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PORTULACA 



Brilliant garden annuals, 6 inches high, luxuriating in warm, dry, sunny 

 situations and blooming profusely from early summer to autumn. For low- 

 beds and masses of color, from spring until frost, they are indispensable; 

 colors range through innumerable shades of red, yellow, pink, striped, white, 

 etc (See engraving.) 



3500 Double, Mixed Colors. These make perfectly gorgeous masses of 

 color; the flowers of the double sorts are like little roses. 



Per 1,000 seeds, 50o.; Pkt. 15e. 



3501 Imported Collection of Double Portulaca, 8 varieties Pkt. 60c. 



3505 Parana. Immense single blossoms, averaging 2 inches across; color 



bright rubv-r'ed Pkt. 10c. 



3510 Single, Mixed Colors. Per }i oz., 50c.; Per 1,000 seeds, 25.; Pkt. 10c. 



PRIMROSE (Giant Fringed Chinese) 



(Primula Sinensis Grandiflora Fimbrtata) 

 Chinese Primroses are among our finest winter and spring blooming pot 

 plants; of healthy, sturdy growth, 8 to 12 inches high, and free from insects; 

 while they produce for weeks large trusses of flowers, which, in our new 

 Giant varieties, average 4^2 to 6 inches in circumference. 



3520 Giant, Double, Mixed Colors Pkt. 50c. 



3540 Giant, Single, Mixed Colors Pkt. 25c. 



PRIMROSE (Giant Star) 



(Primula Stellata Hyhrida Gigantea) 

 3530 This distinct and beautiful tj-pe should be better known, for it is an 

 unrivaled winter and spring flowering pot plant and for table decora- 

 tion unique and effective. The attractive dark foliage on purple stems 

 makes a striking contrast to the innumerable star-shaped flowers borne 

 in graceful pyrimidal clusters. The flowers of this new tjT)e are much 

 larger than the old type Stellatas and of greater substance. 

 Mixed Colors Pkt. 25c. 



PRIMULA MALACOIDES 



This new race of Primroses from the mountains of China has proven most 

 profuse-flowering for pot culture. The plants form rosettes of light green 

 leaves from wnich numerous wiry stems — 8 to 10 inches in height — grace- 

 fully carry whorls of flowers J 2 to ^ of an inch across. They are easily grown 

 from seed and commence flowering in about 4 months from sowing and con- 

 tinue to bloom in increasing profusion for many weeks. A cool situation 

 indoors or in the conservatory suits them to perfection. 

 3522 P. Malacoides Alba. Pure white flowers Pkt. 25e. 



3524 P. Malacoides. Lilac-colored flowers Pkt. 25c. 



PRIMULA ORCONICA GIGANTEA 



3525 These "Ever-flowering Primroses" are favorite pot plants for house 

 and conservatory. The Chinese Primroses will have to look to their 

 laurels, for this new giant Obconica race is looming up in size of flowers, 

 many of them measuring 1}^ inches across, equaling in dimensions 

 those of their Chinese rivals, with the added merit of being easier 

 grown and having a longer duration of bloom. Several colors in mix- 

 ture, white, crimson, rose, violet, lilac, pink-eyed sorts, etc... .Pkt. 25c. 



PRIMULA ACAULIS— Hardy Rlue Primrose 



3542 A beautiful, blue-flowered type, hardy, and splendid for naturalizing 

 among shrubs, in turf or the herbaceous border Pkt. 25c. 



PRIMULA JAPONICA HYRRIDS 



3545 Tnese grand new Japan Primroses are perfectly hardy — forming stately, robust plants that ; 

 carry large trusses of bloom standing 3 to 3J4 feet above the ground. The colors range from ! 



pure white through shades of pink to. deep crimson Pkt. 25c. : 



"I like your seeds very much have had splendid results with them. From one packet of \ 

 Chinese Primrose seed I raised sixty-five plants. They were beautiful." 



MRS. RAY WAIN RIGHT, Wehberville, Mich. 

 "7 got some of your choice Primrose seed last year, and have the most beautiful- Prim- 

 roses imaginable this Spring." 



,MRS. BEN J. JOHNSON, Salem, N. Y. 

 *' The Primula Malacoides seed that I purchased from you last spring are now a 

 mass of bloom and are simply magnificent." 



MRS. M. H. TEBBS, Leesburg, Va. 



RHODANTHE or Strawflower 



Elegant garden annuals, 9 to 12 inches in height. They flower early and 

 continue for a long time. They are also used as pot plants for apartments, 

 on account of the durability of the flowers. As an "Everlasting" for dried 

 winter bouquets they are indispensable. (See colored plate on page 94. .) 



3563 Rose Pkt. 10c. 



3565 White Pkt. lOo. 



RICINUS or CASTOR OIL PLANT 



Noble annual foliage plants of luxuriant and rapid growth, attaining a 

 height of from 5 to 10 feet; producing large, Palm-like leaves about 3 feet, 

 across, of majestic sub-tropical effect; grown either as specimens or in groups. 



3572 Borboniensis. Immense green foliage; 15 feet Per oz. ,30c.; Pkt. 10c. 



3573 Cambodgiensis. INIaroon foliage, black stems Per oz., 30c.; Pkt. 10c. 



3574 Panormitanus. A cross between Ricinus Cambodgiensis and Zanzi- 

 bariensis, which inherits its maroon color from the former, and from 

 the latter its gigantic dimensions. The plant has a noble, upright habit 

 and when fully developed forms a huge symmetrical bush of wonder- 



r fully ornamental aspect Per oz., 30c.; Pkt. lOo. 



3576 Sanguineus (Obermani). Blood-red stems and fruit, foliage green. 



Per o3. ,30c.; Pkt. 10c. 



3580 Mixed Varieties Per oz., 25c.; Pkt. 10c. 



3585 Zanzibariensis. Imjnense leaves, green, brown, or purplish. 



Per oz., 30c.; Pkt. 10c. 



PYRETHRUM or Yellow-Leaved 

 GOLDEN FEATHER 



Dwarf plants about 8 inches high, extensively used for ribbon and carpet, 

 bedding foliage of bright yellow. Usually grown as annuals, although 

 perennials. 

 3552 Aureum. Yellow foliage, % foot Per 1,000 seeds, 25c.; Pkt 10c. 



PYRETHRUM HYRRIDUM or Painted Daisy 



Valuable, hardy, herbaceous garden p'ants with large single or double 

 flowers, 3 to 4 inches across, of rose, flesh, pink, white, crimson, etc., freely 

 borne on stems about 2 feet high; they remain in bloom for a long time. (See 

 engraving.) 



3555 Double, Large-flowering, Mixed Colors Pkt. 25c. 



3560 Single, Large-flowering, Mixed Colors Pkt. lOc. 



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