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THE FRANK S. PLATT COMPANY’S 
SALPIGLOSSIS 
Hardy Primroses. 
These are among the best of the early spring 
blooming plants. With a slight protection they 
will stand the winter, but do better if protected 
by a cold frame. 
Primula Japonica. (Japanese Primrose). Mixed 
colors. Bright and showy flowers, borne in whorls 
on stems six to nine inches long. Price per oz., 
$4.00; per pkt., 15c. 
Primula Auricula. Large flowering choice strain, 
cream white to golden yellow and palest mauve 
to the deepest purple. Sweet scented. Price 
per tV-oz., 75c.; per pkt., 25c. 
Pyre thrum. 
Handsome herbaceous plants of easy culture. 
P. Aureum is the well-known Golden Feather, so 
much used for carpet bedding, edging, etc. From 
the flowers of P. Roseum is obtained the Persian 
insect powder. P. Hybridum and varieties are 
among the handsomest of hardy flowering herba¬ 
ceous plants. 
Aureum. (Golden Feather). Dwarf compact form. 
Bright yellow foliage. Per }4-oz., 50c.; pkt., 10c. 
Hybridum Grandiflorum. Large-flowering, single 
mixed. Hardy perennial, ranging in color from 
light pink to deep red, with bright yellow centers. 
Price per oz., $3.50; per pkt., 10c. 
Hybridum. Double mixed. Saved from a very 
choice collection. Per ^-oz., $1.50; per pkt., 25c. 
Rhodanthe. 
Everlasting or Straw Flower 
Garden annual, one foot high, flowering early 
and continuously. Flowers are mostly white and 
rose shades on long slender stems. 
Manglesii. Single, bright rose. Per oz., $1.00; 
per pkt., 10c. 
Mixed. White and rose shades. Per oz., $1.00; 
per pkt., 10c. 
Ricinus. 
Castor Oil Bean 
Large, luxuriant, rapid-growing foliage, annual, 
with palm-like leaves; much used for sub-tropical 
effects on the lawn, or for centers of beds of 
foljage plants. 
Borboniensis. Grows very large and rank; foli¬ 
age green, 15 feet. Per oz., 25c.; per pkt., 10c. 
Red Spire. New, 6 feet. Attractive bronzy green 
foliage with rosy crimson seed spikes. Per oz., 
25c.; per pkt., 10c. 
Gibsonii Mirabilis. Compact dwarf plants, 4 feet, 
very fine, red foliage and stems. Per oz., 25c.; 
per pkt., 10c. 
Zanzibarensis. Mixed. The different varieties 
included in our mixture have light and dark green 
leaves and some of coppery bronze, changing to 
dark green, with reddish ribs; six to ten feet. 
Per oz., 25c.; per pkt., 10c. 
Rudbeckia. Cone Flower 
These robust-growing plants are fine free- 
flowering annuals. Of very easy culture. 
Bicolor Superba. An annual variety; bright 
yellow with black-purple center. Per oz., $1.00; 
per pkt., 10c. 
Newmanii. Perennial; grows two feet; large 
golden-yellow flowers, with velvety maroon center 
cone. Per oz., $2.00; per pkt., 10c. 
Salpiglossis. 
Annual, about 18 inches high, bearing through¬ 
out the season large flowers of many beautiful 
colors, all exquisitely veined and laced. 
l A-Oz. Pkt. 
Superbissima Purple with Gold . 50c. 10c. 
Superbissima Brown with Gold . 50c. 10c. 
Superbissima Brilliant Crimson . 50c. 10c. 
Superbissima Large Flowering Mixed.. 40c. 10c. 
Salvia. Flowering Sage 
Splendid ornamental plants for outdoor decora¬ 
tions, their beautiful spikes of brilliant scarlet 
flowers being produced in great profusion, from 
July until October. Half-hardy annual. 
America. (Globe of Fire). Very dwarf and uni¬ 
form, the bushy plants are only 15 inches tall, 
with spikes in profusion rising ten inches above 
the plant; exceptionally valuable for beds, borders 
or edging. Per oz., $2.00; per pkt., 15c. 
Salvia Harbinger. The earliest and finest dwarf 
type yet introduce^. Per Jfs-oz., $1.00; pkt., 25c. 
Splendens. Scarlet, free bloomer, three feet tall, 
old favorite variety. Per oz., $1.25; pkt., 10c. 
Splendens “Bonfire.” (Nana Compacta Erecta). 
Growing in a compact bush about two feet high. 
Its erect spikes of flowers of brilliant scarlet stand 
clear above the dark green foliage and completely 
cover the plant. Per oz., $1.50; per pkt., 10c. 
Zurich. Dwarf, early. Very free bloomer. Per 
oz., $2.00; per pkt., 15c. 
Patens. Deep blue, tender perennial, for green¬ 
house or border. Per J^-oz., 75c.; per pkt., 25c. 
Farinacea. Light blue, long spikes on compact 
bush, 2 to 3 feet tall. Perennial, but usually grown 
as an annual; fine for cutting or border; seed 
sown in open ground in May, blooming from July 
until frost. Per oz., $2.00; per pkt., 10c. 
Scabiosa. Mourning Bride 
Beautiful annuals with large double flowers on 
long stems; fine for cutting; various colors. 
Height 2}4 ft. They bloom from July until frost. 
Shasta. New large, pure white. Per oz., 75c.; 
per pkt., 10c. 
Azure Fairy. Lavender blue. Per oz., 75c.; per 
pkt., 10c. 
Peach Blossom. New, very large. Per oz., 75c.; 
per pkt., 10c. 
