WM. C. BLCKLRT, ALIXQHLNY, PA. 



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Seeds of "Easily Grokrn Greenhouse Plants 



COI,EUS. The leaves are of many shapes and brightest colors 

 and nearly all varieties have a rich velvety appearance. Seed 

 sown in March or April will produce fine plauts for bedding. 



Hybridus. Choicest hybrids, best selected varieties, splendid 

 mixed. Pkt. 25 cts. 



Hybridus Regales. Newest large-leaved varieties, splendid mixed. 

 Pkt. 25 cts. 



CYCLAMEN, CALIFORNIA GIANT 



Valuable for spring and winter blooming. Leaves beautifully 

 splashed with silver. Flowers large, curious and handsome, showing 

 all shades of color, from crimson-maroon to pure white. They last 

 long in perfection, and the appearance of a well-grown plant in full 

 bloom is wonderfully attractive. Enjoying a cool or moderate tem- 

 perature, these plants are very suitable to window or house culture. 

 The seed is slow but sure in germinating. The little seedlings grow 

 rapidly, and bloom in eight to ten months from the sowing. 

 White, White with Red Center, Crimson, Pink-Red Center, 



Rose, and Choice Mixed Seed. Each, 25 cts. per pkt. 

 Butterfly. Large, beautifully fringed flowers. Pkt. 50 cts. 

 DRACi£NA. Graceful decorative foliage plants; fine for vases. 



Austral is. Pine green leaves. Pkt. 10 cts. 



Indivisa. Very graceful. Pkt. 10 cts. 



Lineata. Dark green. Pkt. 10 cts. 

 FERN SEEDS. Finest mixed; saved from the best varieties. 

 Pkt. 25 cts. 



GERANIUM. A superb strain of the largest and finest varie- 

 ties. Finest mixed. Pkt. 10 cts. 

 GLOXINIA hybrida grandiflora. The waxen flowers of the 

 Gloxinias are large, bell-shaped and richly colored, producing 

 grand effects when grouped. Choice mixed, 25 cts. per pkt. 



GRE\II.LEA 

 robusta (Silk Oak). 

 A beautiful little 

 tree, grown for its 

 graceful, fern -like 

 foliage. When small, 

 it is used for table 

 decoration; as it 

 grows larger, for 

 tropical garden 

 effects. Pkt. 10 cts. 

 HI I JOT H OPE, 

 Lemoine's Giant 

 Hybrids. Flowers 

 range from pure 

 white through all the 

 shades of violet, blue 

 and indigo. Very 

 fragrant heads of 

 mammoth size. Very 

 floriferous. Pkt. 10c. 

 MPATIENS 

 Sultani. A bright 

 little plant, with 

 clusters of rosy scar- 

 let flowers and glossy 

 leaves of dark green. 

 Neat and bushy in 

 growth. Pkt. 15 cts. 



LANTANA hybrida. The Lantana is a shrubby plant, with a 



multitude of flower clusters like the verbena. Mixed, pkt. 10c. 

 MIMOSA pudica (Sensitive Plant). So called from the habit 



which its fern-like leaves have of closing when touched. Flowers 



are bright pink and fragrant. Pkt. 10 cts. 

 MXJSA Ensete (Abyssinian Banana). A magnificent foliage plant. 



Seeds sown in heat will produce strong plants the first season. 



Pkt. of 10 seeds, 25 cts. 

 OXAUS> A low-growing plant, with pretty three-parted foliage, 



and clusters of dainty flowers. For baskets and pot culture. 

 Delicata. Salmon-rose; very pretty. Pkt. 10 cts. 

 Tropseoloides. Dark yellowish brown foliage. Pkt. 10 cts. 



PRIMULA, or CHINESE PRIMROSE 



(Choicest Fringed) 



Chinese Primroses are noted for their profuse display of 'flowers in 

 winter, and their long flowering season. Growing from seed is not 

 difficult, and full directions for culture are given on our seed packets. 

 Aloa magnifica. Pure white. Pkt. 25 cts. 



Alba magnifica oculata. Pure white with yellow eye. Pkt. 25 cts. 

 Coerulea. Beautiful blue. Pkt. 50 cts. 



CYCLAMEN. 



PRIMULA. 



CHINESE PRIMROSE, continued 



Bright crimson. Pkt. 25 cts. 



Kermesina splender 

 Rosea. Bright pink. Pkt. 

 Red. Deep velvety red. Pkt. 25 cts. 

 Superb Mixture. Of all the preceding. Pkt. 25 cts. 

 Double Pure White, Double Red and Double Mixed. Each, pkt. 50c 

 Stellata, Star Primrose. A very distinct and valuable variety 



Desirable for pot culture in the greenhouse or for cut bloom. Thp 



attractive dark 



red foliage makes 



an effective con- 



trast to the 



numerous pure 



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CHINESE PRIMROSE. 



shaped flowers, 

 which form large 

 pyramids. The 

 flowers last much 

 longer than those 

 of other Primu- 

 las. Pkt. $1. 



Forbesi, Baby 

 Primrose. Rosy 

 lilac; very florif- 

 erous; seedlings 

 bloom in three 

 months. Pkt. 25c. 



Obconica grandi- 

 flora. Con- 

 stantly in 

 bloom. Flowers 



white, tinged lilac. Improvement on P. obconica. 

 Pure White. Pkt. 50 cts. Fringed. Pkt. 50 cts. 



Rosy Chamois. Pkt. 50 cts. Bright Rose. Pkt. 50 cts. 

 Mixed. Pkt. 25 cts. 



PYRETHRCIH aureum (Golden Feather). Golden yellow 

 foliage, finely cut, producing rich, soft effects in bedding annual. 

 Pkt. 5 cts. 



SALVIA 



Magnificent bedding plants, all ablaze with long spikes of blue or- 

 scarlet flowers from June until October. 1 to 2 feet tall. 

 Silverspot. Dark green foliage, sprinkled with light sulphur or- 



cream-colored spots. Flowers large and intense bright scarlet. 



Pkt. 25 cts. 



Splendens. Flowers bright scarlet; a general favorite. Pkt. 10 cts. 

 Bonfire. Dwarf form of Splendens. Very early and free-blooming; 



fine for bedding, borders and pots. 2 feet. Pkt. 10 cts. 

 Little Lord Fauntleroy. A distinct dwarf variety, growing only 18 



inches high. Plant very compact and bushy, being as broad as it 



is high. The flowers, in number, size and brilliancy, surpass any 



other variety. Pkt. 25 cts. 

 SMIL.AX (Myrsipliyllum asparngoides) . Glossy green foliage; 



a superb climbing vine. Pkt. 10 cts. 



TORENIA. Rich, bright colors are strangely mingled and 

 contrasted in the flowers of the Torenias, giving them bizarre 

 rainbow effects. 



Fournlerl grandiflora. Large flowers, 1 inch and over in diam- 

 eter. Blue and white, yellow throat. Pkt. 15 cts. 



Bailloni. Golden 

 yellow, with rich 

 brown - red 

 throat. Pkt. 

 10 cts. 



V I1VC A (Peri- 

 winkle). Rose- 

 colored, White, 

 with Crimson 

 Eye, and Pure 

 White. Each, 

 separate or 

 mixed, pkt. 10c. 



WIGANDIA 



cara c a s a n a . 



The leaves of 

 this plant, G feet 

 long and more 

 than a foot wide, 

 are effective in 

 subtropical bed- 

 ding. Pkt. 10c. 



