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PRIMULA 



Favorite early spring- liowers with clusters of bright red ami }'ellow blossoms. 

 Auricula. Storries Nondescript. New and very rich strain, possessing a wonderful 



range of colors and shudrs, and of vigorous growth. 1 foot. Pkt. 25 cts. 

 Denticulata Cashmeriana grandiflora. Flowers in various shades, from white 



to lilac, rosy purple, blue, and twice the size of the fvpe. Fine tor pots or spring 



bedding, 1% feet. Pkt. 25 cts. 

 Veris elatior (Polyanthus). Choice mixed seed of large flowers. Pkt. 10 cts. 

 Veris grandiflora (Cowslip). Flowers to 2 inches in diameter; colors very 



rich dark red, white, pink, yellow, etc. Pkt. ?5 cts. 

 Vulgaris (English Primrose). The true f'-^.grant yellow Primrose. Pkt. 10 cts. 

 Japonica. Flowers in whorls carried on erect Jong stalks. Mixed colors. 2% feet. 



I'kt. 10 cts. 



PYRETHRUM. Very showy plant, with aster-like flowers. 

 Double Hybrids. Finest mixed. Pkt. 2.5 cts. 

 Single Hybrids. Finest mixed. Pkt. 10 cts. 



RANUNCULUS Asiaticus superbissimus. Be 



very vigorous and easily trrown from seed, which 

 following year. 1 foot. Pkt. 10 cts. 



ROSA hybrida grandiflora. A new race of double large-flowering roses, in great 

 variety, flowering the first year. Easily raised. Hardy shrub. 3' feet. Pkt. 25c. 



STOKESIA Cyanea (Cornflower Aster) . Produces numerous lavender-blue corn- 

 flower-like blossom, 4 to 5 inches in diameter; blooms all summer. Pkt. 10 cts. 



SUNFLOWER (Helianthus). Seed sown early will produce flowering plants the 

 first season; they are well adapted for the hanly border. Mixture of single- 

 flowering perennial varieties. Pkt. 10 cts. 



VALERIANA (Garden Heliotrope). Early-flowering. Mixed. Pkt. 5 cts. 



WALLFLOWERS (Cheiranthus ) . Exquisite perfume and rich, quaint, bright 

 colors — usually browni.sh red, yellow and violet. See, also. Annuals. 

 Double Branching Mixed. This mixture gives fine flowers in ail Wallflower 



colors. Pkt. 10 cts. 

 Single Mixed. From select plants of best colors. Pkt. 5 cts. 



utiful. clioice mixed varieties, 

 sown in summer will bloom the 



STOKESIA CYANEA 



Seeds of Greenhouse Plants 



I\Iany handsome Stove and Greenhouse Plants may be grown from seed. Directions for culture are printed on all our seed packets, and 

 the seed contained in them is fresh and of strong germinating power. Among these are included some varieties that are suitable for the 

 garden, but of which the seed should be started under glass, thus shielding and advancing them for earlier and better display out-of-doors. 

 Hard-shelled seeds should be soaked in warm water for a day or two. 



ABUTILON (Chinese Bell-Flower). TP Flowers pure white, lemon- 

 yellow, rose, scarlet-crimson, yellow and red shades beautifully 

 "veined. Mixed. Pkt. 10 cts. 



low and 



ACACIA. Ornamental foliage and showy racemes of flowers. 



Dealbata. Leaves large, silvery and fern-like; flowers clear yel- 

 eet-scented. Pkt. lO'cts. 



Grandis. Greenhouse shrubs. Easily grown. Forms 

 fine bushes, blooming when about 18 inches high. 

 Large deep yellow flowers. 4 feet. Pkt. 10 cts. 

 Nemu. A beaiitiful Japanese variety. Very free- 

 flowering. Carmine -rose flowers, very free and 

 fine for pots. Pkt. 10 cts. 

 Podalyriaefolia. Very attractive early - flowering 

 species, with silvery foliage and beautiful yellow 

 Valuable for cutting. 3 feet. Pkt. 10 cts. 



TUBEROUS-ROOTED BEGONIAS (s 



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ALOYSIA citriodora (Lemon Verbena). HHP An 

 old favorite; leaves deliciously fragrant; grows 

 easily from seed. Pkt. 10 cts. 



ASPARAGUS plumosns nanus. HHP A grace- 

 ful greenhouse climber, with feathery, lace-like foli- 

 age. Pkt. 10 cts. 

 Sprengeri. Desirable to grow as a pot-plant or for 

 planting in suspended baskets. Pkt. 10 cts. 



BEGONIAS 



TP 



Begonias are now grown in such large quantities, both 

 for summer bedding and winter flowering, that many 

 people prefer sowing the seed to buying the plants. 

 Dichroa. New and most attractive shrubby Begonia. 

 Branches freely from base; leaves light green, with 

 numerous round, pure white blotches. Those leaves 

 that form after flower buds appear are entirely green, 

 the flowers are a brilliant salmon-orange and per- 

 petual-flowering. 2 ft. Pkt. 25 cts. 



SALVIA, TRIUMPH. NEW. REPUTED TO BE LARGEST-FLOWERED OF ALL 



