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FLOWER SEED SPECIALTIES 



New Giant Star Primroses, 



(PRIMULA STELLATA HYBRIDA GIGANTEA.) 



This distinct and beautiful type should be better known, for they are un- 

 rivaled winter and spring flowerinR pot plants and for table decoration unique 

 and effective. The attractive dark foliage on purple stems makes a striking 

 contrast to the innumerable star-shaped flowers borne in graceful pyramidal 

 clusters. The flowers of this new tj'pe are much larger than the old type 

 stellatas and of greater substance. 



Giant White Star, pure white, massive flowers Pkl. .25 



" Red Star, carmine-red, beautiful 25 



" Star, mixed colors 25 



Primula Obconica, "-"''' ''"nrtfi^s. 



These new, large-flowering hybrid ever-flowering Piiraroses are great im- 

 provements, producing trusses of large fringed-edge flowers nearly double the 

 size of the older type and containing several colors, including lavender, blush- 

 pink, white, rose, etc.; favorite pot plants for house and conservatory culture 

 on account of the wonderful blooming qualities, flowering nearly the year through. 

 Obconica, Large Fringed, Mixed Colors Pkt. . 15 



" *' " Ocillata. New dark-e3'ed sorts -5 



HENDERSON'S SUPERIOR 



Chinese FriZla Primroses. 



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 from 4-1 to 6 inches in circumference. 



Giant, Single White Pkt. .25 I Giant, Single Crimson Pkt. .25 



" " Pink 25 " '• Blush- White. . . .25 



" " Rose-Red 25 | " *' Blue 25 



" " Mixed Colors 25 



" " Fern-Leaved Fringed, Mixed Colors 25 



" " Yellow. Bright yellow merging to creamv-white at edge. . .35 



" Double White Pkt. .50 I Giant, Double iDeep Rose.. PW. .50 



" " Striped 50 " " Red 50 



" " Blush-Fink... .50 I " " Mixed Colors . . .50 



"Our Primulas -jrom you last year were SUPERB — the best I ever had." 



I EVI A. LOVE LA XD. FIrrisi. X.unrh. X. Y. 



Rlcinus, or Castor Oil Plant. 



Noble foliage plants of luxuriant and rapid growth, attaining a height of 

 from .5 to 10 feet, producing large palm-like leaves about 3 feet across, of majes- 

 tic sub-trnpical effect; grown either as specimens or in groups. (See cut.) 

 Ricinus Panorrcitanus. A cross between Rioinus Camhodgensis and Zanzi- 

 bariensis gave birth to this splendid hybrid, which inherits its color from the 

 former, and from the latter its gigantic dimensions. Thus the stem and 

 stalks at an early age are covered with a blue bloom, becoming later on quite 

 dark, while the leaves measure 2J to 3 feet in diameter. The plant has a 

 noble, upright habit and when fully developed forms a h\:ge synimetrical bush 

 of wonderfully ornamental aspect; it will doubtless play an important part 

 for planting in isolated positions on lawns and for other decorative purposes 



where large specimen plants are required Pkt. .25 



Bismarkiana. A new hybrid, and one of the most decorative of orna- 

 mental foliage plants; vigorous grower; large dark green leaves tinged 

 with metallic bronze and ribbed purple; stalk and leaf stems almost 



black, ribbed silverj--white Pkt. . 15 



Bronze Beauty. Of dwarf, compact growth, 4 feet high, with inirplish 



stems and glistening bronzy-maroon foliage 10 



{For our cotuplffc list of Hirinus, see page 76.) 



^ew Cross-bred French Rose Seed. 



These new hybrids — the originator claims — germinate easily from seed, the 

 plants growing vigorously, and commence flowering in 6 months, time; the fol- 

 lowing year, the plants, being larger, yield a greater quantity of flowers; but 

 their pnnie is not reached until the third season, when they bloom in astonishing 

 prodigality all summer long and continue to do so thereafter for years. The 

 plants form robust bushes, and are hardy, with slight protection, in cold climates; 

 about SO per cent, of them profluce large double flowers of all colors and shades 

 known in Roses, excepting yellow; they are, moreover, delightfully fragrant. 

 Suitable either for garden or pot culture Pkt. .25 



