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Oriental Poppy 



Per Pkt. 



Papaver {Hardy Poppies) 



Iceland (P. Nudicanle) . Of graceful, neat habit, with 

 bright green fern-like foliage, formed in tufts, bear- 

 ing flowers in endless profusion; 1 foot. 



— Finest Mixed. All colors. Per '4 oz.. 40 ets 10 



— New Hybrid. The latest development in this lovely 

 species, varying in color from sulphur-yellow to 

 salmony-rose 15 



Orientale. (The Large Oriental Poppy). A charming sum- 

 mer-flowering hardy plant, producing numerous leafy 

 stems about 2% feet high, with large deep crimson flowers, 

 with black blotch on each petal, exceedingly showy. 

 Vi oz.. 30 cts 10 



Oriental Mixed Hybrids. Saved from a large number 

 of named sorts, embracing all of the colors. % oz., 

 50 cts 15 



Pentstemon {Beard Tongue) 



Highly useful and attractive perennials in the hardy 



border. 



Gloximoides "Sensation." As a bedding plant this 

 takes rank with the Petunia, Phlox, etc., etc. It 

 grows about 2 feet high, every branch being a 

 spike of large. Gloxinia-like flowers in a very wide 

 range of bright colors, including rose, red, carmine, 

 cherry, pink, lilac, purple, etc. 2 pkts., 25 cts 15 



Barbatns Torreyii. Spikes of brilliant coral red, very 



effective; June to August; 3 to 4 feet 10 



Mixed. A great variety of kinds and colors 10 



Phlox 



Hardy Perennial. Our collection of these is the most 

 extensive in the world. Seed should be sown as soon 

 as ripe. Order now and we will send as soon as har- 

 vested, which is usually about the end of October. 

 Supplied in mixed colors only. % oz., 75 cts 15 



Physalis {Chinese Lantern Plant) 



Franclieti. An ornanaental plant, forming dense 

 bushes about 2 feet high, producing freely its bright- 

 orange-scarlet lantern-like fruits; highly interesting. 10 



Physostegia 



Virginica (False Dragon Head). One of the prettiest 

 hardy perennials, forming dense bushes 3 to 4 feet 

 high and bearing freely during the summer months 

 spikes of delicate pink tubular flowers 10 



Platycodon ( Chinese Bell Flower) 



One of the best hardy perennials, producing flowers 

 throughout the entire season. 

 Grandiflorum. Large steel-blue flowers. % oz., 40 cts. 10 



—Album. Pure white variety. ^4 oz., 40 cts 10 



Mariesi. Rich violet-blue; compact. % oz., 50 cts.. 10 



Japonicus Fl. PI. (Double Japanese Bell Flower). Large, 



double, glossy, deep-blue flowers. 2 pkts., 25 cts.... 15 



Per Pkt. 



Polemoniutn {Jacob's Ladder) 



Ccenileum. Popular hardy perennial border plant, with 

 bell-shaped bluish-purple flowers nearly 1 inch 

 across; 2 feet; Jlay to July 10 



Polyanthus (Primula Matior) ^ 



Showy, hardy, early spring free-flowering plants. 



Invincible Giant. The largest and finest strain in cul- 

 tivation, containing a fine range of colors from 

 purest white to richest crimson, 5 pkts., $1.00 25 



English. All colors mixed 10 



Potentilla {Cinquifoil) 



Charming hardy perennial plants for the border, with 

 brilliant single or double flowers, mostly in orange, red and 

 crimson tones, that are produced in profusion from June to 

 August; succeeds in any soil; 18 inches. 



Double Hybrids. All colors 25 



.Single Hybrids, Many colors 15 



Primula (Primroses) 



Chinese Fringed Varieties , 



Alba Magniflca. The finest pure white 2S 



Covent Garden Red. Large rosy red 25 



Covent Garden AVhite. A fine, very free white 25 



Crimson King. Rich luminous crimson, very effective.. 50 



Kosy Morn. Beautiful delicate pink 60 



Dreer's Choicest Mixed. This mixture contains nothing 

 but the finest sorts, and cannot fail to give entire 



satisfaction 25 



Giant Flowering. This magnificent strain is quite 

 distinct from the regular type, being of much more 

 robust -growth and producing immense trusses of 

 extra large, finely-fringed flowers in many new and 

 novel colors: as a pot plant for the house or con- 

 servatory, this is unequalled. 3 Pkts., ?1.00 35 



Various Primroses 



The following \'arieties are of the easiest culture in green- 

 house or light window of dwelling house, flowering abun- 

 dantly and continuously with little care. 



Obconica Grandiflora. Mixed. All colors 15 



Obconica Gigantea. Finest Mixed. All colors 20 



Malaooides (Improved Baby Primrose). A splendid 



house plant; sprays of delicate lilac flowers 25 



— .41ba. A new white sort 25 



— iKoseaj. Bright rose 25 



Kewensis. A new bright yellow variety; a fine house 



plant 25 



Japonica (Japanese Primrose). Bright and showy 



flowers; borne in whorls on stems 6 to 9 inches long; 



mixed colors 15 



Vulgaris (English Primrose). Canary-yellow, fragrant. 15 



Pueraria (Japanese Kicdzu Vine). 



Thunbergiana. To this must be awarded first place as 

 the fastest grrowing hardy climbing plant. It will 

 grow S to 10 feet the first year from seed, and after 

 it has become established there seems to be no limit 

 to its growth, 50 feet in a single season beias not 

 unusual. Its foliage is large and covers well; it bears 

 srriall racemes of rosy-purple, pea-shaped blossoms 

 toward the close of August. A splendid subject lor 

 covering permanently verandas, dead trees, etc....,- 10 



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