If there's one thing that'll coax a quick proposal, it's 



to see your sweetheart pottering in a flower garden 



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PORTULACA (Rose Moss or Sun Plant) 

 Hardy Annual 



A favorite for edgings, rock work, etc. Will grow and bloom profusely 

 in a dry, hot, sunny location, where almost any other plant would die 

 Blooms profusely from early summer until autumn. Only 6 inches high. 



1692 ROSE, SINGLE LARGE FLOWERED. Packet, 5 cents. 

 7693 SCARLET, SINGLE LARGE FLOWERED Pkt., 5 cts. 



1694 WHITE, SINGLE LARGE FLOWERED. Packet, 5 cts. 



1695 YELLOW, SINGLE LARGE FLOWERED Packet, 5 cts. 



7696 SINGLE LARGE FLOWERED MIXED, ALL COLORS. 

 Many striped and variegated sorts will be found in this mixture. 



Packet, 5 cents; % ounce, 25 cents; ounce, 40 cents. 



7697 DOUBLE LARGE FLOWERING MIXED. Brilliant shades, 

 including white, yellow, salmon and carmine. Seed saved from perfect 

 double flowers, which will, at times, produce some singles. 



Packet, 10 cents; % ounce, 30 cents; ounce, 50 cents. 



PURPLE FEATHER GRASS 



Tender Perennial 

 7770 A very beautiful and popular ornamental grass of easy culture. 

 As useful for hall or table adornment as a palm. The long, graceful, 

 recurving " 3en foliage is overtopped by elegant, feathery, purplish 

 plumes a foot long. Packet, 10 cents. 



Pyrethrum, Roseum Single. Primula, Obconica. 



PYRETHRUM 



Hardy Perennial 



The pyrethrums are handsome, herbaceous garden plants, about 2 

 feet high, bearing daisy-like or aster-like flowers, 3 or 4 inches across, 

 ranging in color from light pink to deep red with yellow centres. Blooms 

 in May and June and again in the fall; one of the best cut flowers. 



7777 ROSEUM FINEST SINGLE MIXED. Packet, 10 cents. 



7772 ROSEUM FINEST DOUBLE MIXED. Packet, 15 cents. 



PRIMULA (Primrose) 

 Tender Perennial 



For winter or spring decorations in the home, the Chinensis and 

 Obconica primulas are indispensable. Fine, free flowering plants. 



7699 OBCONICA. These are of the easiest culture in window or con- 

 servatory; flowering profusely and continually with little care. Finest 

 Mixed. All colors. Packet, 15 cents; 3 packets, 25 cents. 



PRIMULA CHINENSIS. Also called Chinese Primrose. Profuse 

 bloomers and among the finest and most popular of the winter and 

 spring flowering window or greenhouse plants, doing well in cool 

 rooms. Plants are sturdy and robust; the flowers cut and fringed. 



Primula Chinensis or Chinese Primrose, Finest Mixed. 



7705 BLUE. A violet blue. Packet, 35 cents; 3 packets, 60 cents. 



7706 CRIMSON. A rich color. Packet, 35 cts.; 3 packets, 60 cts. 



7707 ROSE. A delicate shade. Packet, 25 cts.; 3 packets, 60 cts. 

 770S WHITE. Pure White. Packet, 25 cents; 3 packets, 60 cents. 

 7709 FINEST MIXED. All shades and colors. Packet, 20 cents. 



RICINUS (Castor Oil Bean) 

 Hardy Annual 



A stately, strong-growing and highly ornamental tree-like annual 

 plant; 6 to 14 feet high. Very effective as a foliage plant. Highly desira- 

 ble for centres of beds or for backgrounds. By planting Ricinus beans 

 on the borders of gardens moles may be kept away, as they will leave 

 as soon as they get a scent of the plant. 



Ricinus, Zanzibarensig. 



7774 ZANZIBARENSIS. The handsomest strain of castor oil bean. 

 Leaf sometimes 2 feet across, with stem rising 8 to 12 feet. Four varie- 

 ties in a mixture — green, copper brown, brownish purple and bronze. 

 Finest mixed. Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 20 cents; ]4 lb., 60 cents. 



7775 MIXED. All the best plain and fancy varieties in a grand mix- 

 ture. Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 15 cents; J4 pound, 35 cents. 



