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POLYANTHUS (Primula Elatior). 



Showy, early spring, free-flowering plants, fine for either pol 

 or outdoor culture; hardy perennials; 9 inches. per pkt. 



3677 Invincible Giant. Undoubtedly the finest strain in 



cultivation, containing all colors from purest white to 



the richest crimson, 5 pkts, $1.00 .... 25 



3076 Gold=laced. Very showy and attractive flowers with 



narrow edge of gold 15 



3680 English Mixed. A fine grade; all colors. } oz., 



30 cts 10 



PORTULACA (Sun Plant). 



One of our finest hardy annual plants, of easy culture, thriv- 

 ing best in a rather rich, light loam or sandy soil, and luxuria- 

 ting in an exposed sunny situation; the flowers are of the richest 

 colors, and produced throughout the summer in great profusion; 

 fine for massing in beds, edgings or rock-work, and frequently 

 used to sow broadcast over sunny banks, etc.; in any case it is 

 well to mix the seed with three or four times its bulk of dry 

 sand or soil, which permits an even and easy distribution of the 

 seed; 6 inches. 



3764 Single Rose. | oz., 20 cts 5 



3765 " Scarlet. \ oz., 20 cts 5 



3766 " White. |- oz., 20 cts 5 



3767 " Yellow. £ oz., 20 cts 5 



3770 " Mixed. All colors. Per oz., 40 cts 5 



3769 Imported Collection of 



8 single varieties 25 



3760 Double Mixed. A large 



percentage of the flowers 



will come perfectly double, 



of the most brilliant scarlet, 



crimson, white, yellow,etc. 



\ oz.,50cts 10 



3759 Imported Collection of 



8 double varieties. 50 



Single Portulaca 



Pyrethrum Hybrids 



Pueraria 



Thuiibergiana. 



(Japanese Kudzu Vine.' 



PER pkt. 



3835 To this must be award- 

 ed first place as the 

 fastest growing hardy 

 climbing plant. It will 

 grow 8 to 10 feet the first year from seed, and after it has become 

 established there seems to be no limit to its growth, 50 feet in a 

 single season being not unusual. Its foliage is large and covers 

 well; it bears small racemes of rosy-purple; pea-shaped blossoms 

 towards the close of August. A splendid subject for covering per- 

 manently verandas, dead trees, etc. \ oz., 25 cts 10 



PYRETHRUM.' 



P. aureum is the well-known Golden Feather so much used for edging, 

 carpet-bsdding, etc., while the others are most attractive hardy plants. 

 3841 Aureum {Golden Feather). Yellow foliage. Per \ oz., 20 cts. 5 



3846 Hybridum. Hardy perennial, bearing large Daisy or Cosmos- 

 like flowers, ranging in color from white to deep red, with bright 

 yellow centres; blooms in May and June and again in the fall, and 

 is one of the most graceful and long-lasting cut flowers. These are 

 nicely shown in the illustration on this page. Per \ oz. , 50 cts. ... 10 



3847 Hybridum Qrandiflorum. A large-flowering form of the above, 

 mixed colors. Per \ oz., 75 cts 15 



3845 Hybridum FI. PI. Seed saved from the finest double flowers, 

 only a small percentage can be expected to come double the first 

 year, mixed colors. 1 J feet 25 



3851 Uliginosum Stellatum {Starry Giant Daisy). A beautiful 

 new type of this fine hardy perennial. For description see Novel- 

 ties and Specialties, pages 53 to 62. 2 pkts., 25 cts 15 



Fine Asters are one of our Specialties. See page 55, also 67 to 70 



