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J. STECKLER SEED CO., LTD., ALMANAC AND 



SINGLE POPPIES.— The colors range 

 through all shades of delicate rose, pink, 

 carmine and brilliant crimson. Many of 

 the large single flowers are edged with 

 white. 



Petunia Hybrida. 



PETUNIA HYBKIDA.- Petunia.— Splen- 

 did mixed hybrid varieties. A very decora- 

 tive plant of various colors, well known to 

 almost every lover of flowers. Plants are 

 of spreading habit; about one foot high. 

 October till May. 



Petunia Hybrida Double. 



DOUBLE LARGE FLOWERING 

 PETUNIA. — Our seed will produce flowers 

 large, fragrant, elegantly formed and 

 beautiful, either for house, garden or con- 

 servatory. The double Petunias are great 

 favorites for pot culture in ordinary win- 

 dows. Packet 25 cents. 



PHLOX DBU3SMONDIL — Mixed Drum- 

 mond Phlox. — One of the best and most 

 popular annuals in cultivation. Their 

 various colors and length of flowering, with 

 easy culture, make them favorites with 

 every one. One foot high. December till 

 April. 



PHLOX DRUMMONDII GRANDIFLORA 

 STELLATA SPLENDENS.— This is admit- 

 ted to be the richest colored and most 

 effective of all large flowered Phloxes. It 

 combines all the good qualities of the 

 Splendens, with the addition of a clearly 

 defined, pure white star, which t contrasts 

 strikingly with the vivid crimson of the 

 flowers. 



PHLOX DRUMMONDII GRANDIFLORA 

 ALBA. — Pure white, some with purple or 

 violet eyes. 



FERRENNIAL PHLOX. — For a perma- 

 nent flower bed few plants are more desir- 

 able, as they are perfectly hardy, and will 

 flourish in any soil. The flowers range 

 from pure white to crimson or rose, while 

 others are striped and mottled or blotched. 

 They bloom late in the season and bear im- 

 mense trusses, often five or six inches in 

 diameter. 



Fortulaca. 



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 where large plants are 

 kept in tubs, the surface can be filled with 

 this neat little genus of plants. Half foot 

 high. February till August. 



PORTULACA GRANDIFLORA, fl. pi.— 

 Double Portulaca. — The same variety of 

 colors with semi-double and double flowers; 

 half foot high. February till August. 



PRIMULA CHINENSIS.— Chinese Prim- 

 rose. — A green-house plant which flowers 

 profusely and continues to bloom for a long 

 time; should be sown early to insure the 

 plant flowering well. Different colors 

 mixed; per packet 25 cents. One and a 

 half feet high. October till February. 



Primula Veris. 



PRIMULA VERIS. — Cowslip. — An herba- 

 ceous plant of various colors, highly 

 esteemed in Europe. Half foot high. De- 

 cember till April. 



PYRETHRUM AUREA. — Golden Feather. 

 The flowers resemble Asters. It has bright t 

 yellow lea\es which make it very showy as 

 a border massed with plants such as 

 Coleus, etc. 



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