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SPECIALITIES. 
169 PRIMULA. JAPONIC A. — 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 tho plant moreover perfectly hardy. 6ct. per packet. 
PRIMULA SINENSIS FIMBRIATA. — Of sorts, vide pages 2 to 4. 
170 PYRETHRUM, from fine double varieties.— The value of these highly decorative 
plants can scarcely he over-estimated. Is. 6d. per packet. 
171 PYRETHRUM PARTHENIUM AUREUM (Golden Feather).— Its elegant 
feather-like golden leaves make it an effective plant for bedding or ribbon decoration. 6 d. per 
packet. 
172 PYRETHRUM AUREUM SELAGINOIDES. — This is an entirely new and distinct 
form of Pyrethrum, of an exceedindly dwarf and compact habit, the flat foliage, resembling 
two fronds of Scla/jinella Martcnsii, overlaying each other, which gives tho plant a wonderfully 
grand and level appearance. 
RESEDA ODORATA. — Vide Mignonette, page 11. 
173 RICINUS ELEGANTISSIMUS. — A bushy growing variety of the Castor Oil Plant 
attaining the height of from 4 to 5 feet. The stems are dark reddish brown. It is exceedingly 
effective for sub-tropical gardening. 6 d. per packet. 
SALPIGLOSSIS, assortments. — Vide page 21. 
174 SALVIA PATENS — Too well known to require description. Is. per packet. 
175 SAPONARIA COMPACTA PUMILA MULTIFLORA.— This dwarf and compact 
variety is very neat in habit. The plants are covered during the summer mouths with a mass 
of star-shaped pink flowers. For ribbon borders and similar purposes it will be a valuable 
addition in the flower garden. 6 d. per packet. 
SCABIOUS, Assortments.— Vide, page 21. 
176 SENECIO SPECIOSUS. — The exceedingly blight and pretty magenta-coloured flowers of 
this plant make it very attractive ; it is a half-hardy perennial introduced from South Africa, 
and is exceedingly floriferous ; planted in the open air, its flower-spikes are successfully produced 
from spring until the end of autumn, and in a cool greenhouse its cheerful blossoms are 
produced throughout the year ; they are each about one and a half inch in diameter, and are 
borne in branching corymbose spikes. Is. 6 d. per packet. 
177 SILENE PENDULA COMPACTA. — A compact-growing form of the well-known Silcne 
pendula; the flowers are of the same size and colour as the type, but the plant is so dwarf 
and compact, that it forms dense cushions two or three inches in height, and from nine to 
twelve inches in diameter, and during the season is perfectly solid with bloom. 6d. per packet. 
178 SILENE PENDULA COMPACTA ALBA. — In habit same as above ; flowers white. 
6d. per packet. 
179 SILENE PENDULA COMPACTA ROSEA FLORE PLENO.— This new 
double-flowering variety is of very compact growth, and its flowers, which arc produced in the 
greatest profusion, are very double and of very long duration, rendering it far more valuable for 
bedding purposes than any of the old single varieties. Is. per packet. 
180 SOLANUM CAPSICASTRUM HYBRIDUM. — These hybrids surpass all others for 
winter decoration, and may be had in perfection from November to May. They are robust and 
freely branching, growing to the height of about eighteen to twenty inches, and densely covered 
with bright orange and crimson shaded berries. 6 d. per packet. 
STOCK, DOUBLE GERMAN (Finest Imported).— In collections.— Tide pages 18 & 19. 
181 STOCK, EAST LOTHIAN, SCARLET \ These beautiful varieties are remark- 
182 STOCK, EAST LOTHIAN, PURPLE ( able for brilliancy of colour in the two 
183 STOCK, EAST LOTHIAN, WHITE ) former and purity in the latter. The 
flowers are very double, and produced on immense spikes. In separate colours, Gd. per packet. 
184 STOCK, EAST LOTHIAN, CRIMSON. — The flowers of this intermediate variety are 
of the most beautiful crimson colour ; it is a most charming variety. Is. per packet. 
185 STOCK, SCARLET BROMPTON. — A magnificent strain. 6d. per packet. 
SWEET PEA, BRONZE PRINCE (New). — Vide page 1. 
