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Phlox Drummondii Grandiflora Stella ta Splendens. 



to insure the plant flowering 

 well. Different colors raixed; 

 per package, 25 cents. One and 

 a half feet high. October till 

 February. 



Pyrethrum aurea. Golden 

 Feather. The flowers resemble 

 Asters. It has bright yellow- 

 leaves which make it very showy 

 as a border if massed with plaats 

 such as Coleus, etc. 



Reseda odorata grandiflora. 

 Sweet Mignonette. A fragrant 

 plant with large spikes of yel- 

 lowish red flowers and a favorite 

 with everybody. Fifteen inches 

 high. December till April. 



Scabiosa nana. Dwarf 

 Mourning Bride, Plants of double 

 fl wers of various colors. One 

 foot high. December till April. 



Saponaria calabrica. Soap- 

 wort. A very free flowering an- 

 nual, of easy culture, resembles 

 somewhat in leaves the Sweet 

 William. One and a half feet 

 high. December till April. 



Salvia Splendens. Scarlet 

 Salvia or Red Flowering Sage. 

 A pot or green-house plant, but 

 which can be grown as an annual, 

 as it flowers freely from seed the 

 first year. Two to three feet high 

 till April. 



Silene Ameria. Lobel's Catchfly. A free 

 blooming plant of easy culture; flowers al- 

 most anywhere; red and white. One and a 

 half feet high. 



or blotched. They bloom late in the 

 season and bear immense trusses, often 

 five or six inches in diameter. 



Portulaca. A small plant of great 

 beauty, and of the easiest culture. 

 Does best in a well exposed situation, 

 where it has plenty of sun. The flowers 

 are of various colors, from white to 

 bright scarlet and crimson. The plant 

 is good for edging vases or pots; or 

 \ here large plants are kept in tubs, the 

 s rface can be filled with this neat J 

 1 ttle genus of plants. Half foot high. I 

 1 ebruary till August. | 



Portulaca grandiflora, fl. pi. Double 1 

 P:)rtulaca. The same variety of colors ' 

 with semi-double and double flowers; 

 half foot high. February till August. 



Primula veris. Cowshp. An her- 

 baceous plant of various colors, highly 

 esteemed in Europe. Half foot high, 

 December till April. 



Primula Chinensis; Chinese Prim- 

 rose. A green-house plant which flow- 

 ers profusely and continues to bloom 

 for a long time; should be sown early 



February 



Large Trimardeau Pansy. 



Tagetes erecta. African or Tall growing 



Marigold. Very showy annuals for borders, 

 with bright yellow flowers growing upright. 

 Two and a half feet high. 



Tagetes Patula. French or Dwarf Mari- 

 gold. A very compact dwarf growing variety > 



When iri Doubt. Consult Steckler. 



