FARM, GARDEN AND SEED ANNUAL 
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Poppies — Continued 
Shirley Wild Rose Pink. Per oz., 60c.; pkt., 10c. 
Shirley. Finest Mixed. A beautiful type and a 
great variety of colors, from pure white and deli¬ 
cate pink to deep crimson and beautifully striped. 
A most charming variety. Two feet. Price per 
oz., 40c.; special pkt., 25c.; per pkt., 10c. 
Double Shirley. (Eldorado). Beautiful type 
double and semi-double flowers. Oz., 50c.; pkt., 10c. 
Sweet Briar. New double begonia-flowered 
Shirley in popular wild-rose-pink shade. Per oz., 
$1.00; per pkt., 10c. 
Tulip Flowered. Brilliant scarlet flowers borne 
well above the foliage. The petals form a tulip¬ 
shaped cup. One foot. Per oz., 75c.; per pkt., 10c. 
The Bride. Pure white fringed. Per oz., 25c.; 
per pkt., 10c. 
Double Carnation Flowered. Finest Mixed. 
Three feet. Per oz., 25c.; per pkt., 10c. 
Paeony Flowered Shrimp Pink. Beautiful shade, 
fine in border or as cut flowers. Height three 
feet. Per oz., 40c.; per pkt., 10c. 
Paeony Flowered. Double flowers of the largest 
size, and paeony shaped. Finest mixed. Three 
feet. Per oz., 25c.; per pkt., 5c. 
POPPY DOUBLE SHIRLEY 
HARDY PERENNIAL VARIETIES 
Oriental Crimson. Beauty of Livermere. Deep 
crimson with black blotch, fine large flowers. 
Per oz., $2.50; per pkt., 10c. 
Oriental Mrs. Perry. Immense flowers of beau¬ 
tiful soft salmon-pink shades. Per y%- oz., $1.00; 
per pkt., 25c. 
Oriental The Feltham. A new departure in 
Oriental Poppies. A strain with nearly all the 
various shades of the type, but with no black 
blotches at the base of petals. Pkts. only, 25c. ea. 
Oriental Hybrids, Mixed. A fine new mixture 
ranging from delicate salmon to deep crimson. 
Per oz., $1.75; per pkt., 10c. 
Nudicaule Coonara Pinks. A new outstanding 
strain with large flowers of lovely pink shades. 
Per iV-oz., 75 c. ; per pkt., 25c. 
Nudicaule Sunbeam, Mixed. New strain. (Ice¬ 
land Poppy). If sown in March will flower the 
same year and thereafter throughout the entire 
season. The delicate and bright colors make them 
especially desirable as a border plant. Hardy per¬ 
ennial. One foot. Per oz., $3.50; per pkt., 10c. 
Physalis Franchetii. 
Chinese Lantern Plant or Winter Cherry 
Fruit is deep red in color, edible and enclosed in 
large, balloon-shaped husks of brilliant orange 
red. Popular for winter bouquets. Hardy peren¬ 
nial. Per oz., $1.75; per pkt., 10c. 
Portulaca. 
( Sunplant) 
These brilliant and popular hardy annuals are of 
the easiest culture, luxuriant in an exposed sunny 
situation, and producing throughout the summer 
a carpet of various colored flowers in the greatest 
profusion. Sow broadcast in May when ground 
is thoroughly warm. 
Alba, Single. Clear white. Per oz., 75c.; pkt., 10c. 
Rose. Coppery rose shades. Single. Per oz., 
75c.; per pkt., 10c. 
Splendens. Single, crimson. Oz., $1.00; pkt., 10c. 
Splendid Mixed Single. Per oz., 60c.; special pkt., 
25c.; per pkt., 10c. 
Large Flowering, Double Mixed. Large percent¬ 
age of flowers perfectly double, making a gorgeous 
display, remaining open all day. Per oz., $1.75; 
special pkt., 25c.; per pkt., 10c. 
Primula. 
Primula Chinensis 
A beautiful flowering plant for winter or spring 
decorations in the home or conservatory; ^ 2 -oz. 
contains about 1,000 seeds. The following are now 
giant flowering, a wonderful advance on the old 
type. 
Giant Pink. A most striking shade of delicate 
carmine pink. The finest of all giant fringed 
primulas; petals extremely large and of great 
substance. Per s’s-oz., $5.00; per pkt., 35c. 
Queen Alexandra. The largest, fringed, white 
in existence; a grand advance on the old type. 
Per sS-oz., $5.00; per pkt., 35c. 
Excelsior Giant Mixed. A magnificent strain of 
the giant fringed primula, includes the new and 
finest procurable. Per s’s-oz., $5.00; per pkt., 35c. 
PRIMULA MALACOIDES 
Pink Beauty. A graceful type of primula which 
has become very popular for conservatory or 
house decoration in the brief time since its intro¬ 
duction. Numerous flower spikes in bloom over a 
long season are borne well above the mat foliage. 
Pink Beauty is one of the most beautiful in this 
class; rose pink with rich cream colored eye. 
Award of Merit R.H.S. Per s’s-oz., $2.00; pkt., 35c. 
PRIMULA OBCONICA 
The greatly improved form of this splendid 
plant makes it invaluable for pot culture. The 
many tall, stout stems bear large clusters of 
flowers well above the neat, ornamental foliage. 
Plants from seed sown early in the year com¬ 
mence flowering in Autumn and continue through¬ 
out the Winter. A temperature around 60 degrees 
seems to suit them best. In growing seedlings 
avoid peat or leaf-mold. 
Obconica Gigantea. Chenie’s Giant Hybrids. A 
new very fine, large flowered strain. Price per 
3 * 2 -oz., $3.00; per pkt., 25c. 
Polyanthus. 
Primula Elatior 
Showy, early spring, free-flowering plants, fine 
for either pot or outdoor culture; hardy peren¬ 
nials. Give slight winter protection. Nine inches. 
Polyanthus, English. An extra choice strain 
bedding hybrids. Per t^-oz., $1.25; per pkt., 25c. 
