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FLOWER SEEDS 



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. 10c 



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

 ruby-red pkt. 10c 



3510 Single, Mixed Colors Per }i oz. 50c; per 1,000 seeds, 2Sc; pkt. 5c 



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 Sinensis Grandiflora Pimoriata.) 

 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 4 >i to 6 inches in circumference. 



3520 Giant, Double, Mixed Colors Pkt. 50c 



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



3530 Giant Star. (Primula Siellala 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 Stellata and of greater 

 substance. 



Mixed Colors. Pkt. 2Sc 



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

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

 Obconica race produces flowers measuring 1 J4 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 



3526 Glory of Aalsmeer. (Obconica Grandiflora.) Its most striking char- 

 acteristic is the much deeper shade of bright rose color which has been 

 evolved, and also a noticeable improvement in the size of the flowers, 

 and in the shape of the plants. In Europe, where this new selection 

 was made, it is much in demand by all growers, professional as well as 

 amateurs Pkt. 50c 



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 Primula Japonica Hybrids. These grand new Japan Primroses are 

 perfectly hardy — forming stately robust plants that carry large trusses 

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

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



PYRETHRUM (Perennial) 



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

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

 yellow. Usually grown as annuals, although perennials. Yellow 

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



DESCRIPTION OF COLORED PLATE OPPOSITE 



New Ruffled Petunia "FLUFFY RUFFLES" 



These startlingly beautiful "Fluffy Ruffles" varieties rep- 

 resent a great step forward in the improvement of the petunia, 

 as a glance at our colored plate will show. 



Every seed harvested is the result of hand fertilization, 

 and is consequently worth its weight in gold. 



These beautiful varieties bear large flowers three to four 

 inches in diameter, embracing many beautiful colors, 

 crimson, pink, lavender, white, mottled, etc. Many of 

 the flowers have yellow throats, while others are deeply 

 lined and netted on a white, pink or lavender ground. The 

 flowers are beautifully ruffled, frilled and fringed. This is 

 a fine sort for bedding or pot culture. 

 3375 Mixed Colors... Per 1,000 seeds, $1.00; pkt., 25c 



PYRETHRUM or Painted Daisy (Perennial) 



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-flowering. 



Mixed Colors Pkt. 15c 



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