Platycodon Japonicus Fl. Pl. 



Pueraria 



Thunbergiana. 



(Japanese Kudzu Vine.) 



PER PKT. 



3835 To this must be awarded 

 first place as the fastest- 

 growing hardy climbing 

 plant. It will grow 8 to 

 10 feet the first year from 

 seed, and after it be- 

 comes 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 cov- 

 ering permanently ver- 

 andas, dead trees, etc. 

 3 pkts., 25 cts 10 



PLATYCODON, OR 



WAHLENBERGIA. 



(Chinese Bell Flower.) 



Hardy perennials, producing very showy flowers during the whole 

 season. They form large clumps, and are excellent for planting in 

 permanent borders or among shrubbery. PER PKT . 



3663 Grandiflorum. Mixed blue and white 5 



3662 Mariesi. Large, open, bell-shaped flowers of a rich 



violet blue, plant dwarf and compact 5 



3661 Japonicus Fl. PI. {Double Japanese Bell Flower). This 

 new variety is wonderfully free-flowering, every branch 

 bearing large glossy deep-blue flowers. The inner petals 

 alternate with the outer ones, giving the flower the appear- 

 ance of a ten-pointed blue star. (See cut.) 10 



POLYANTHUS (Primula Elation. 

 Showy, early spring, free-flowering plants, fine for either pot or 

 outdoor culture; hard}? perennials; 9 inches. 



3680 English. The best single, all colors mixed 5 



3676 Gold Laced. Very showy and attractive 15 



PORTULACA (Sun Plant). 



One of our finest hardy annual plants, of easy culture, thriving 

 best in a rather rich, light loam or sandy soil, and luxuriating 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; 6 inches. 



3770 Single nixed Colors. Fer oz., 30 cts 5 



3768 Grandiflora Com- 

 pacta. A new single 

 variety which, on ac- 

 count of its compact 

 habit, should prove a 

 valuable plant for edg- 

 ing, etc. Mixed colors. 10 

 3760 Double Mixed. Flow- 

 ers perfectly double, of 

 the most brilliant scarlet, 

 crimson, white, yellow, 

 etc. (See cut.) Per \ 



oz., 75 cts 10 



3759 Imported Collection 



of 8 double varieties. 



50 



Pyr 



hrum Hybridum Grandiflorum 



PYRETHRUM. 



Handsome herbaceous plants of easy culture. P. Aureum is the well-known 

 Golden Feather so much used for carpet bedding, edging, etc. P. Hybridum 

 and varieties are amongst the handsomest of hardy flowering herbaceous plants. 



3841 Aureum (Golden Feather). Bright yellow foliage. Oz., 50 cts 5 



^842 — Selaginoides. Beautiful variety with golden moss-like foliage. 



3846 Hybridum. Large flowering single mixed. Hardy perennial, 

 bearing large Aster-shaped flowers, ranging in color from light pink to 

 deep red, with bright yellow centres ; 2 feet 



3847 Grandiflorum. This new large-flowering form produces blooms 

 frequently measuring over 4 inches in diameter in all the variations of 

 color between light rose and deep carmine. (See cut.) 



3845 Hybridum Fl. PI. Large flowering double mixed. Beautiful 



colors mixed; \\ feet 25 



20 



Double Portulaca. 



Nasturtiums is one of our specialties. See colored plate and offer on page IX. 



