PRIMULA 
Primula malacoides. Fairy Primrose. A free flowering little 
annual for shady places. Beautiful mixed with ferns, oinerarias 
and larger Primroses. 
Lilac or Rose, Pkt. 25c. 
Princess Mary. An improved larger flower with deeper color¬ 
ing. Pkt. 50c. 
Snow Queen. Pure white. Pkt. 35c. 
Paul J. Howard’s Rosea Compacta. Beautifully formed 
plants, and unusually numerous stems of large deep rose-pink 
flowers, the whole plant and flower-clusters of pyramidal form, 
making them particularly desirable for pot culture, or edgings 
in the partially shaded garden. Packet, 50c. 
SCHIZANTHUS 
Butterfly Flower 
One of the daintiest flowers imaginable, effective in lighten¬ 
ing the effect of taller, heavier planting, and valuable for 
pot-culture, blooming in a few weeks after sowing. 
Paul J. Howard’s Giant Flowering Hybrids. An extra select 
strain containing a perfect blending of amber, carmine, mauve, 
pink, purple, and rose shades. Pkt. 25c. 
Paul J. Howard’s Prize 
STOCKS 
Noted for the high percentage of double blossoms which they 
produce, Paul J. Howard’s Prize Stocks represent the highest 
selection of this most valuable of winter flowers. 
Giant Imperial or Improved Bismark. An especially desirable 
class for cut flower purposes producing robust plants, branch¬ 
ing freely, with heavy spikes of large double flowers. Antique 
Copper, Blood Red, Chamois Rose, Buttercup (an improvement 
on Canary Yellow), Dark Blue, Royal Purple, Golden Rose, 
Flesh Pink, Lavender, Lilac, Old Rose, Rose, Santa Maria (a 
new, superior glistening white) or all colors mixed. Pkt. 25c, 
or 5 Pkts. for $1.00. 
Beauty of Nice Stocks. A lovely strain of winter-flowering 
Stocks, with more graceful flower stems, and more compact 
habit, making them especially fine for bedding effects. Aurora, 
cream tinted pink ; Canary Yellow; Flesh; Light Blue; Blood 
Red; Old Rose; Rose Pink; (a very fine, clear color, not found 
in any other strain of stocks) ; White, and Mixed. Packet 15c; 
6 Packets for 75c. 
COLUMN STOCKS 
New Double Giant Excelsior 
This is a magnificent stock, producing one giant spike of 
bloom resembling a glorified Hyacinth. The florets are 2 to 2% 
inches in diameter and the spikes have as many as forty florets 
when in full bloom. The plant is non-branching, therefore may 
be planted closer than ordinary varieties and produce a wonder¬ 
ful display when in bloom. Deep Rose, Silvery Lilac, Purple. 
Scarlet Red, White, Finest Mixed. Packet, 50c. 
VIRGINIA STOCK 
An unusually effective low growing annual for borders or for 
covering bulb beds. Covered with blossoms resembling stocks. 
White, Rose, Red, and mixed. Pkt. 15c; 1 ounce 50c. 
VIOLA 
In beds, borders, and marginal plantings the charming Violas 
display a brilliance of color from late fall till midsummer. 
Blue Perfection. Porcelain blue. 
White Perfection. Pure white. 
Apricot Queen. Orange-apricot. 
Lutea splendens. Bright golden yellow. 
Primrose Dame. Sulfur yellow. 
Mauve Queen. Clear mauve. 
Papilio. Light blue, white lower petal. 
Papilio Dark. Deep violet, white lower petal. 
Per Packet 25c 
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