For brilliant beds or borders, Salvias surpass all 



other flowers. They are listed on the next page. 



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PORTULACA (Rose Moss or Sun Plant) 

 Hardy Annual 



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

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

 31ooms profusely from early summer until autumn. Only 6 inches high. 



1696 Port ulaca , Single Large Flowered, Mixed. 



1696 SINGLE LARGE FLOWERED MIXED, ALL COLORS. 



vf any striped and variegated sorts will be found in this mixture. 

 Packet, 5 cents; ! . t ounce, 25 cents; ounce, 75 cents. 



1697 DOUBLE LARGE FLOWERING MIXED. Brilliant shades, 

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

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



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



709 Primula Chinensis, Finest Mixed. 



1710 Purple Feather Grass. 



PRIMULA (Primrose) 



Half Hardy Perennial 



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

 )bconica primulas are indispensable. Fine, free flowering plants. 

 1699 OBCONICA. These are of the easiest culture in window or con- 

 ervatory; flowering profusely and continually with little care. Finest 

 fixed. All colors. Packet, 15 cents; 2 packets, 25 cents. 

 PRIMULA CHINENSIS. Also called Chinese Primrose. Profuse 

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

 pring flowering window or greenhouse plants, doing well in cool 

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

 BLUE. A violet blue. Packet, 25 cents; 3 packets, 60 cents. 

 CRIMSON. A rich color. Packet, 25 cts.; 3 packets, 60 cts. 

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

 WHITE. Pure white. Packet, 25 cents; 3 packets, 60 cents. 

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



ooms. 

 1705 

 1706 

 1707 

 1708 

 1709 



PURPLE FEATHER GRASS 



Half Hardy Perennial 



1710 A very beautiful and popular ornamental grass of easy culture, 

 .s useful for hall or table adornment as a palm, and unequalled as 

 n edging to a bed of cannas or other tall plants. The long, graceful, 

 scurving green foliage is overtopped by elegant, feathery, purplish 

 lumes a foot long, which are also useful in a dried state for winter 

 ouquets. Packet, 10 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. 



1714 Ricinus, Zanzibarensis. 



1714 ZANZIBARENSIS. The handsomest strain of castor oil bean. 

 Leaf sometimes 2 feet across, with stem rising 8 to 12 feet. The different 

 varieties in a mixture have light and dark green leaves as well as 

 coppery bronze, changing to dark green with reddish colored ribs. 



Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 25 cents; 54 pound, 75 cents. 



1715 MIXED. All the best plain and fancy varieties in a grand mix- 

 ture. Packet, 5 cents; onnce, 20 cents; pound, 60 cents. 



Rose, Little Midget. 



Emperor. 



ROSE SEED (Miniature Fairy Roses) 

 Hardy Perennial 

 1716 LITTLE MIDGET. Only an inch across; mostly double. They 

 are borne in clusters, and embrace all the tints of the larger roses. The 

 blossoms are followed by bright red hips or seed pods that are very 

 pretty. The bush grows only 10 inches high, and begins to bloom a few 

 months after the seed is sown. Packet, 10 cents. 



SALPIGLOSSIS (Painted Tongue) 

 Hardy Annual 



Height, 18 inches to 2 feet, bearing many orchid-like flowers 2 to 2% 

 inches across, with odd and beautiful velvety markings; the colors red, 

 blue, yellow, pink, etc., in various shades are pencilled and veined with 

 golden yellow or other colors. Easily grown, flower profusely and are 

 fine for cutting as well as being showy in beds or borders. 



2720 HYBRIDS MIXED. Exquisitely veined and marbled. Red, 

 pink, purple, blue, yellow, white, etc. Packet, 5 cents. 



1721 EMPEROR. Flowers larger, more richly colored and more 

 numerous than any other sort. Mixed colors. Packet, 10 cents. 



