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Hardy perennials, etc. 



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OX'ALIS, Nat. Ord. Oxalida'cece 



Ox'aliS flOllbun'da rO'Sea, delicate /VSC, \ ft \ Ml exceedingly pretty ; Cornieulata, tmth its 



cornicula'ta ru'bra, brozvn foliajre, -f ft dwarf, compart, brown fimqt, U valuable for 



■■ ,,:J„n; n , r "* 1 f. edgmgt and front lines in nbbont , V. vindifalia 



vvciauo'lia., green foliage, h ft... I „„ arern mngt. form, a >»< relief to 

 ro'sea, bright rose-purple, n.-h. annual, h ft. f f»* brown joliaue of rubra; Mwmm 



tt - -- ■ <_ i_ • l. 11 1 n. Rotea are fine bedthno plants, the bitqkt yelUjw 



Valdivia'na, bright yellow, * f t 0 f the one c*&a*ti*0rtrikinolt with rib ricA 



choice mixed, ^ f t J r °* e * ** * * »f the other - \, o 



OXYU'RA, Nat. Ord. Compos' itcc. Beautiful showy hardy annual. 



2918 Oxyu'ra chrysanthemoi'des, golden yellow, edged white, effective in beds and borders, 1 ft. 3d. and o 



PALAFOXTA, Nat. Ord. Compos ita;. Fine half-hardy annual. 



2919 Palafox'ia Hooker'ii, light rose-purple, very beautiful border plant in warm situations, i£ ft. 3d. and o 



PALA'VIA, Nat. Ord. Malva'cece. Half-hardy annual. 



2920 Pala'via flexuo'sa, rose-pink, a charming neat elegant plant, profusely covered with small saucer- 



shaped flowers, effective in small beds, rock- work, and for pot culture, 1 ft 3d. and o 



PANSY, see VIOLA, page 45. 



PAPA'VER, Nat. Ord. Papaveracece. Exceedingly showy hardy perennials. 



2921 Papa'ver involucra'tum maximum, brillia?it orange-scarlet, fine border plant, 3 ft o 



2922 nudicau'le, bright yellow, fine plant for rock-work, 1 ft o 



2923 ,, orientale, deep scarlet with black blotches, fine border plant, 2^ ft o 



2ft24 ,, spica'tum, large red flowers and fine foliage, 2 ft o 



2925 „ cam'bricum (meconopsis), Welsh poppy, yellow, 1 ft o 



PEAS, SWEET (Lath'yrus odora'tus), Nat. Ord. Legumino'sce. Fragrant h. annuals. 



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2926 Peas, Sweet invincible, rich crimson scarlet, 6 ft 1 



2927 „ „ n black, very dark, 6 ft 



2928 „ „ Crown Princess of Prussia, blush, 6 ft. .. 



2929 „ „ lilaci'nus splen'dens, deeply-edged blue 



6 ft 



2930 „ „ painted lady, 6 ft 



2931 „ „ new Hybrid, blue edged, 6 ft 



2932 „ „ purple, 6 ft 



2933 „ „ „ striped, 6 ft 



2934 „ ,, scarlet, 6 ft 



2935 „ „ „ striped, 6 ft 



2936 „ ,, white, 6 ft 



2937 „ mixed, 6 ft 



For making floral screens^ shutting 

 out unsightly objeits, or forming 

 hedgerows in exposed situations 

 for protecting more tender plants, 

 Sweet Peas are unsurpassed. In 

 shrubbery and mixed flower bor- 

 ders pyramids of these supported 

 by twiggy faggots are very effec- 

 tive. Grown in pots they can be 

 had very early in bloom to cut for 

 bouquets. Sow in November and 

 December, and again during the 

 spring months. 



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PECTUS, Nat. Ord. Compos'itce. Beautiful half-hardy annual. 



2938 Pec'tis angustifo'lia, charming citron-scented yellow flowers, compact and handsome, £ ft o 6 



PELARGONIUM (Geranium), Nat. Ord. Gerania/cece. Greenhouse plants. 



For the decoration of the greenhouse, no plant is more popular than this, and when well grown its effect is 

 matchless. At our summer flower shows it is always a conspicuous object-, the large bold flowers of the English, 

 the beautiful spotting of the French, and the elegant and delicate colours of the Fancy, tnake this pre-eminently 

 the ladies' flower. The seeds we offer have been saved from first class show varieties, and will yield flowers of 

 the most advanced types. The raising of seedlings is very simple. 



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2944 



Pelargo'nium fancy, saved from the choicest varieties, 2 ft 2 



„ „ „ fine „ 2 ft i 



„ English and French large-flowered, saved from the choicest varieties, 2 ft 2 



„ „ a a a fine „ 2 ft 1 



„ diadema'tum, saved from the choicest varieties, 2 ft 2 



For Zonale Nosegay a?id Tricolor Pelargoniums, See Geranium, page 28. 



PENTAPE'TES, Nat. Ord. Byttneridcece. Beautiful greenhouse perennial. 



Pentape'tes phceni'cea, bright scarlet, a very fine pot plant, § ft c 



PENTSTE'MON, Nat. Ord. Scrophularia'cece. Splendid hardy perennials. 



For brilliant effect and continuous blooming in the flower garden, and as a cut flower for vases it is hardly 

 possible to over-estimate the English hybrid Pentstemons. The flowers are large, the markings beautiful, and the 

 colours rich and varied, while the habit of the plant is good and its culture simple. Of late years bedding plants 

 have somewhat pushed the Pentstemon into the background, but the splendid hybrids exhibited before the Floral 

 Committee of the Royal Horticultural Society, and for which Mr. Porter received certificates, have qwite revived 

 interest in it. The seeds we offer were from the exhibition varieties, which had certificates, and they are recom- 

 mended with the greatest confidence. The other Pentstemons enumerated by name are valuable border plunts. 

 2945 Pentste mon, Porter's splendid mixed large-flowered hybrids, in many colours is. and 



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large-flowered hybrids, dark-purple crimson varieties, striped throat 



crimson varieties with white throat 1 



„ M n >» peach-lilac varieties, with striped throat ... 1 



„ „ if it light crimson varieties, with striped throat 1 



„ „ M „ violet-blue varieties, with white throat 1 



,, „ „ rose varieties, with white throat r 



light blue varieties, with white throat 1 



„ „ „ „ delicate light pink varieties, with white eye 1 



acumina'tuus, blue-purple, fine racemes of flowers, 1^ ft 0 



Adanso'nii, brilliant rose, light centre, darkly veined, ig ft 0 



barba'tus coccin'eus, bright scarlet, also known as Chelone barbata, 3 ft o 



„ Tor'eyi (new), bi ight scarlet, a noble border plant, 5 ft 0 



gla'ber (new), fine dwarf species, with bright blue terminal racemes, £ ft 0 



Jaffraya'mis, sky-blue, throat rose-tinted, very handsome, 2 ft 0 



LobTni, yellow, a handsome species, 2ft 0 



Murraya'nus, splendid scarlet, 2 it 0 



specio'sus, deep cozrulean blue flowers, most beautiful, 2 ft 0 



choice mixed, including the newest species and named varieties, English and Foreign 1 



fine mixed 0 



