H. G. Hastings <fc Co., Seedsmen and Florists, Interlachen, Florida. 
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Phlox Drummoiulii, Fiiubriata. 
PORTULACCA. 
It is difficult to find a plant that will make a more 
beautiful bed of display than the Portulaca. They 
will bloom from February till killed by the frost, and 
in a bed where they have a full exposure to the sun, 
the effect is wonderful. The flowers are of various col* 
ors, from white to bright scarlet and crimson. The 
semi-double and double sorts are the most desirable, 
and the only kinds we offer. Mixed packets, all 
colors, 15 cents. 
PRIMULA CHINENSIS 
—Chinese Primrose. 
A very beautiful plant,and should 
be more largely grown. It is highly 
esteemed by those who know it. 
Should be sown outside in December 
or January in sections where there 
is no frost; in other places trans¬ 
plant from boxes as early in the 
spring as possible. They are 
beauties. 
New Scarlet —Packet, 25 
cents. 
Village Maid— Pure white. 
25 cents. 
James’ Choice Strains 
Mixed —Sure to please. 25 cents. 
R I C I N U S-Castor 
Bean. 
Very pretty for foliage and grows 
like weeds. Packet, choice mixed, 
10 cents. 
SCABIOSA NANA- 
Dwarf Mourning 
Bride. 
Plants of double flowers of various 
colors. One foot high. December 
till April. 5 cents. 
SAPONARIA CALA- 
BRICA—Soap wort. 
A very free flowering annual, of 
easy culture, resembling somewhat 
in leaves the Sweet William. One 
and a half feet high. December till 
April. 10 cents. 
SALVIA COCCINEA SPLENDENS- 
Scarlet Salvia or Red Flowering Sage. 
A pot or greenhouse plant, but which can be grown as an 
annual, as it flowers freely from seed the first year. Two to 
three feet high. February till April. 
SILENE AMERIA—Lobel’s Catchfly. 
A free blooming plant of easy culture; flowers almost 
anywhere. Red and white. One and a half feet high. 
New Primula. 
TORENIA FOURNIERI. 
A plant from Mexico of recent introduction, but which has 
become very popular in a short time. It stands the heat well, 
makes one of the most valuable bedding plants we have. 
The flowers are of a sky blue color, with three spots of dark 
blue. The seeds are very fine and take a good while to ger' 
minate. It transplants very easily. 15 cents. 
J^^Our Seeds are Specially Selected aDd 
grown for-the Southern States. 
