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Chinese £££* Primroses. 



Chinese Primroses are among our finest winter and spring blooming pot 

 plants; of healthy, sturdy growth, 8 to 12 inches high, and free from insects: 

 while they produce for weeks large trusses of flowers, which, in our new Giant 

 varieties, average from 4i to 6 inches in circumference. 



Giant, Single White Pkt. .25 I Giant, Single Crimson... .Pkt. .25 



Pink 25 " " Blush-White... .25 



" " Rose-Red 25 | " " Blue 25 



" Mixed Colors 25 



Fern-Leaved Fringed, Mixed Colors 25 



Double White Pkt. .50 



" Striped 50 



Blush-Pink... .50 



Giant, Double Deep Rose 50 



Red 50 



Mixed Colors .. .50 

 "Our Primulas from you last year were SUPERB — the best I ever had." 

 LEVI A. LOVELAND, Florist, Newark, N. Y. 



New Giant Star Primroses. 



(PRIMULA STELLATA HYBRIDA GIGAN1EA.) 

 This distinct and beautiful type should be better known, for it is an un- 

 rivaled winter and spring flowering pot plant and for table decoration unique 

 and effective. The attractive dark foliage on purple stems makes a striking 

 contrast to the innumerable star-shaped flowers borne in graceful pyramidal 

 clusters. The flowers of this new type are much larger than the old type 

 stellatas and of greater substance. 



Giant White Star, pure white, massive flowers Pkt. .25 



" Red Star, carmine-red, beautiful 25 



" Star, mixed colors 25 



Primula Obconica, Lar8eFri H%l d n ds . 



These new, large-flowering hybrid ever-flowering Primroses are great im- 

 provements, producing trusses of large fringed-edge flowers nearly double the 

 size of the older type and containing several colors, including lavender, blush- 

 pink, white, rose, etc.; favorite pot plants for house and conservatory culture 

 on account of the wonderful blooming qualities, flowering nearly the year through. 

 Obconica, Large Fringed, Mixed Colors Pkt. .15 



" " " Oculata. New dark-eyed sorts 25 



New Hardy Blue Primrose. 



(PRIMULA ACAULIS CdRULEA.) 



A beautiful blue flowered type of the popular old English yellow primrose. 



Equally as hardy, and a fitting companion for naturalizing in wild, partially 



shaded nooks among shrubs or for planting either in turf or the herbaceous 



border Pkt. .25 



Ricinus, or Castor Oil Plant 



Noble foliage plants of luxuriant and rapid growth, attaining a height of 

 from 5 to 10 feet, producing large palm-like leaves about 3 feet across, of majes- 

 tic sub-tropical effect; grown either as specimens or in groups. (See cut.) 

 Ricinus Panormitanus. A cross between Ricinus Cambodgensis and Zanzi- 

 bariensis gave birth to this splendid hybrid, which inherits its color from the 

 former, and from the latter its gigantic dimensions. Thus the stem and 

 stalks at an early age are covered with a blue bloom, becoming later on quite 

 dark, while the leaves measure 2J to 3 feet in diameter. The plant has a 

 noble, upright habit and when fully developed forms a huge symmetrical bush 

 of wonderfully ornamental aspect; it will doubtless play an important part 

 for planting in isolated positions on lawns and for other decorative purposes 



where large specimen plants are required Pkt. .15 



Bismarkiana. A new hybrid, and one of the most decorative of ornamental 

 foliage plants; vigorous grower; large dark green leaves tinged with metal- 

 lic bronze and ribbed purple; stalk and leaf stems almost black, ribbed 



silvery-white Pkt. . 15 



Bronze Beauty. Of dwarf, compact growth, 4 feet high, with purplish 



stems and glistening bronzy-maroon foliage Pkt. . 10 



(For our complete list of Ricinus, see page 76.) 



J^ew Cross 'bred French Rose Seed. 



These new hybrids — the originator claims — germinate easily from seed, the 

 plants growing rigorously, and commence flowering in 6 months' time; the fol- 

 lowing year, the plants, being larger, yield a greater quantity of flowers; but 

 their prime is not reached until the third season, when they bloom in astonishing 

 prodigality all summer long and continue to do so thereafter for years. The 

 plants form robust bushes, and are hardy, with slight protection, in cold climates; 

 about 80 per cent, of them produce large double flowers of all colors and shades 

 known in Roses, excepting yellow; they are, moreover, delightfully fragrant. 

 Suitable either for garden orpot culture Pkt. .25 



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