FAIR VIEAV SEER FARMS, Inc., SYRACUSE, N. Y 
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WATER LILIES 
Seed should 
be sown in a 
pan of mud 
just covered 
with water 
and kept in a 
warm tem¬ 
pera turc 
where they 
will germin¬ 
ate quickly 
and grow rap¬ 
idly. Our seed 
includes 
many n e w 
foreign varie¬ 
ties that will 
flower the 
first year and 
a packet of 
seed will pro- 
duce many 
odd and curi¬ 
ous flowers. 
We offer acol- 
lection of 
choice varie¬ 
ties in a mixture. Pkt, 10c. 3 pkts., 20c.; 6 pkts.. 35c. 
PORTULACA 
Royal Beauty 
—This is a grand 
new variety being 
recently intro¬ 
duced and has 
given great satis¬ 
faction wherever 
grown. The flow¬ 
ers are large and 
double, while the 
colors are very 
brilliant, of red, 
orange, white, 
maroon, yellow, 
and various other 
shades impossi- 
ble to describe. A bed of these double Portulacas make a magnificent 
sight. Pkt., All Colors Mixed, 4c., 3 pkts.. 8c., 6 pkts., 14c. 
SINGLE—These cover the plants completely over with large, bright, 
beautiful flowers of all shades. Be sure to plant a packet this season 
All Colors, 4c., 3 pkts., 8c., 6 pkts., 14c. 
PRIMULA (Chinese Primrose) 
These are 
easily grown 
from seed, 
produce very 
handsome 
plant and 
flower and 
continue t o 
bloom for 
months. The 
young plants 
produce an 
abundance of 
bloom as soon 
as well start- 
ed if given 
plenty of air 
and kept in a 
warm dry 
place. They 
make an ex¬ 
cellent pot 
plant or can 
be grown in 
the flower bed 
in 8ummer. 
The colors are 
very beauti¬ 
ful and as will 
be seen by the 
engraving, 
the plant pro¬ 
duces an a- 
bundance of 
foliage well 
covered with 
large flowers. 
Our seed is 
the choicest 
and can be re¬ 
lied upon to 
produce large 
flowers of the 
finest colors. 
All Colors 
Mixed, the 
very best, 
pkt., 8c., 3 
pkts., 20c., 6 
pkts., 30c. 
N1QEL, LA 
WEATHER PLANT 
Nigella Plant 
This is an easy growing Annual, making a 
compact plant o.ie to two feet high. It pro¬ 
duces large double porcelain blue and white 
flowers, which completely cover the plant* 
The foliage is odd and striking. Mixed 
Colors, pkt., 4c., 3 pkts., 10c., 6 pkts., 
15c. 
lobelia 
An excellent pot 
plant for window 
culture, blooming 
in four weeks, mak¬ 
ing handsome little 
pot flowers. The 
colors are exceed* 
ingly clear, making 
them very chaim* 
ing plants. 
DARK BLUE 
—Best for bedding, 
pkt., 4c., 3 pkts^ 
10c., 6 pkts., 16c. 
MIXED COLORS—All the very best 
Pkt, 4c., 3 pkts., 10c.,6pkts., 16c. 
This is a beau- 
t i f u 1 flowering 
vine with fern 
like foliage and 
clusters of flow¬ 
ers. It is claimed 
that the leaves by 
changing their 
position foretell 
the weather two 
days in advance. 
If the leaves 
stand upwards 
from the twig at 
an angle of 45 de¬ 
grees the sky will 
be cloudless and 
the weather beau- 
tiful. If they 
should stand out 
straight then 
changeab 1 e 
weather is indi¬ 
cated; or, if the 
leaves droop 
down, the indica¬ 
tions are rain, and 
when the leaves 
are hanging 
straight down it 
indicates it will 
be very wet. Ev¬ 
erybody should 
have this plant 
growing about 
their home. Per 
pkt., 4c., 3 pkts., 
10c., 6 pkts., 
16c. 
EVERLASTINGS 
This collection is 
made up of all the 
leading varieties of 
Everlasting Flowers 
They ars very attrac¬ 
tive. as a bouquet of 
these flowers will 
keep for years with 
out a drop of water 
and keep as fresh as 
when first picked. 
We offer a very choice collection of Mixed 
Colors, and our seed cannot be equalled in this 
country. Pkt., 4c., 3 pkts., 10c., 6pkt«., 16c. 
Stocks 
A great many 
of our ensto- 
mers prefer Ten 
Weeks Stocks to 
any other flower. 
They have a com- 
t growing habit and produce long spikes closely set with large 
ible flowers, each as double as a Rose, exceedingly sweet and 
ying in color from dark brown to all shades of red, yellow and 
e to pure white. The plants are easily grown from seed and 
offer a selected strain that will produce immense Hpikes of 
se handsome flowers. All Colors Mixed, pkt, 5c., 3 pkts.. 
Ten 
Weeks 
