SPECIALITIES. 
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169 PHLOX DRUMMONDII GRANDIFLORA violacea alba oculata.— Dark bluish 
violet, with splendid neat marked white centre. Is. per packet. 
170 PHLOX DRUMMONDII GRANDIFLORA SPLENDENS — Beautiful scarlet-red, 
with white eye, the centre of which is encircled witli a well defined violet edge. Is. per packet. 
171 PHLOX DRUMMONDII GRANDIFLORA, choice mixed. — Of this beautiful class 
of well-known half-hardy annuals too much cannot be sfnid. The seed offered will comprise all 
the finest varieties in cultivation. It is extremely effective for either bedding purposes or 
growth in pots, and from its easy culture cannot be too highly recommended for any use to 
which the plants may be applied. 6 d. per packet. 
172 PHLOX, HERBACEOUS. — Saved from the best varieties in cultivation. Is. 6 d. per packet. 
173 PICOTEE, extra choice mixed. — Saved from one of the finest strains in cultivation, 
embracing the beautiful varieties with pure white grounds, elegantly margined or fringed with 
crimson, scarlot, or carmine, with tho yellow grounds finely striped and fringed with lilac, 
rose, and scarlet. Is. 6 d. and 2s. 6 d. per packet. 
174 POLYANTHUS, extra choice, from finest gold laced flowers. Is. 6d. per packet. 
175 POLYANTHUS, extra choice mixed. — Saved from flowers of various colours. 6 d. per 
packet. 
176 POLYANTHUS (Primrose), Magenta King.— A fine spring bedding plant, the flowers 
being as large as a Primroso, with the stem and habit of a Polyanthus, throwing up many trusses 
of bloom well above the massive foliage. To make large plants, seeds should be sown in March 
and April, and kept in a shady place during the summer. Is. 6 d. per packet. 
POPPY. — Double flowering. Vide page 22. 
177 PORTULACA GRANDIFLORA FL. PLENO, extra choice mixed colours.— A 
very desirable double-flowered species, of dwarf compact habit, producing largo brilliant coloured 
flowers, including golden yellow, purple, scarlet and white varieties. Is. per packet. 
178 PRIMULA CORTUSOIDES. — A beautiful free spring-flowering herbaceous plant; flowers 
rich rosy purple, produced freely in large clusters well above the foliage. 6 d. per packet. 
179 PRIMULA JAPONICA.— A Primula a foot and a half high, bearing 4 or 5 separate whorls 
of flowers, each flower nearly an inch in diameter, and of a splendid magenta colour, and the 
plant moreover perfectly hardy ; a more beautiful and more useful plant has not been for many 
years introduced into Europe. 6 d. per packet. 
PRIMULA SINENSIS FIMBRIATA, of sorts. Vide pages 3 to 6. 
180 PYRETHRUM, from fine double varieties. — Tho value of these highly decorative plants 
can scarcoly be over-estimated. Is. 6 cl. per packet. 
181 PYRETHRUM PARTHENIUM AUREUM (Golden Feather). -A dwarf hardy 
perennial plant, 6 to 9 inches in height. It is of uniformly neat and densely compact habit, 
and by simply pinching off the flower buds, its elegant feather-like golden leaves make it an 
effective plant for bedding or riband docoration. 6 cl. per packet. 
182 RICINUS ELEGANTISSIMUS. — A bushy growing variety of the Castor Oil Plant, 
attaining the height of from 4 to 5 feet. The stems arc dark reddish brown. It is exceedingly 
effective for sub-tropical gardening, (id. per packet. 
183 RICINUS GIBSONI. — Dark purple stem and leaves, very fine and ornamental. 6 d. per 
packet. 
184 SALVIA CAMPHORATA. — Foliage white, somewhat similar to the foliage of Centaurca 
candidissima, exhales the odour of camphor when slightly rubbed by the hand. It produces 
long panicles of rosy lilac flowers at tho cud of the branches, and is a most useful and effectivo 
plant for suh-tropical gardening, as it attains tho height of from 5 to 7 feet. 6 d. per packet. 
185 SALVIA COCCINEA NANA ROSEA GRANDIFLORA. — Distinct from S. coccinea 
nana by the colour of the flowers, which are of a light shining scarlet-rose ; it is also dwarfer, 
and more bushy, and blooms more freely. Is. per packet. 
186 SALVIA FARINACEA (New). — This variety forms a tall bush 3 feet in height, well 
furnished with branches, and of a similar habit to S. splcnclens, flowering continuously from 
July until late in tho autumn ; one of tho showiest and most useful of blue-flowering annuals. 
Is. per packet. 
