STANDARD FLOWER SEEDS. 



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P0RTULA6A. 



This is the salaman- 

 der amongst flowers ; it can 

 stand any amount of heat 

 or drought, and will flourish 

 anywhere ; the plants grow 

 about a foot high, are of a 

 trailing or spreading habit, 

 and are covered all season 

 with a profusion of beautiful 

 flowers of every color one 

 could desire. The seed can 

 be sown early in open 

 ground, and plants trans- 

 planted even if they have 

 commenced to bloom. In 

 fact, you can do almost as 

 you like with this accommo- 

 dating annual. The Portu- 



lacas of to-day are a great improvement on the old kinds, and we consider our stock the very best. We strongly recom- 

 mend our Double Rose Flowered and Alba Oculata ; they are far ahead of any Portulacas ever offered. 



PORTULACA GRANDIFLORA ROSE FLOWERED MIXED. 



Per pkt. 

 Portulaca Alba Oculata. — The best pure white in ex- 

 istence Jo 05 



Carnation Striped. — White flowers, beautifully striped 5 



Crimson King. — Fine intense crimson 5 



Rosy Purple. — A striking color . 5 



Deep Yellow. — A splendid showy yellow . .... 5 

 The Above Varieties Mixed. — A fine selection of 

 seed for general planting. Per y 2 oz., 25 cts.; oz., 



45 cts 5 



Grandiflora Double White. — Large white double 

 flowers .... 15 



Per pkt. 

 Grandiflora Double Orange.— The best double yellow 

 variety $0 15 



Grandiflora Salom. — A beautiful soft color 15 



Grandiflora Double Purple.— Amagnificent variety. 15 

 Grandiflora Rose Flowered Mixed Seed (see cut).— 

 Celebrated for wonderful brilliancy of color and great 

 beauty, and perfect shape of flowers, which resemble 

 lovely Roses. Our mixture of seed has been made 

 with care, and combines all brilliant colors, as well as 

 striped flowers. Per ^ oz., $1.50; per y 2 oz., $2.75. 10 

 Set of II Portulacas, bo cts. 



RICII^US (Castor-Oil Bean). 



Picturesque and handsome foliage plants, that speedily 

 attain gigantic proportions, equally fine for ornamental 

 clumps or single specimens in the lawn or garden. 

 Ricinus Gibsonia Mirabilis. — A variety of singular 

 and striking beauty, either singly or in groups ; the 

 large and graceful leaves are of clear bronze color, 

 with carmine veins, intense crimson fruit produced in 



large clusters. 5 ft 10 



Borboniensis Gigantea. — A truly noble and magnifi- 

 cent variety, growing 15 feet high, dark green leaves. 

 Should be planted deep, so that roots will have a firm 

 hold of earth k 



SAL, VIA (Flowering Sage). 



Salvia Splendens (Scarlet Sage). — The most vivid 

 scarlet crimson imaginable ; fine bushy plants ; 

 branches covered with flowers ; remains in full bloom 

 until frost. Flowering plants can easily be raised 

 from Spring-sown seed. 3 ft 15 



Patens. — Flowers, splendid pure blue ; similar inhabit 

 to Salvia Splendens. The two varieties make a con- 

 trast that cannot be surpassed. 3 ft 25 



New Salvia Splendens Compacta. — We consider this 

 strain superior to the old (see p. 85). We make the 

 price the same as the old variety; our customers will 

 be the gainers 15 



NEW PERPETUAL LARGE 

 FLOWERING T. W. STOCKS. 



Stocks Qermap ger? U/eel^s. 



Stocks are very satisfactory and beautiful for out-door planting, and 

 equally desirable for pot culture. The flowers are noted for their fragrance 

 and splendid range of color. To have a continuous succession of bloom, sow 

 seeds from March to May. 



New Perpetual Large-flowering Stock (see cut"). — The most valuable 

 variety of Large-Flowering Ten- Weeks white stocks ever introduced. 

 The plants are of strong growth and fine habit, certainly a novelty of the 

 first rank. It grows in the open ground to the height of 1% feet, and if 

 sown early will produce uninterruptedly a great abundance of bloom 

 from May or June until November. The individual flowers are uncom- 

 monly large, of a fine rosette-like shape and the purest possible white. 

 The flowers appear on each little shoot, and the oftenerthey are cut the 

 better they seem to like it; indeed, it is a veritable "Cut and Come Again" 15 



Red Victoria,— It is perfectly beautiful in appearance; the lateral 

 branches are regularly arranged around the main stem, becoming shorter 

 as they near the top, making the whole plant a natural-grown bouquet 

 of pyramidal shape. The exquisite double flowers are a deep blood red. 15 



New Ten-Weeks Stock. Globe Pyramidal.— A magnificent strain of 

 Ten-Weeks stock. It is hard to convey a fair idea of the immense 

 pyramids of perfectly double flowers, the individual blooms often meas- 

 uring over two inches in diameter. The plants are of neat, compact 

 habit. Altogether, we consider this New Stock one of the finest 

 recently introduced. Finest Mixed Colors *5 



Stocks, Large Flowering Dwarf Blood-Red.— The richest, deepest- 

 colored stock grown,-io in ro 



Large Flowering Dwarf, Pure White.— A lovely variety 10 



Large Flowering Dwarf, Finest Mixed.— All colors, 1 ft. . • • ■ • IO 



Wall Flowered, Finest Mixed.— A handsome collection of wall-flow- 

 ered varieties 10 



Intermediate Stocks.— Valuable on account of flowering late in Fall, 

 also as pot-plants for early Spring ; finest mixed varieties 10 



New Giant Perfection.— Plants attain a height of 2^ feet, producing 

 large spikes of perfectly double flowers ; mixed colors 10 



German Ten- Weeks Mixed —A mixture of fine varieties. x% ft . . . 10 



The set of 10 German Ten- Weeks Stocks named above for 8j cts. 



