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MISS C. H. LIPPINCOTT, 319 AND 323 SIXTH ST. S., MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. 
PORTULACA. DOUBLE FLOWERED 
One of the most showy and beau- 
tiful annuals with abundant, highly 
colored flowers. For baskets, beds, 
masses or edging it is invaluable. 
The plant is dwarf and trailing; 
about six inches high. It requires 
scarcely any water and succeeds 
best in warm, sandy soil. 
NOTE. — Portulaca cannot always 
be depended upon to come double, 
about 60 to 70 per cent, being a fair 
average of double flowers. The seed 
I offer has been saved with extra 
care from the finest colors and will 
give a good proportion of double 
flowers. Pkt. 4 cts. 
PORTULACA, Single. 
A great variety of colors mixed. 
Pkt. 3 cts. 
FOR LITTLE MONEY. 
Mrs. W. 0. Shepard, Whitesville, 
N. Y., writes:— I received Seeds 
from yon lust year; they more 
than met my expectations. My 
neighbors went wild over my 
Jialsams and other flowers. For 
one that will give so many nice 
Flower Seeds for so little money, 
J think, is a friend to all man- 
kind. 
PRIMULA OBCONICA. 
Primula Obconica is a profuse flower- 
ing Primrose, and is as near an ever- 
blooming plant as it is possible to ob- 
tain. It is beyond doubt one of the 
finest plants for pot culture ever intro- 
duced, and cannot fail to become a fav- 
orite with those desiring plants that 
will grow easily. The flowers are PUKE 
WHITE, SHADING TO LILAC, and have 
the TRUE PRIMROSE FRAGRANCE. The 
plants produce, on long stems, spikes 
with from 10 to 15 flowers each. If de- 
sired the plants can be kept out of doors 
during the summer, in a partially 
shaded place. It has been known to 
flower for over twelve months without 
a break. Pkt. 7 cts. 
THE POPULAR MSS 
Caroline Testout given away Rroo. 
(See page 48.) 
PRIMULA SINENSIS. 
(CHINESE PRIMROSE.) 
Many persons seem to think Primulas 
are successfully propagated only in a 
green-house, hence we find amateurs 
often reluctant to attempt their cul- 
ture. They are unequaled as winter 
bloomers, easily grown, if the right 
conditions are observed; and give a 
succession of flowers throughout the 
season, and are prized for both the 
beauty and their delicate fragrance. 
Pkt. 6 eta. 
MORE THAN TEN-FOLD. 
Mrs. Alice Cooper, West River, N. Y., 
wries: — The Seeds ordered from you 
were good and the proportion of 
germinating seed unusually large, 
which your modest advertisement 
did not lead me to expect. The 
Verbenas, Phlox, Pinks, <&c., afford- 
ed me much delight. In fact, there 
»ras not a kind but what paid me 
more than ten-fold for the expense. 
