Childs’ Superior 
Primulas, Calceolarias, 
and Cinerarias. 
these popular pot plants are well known as the very finest which tin 
We have spared neither effort nor expense to secure the best that evei 
recommend the seed here offered as being in all respects the verj 
U R strains of seed of 
world produces, 
grew, and we can confidently 
finest—vastly superior to the seed usually sold. 
Primula Sinensis. 
Aslv any florist you will for a list of good house plants, 
and one of the very first plants he mentions will be the 
Primula. Everyone counts them as one of the “must 
haves ” of winter bloomers, and with good reason. Easy to 
grow, pretty in leaf, handsome in flower and continuously 
in bloom for months at a time. These merits alone would 
earn it a place in every window, but when we add that it is 
one of the few plants never attacked by insects and that it 
will blossom in a sunless window, where a Geranium or 
Heliotrope would never show a bud, it is clear that the 
smallest collection would never be complete without it. 
Young vigorous plants are always the best, and are easily 
grown if the seed is sown on light, porous soil, underlaid 
with charcoal, and kept moist, but not wet, until the seeds 
germinate, which will be in about two weeks. Give the 
young plants plenty of air and plunge pots in the summer 
In cool shady places. In potting see that the soil at rim of 
pot is lower than in the center, as water standing on the 
crown rots them. In the house they will stand plenty of 
light, but not hot sun. Our seed is saved trom the choicest 
strains and can be relied upon to produce the largest flowers 
and finest colors. 
Per pkt. 
Mixed—Very’ good; from a fine collection.5 & 10 
Fimbriata Filicifolia —Mixed; (fern-leaved) beau¬ 
tiful cut-leaved foliage. 10 & 20 
Fimbriata Clobosa —Mixed colors. This is a 
new strain of Fimbriata, with unusually large 
flowers of great substance, and colors very clear 
and pleasing. Colors, pure white with large lemon 
eye, deep red, carmine, white and pink, striped, 
flaked with other colors, etc. Extra fine for pot 
culture. 10 & 20 
Fimbriata Cristata Hybrids —Fine new hybrid 
strain with crisped foliage and producing a great 
diversity of colors from white to deep crimson..10 & 20 
Fimbriata Coccinea —Bright crimson red. . . 10 * 20 
Fimbriata Alba —Fine pure white; very large. 10 & 20 
Fimbriata, fl. pi., Double, Mixed Colors— 
The double Primulas are among the choicest of all 
window plants, and the admiration of all who see 
them. All colors, mixed, an extra choice strain. 10 & 20 
Obconica —Strong plants of this are everbloomers, 
flowering for ten or twelve months at a time with¬ 
out a day’s intermission. Flowers in umbels well 
above the foliage, white, tinted with pale lilac. 
(iuite unlike other Primulas, being a distinct 
species. 10 & 20 
Auricula, Mixed Hybrids— Elegant large flower¬ 
ing strain of rich colors..10 & 20 
Special Mixed Packet of 
Selected Primulas. 
We have secured some special selected seed of the fin¬ 
est Fimbriated Single and Double Primulas, a glorious 
mixture of the best colors from best flowers, which we can 
offer at 30c, per pkt. 
Gir?cmria. 
A vvondrously beautiful greenhouse or w'indow plant, am 
not at all hard to grow. Seeds germinate quickly and easily 
and young plants grow off without any trouble. Keep ii 
a shady place over summer, and remove to house in fall 
Use insecticides to keep free from aphis, and as flower budi 
show give good light. A beautiful plant, the large, luxur 
iant leaves surmounted in late winter and spring by im 
mer.se panicles of magnificent large flowers of the mos 
brilliant colors. Nothing could be more effective in thi 
window; in fact no plant is more showy or effective, am 
the flowers last in full glory for two to three months. 
Colors exceedingly rich and velvety, ranging from crimson- 
black to pure white, through all the shades of crimsons 
and blues, frequently with large white centers or exquisitt 
borders. 
Per pkt. 
Grand (flora. Mixed —Large flowering prize vari- 
eties. . .. . . . .. . 10 & 20 
Crandiflora, Dwarf Mixed —Two to three in¬ 
ches ; exquisite ..10 & 20 
Crandiflora, Dwarf White —Grand new pure 
white... . 10 ft 20 
Crandiflora, Dwarf Azurea — Lovely sky 
blue. .. 10*20 
Double Flowered —Extra choice mixed. 10*20 
Special Mixed Packet of 
Selected Cineraria. 
Both double and single, which is saved only from 
premium plants. 30c. per pkt. 
Calceolaria. 
Not one in ten of our customers have ever seen a 
Calceolaria in bloom, yet it is one of the handsomest and 
most striking pot plants we know of. Seeds fine, and 
must be sown with care, but after they are fairly up they 
grow well, and will bloom the next winter. Each plant 
bears hundred of pocket-like flowers, spotted and marked 
in the most curious manner. Our great show of Calceolar¬ 
ias during the late winter and spring months is one of the 
noted atttractions of Floral Park. 
Dwarf Hybrids —Large flowering, mixed colors.10 * 20 
Crandiflora —Spotted and tigred as well as fine self 
colors; very large and exceedingly fine. .10 & 20 
Special Mixed Packet of 
Selected Calceolaria. 
Saved from premium plants of the most gloriously 
spotted and tigred sorts. 30c. per pkt. 
