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HiS QUALITY 
Plants - Seeds - Bulbs 
Petunias, Primulas 
Petunias 
Petunias rank among our most important summer¬ 
flowering annual bedding plants and have few equals 
for outdoor decorative effectiveness. They flower from 
early spring until winter and provide sheets of alluring 
color all that time. 
H. & S. Giant Fringed and Ruffled, (Mixed). 
Single ruffled and frilled Petunias, a superb strain. 
Flowers of mammoth size and splendid substance, often 
5 inches in diameter. Excellent for summer bedding. 
Many elegant colors. Per packet, 50c. 
Finest Dwarf Bedding Petunias 
Heavenly Blue. Dwarf and compact with light- 
blue flowers. 
Lord Courtenay. Magnificent shade of deep, rich 
rose. 
Rose of Heaven. Lovely rose-pink. 
Rosy Morn. Soft rosy-pink. 
Snow-ball. Small-flowered, pure-white. 
Dwarf Bedding Petunias (Mixed). 
Any of the above: Per packet, 15c. 
Balcony Petunias 
These small-flowered varieties planted in parkways 
or gardens will make an unbroken color display during 
the long season, blooming lavishly. Since the plants are 
less compact than those of the preceding class this 
strain is of special value for window-box work. 
Balcony Blue. A very lovely shade of deep blue. 
Balcony Red. A deep rich crimson. 
Balcony Rose. A fascinating rose shade for any 
location. 
Balcony White. Of snowy purity, always effective. 
Balcony Petunias (Mixed). Combining the above. 
Any of the above: Per packet, 15c. 
Polyanthus 
These early-spring-flowering subjects are often 
referred to as primroses. They produce immense quan¬ 
tities of brilliantly-colored heads of bloom and are 
daintily beautiful. Particularly suited to shady beds 
or borders and serve well as pot plants for window or 
interior decoration. We offer a fine strain containing 
numerous colors, white, yellow, bronze, red, etc. 
Mixed. Per packet, 25c. 
Poppies (Finest of Types) 
Carnation-Flowered. Splendid strain of perfectly 
double annual Poppies with blossoms beautifully fringed 
and resembling in general appearance giant-flowered 
carnations. 
A splendid mixture of all colors: Per packet, 15c. 
Peony-Flowered. Largest flowered of all the 
annual species of Poppy. Blooms are of enormous size, 
perfectly double, and charmingly fringed. A very wide 
range of colors is represented in this mixed strain. 
Per packet, 10c. 
Ranunculus-Flowered. A beautiful race of Pop¬ 
pies strongly resembling the ranunculus, having bright 
double flowers with thin paper-like petals. Mixed 
colors. Per packet, 15c. 
Eldorado. As lovely a strain as ever has been 
introduced and which might be regarded as an improve¬ 
ment over the Shirley type. Lovely shades of orange- 
salmon, soft shell-pink, orange-scarlet, terra cotta and 
dazzling white are prominent in the unusual color 
series of this strain. We offer a splendid mixture. 
Per packet, 15c. 
Iceland—New Sunbeam Strain. A superb recent 
development of the hardy perennial Iceland Poppy 
species that delights all who see it. Of dwarf habit, the 
plants form dense clumps from which issue long¬ 
stemmed flowers in various shades of orange, orange- 
scarlet, lemon, and tangerine. The foliage is bright- 
green and fern-like. The blossoms, picked in bud, are 
most useful for cutting. Per packet, 25c. 
Portulaca 
Among the showiest of hardy annuals, delighting 
in sunshine and light well-drained soils, and easily 
grown. Admirably adapted for parkings, beds, edgings 
or rock-work, producing flowers of richest coloring from 
early spring until late autumn. The plants attain a 
height of 6 to 8 inches and are prostrate in their habit, 
similar to Verbenas. The seed is fine and it is advisable 
to mix it with sand to insure even distribution in 
broadcasting, then sowing where the plants are to 
bloom. 
Double Mixed. A well-balanced selection of bril¬ 
liant doubles, including shades of flesh, salmon, rose, 
yellow, scarlet and white. A large percentage of these 
flowers will come perfectly double. 
Single Crimson. Exceedingly bright. 
Single Golden Yellow. Purest of yellows. 
Single Rose. The true rose hue. 
Single Bronze. Metallic effect. 
Single White. Pretty for contrasts. 
Single Mixed. All the above included. 
Any of the above: Per packet, 15c. 
Primula 
Obconica Gigantea. Visitors to our nurseries, and 
there have been many thousands, have always re¬ 
marked about the size and quality of our strain of this 
most useful of all Primulas. Taken as a strain in any of 
the points that can be indicated in this class of a flower¬ 
ing pot plant the strain speaks for itself—size—color— 
compactness of growth—all spell quality. 
Per packet (mixed colors), 50c. 
Kewensis. Pure yellow flowers disposed in whorls 
on long central stems, issuing from the central rosette of 
bright green foliage. This primula, a hybrid raised at 
Kew Gardens, London, is not only distinct but beautiful 
planted in any shady north border. 
Per packet, 25c. 
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