MISS MARY E. MARTIN,. FLORAL PARR, NEW YORK. 
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BIRD OF PJiRJIDISE. (Poinciana Gillesi.) The 
flowers of this rare plant are 
of a rich golden-yellow, measure inches across, and are pro¬ 
duced in very large trusses. The most attractive part of the 
flower is the large pistils, which are spread out in a fan-like 
form, and are of a beautiful, bright crimson colon The foliage 
is highly decorative, similar to a very delicate Acacia. If the 
seed is started early, it will produce a profusion of blooms the 
first year. Packet, 10c. 
PICOTEE PINKS. 
These pinks are very hardy 
and intensely fragrant. Bloom 
quickly and easily from seed. 
Pkt., finest mixed, 75 seeds, 
4c. 
EVER-BLOOMING 
HARDY GARDEN 
PINKS. 
Old favorites, bearing their 
sweet, clove-scented flowers in 
the greatest profusion during 
the entire summer. 
Plants, 15c. each; 3 for 35c. 
PLANTS OF HARDY 
PASSION FLOWER. 
This lovely hardy climber 
grows from seed very easily. 
Packet, 5c. 
PASSIFLORA 
GRACILIS. 
This “Fairy Passion Vine ” 
is a charming annual; grows 
10 to 15 feet out of doors ; 
flowers white, followed by 
bright, shining seed fruits, 
which burst open, disclosing 
fiery scarlet seeds, the entire 
plant becoming covered with 
these fruits. 
Packet, 5c. 
GARDEN PINKS AND 
New Double Platycodon Japonicus. 
PLJtTYCODON (Chinese Bell Flower.) 
* Hardy perennials, pro¬ 
ducing very showy flowers during the whole 
season. They form large clumps, and are excel¬ 
lent for planting in permanent borders or among 
shrubbery. 
JAPONICUS FL. PL. (Double Japan - 
“ e e Bell Flower.) 
(See cut.) This new variety is wonderfully free- 
flowering, every branch bearing large, glossy 
deep-blue flowers. The inner petals alternate 
with the outer ones, giving the flower the appear¬ 
ance of a ten-pointed blue star. Packet, 5c. 
M.PRIESI. Large, open, bell-shaped flowers 
of a rich violet blue, plant dwarf 
and compact. Packet, 5c, 
Plants of Mariesi, 15c. each; 2 for 35c. 
GRANDIFLORUM. Deep blue cupped 
star-shaped flowers. 
Packet, 5c. Plants, 15c. each ; 3 for 35c. 
GRANDIFLORUM ALBUM. 
A white-flowered form of the above. Pkt.,5c. 
Plants, 15c. each ; 3 for 35c. 
All the above kinds, SI.35 per dozen. 
PYRETHRUM—Little Gem . F oliage 
fern-like, 
double golden-yellow flowers. Pkt., 50 seeds, 4c. 
PERSIC ARIA CUSPIDATE. 
A Superb, Hardy Plant. Grows 8 feet high, 
forming gracefully curved branches of handsome 
foliage, and in autumn is white with the lovely 
racemes of bloom. Packet, 100 seeds, 5c. 
KALEIDOSCOPE PEPPER. 
This plant is both very useful and ornamental. 
The fruit is of a yellowish cream color, and then 
changes to canary, then deepening to orange and 
scarlet. Packet, 5c. 
PLATYCODON ARE GRAND PLANTS. 
