Annual Poppies are offered on opposite page; sow seed vrhere plants are to remain 



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Hardy Perennial Poppy 



Oriental popples are one of the showiest flowers in the garden In early 

 spring. Flower stems grow 2>^ feet high. Foliage disappears In July 

 and August and comes up anew In September. 



1664 ORIENTAL PERENNIAL HYBRIDS, MIXED. Flowers of 



gorgeous brilliancy. Colors 

 range trom soft flesh and rose to 

 brilliant dazzling scarlet. 

 Packet, 10 cts; %ox., 30 eta. 



I66S HARDY PEREN- 

 NIAL. A mixture of Oriental 

 and Iceland poppies. 



Packet, 10 cents. 



Iceleoid Poppies 



Of graceful habit, with bright 

 green foliage formed lu tufts, 

 from which arise slender stems 

 about a foot high bearing bril- 

 liant flowers the entire season 

 if seed pods are not allowed to 

 form. Blooms the first season 

 from seed. 



1667 NEW HYBRIDS ICE- 

 LAND, MIXED COLORS. 



Containing all the new colors 

 from sulphur yellow through 

 the many shades of orange to 

 1664 POPPY, ORIENTAL PERENNIAL Hybrids, gaimon rose. Packet, 10 cts. 



1709 



Primula Chinensis or Chinese Primrose, Finest Mixed. 



t PRIMULA (Primrose) 



r Half Hardy Perennial 



1699 OBCONIC A. These are of the easiest culture in window or con- 

 servatory; flowering profusely and continually with little care. Finest 

 Mixed. All colors. Packet, 15 cents; S packets, ^25 cents. 



PRIMI/LA CHINENSIS. Also called Chinese Primrose. Profuse 

 bloomers and among the finest and most popular of the winter and 

 spring flowering window or greenhouse plants, doing well In cool 

 Plants are sturdy and robust; the flowers cut and fringed. 

 BLUE. A violet blue. Packet, 35 cents; 3 packets, 60 cents. 

 CRIMSON. A rich color. Packet, 85 cts.; 3 packets, 60 cts. 

 ROSE. A delicate shade. Packet, 25 cts.; 3 packets, 60 cts. 

 WHITE. Pure white. Packet, 85 cents; 3 packets, 60 cents. 

 FINEST MIXED. AU shades and colors. Packet, 20 cents. 



rooms. 

 1705 

 1706 

 1707 

 1708 

 1709 



PYRETHRUM 



Hardy Perennial 



The pyrethrums are handsome, herbaceous garden plants about 2 feet 

 blgh, bearing daisy-lilie or aster-like flowers, 3 or 4 Inches across, rang- 

 ing In colors from light pink to deep red with yellow centres. Blooms 

 n May and June and again in the fall; one of the best cut flowers. 



1711 ROSEUM FINEST SINGLE MIXED. Packet, 10 cents. 



1712 KOSEUM FINEST DOUBLE MIXED. Packet, 15 cents. 



1696 PORTULACA, Single Large Flowered Mixed. 



PORTULACA (Rose Moss or Sun Plant) 

 Hardy Annual 



A favorite for edgings, rock work, etc. Will grow and bloom profusely 

 In a dry, hot, sunny location, where almost any other plant would die. 

 Blooms profusely from early summer until autumn. Only 6 inches high. 



1696 SINGLE LARGE FLOWERED MIXED, ALL COLORS. 

 Many striped and variegated sorts will be found in this mixture. 



Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 85 cents; ounce, 75 cents. 



1697 DOUBLE LARGte FLOWERING MIXED. Brilliant shades, 

 including white, yellow, salmon and carmine. Seed saved from perfect 

 double flowers, which will, at times, produce some singles. 



Packet, 10 cents; % ounce, 50 cents; 14 ounce, 8.5 cents. 



Try a few of out Flower Novelties offered on pages 121 to 125, 

 yoa will find them worth while. 



1714 Ricinus, Zanzibarensis Mixed. 



RICINUS (Castor Oil Bean) 

 Hardy Annual 



A stately, strong-growing and highly ornamental tree-like annual 

 plant; 6 to 14 feet high. Very efl'ective as a foliage plant. Highly desira- 

 ble for centres of beds or for backgrounds. By planting Ricinus beans 

 on the borders of garden moles may be kept away, as they will leave 

 as soon as they get a scent of the plant. 



7714 ZANZIBARENSIS. The handsomest strain of castor oil bean. 

 Leaf sometimes 2 feet across, with stem rising 8 to 12 feet. The different 

 varieties in a mixture have light and dark green leaves as well as 

 coppery bronze, changing to dark green with reddish colored ribs. 

 Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 85 cents; ]4 pound, 75 cents. 



1715 MIXED. All the best plain and fancy varieties In a grand mix- 

 ture. Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 30 cents; ^ pound, 60 cents. 



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