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PHYSALIS FRANCHETTI. 



The Chinese Lantern Plant, re- 

 cently introduced from Japan, 

 allied to the Winter Cherry, and 

 noted for its ruby red fruit en- 

 cased in large inflated husks, 

 which turn to a bright orange 

 scarlet in the fall. The fruit 

 may l)e used for preserving or 

 eaten raw. Perennial, but not 

 hardy in the Xorth. The root^. 

 however, may be wintered in the 

 cellar, or potted for the \vinter 

 %\-indow garden. Pkt., 100 seeds, 

 4cts. 



CHINESE PINKS, Mixed. 



A mixture of mv six kinds. 

 Pkt., 100 seeds, 4 cts. 



fPINKS, CHINESE 

 Salmon Queen. 



A late novelty in 



single p i n k s'. A 



itiful sahnon pink, 



■«-ith finelv fringed edge'i. 



Pkt., 100 seeds. 4 cts. 



Giant Snowball. A 

 large - flowering white 

 Hedde-wigi pink. Pkt., 

 100 seeds, 4 cts. 



Mourning Cloak. A 

 large double flower of 

 velvety blackish purple, 

 margined and fringed 

 -with white. Pkt. , 100 seeds, 4 cts. 



Double Fring:ed. A magnificent varietv, 

 with lar^e, double, frijiged and lieautifuliy 

 colored flowers, from the purest white to 

 rich, velvetv reds. Mixed, extra. Pkt., 

 100 seeds, 4 cts. 



Single Fringed. Blossoms large and 

 disc-Like, some in solid colors, others mot- 

 tled or zoned. A desirable strain. Mixed. 

 Pkt., 100 seeds, 4 cts. 



Japanese Pink. An improved strain of 

 the Chinese Pinks, surpassing all others, it 

 is said, in beautv and size. Mixed. Pkt., 

 100 seeds, 5 cts.' 



Physalis Fraxchetti. 



PLATYCODON. 



The Platycodon is an acquisition 

 to the perennial bed that no one 

 who has had it wishes to be with- 

 out. It is a hardy perennial, 

 blooming the first year from seed, 

 and will live in the ground over 

 ■\\-inter and bloom profusely year 

 after year. Its buds are very 

 curious, the petals being joined at 

 their edges forming a perfect puff 

 ball, whose development it is in- 

 teresting to watch. The flowers 

 are large and star-like, a rich deep 

 blue or pure white in color, with 

 delicate veinings or penciUngs on 

 each petal. Pkt., 100 seeds, 4 cts. 



