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EVERYTHING FOR THE GARDEN— Flower Seeds 



Primula (Primrose) 



Primula Malaooldes. This new race of Primroses from the mountain 

 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 — gracefully carry whorls 

 of flowers J^ to % of an inch across. They are easily grown from 

 seed flowering in about 4 months from sowing, and continue to 

 bloom for many weeks. A cool situation indoors suits them to 

 perfection. 



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



3524 P. Malaooldes. Lilac-colored flowers Pkt. 25c. 



3525 Primula Obconlca Giffantea. These "Ever-flowering Prim- 

 roses ' are favorite pot plants for house and conservatory. This 

 new giant Obconica race produces flowers of great size, many of 

 them measuring 1^ inches across, equaling the flowers of the 

 Chinese Primrose with the added merit of being more easily grown 

 and having a longer duration of bloom. Several colors in mixture 

 white, crimson, rose, violet, lilac, pink-eyed sort, etc. . . .Pkt. 25c! 



3542 Primula Acaulls or Hardy Blue Primrose. A beautiful blue- 

 llowered type, hardy, and splendid for naturalizing among shrubs 



in turf or the herbaceous border pkt. 2Sc 



3545 Primula Japonica Hybrids. These grand new Japan Prim- 

 roses are perfectly hardy — forming stately, robust plants that 

 ^ 1^^^ 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. 



Pyrethrum 



Hardy Poppy, 



Giant Oriental 



(Papaver Orientale) 



Among hardy perennials these 

 hold an unrivaled position for 

 gorgeous effectiveness in gardens 

 and hardy borders; height, 2 to 3 

 feet; flowers immense, 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 illustration.) 



3482 Beauty of Livermere. 

 Crimson with Black blotch. 



Pkt. ISc 



3483 Colosseum. Flowers 8 inches 

 across. Color, rich, shiny, dark 

 scarlet, with a black spot at the base 

 of each petal Pkt. 15c 



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. 15c 



Portulaca 



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

 tions 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 of the double sorts are like little roses. 

 __„_ _ , . , . , Per 1.000 seeds. 50c, Pkt. 15c. 

 •i.><».» I'nrana. Immense single blossoms, averaging 2 inches; color bright ruby- 

 red p/rf jo,, 



3510 Single. Mixed Colors. Per \i oz., SOcs per 1,000 seeds, 23cj Pkt. 10c! 



3552 Aureum or Yellow-Leaved Golden 

 Feather. Dwarf plants about 8 inches 

 high, extensively used for ribbon and 

 carpet, bedding foliage of bright yel- 

 low. Usually grown as annuals, al- 

 though perennials. Yellow foliage, 

 % Toot. 

 Per 1,000 seeds, 25c s Pkt. 10c 



Pyrethrum Hybridum 

 or Painted Daisy 



Valuable, hardy, herbaceous 

 garden plants with large single or 

 double flowers. 3 to 4 inches across, 

 of rose, flesh, pink, white, crim- 

 son, etc., freely borne on stems 

 about 2 feet high; they remain in 

 bloom for a long time. 

 3553 Double, Large-flowering, 



Mixed Colors Pkt. 25c. 



3560 Single. Large-flowering. 

 Mixed Colors Pkt. 15c 



3501 Imported Collection of Double Portulaca. 8 varieties 60c 



Primula (Primrose) 



<»iant 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 4J4 to 6 inches 

 in circumference. 



3520 Giant. Double. Mixed Colors Pkt SOc 



3540 Giant. Single. Mixed Colors '. YYYYYYYYY.YYYY.Y. .Pkt. 25c'. 



Giant Star. (Primula Stellata Hybrida Giganlea.) This distinct and beautiful 

 type is an unrivaled winter and spring flowering pot plant for table decoration. The 

 dark foliage on purple stems makes a striking contrast to the innumerable star-shaped 

 flowers borne in clusters. The flowers are much larger than the old type Stellatas 

 and of greater substance. 

 3530 Mixed Colors pkt. 25c 



The glorious Oriental Poppy and the charming Pyrethrum or Painted Daisy, described on this page, are included in the 

 Forget-Me-Not Collection of 17 Hardy Perennials foT $1.25. Shown in colors on the second page of cover 



