SPECIALITIES. 
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146 PHLOX DBUMMONDII GRANDIFLORA SPLENDENS.-Beautiful' scarlet red, 
with white eye, tlie eeutre of which is encircled witli a well defined violet edge. Is. per packet. 
147 PHLOX DRTJMMONDII, choice mixed.— Of this beautiful class of well-known half-hardy 
annuals too much cannot be said, the seed offered will eomprise all the finest varieties in 
cultivation, it is e-ictremely 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. 6d. per paeket. 
148 PHLOX, herbaceous. — S aved from the best varieties in cultivation. Is. 6d. per packet. 
149 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, scarlet, or carmine, with the yellow grounds finely striped and fringed with lilae, 
rose, and searlct. Is. 6d. and 2s. 6d. per packet. 
150 POLYANTHUS, extra choice.— Saved from finest gold laeed flowers. Is. 6d. per packet. 
151 POLYANTHUS, extra choice mixed.— Saved from flowers of various colours. Is. per 
packet. 
152 POLYANTHUS (Primrose)^, Magenta King.— A fine spring bedding plant, the flowers 
being as large as a Primrose, with the stem and habit of a Polyantlius, throwing up many trusses 
of bloom well above the massive foliage. To make large plants, seeik should be sown in March 
and April, and kept in a shady place during the summer. Is. 6d. per packet. 
POPPY. — Double flowering. Fide page 22. 
153 PORTULACA GRANDIFLORA FL. PLENO, extra choice mixed colours. A 
very desirable double-flowered species, of dwarf compact habit, producing large brilliant 
coloured flowers, including golden yellow, purple, scarlet and white varieties. Is. per packet. 
154 PRIMULA CORTUSOIDES. — A beautiful free spring-flowering herbaceous plant ; flowers 
rich rosy purple, produced freely in large clusters well above the foliage. 6d. per packet. 
155 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. Is. per packet. 
PRIMULA SINENSIS FIMBRIATA, of sorts. Fide pages 3 to 6. 
156 PYRETHRUM PARTHENIUM AUREUM (Golden Feather).-A dwarf hardy 
perennial plant, 6 to 9 inches in height. It is of uniformly neat and densely compact h.abit, 
and by simply pinching off the flower buds, its elegant feather-like golden leaves make it an 
effective plant for bedding or riband decoration. 6d. per packet. 
157 RICINUS ELEGANTISSIMUS. — A busby growing variety of the Castor Oil Plant, 
attaining the height of from 4 to 5 feet. The stems are dark reddi.sh brown. It is e.vceediiigly 
effective for sub-tropical gardening. 6d. per packet. 
158 RICINUS GIBSONI. — Dark purjile stem and leaves, very fine and ornamental. 6d. per 
packet. 
159 SALVIA ARGENTEA. — A very useful and attractive variety, with large silvery ornamental 
foliage. 6d. per packet. 
160 SALVIA CAMPHORATA.— Foliage white, somewhat similar to the foliage of. CeiUaurea 
candidisswia, exhales the odour of camphor when slightly rubbed by the hand. It produces 
long panicles of rosy lilac flowers at the ends of the branches, and is a most useful and effective 
plant for sub-tropical gardening, as it attains the height of from 5 to 7 feet. 6(7. per packet. 
161 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 dwnrfer, 
and more bushy, and blooms more freely. Is. 6(7. per packet. ’ 
162 SALVIA FARINACEA (New).— This variety forms a tall bush 3 feet in height, well 
furnished with branches, and of a similar habit to S. splcnderis, flowering continuously 
from July until late in the autumn ; one of the showiest and most useful of blue-flowerin"- 
annuals. Is. 6(7. per packet. 
163 SALVIA PATENS. — Too well-kuown to reipiire description. Is. per packet. 
164 SAPONARIA COMPACTA PUMILA MULTIFLORA.— This dwarf and compact 
variety is very neat in habit. The plants are covered during the summer montlns with a miiss 
of star-shaped pink flowers. For ribbon borders and similar purposes it will be a valuable 
addition in the flower garden. Is. per packet. 
