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R. & J. FARQ^LTHAR & CO.'S MID-SUMMER CATALOGUE 



PRIMULA CHINEXSIS — Continued 



Pkt. 

 Alba Magnifica. .Pine white fringed 



flowers, with well-defined yellow eye . $0.50 

 .FARquHAR's Improved Chiswick Red. 

 Crimson-scarlet, beautifully fringed 

 flowers of massive appearance . . .50 



;FARquHAR's Double !sIixed. The double 

 varieties are verv useful for cutting ; thev 

 are also adapted to window decoration 

 because of their long lasting quality. 

 The flowers are large and of charming 

 colors .......' .75 



Farquhar's Double Blush , . . * .75' 

 Farquhar's Double Crimsox . . .75 



Farquhar's Double Carnation-Striped .75 



Farqlhar's Double Pixk . . . .75 



FARGiUHAR's DoUBLE WhITE . . . .75 



PRIMULA STELLATA. 



This is unquestionably one of the most graceful 



rand beautiful of winter-blooming plants. Although 



quite new, it is in great demand, and the nunerous 



co'ors now obtained will increase it usefulness. Jt 



is equally valuable as a pot plant and for cutting. 



For the latter purpose it is the best of all Primulas, 



and will keep fresh in water for manv days. Finest 



mixed. Pkt. $1.00. 



Pkt. 



■COLLECTIOX OF 6 VARIETIES . . . $2.50 



PRIMULA. 



Obcoxica Grandiflora. Splendid for 

 winter and spring blooming in cool 

 greenhouse; flowers varying from white 

 to lilac and growing in large clusters on 

 erect slender stems. Handsome as a pot 

 plant and exquisite for cutting; 1 ft. . $0.25 

 Fimbriata. Flowers flnely fringed .25 



Carminea. Brigrht carmine . .50 



STOCK OR GILLIFLOWER. 



Oz. 



Pkt. 



^Boston Florist's Double White. 

 Our special strain, producing a high 

 percentage of large double white 

 flowers in beautiful long spikes, ex- 

 cellent for winter cultivation . 



'FARqiiiAR's Improved Cut-and- 

 Come-Again. Double White. A 

 splendid early-flowering perpetual 

 Stock. It is of tall branching habit, 

 .and when the first blooms have been 

 cut, side branches start out bearing 

 •large flower trusses. The flowers 

 are of large size, snowy whiteness, 

 and thick massive form, with a high 

 percentage double . )/% oz., 1.00 



.Farquhar's White Column. This 

 is an early flowering sort, bearing 

 one enormous spike of large double 

 white flowers; 2 ft. y% oz., 2.00 



Farquhar's Crimson Column. 



Yi oz., 2.00 



East Lothian. If sown in June or 

 July will make handsome pot plants 

 for conservatory decoration in win- 

 ter. The plants are of compact hab- 

 it, producing large, erect Hyacinth- 

 like flower trusses. 



Crimson . . . . . 



White 



$5.00 $0.25 



6.00 



.25 



.50 



.50 



.25 

 .25 



Brompton. Finest Double Mixed. 



Excellent for spring blooming if 

 sown in June or July 



MIGNONETTE. 



Pkt. 



$0.25 



Evans' Boston Giant Mignonette 



Ev.vxs' Boston Giant Mignonette. 



Pronounced by our leading florists the " finest 

 Mignonette grown." Oz., $1.50; % oz.,50; pkt., 



Boston, Mass. 

 I have used from fifteen to twenty dozen of 

 "Evans' Boston Giant Mignonette" daily, and can 

 say truthfully it is the finest and most fragrant Mig- 



nonette grown. 



THOMAS F. GALVIN. 



Mignonette I.mproved Machet. 



Machet has been acknowledged to be one of the 

 most valuable varieties of large flowering, sweet- 

 scened Mignonette, for florists' and amateurs' 

 use, ever introduced. The strain now offered 

 has been obtained through careful selection for a 

 number of years by a specialist in Northern 

 Europe. It is of robust growth and very hardy, 

 producing large, broad flower spikes of a reddish- 

 green co'or and agreeable frasance. 



Oz., $1.00; large pkt., .15 



