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FLOWER SEEDS = 



POPPY, Hardy Giant Oriental (Perennial) 



(Papaver Orientate) 



Among hardy perennials these hold an unrivaled position for gorgeous 

 eHectiveness m gardens and hardy borders; height, 2 to 3 feet; flowers im- 

 mense, often 6 inches or more across. They are also grand, cut in bud state, 

 for vases. The seed should be sown in the open ground in June or July in 

 order to bloom the following summer. (See illusiration.) 



3482 Beauty of Livermere. Crimson with black blotch Pkt. 15c 



3483 Colosseum. Flowers 8 inches across. Color, rich shiny dark scarlet 

 with a black spot at the base of each petal Pkt. 15c 



3484 "The F«ltham." This variety has all the various shades of the type, 

 VIZ.; scarlet, orange, apricot, etc., but with no black blotches at the 

 base of the petals. The flowers are thus self-colored. A brilliantly 

 decorative border plant Pkt. 35c 



3485 Princess Victoria Louise. Salmon-scarlet Pkt. 15c 



3487 Rembrandt. Orange-scarlet Pkt! 15c 



3489 Salmon Queen. Salmon-yellow Pkt. 15c 



3490 Oriental Hybrids. Mixed Colors Per 1,000 seeds, 60c; Pkt. ISc 



PORTULACA (Annual) 



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 illustration.) 



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

 color; the flowers are like little roses. . . .Per 1,000 seeds, 50c; pkt. 15c 



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

 ruby-red pkt. 10c 



3510 Single, Mixed Colors. . . .Per M oz. 50c; per 1,000 seeds, 25c; pkt. 10c 



3501 Imported Collection of Double Portulaca, 8 varieties 75c 



POTENTILLA ROXANA (Perennial) 



3514 This delightful herbaceous perennial produces compact plants that 

 resembles large resets of Strawberry foliage. The flower stems which 

 rise a foot or more above the foliage carry graceful flowers somewhat 

 resembling a double calliopsis and is salmon pink in color .... Pkt. 25c 



PRIMULA (Primrose), (Perennial) 



Giant Fringed Chinese. (Primula Sinertsis Grandifiora t'lmoriata.) 

 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 iyi to 6 inches in circumference. 



3520 Giant, Double, Mixed Colors Pkt. 50c 



3540 Giant, Single, Mixed Colors Pkt. 25c 



3530 Giant Star. (Primula SteUata Hybrida Gigantea.) The dark foliage 

 makes a striking background for the star-shaped flowers borne in clusters. 

 The flowers are much larger than the old type SteUata and of greater 

 substance. 



Mixed Colors Pkt. 25c 



3525 Primula Obconica Gigantea. These "Ever-flowering Primroses" 

 are favorite pot plants for house and conservatory. This new giant 

 Obconica race produces flowers measuring 1 }2 inches across, equaling 

 the flowers of the Chinese Primrose with the added merit of being 

 more easily grown. Several colors in mixture, white, crimson, rose, 



violet, lilac, pink-eyed sort, etc Pkt. 25c 



3542 Primula Acaulis or Hardy Blue Primrose. A beautiful, blue- 

 flowered type, hardy, and splendid for naturalizing among shrubs in 



turf or the herbaceous border Pkt. 25c 



3545 Prinnula Japonica Hybrids. These grand new Japan Primroses are 

 perfectly hardy-*-forniing stately robust plants that carry large trusses 

 of bloom standing 3 to 3 H feet above the ground. The colors range 

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



PYRETHRUM (Perennial) 



3552 Aureum or Y eUdip-Leaved Golden Feather. Dwarf plants about 8 inches 

 high, extensively used for ribbon and CEirpet bedding, foliage of bright 

 yellow. Usually grown as annuals, aHhough perennials. Yellow 

 foliage, % foot Per 1,000 seeds, 25c; pkt. 10c 



PYRETHRUM or Painted Daisy (Perennial) 



(Shown on Colored Plate, page 105.) 

 Valuable, hardy, herbaceous garden plants with large single or double 

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

 with yellow center, freely borne on stems about 2 feet high; they remain in 

 bloom for a long time. They are now very popular as cut-flowers. 



3555 Hybridum, Double, Large-flowering, Mixed Colors Pkt. 2Sc 



3560 Hybridum, Single, Large-flo^vering, Mixed Colors Pkt. 15c 



The Colored Plate Opposite 

 SCABIOSA. Maxima Plena — -Annual. 



This variety is also known as "Sweet Scabious" or "Mourning Bride." 

 We offer a specially selected stock. (See complete description on page 120.) 



SALPIGLOSSIS. EMPEROR— Annual. 



We offer a new giant-flowered race of this beautiful flower. (See 

 complete description on page 120.) 



SWEET PEA, Giant Early Flowering— Annual. 



A new race of vigorous growth, continuing to bloom for several months. 

 (See complete description an page 119.) 



