C. C. MORSE & CO.— SEEDS — SAN FRANCISCO. CALIF. 
POBTULACA. Low-growing or creeping tender annual, six 
to eight inches high, and bearing glossy, cup-shaped 
blossoms in very brilliant and gorgeous colors. The 
foliage and stems are thick. The seed germinates 
slowly and should be started under glass or when the 
weather is hot. These flowers love the sunshine and do 
best on rather dry ground; excellent for embankments. 
Golden Yellow, pkt. 5c. Scarlet, pkt. 5o. 
Pink, pkt. 5c. White, pkt. 5c. 
FOBTULACA — Continued. 
Single. Mixed. Large flowering. Pkt. 5c; oz. 40c. 
Double. Mixed. Large flowering. Pkt. 10c. 
POTENTILLA Brilliant red flowers. Hardy perennial, 18 
inches high. Often called Cinquefoil. 
Single mixed, pkt. 5c. 
Primrose, Evening. See Oenothera. 
PRIMROSES 
PRIMULA SINENSIS, or CHINESE PRIMROSE 
Greenhouse or pot plants, bearing trusses of large single or double blossoms in bright colors, as well 
April or May for winter blooming. Our seed is from the very finest strains. 
soft tints. Sow seed 
Giant Single Fringed Varieties — 
Alba Mag-nifica. Pure white. Pkt. 25c. 
Bright Blue, pkt. 25c. 
Bright Rose, pkt. 25c. 
Rosy Morn. Blush Pink. Pkt. 25c. 
Scarlet, pkt. 25c. 
Single Fringed Varieties. A splendid mixture. Pkt. 25c. 
Double Fringed Plowers. Saved from the finest blos- 
soms. Pkt. 50c. 
Pilicifolia, or Pern Leaved Varieties. Mixed. Pkt. 25c. 
Half Hardy Primulas — 
Auricula. The Primrose of the Alps. Flowers vari- 
ously colored, mostly yellow; fragrant. Seed from 
selected strain. Pkt. 15c. 
Obconica Grandiflora. A lovely free-flowering Primula 
white tinged with lilac; stems nine inches high! 
Pkt. 25c* 
Veris Polyanthus. A hardy sort, blooming early In the 
open gardens. Colors mostly red and yellow 
Mixed colors. Pkt. 10c. 
Vulgaris . The true yellow English Primrose. Pkt. 10c 
PYRETHBUM. Parthenif olium Aureum, or Golden 
Feather. Small-cut leaves of bright golden yellow. 
A hardy perennial, with bright foliage, much used 
for edging and borders. Seed can be sown in the 
fall or spring and transplanted. Pkt. 5c; oz. 50c. 
Roseum, or Insect Powder Plant. A hardy peren- 
nial, with red-petaled flowers radiating from a 
golden-yellow center. Buhach, or insect pow- 
der, is made from the dry leaves. A mulching 
to keep the soil moist will greatly aid in pro- 
ducing the handsome flowers of this variety. 
Pkt. 5c. 
Grandifiorum (Roseum Hybridum). A large flow- 
ered type, with bright-colored and attractive 
blossoms for cutting. The flowers are often 
four inches across, and vary from light pink 
to deep carmine, centers yellow. Mixed. Pkt. 
10c. 
Seleginoides. Fern-leaved edging plant — of great 
beauty. Pkt. 10c. 
RANUNCULUS. Very handsome double flowers, 10 
inches high, about two inches across. Blooms the 
first year from seed. Mixed. Pkt. loc. 
Red-Hot Poker Plant. See Tritoma. 
RHODANTHE (Everlasting- Flower). One of the finest 
and the bost beautiful of the many varieties of 
everlastings; for winter bouquets the blossoms 
should be gathered before fully expanded, and if 
dried in the shade will retain their brilliancy for 
years. Rose and white mixed. Pkt. 5c. 
Ricinus. See Castor Oil Bean. 
ROMNEYA COULTERI (California Tree Poppy). Also 
well known as the Matilija Poppy. This fine peren- 
nial is of a supreme and stately beauty. The flow- 
ers are large, four to Ave inches across, pure white, 
crinkled like crepe paper, with a fine bunch of yel- 
low stamens, resembling white, single pteonies. The 
seed takes from three to nine months to germinate 
Pkt. 15c. 
RUDBECKIA (Cone Flower). Bicolor Superba. The 
center of this flower is brown, the petals golden 
yellow, with velvety brown spots at the base. A 
free-flowering annual; three feet high; very effec- 
tive as a cut flower. Pkt. 5c. 
SALFIGLOSSIS. A half-hardy annual, growing about 
three feet high and bearing trumpet shaped blos- 
soms of rich shades and colors, all beautifully 
veined. It is valuable for bedding and massing, 
and its long stems make it excellent also for cut 
flowers. Mixed. Pkt. 5c. 
Emperor (Superbissima). A splendid large-flow- 
ered strain; each stem is loaded with these 
most handsome flowers, each one richly veined 
with gold. Pkt. 10c. 
MORSE'S Selected Emperor. The finest and best of 
the largest flowered Salpiglossis we have 
selected for this strain. Pkt. 15c. 
SALVIA or FLOWERING SAGE. A tender perennial 
blooming the first season from seed and growing 
two to three feet high. The blossoms are borne on 
long stems in racemes or spikes, and are fragrant. 
The plant forms a bunch and blooms profusely 
during the whole summer and fall. 
Patens. Bright blue flowers, two feet tall. Pkt. 25c. 
Splendens. Bright scarlet flowers. Pkt. 10c; >/ 4 
oz. 50c. 
Bonfire. A new dwarf Scarlet Sage, of dense com- 
pact growth, from 20 to 24 inches high; useful 
for bedding or borders. Flowers dark scarlet, 
on spikes which stand clear of the foliage and 
attract attention at once. Pkt. 10c; y a oz. 75c. 
Dark Blood Red. A new tall variety with large 
flower spikes, much darker and richer than 
other scarlets. Dazzling and beautiful, 3y z 
feet. Pkt. 10c. 
Schlzanthus Excelsior 
SANVITALIA. Hardy trailing annual, six Indies high 
bearing bright yellow blossoms resembling minia- 
ture double Zinnia. Of easiest culture; valuable for 
rockwork or borders. Procumbens PI. PI. Pkt. 5c. 
