STANDARD FLOWER SEEDS. 



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PORTULACA 



PortJlaca. 



This is the salamander 

 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 wiih 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 

 recommend our Double Rose Flowered and Alba Oculata; 

 they areiar ahead of any Portulacas ever ofi'ered. 



Per pkt. 



Poriulaca Alba.— Pure white, beautiful go 05 



Alba Striata.— White flowers, beautifully striped. . . 5 



Crimson King. — Fine intense crimson 5 



Alba Oculata. — The best pure white in existence. . . . 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 J^ oz., 30 cts.; oz., 50 cts. 5 

 Grandiflora Double White. — Large white double 



flowers 15 



Grandiflora Double Orange. — The best double yellow 



variety ■ 15 



Grandiflora Double Purple. — A magnificent 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. Onr mixture of seed has been made 

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

 striped flowers. Per ^ oz., $2.50 ; per Y-, oz., ^4. . 10 

 Set of II Portulacas, bo cts. 



One of the stone crops, and very good for rock or rustic 

 work, stone walls and ornamental mounds. 

 Sedum Coeruleum.— Pretty blue 10 



GRANDIFLORA ROSE FLOWERED MIXED. 



R.ICINIJS (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. 



Per pkt. 



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 $0 10 



Borboniensis Gigantea. — A truly noble and magnifi- 

 cent variety, growing 15 feet high, dark green leaves. 5 



SAI^VIA (Flowering: Sage). 



See Specialties, Page 86. We offer the finest selec- 

 tion of seed ever sent out, from -which ive guarantee. Sal- 

 vias can be grown as quickly and successfully as front 

 cuttings or plants. 



Splendens (Scarlet Sage). — Intense scarlet .. . . . 15 

 Patens. — Superb blue 25 



SCHI25ANXHIJS (Butterfly Flower). 



Useful half-hardy annuals, 1^ to 2 feet in height? 

 literally covered with curiously spotted and blotched 

 flowers of bright colors. 



Papilionaceus (Butterfly Flower). — A charming va- 

 riety, marked with dark violet, yellow, crimson, etc. 5 



NEW PERPETUAL LARGE 

 FLOWERING T. W. STOCKS. 



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 IMarch 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, certainlyanovelty of the 

 first rank. It grows in the open ground to the height of i^ 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 pure?t possible white. 

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

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



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 .... 



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 20 



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

 culored stock grown ; 10 in 10 



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



Large Flowering Dwarf, Finest Mixed.— All colors, 1 ft !«> 



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

 flowered varieties . . . . '. 10 



Internnediate 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 : miy^ed colors . . . ... 10 



German Ten- Weeks Mixed.— A mixture of nne varieties, growing ij^ ft. 10 

 The Set of 10 German Ten- Weeks Siot/is, named above , for 83 cts. 



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