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POPPY— Continued. 

 Mikado. (Double.) Distinct and striliiEgly beautiful. 

 Petals beautifully cut and fringed on the outer ends, while 

 they come together whole at the base. Base of petals or 

 body or the flowers is pure white, while the fringed ends of 

 the petals are of a brilliant crimson scarlet. 



Danebrog. Large, single, bright scarlet, with a white 

 cross in the center, 5. 



Umbrosum. Single ; rich vermilion M-ith a black spot on 

 each petal. 5. 



PORTULACA. 



Splendid for massing in beds; love a warm place: the 

 single sorts are large and brilliant and of the richest shade of 

 colors; the double varieties always produce a proportion of 

 single flowers. Single white, yellow, scarlet and mixed. 

 Each. 5. 



Choice Double. Mixed. 10. 



PYRETHRUM AUREUM. (Golden Feather.) 



Handsome herbaceous plants; splendidly adapted for mar- 

 gins or ribbon bedding ; with golden yellow foliage. 10. 



I PALAVIA. 



j Flexiosa. Large pink flowers with black throats; bushy; 

 fine for bed or pots. 



I RICINUS. (Castor Oil Bean.) 



! Stately in growth and handsome in its foliage; fine for 

 I lawns or pleasure grounds, producing, when well grown, a 

 magnificent sub-tropical effect; very ornamental. 



Borboniensis Arboreus. Very large and handsome fol- 

 : iage. 1.5 feet. 5. 



Gibsoni. Dark purple leaves and stem ; very fine. 5. 



Cambogiensis. I,arge palm-like leaves of a bronzy red 

 maroon color, with large veins, the main stem of trunk ebonv 

 black. 10. 



. RUDBECKIA. (Black Eyed Susan.) 



! Bicolor. Bright yellow fiowers, with black purple center, 

 i Very showy for borders. 10. 



j STOCK. 



Cut and Come Again. Grows about two feet high if sown 

 earl}" ; produces from spring to late in the fall, piu-e white, 

 beautifully shaped double flowers. It throws out numbers of 

 side branches, each of which bears a cluster of blossoms, and 

 the oftener they are cut the better they seem to like it. It 

 makes a splendid stock for cutting, and is quite fragrant; suc- 

 ceeds equally well when grown in pots. 15. (See fig. 3, 

 front cover.) 



Snowflake. Very valuable and effective wallflower-leaved 

 variety ; the earliest of the whites ; excellent for forcing ; 

 large spikes of snow white flowers; has given great satisfac- 

 tion where grown. 25. 



I Large Flowering Dwarf Ten Weeks Stock. The follow- 



I ing are the best double varieties and most desirable colors for 



cultivation; 15 inches. 



! Pure White, Dark Blood Red, Carmine, Rose, Light 



i Blue, Flesh Color, Copper Color, Yellow, Scarlet, Crim= 



j son. Pink, Chestnut Brown and Dark Crimson. Each 10c. 



j or mixed colors 15c. 



SALVIA. (Flowering Sage.) 



Shrubby greenhouse and favorite bedding plants, producing 

 a profusion of spikes of scarlet and blue flowers. 

 Patens. Blue. 20. Splendens. Scarlet. 10. 



SANVITALIA PROCUMBENS. 



A dwarf growing bedding plant with bright golden yellow 

 double flowers; suitable for rockeries. 10. 



SCABIOSA. ( Morning Bride. ) 



A half hardy border plant, producing a profusion of 

 flowers in hemispherical heads, in numerous shades of colors. 

 Mixed. 5. 



S. New flammoth. Many of the flowers measure 6 to 9 

 inches in circumference, and very double; very effective for 

 garden decoration. Choice mixed. 10. 



SCHIZANTHUS. (Butterfly Flower.) 



A fine class of annuals, combining elegance of growth 

 with flowers of rich and varied colors, produced in great 

 abundance. Mixed. 5. 



j SALPIGLOSSIS GRANDIFLORA.- 



Ornamental autumn blooming annuals with curiotisly 

 penciled and marbled funnel-shaped flowers. Mixed. 10. 



VINCA. 



Orn:.mental, fi-ee blooming plants: they flower from seed 

 if sown early the tir-t season, continuing until frost. 



Rosea, ro-e. with dnrk eye. Alba, white with crimson eye. 

 Alba Pura, ):nre \vhiti\ E:u-h ID. 



