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PORTULACA 



Brilliant garden annuals, 6 inches high, luxuriating in warm, dry, sunny 

 situations and blooming profusely from early summer to autumn. For low 

 beds and masses of color, from spring until frost, they are indispensable; 

 colors range through innumerable shades of red, yellow, pink, striped, white, 

 etc. (See engraving.) 



3500 Double, Mixed Colors. These make perfectly gorgeous masses of 

 color; the flowers of the double sorts are like little roses. 



. Per 1,000 seeds, 50c; Pkt. 15c. 



3501 Imported Collection of Double Portulaca, 8 varieties ■. Pkt. 60c. 



3505 Parana. Immense single blossoms, averaging 2 inches across; color 



bright rubv-red Pkt. 10c. 



3510 Single, Mixed Colors. Per \i oz., 50c; Per- 1,000 seeds, 25.; Pkt. 10c. 



PRIMROSE (Giant Fringed Chinese) 



(Primula Sinensis Grandiflora Fimbriata) 

 Chinese Primroses are among our finest winter and spring blooming pot 

 plants; of healthy, sturdy growth, 8 to 12 inches high, "and free from insects; 

 while they produce for weeks large trusses of flowers, which, in our new 

 Giant varieties, average 414 to 6 inches in circumference. 



3520 Giant, Double, Mixed Colors Pkt. 50c. 



3540 Giant, Single, Mixed Colors • Pkt. 25c. 



PRIMROSE (Giant Star) 



(Primula Stellata Ilybrida Gigantea) 

 3530 This distinct and beautiful type should be better known, for it is an 

 unrivaled winter and spring flowering pot plant and for table decora- 

 tion unique and effective. The attractive dark foliage on purple stems 

 makes a striking contrast to the innumerable star-shaped flowers borne 

 in graceful pyrimidal clusters. The flowers of this new type are much 

 larger than the old type Stellatas and of greater substance. 

 Mixed Colors Pkt. 25c. 



PRIMULA JAPONICA HYRRIDS 



3545 These grand new Japan Primroses are perfectly hardy — forming stately, robust plants that 

 carry large trusses of bloom standing 3 to 3}^ feet above the ground. The colors range from 



pure white through shades of pink to deep crimson Pkt. 25c. 



"I like your seeds very much have had splendid results with them. From one packet of 

 Chinese Primrose seed I raised sixty-five plants. They were beautiful." 



MRS. RAY WAIN RIGHT, Webberville, Mich. 

 'I got some of your choice Primrose seed last year, and have the most beautiful Prim- 

 roses imaginable this Spring." 



MRS. BEN J. JOHNSON, Salem, N. Y. 

 "The Primula Malacoides seed that I purchased from you last spring are now a 

 mass of bloom and are simply magnificent " 



MRS. M. II. TEBBS, Leesburg, Va. 



RHODANTHE or Strawflower 



Elegant garden annuals, 9 to 12 inches in height. They flower early and 

 continue for a long time. They are also used as pot plants for apartments, 

 on account of the durability of the flowers. As an "Everlasting" for dried 

 winter bouquets they are indispensable. 



3563 Rose Pkt. 10c. 



3565 White Pkt. 10c. 



RICINUS or CASTOR OIL PLANT 



Noble annual foliage plants of luxuriant and rapid growth, attaining a 

 height of from 5 to 10 feet; producing large, Palm-like leaves about 3 feet, 

 across, of majestic sub-tropical effect; grown either as specimens or in groups. 



3572 Borboniensis. Immense green foliage; 15 feet Per oz., 30c; Pkt. 10c. 



3573 Cambodgiensis. Maroon foliage, black stems Per oz., 30c; Pkt. 10c. 



3574 Panormitanus. A cross between Ricinus Cambodgiensis and Zanzi- 

 bariensis, which inherits its maroon color from the former, and from 

 the latter its gigantic dimensions. The plant has a noble, upright habit 

 and when fully developed forms a huge symmetrical bush of wonder- 

 fully ornamental aspect Per oz., 30c; Pkt. 10c. 



3576 Sanguineus (Obermani). Blood-red stems and fruit, foliage green. 



Per oz., 30c; Pkt. 10c 



3580 Mixed Varieties .Peroz., 25c; Pkt. 10c. 



3585 Zanzibariensis. Immense leaves, green, brown, or purplish. 



Per oz., 30c; Pkt. 10c 



PYRETHRUM or Yellow-Leaved 

 GOLDEN FE,\THER 



Dwarf plants about 8 inches high, extensively used for ribbon and carpet, 

 bedding foliage of bright yellow. Usually grown as annuals, although 

 perennials. 

 3552 Aureum. Yellow foliage, M foot Per 1,000 seeds, 25c; Pkt 10c 



PYRETHRUM HYRRIDUM or Painted Daisy 



Valuable, hardy, herbaceous garden p^nts with large single or double 

 flowers, 3 to 4 inches across, of rose, flesh, pink, white, crimson, etc., freely 

 borne on stems about 2 feet high; they remain in bloom for a long time. (See 

 engraving.) 



3555 Double, Large-flowering, Mixed Colors Pkt. 25c 



3560 Single, Large-flowering, Mixed Colors Pkt. 10c 





PRIMULA MALACOIDES 



This new race of Primroses from the mountains of China has proven most 

 profuse-flowering for pot culture. The plants form rosettes of light green 

 leaves from which numerous wiry stems — 8 to 10 inches in height — grace- 

 fully carry whorls of flowers ^ to M of an inch across. They are easily grown 

 from seed and commence flowering in about 4 months from sowing and con- 

 tinue to bloom in increasing profusion for many weeks. A cool situation 

 indoors or in the conservatory suits them to perfection. 

 3522 P. Malacoides Alba. Pure white flowers Pkt. 25c. 



3524 P. Malacoides. Lilac-colored flowers ". Pkt. 25c. 



PRIMULA ORCONICA GIGANTEA 



3525 These "Ever-flowering Primroses" are favorite pot plants for house 

 and conservatory. The Chinese Primroses will have to look to their 

 laurels, for this new giant Obconica race is looming up in size of flowers, 

 many of them measuring l 1 ^ inches across, equaling in dimensions 

 those of their Chinese rivals, with the added merit of being easier 

 grown and having a longer duration of bloom. Several colors in mix- 

 ture, white, crimson, rose, violet, lilac, pink-eyed sorts, etc. . .Pkt. 25c. 



PRIMULA ACAULIS— Hardy Rlue Primrose 



3542 A beautiful, blue-flowered type, hardy, and splendid for naturalizing 

 among shrubs, in turf or the herbaceous border Pkt. 25c. 



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