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Portulaca 



Sometimes called Moss Rose. Few flowers make such a dazzling display of color in the bright 

 sunshine as a bed of portulacas. The glossy cup-shaped single flowers and I'ose-like double 

 flowers, about one inch across, range through many shades of red, white, pink, orange, yellow, 

 striped, etc. Plants low growing or creeping with thick, fleshy stems tinged with red and 

 small quill-shaped leaves. Desirable also for edgings. They are in bloom through a long season. 



Sow seed outdoors, after \veathe<i' is warm and settled, where the plants are to stand in rows one foot apart. They should 

 have a sunny situation. Well pulverized soil should be used but it does not need to be rich. Cover seed about one-eighth 

 inch deep. Thin to two inches apai-t. For massed beds seed can be sown broadcast, the soil sifted on and the whole bed 

 carefully pressed with a board. For earliest blooming start under glass and transplant to place after danger of killing frost 

 is over. Tender annual; about nine inches high. 



Single Varieties 



Alba. Pure white. Oz. 45c Pkt. 10c. 



Aurea. Deep golden yellow. Oz. 45c . 

 Fine Mixed. A wide range of colors. 



Oz. 40c. 



10c. 

 10c. 



Double Varieties 



The seed we offer can be depended upon for a large proportion 

 of fine, very double flowers and the few that come single can be 

 pulled out if desired. 



Double iWhite Pkt. 10c. 



" .Scarlet Very bright and attractive " 10c. 



Orange " 10c. 



Mixed. Many beautiful shades. Oz. $2.50 " 10c. 



POOR MAN'S ORCHID— O^ee Schizanthus) 



PwirinvrwcfiK P-VT-Aninrr ((Enothera) 'Large, showy saucer- 

 mmrOSe, JliVening shaped blossoms, usually fully 

 expanded only towards and during evening. The blossoms are 

 yellow or white and are very freely produced. 



Acaulis Alba (Loio White Evening) This sort produces many 

 large flowers about three inches across which open clear white 

 and turn to deep primrose pink. Sow in open ground early in 

 spring. Make rows fifteen inches apart; thin six inches apart 

 in row. Hardy perennial; six inches high Pkt. 10c. 



Lamarckiana (Showy Evening) Superb spikes of large, bi'ight 

 yellow blossoms about three inches across. Sow in open ground 

 early in spring, or if blooms ai-e wanted the first season, start 

 very early in hotbed and transplant. Hardy perennial bvit blooms 

 the first year; height four feet. Oz. 20c Pkt. 10c. 



Primula Sinensis 



(Chinese Primrose) This 

 beautiful winter bloom- 

 Primula Sinensis * *»***%«**,* *^M.u.M,'^^AM.%^m,%^ ing pot plant is especial- 



ly valuable in that its brightly colored and finely formed flowers 

 and prettily cut foliage may be had in perfection from November until late in spring. 



Sow seed indoors in well drained, shallow pans or boxes from April to last of July, to insure flowering the following winter. 

 For best results use finely sifted leaf mold, loam and sand in equal parts. Cover slightly and place the pans in a temperature 

 of about 60° F. Water with a fine spray. If covered too deeply or if allowed to dry after being wet the seed will not germinate. 

 Transplant into pots and keep in a cool place so that the plants will grow slowly until ready to bloom. Seed may also be sown 

 in fall. Greenhouse perennial, sixjto'ten inches high. 



Single Fringed, Scarlet. Deep scarlet Pkt. 25c. Double Fringed Mixed. Very choice; shades of red, rose, white, 



** Choicest Mixed. J^ Oz. $2.50 " 25c. etc The seed we offer can be depended on to produce a very 



Choicest Fern Leaved Mixed " 25c. large proportion of double fiowers Pkt. 25c. 



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Pyrethrum 



Very ornamental, both foliage and flowers. Well adapted for bedding and borders. Sow outdoors 

 in spring as soon as ground can bo worked, or for best results start the seed indoors and 

 transplant after danger from frost 



is past. (See also Matricaria) 



Parthenifolium Aureum (Golden Feather) Beautiful dwarf gold 

 leaved bedding plant. Flowers white. Half hardy perennial, 

 often treated as an annual; height one foot. Oz. 50c. .Pkt- 10c. 



R Vk r\A a « f V» A O^^ ^^ ^^® most beautiful everlastings. Some- 

 IVllUU All Lilt; times cafled Straw Flower. The flower-heads 

 are somewhat bell-shaped, becoming when mature fully expanded 

 and sometimes reflexed. They are gracefully poised on slender 

 stems. The mixture we offer includes rose with golden center 

 and white with yellow disc. Blooms should be gathered before 

 fully expanded and dried in the shade. 



Start under-glass, or sow seed outdoors after danger of frost 

 is over. Tender annual; one and one-half to two feet high. Mixed. 

 Oz. 50c .Pkt. 10c. 



RiClNUS— ('S'ee Castor Bean) 



Rnr'lcrfif ^iA7-*»«af (Hesperis matronalis) Produces loose 

 *^'-'*^**-^*'> •JWCCt clusters of flowers very fragrant during 

 the evening and useful for cutting. Flowers crucifoz'm, some- 

 what resembling the single Stock but smaller. 



Seed germinates readily in open ground if sown after danger 

 from frost is past. Hardy perennial. 



Purple. Plants two and one-half to three feet high Pkt. 10c. 



White. About two feet high " lOc. 



T^ Multiflora Dwarf Perpetual, Mixed. Plants under 



lvOS6 ^^^'^^ ^^^^ "^vil' commence to flower when six inches 

 ^^^^^^ high and about two months old, and continue to 

 grow and bloom until they form compact bushes about sixteen 

 inches high, well covered with single and double flowers. 



Open the berries and separate the seeds, sowing in pots of i-ich 

 sandy soil and keep at about 70° F. and moderately moist. When 

 plants are about one inch high transplant and give plenty of light 

 and air. Tender perennial; blooming the first year . . . .Pkt. 15c. 



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