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GIANT HELIOTROPE FIRE QUEEN. 



2735 A high colored variety of dwarf, bushy, compact habit, with dark 

 metallic green foliage and bearing gigantic panicles of rich, red- 

 dish-purple, very sweetly scented flowers. A distinct and desir 

 able novelty, 35 cts. per pkt. 



LINARIA MACEDONICA SPECIOSA. 



2992 A strikingly handsome hardy pereiTniai 'load-flax, blooming the 

 first year from seed if sown early; grows about three feet high, 

 with pretty glaucous foliage and producing long spikes of large 

 individual flowers of a clear yellow with an orange spot on the 

 lower lip. In general appearance it resembles a giant-flowering 

 Snapdragon, and is a fine cut flower. ]5 cts. per pkt. 



TWO MAGNIFICENT MARIGOLDS. 



The two varieties offered below are grown for us by a specialist 

 and are without doubt the very finest of the large-flowering Africai. 

 type, and grow about 2 J feet high, bearing in continuous succession from 

 early summer till hard frost large and perfectly double flowers. 



3084 Orange Prince. Flowers very large, of a deep golden orange 

 50 cts. per \ oz. ; 15 cts. per pkt. 



3085 Lemon Queen. Immense double flowers, in color a soft 

 lemon-yellow, making a fine contrast to the rich orange of the 

 preceding. 50 cts. per | oz. ; 15 cts. per pkt. 



One pkt. each of the above for 25 cts. 



INVINCIBEE GIANT POLYANTHUS. 



3677 A magnificent strain of this perfectly hardy and easily-growB 

 spring-flowering Primrose, representing the work of twenty-five 

 years of painstaking cross-breeding and selection by a Scotch spe- 

 cialist. Of strong, sturdy habit, and bearing immense trusses of 

 large flowers on self-supporting stems ]0 to 16 inches in length. 

 Undoubtedly the finest strain in cultivation, containing ail colors 

 from purest white to the richest crimson. 25 cts. per pkt. ; 5 

 pkts., $1.00. 



NE1!V HYBRID ICELAND POPPY. 



3735 This beautiful strain of these charming hardy Poppies is being 

 improved every year, and the stock which we offer this season 

 will be found much finer than heretofore, containing a great num 

 ber of lovely new shades of color. 15 cts. per pkt. ; 2 pkts. 

 25 cts. 



Newport Pink Hollyhock. 



Ne"W Double Hollyhock 



" Newport Pink." 



2791 A charming variety that originated in one of 

 the famous gardens at Newport, R. I. It pro-, 

 duces stately spikes of very double rosette-like 

 flowers of pure pink, a shade that is always in 

 demand. The seed of this variety is quite 

 distinct, being much smaller than those of 

 other colors. Received au Award of Merit 

 from the Royal Horticultural Society of Eng- 

 land, July, 1912. 15 cts. per pkt.; 2 pkts. 

 for 25 cts. 



Heliopsis Scabra ^inniaeilora. 



2732 A new double-flowering form of the hardy perennial 

 Orange Sunflower, growing two feet high and bearing 

 golden-yellow Zinnia- like flowers during the summer 



months. In addition to being a very showy plant in the hardy border, it is 

 one of the best perennials for cutting. 25 cts. per pkt. 



African Marigold 

 Orange Prince 



