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FLOWER SEED SPECIALTIES 



PORTULACA 



Brilliant garden annuals. 6 inches high, luxuriating in warm 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. 



Single Mixed Per oz., 40c.; Pkt. Sc. 



DOUBLE PORTULACA, Mixed Colors. These make perfectly gorgeous masses 

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



Per 1.000 seeds, 2Sc.; Pkt. 10c. 

 Collection of double Portulacas, 12 separate colors 7Sc. 



Giant Fringed Chinese Primroses 



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 from 43-2 to 6 inches in circumference. 



Giant, Single White Pkt. 25c. I Giant, Single Crimson Pkt. 2Sc. 



*' " Pink 25c. " " Blue 25c. 



" " Rose-Red 25c. I " " Salmon-Orange ... 50c 



" " Mixed Colors 25c. 



Giant, Double Mixed Colors 50c 



(Primula Stellata 

 Hybrida Giganiea) 



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

 rivaled winter and spring flowering pot plant and for table decoration unique 

 and effective. The attractive dark foliage on purple stems makes a striking 

 contrast to the innumerable star-shaped flowers borne in graceful pyramidal 

 clusters. The flowers of this new type are much larger than the old type Stel- 

 latas and of greater substance Giant Star Primroses, Mixed Colors. . Pkt. 25c. 



Ne\A/ Giant Star Primroses 



Primula Obconica Gigantea 



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 H 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 mixture; white, 

 crimson, rose, violet, lilac, pink-eyed sorts, etc Pkt. 2Sc. 



Hardy Blue Primroses 



A beautiful blue-tiowered tyne of the popul.ir old English yel- 

 low Primrose. Equally a.s hardy, and a fitting companion for 

 naturahzing in wild, partially shaded nooks among shrubs or 

 for planting either in turf or the herbaceous border. . .Pkt. 2Sc. 



Primula Japonica Hybrids 



These grand, new Japan Primroses are perfictly hardy — 

 forming stately, robust plants that carry large trusses of bloom 

 standing 3 to 3,'^ feet above the ground. The eHcct when in 

 bloom is most striking, and they last a long time in flower. 

 The colors range from pure white through shades of pink to 

 deep crimson. A cool, moist soil suits them best. . . .Pkt. 25c. 



Ricinus or Castor Oil Plant 



Noble 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. 



Ricinus Panormitanus. A cross between Ricinus Cambodgensis and Znnzibariensis 

 gave birth to this splendid hybrid, which inherits its color from the former, and 

 from the latter its gigantic dimensions. Thus the stem and stalks at an early age 

 are covered with a blue bloom, becoming later on quite dark, while the 

 leaves measure 2' $ to 3 feet in diameter. The plant has a noble, upright habit 

 and when fully developed forms a huge symmetrical bush of wonderfully 



ornamental aspect, where large specimen plants are required Pkt. 10c. 



Bismarkiana. A new hybrid, and one of the most decorative of ornamental 

 foliage plants; vigorous grower; large dark green leaves tinged with metallic- 

 bronze and ribbed purple; stalk and leaf stems almost black, ribbed silvery- 

 white Pkt. 10c. 



Cross-Bred French Rose Seed 



These new hybrid^; grow vigorously and commence flowering in 6 months' time 

 from seed; the following year, the plants, being larger, yield a greater quantity of 

 flowers; but their prime is not reached until the third season, when they bloom in 

 astonishing prodigality all summer long and continue to do so thereafter for years. 

 The plants form robust bushes, and are hardy, with slight protection, in cold climates, 

 about 80 per cent, of them produce large double flowers of all colors and shades known 

 in Roses, excepting yellow; they are, moreover, delightfully fragrant. Suitable either 

 for garden or pot culture Pkt. 25c 



"Henderson's Garden Guide and Kecord is certainly a generous gift and a book that should be in every home where flowers and vegetables are grcwn. 

 (See page 3.) Mrs. R. K. GAINES. Crete, 111. 



