finest Mixed. All shades and 
colors. Flowers, self colored, zoned, 
eyed and striped. Packet, 20 cents, 
Cowslip. Primula veris. <A pretty, 
spring-flowering perennial. Colors in- 
clude shades of yellow, vrown, etc. Fine 
Mixed. Packet, 5 cents. 
English Primrese. Primula vul- 
garis. The wild English flower; color, 
light canary yellow, fragrant. Hardy 
perennial. Packet, 5 cents. 
Gbeonieca, Primula obconica. A 
favorite plant for window or conserya- 
tory. Flowers white shading to lilac, 
with the true primrose fragrance. A 
profuse bloomer. Packet, 10 cents. 
Baby Primrose. Primula For- 
besi. An exquisite little primrose for 
pot culture. Rosy lilac with yellow eye. 
Blooms a few weeks after the sowing of 
the seed. Packet, 15 cents. 
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PRIMULA, CHINESE PRIMROSE. 
PURPLE FEATHER GRASS. 
Pennisetum. 
A beautiful and popular ornamental ™ 
house plant of easy culture. 
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for hall or table adornment.as a palm, &! 
and having the advantage of rapid and y) 
vigorous growth. The graceful, narrow, <) | 
recurving leaves are over-topped by ele- q 
gant feathery plumesafootlong. Heads 
bornefrom July untilfrost,andthe whole # 
plant is eventually veiled in a purple 
cloud. Packet, 10 cents. 
PYRETHRUM. 
Feverfew. (Matricaria is also called 
Feverfew.) The pyrethrums are hand- 
some, herbaceous, garden plants, about~ 
2 feet high, bearing daisy-like or aster- 
like flowers 3 or 4 inches across, of bright 
colors, including red, pink, white, etc. 
Biooming period long. 
Roseum Grandifiora. Hardy 
perennial. Most popular sort. Pkt., 10c. 
Golden Feather. Pyrethrum~ 
aureum. Grown for its yellow foliage, 
which is fern like and graceful; 6 to 9 ® 
inches; adapted to ribbon gardening or ~*_ 
borders. Effective in connection with © 
coleus or dusty miller centaurea. Itis a 
perennial, though commonly treated as 
anannual. Packet, 10 cents. = 
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