

PRIMULA SINENSIS. 



(CHINESE PRIMROSE.) 



Many persons seem to think Primulas are suc- 

 cessfully propagated only in a greenhouse, hence 

 we find amateurs often reluctant to attempt their 

 culture. Thev are unequaled as winter bloom- 

 ers, easily grown, if the right conditions are ob- 

 served, and give a succession of flowers through- 

 out the season, and are prized for both the beauty 

 and their delicate fragrance, Single fringed, 

 finest mixed, pkt., 40 seeds, 8 cts. Good 

 mixed, pkt., 40 seeds, 6 cts. 



PRIMULA, Double. 



Best mixed of all colors. Pkt., 20 seeds, 14c. 



PRIMULA OBCONICA. 



Primula Obconica is as near an everblooming 

 plant as it is possible to obtain. It has been 

 known to flower for over twelve months without 

 a break. Pkt., 40 seeds, 4 cts. 



POPPY, The Shirley. 



It is perfectly hardy and flowers 

 the first season "from seed. The flow- 

 ers are large, exceedingly graceful 

 and elegant; the colors are pure, soft 

 and varied, and range from blush 

 white rose, delicate pink and car- 

 mine, through innumerable tints to 

 bright sparkling crimson. Pkt., 200 

 seeds, 4 cts. 



NEW CARDINAL POPPY. 



The plants grow about sixteen in- 

 ches high, and are well furnished 

 with deeply-cut, dark green foliage, 

 which shows off the enormous, double 

 glowing cardinal-scarlet flowers. On 

 close inspection, each of the perfecth- 

 fringed petals will be found lined 

 with white, while on the back of the 

 flower a white Maltese cross stands 

 out in sharp relief. Pkt., 200 

 seeds, 4 cts. 



NEW POPPY, 

 White Swan. 



One of the most effective and valu- 

 able Poppies introduced for years. 

 The plants are about eighteen inches 

 high, grow in very pretty bush form, 

 crowned with flowers of enormous 

 size, perfect form, very double and 

 of the purest snow-white. Pkt., 200 

 seeds, 4 cts. 



FAIRY BLUSH POPPY. 



The immense globular flowers are 

 perfectly double, and measure from 

 ten to thirteen inches in circumfer- 

 ence; the petals are. elegantly fringed 

 ana. pure white, except at tips, where 

 they are distinctly colored with rosy- 

 cream. Pkt., 200 seeds, 4 cts. 



Double Poppies— Mixed. 



DOUBLE POPPIES MIXED. 



For dazzling richness and variety of colors, 

 the flowers are unequaled. Simply" scatter the 

 seeds in the open ground and a mass of beauty 

 will result which will be a constant source of 

 pleasure. Pkt., 200 seeds, 3 cts. 



ICELAND POPPIES. 



These fine perennial poppies produce flowers 

 in great abundance the first year from the seed. 

 The colors range from the purest white and yel- 

 low to the deepest glowing orange scarlet, and 

 have a delicious fragrance. For vase or house 

 decorations they rank among the loveliest. 

 Mixed colors. Pkt., 100 seeds, 4 cts. 



Susie E. Maston, Roscoe, 0., March, 1897, writes:— I have 

 planted your seeds several years with very good results. 



Miss Bertha Cahill. Paxton, >"eb. , writes :-I was 

 well pleased with the seeds received from you 

 last season. The Petunias did remarkably well. 



Mrs. H. W. Gordon, Orange. 0., Mch, 97. writes :-I have plan- 

 ted your seeds for 3 j ears and have had good success with them. 



