C, C. MORSE * CO.— SEEDS— SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. 
pOBTULACA. Low-growing or creeping tender annual, six 
io eigiu 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 tinder glass or when the 
weather is hot. These flower^ love the sunshine and do 
best on rather dry ground; excellent for embankments. 
Golden Yellow, pit. 5o. Scarlet, pit. 5c. 
Pink, pkt. 5c. White, pkt. 5c. 
Pkt. 10c. 
POBTVLACA — Continued 
Single mixed, pkt. 5c. 
Double. Mixed. Large ilowering 
POMimil. Brilliant red dowers. Hardy perennial 18 
inches high. Often called Cinquefoil. c ™>ai, is 
Single mixed, pkt. 5c. 
Primrose, Evening. See Oenothera. 
PRIMROSES 
Pkt. 25c. 
PRIMULA SINENSIS, or CHINESE PRIMROSE 
Greenhouse or pot pUnts, bearing trusses of Urge single or double blossoms in bright color, as well a. soft tint. 
April or May for winter blooming. Our seed is from the very finest strains. «"»"»". a. wen as sort tints 
Giant Single Fringed Varieties — 
Alba Magnifica. Pure white. 
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 Flowers. Saved from the finest blos- 
soms. Pkt. 50c. 
Filicifolia, or Fern Leaved Varieties. Mixed. Pkt. 25c. 
Sow seed in 
Half Hardy Primulas — 
Auricula. The Primrose of the Alps. Flowers vari- 
ously colored, mostly yellow; fragrant, teed from 
selected strain. Pkt. 15c. 
Obconica Grandiflora. A lovely free-flowering Primula, 
pit «Bc W lllac ; stems nine Inches high! 
Veris Polyanthus. A hardy sort, blooming early in the 
PYRETHRUM. Parthenif ollum 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. 5o; 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 flower- 
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. 
100. 
Seleglnoides. 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. lOo. 
E -Hot Poker Plant. See Trltoma. 
R TODANTHE (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. So. 
Rlcinus. See Castor Oil Bean. 
ROMNEYA COULTERI (California Tree Fopey). 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 five inches across, pure white, 
crinkled like crepe paper, with a fine bunch of yel- 
low stamens, resembling white, single pseonies. The 
seed takes from three to nine months to germinate. 
Pkt. 15c. 
P TDBECKIA (Cons Flower). Bioolor Superb*. 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. 
BALPIGXiOSSIS. 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 
(lowers. Mixed. Pkt. 5c. 
Emperor (Superblssima) . A splendid large-flow- 
ered strain; each stem is loaded with these 
most handsome flowers, each one richly veined 
with gold. Pkt. 10c. 
salvia or FLOWERING SAGE. A tender perennial 
'looming the first season from seed and growing 
two to three feet high. The blossoms are borne on 
Jong stems in racemes or spikes, and are fragrant. 
i he 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: % 
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 ox. 75o. 
Dark Blood Red. A new tall Variefv with large 
flower spikes, much darker and ' richer than 
other scarlets. Dazzling and beautiful, 3". 
le<M. Pkt. 10c. 
Vulgaris. The true yellow English Primrose. Pkt. 10c. 
Sohizanthus Excelsior 
SANVITALIA, 
liar 
Kin : 
Zinn 
f easiest eulti 
Frocumbens Fl. 
six inches high, 
sembljng tninia- 
able 
Pkt. 
