CHOICE FLOWER SEEDS 
79 
BED SINGLE PORTUI.ACA. 
PORTULACA 
Brilliant dwarf annuals, blooming profusely from early 
summer to autumn. For low beds and masses of color they 
are very desirable. 
2400. Finest .Single, Mixed. A large variety, of the 
most brilliant colors. Pkt.. 5c.; oz., 30c. 
2401. Double Rose-Flowered, Mixed. The most 
brilliant shades and choice flowers. Pkt., 10c. 
PRIMULA 
This beautiful flowering plant is indispensable for winter 
decoration in the home or conservatory. Our seed is very 
choice, being saved from the best English strains. Sow in 
March. April or May. 
Single Primula 
2420. Sinensis Fimbriata. Fringed varieties. Very 
choice, mixed. Pkt., 20c. 
2432. Johnson’s Choicest Prize Mixed. 
Our Prize Primula seed is grown by a renowned English 
specialist, who has received the highest awards at the leading 
Continental shows. The florets are unsurpassed in size and 
wide range of brilliant and distinctive colors. Pkt., 30c. 
PRIMULA FORBESl (or Baby Primrose) 
2423. This is the freest flowering Primula we know of. 
The seed comes up very readily and the little plants throw up 
tiny flower stalks when 
only a few weeks old. 
These, however, should 
be pinched off, and the 
plants kept growing un¬ 
til October, when the 
flowers may be allowed 
to develop, and from 
then on until late in 
spring they produce their 
sprays of beautiful rosy 
lilac flowers in seemingly 
never-ending profusion. 
Pkt., 20c. 
DOUBLE PRIMULA 
2421. Double. Mixed/ 
Pkt., 35c. 
Our Double Primulas 
bring a large percentage 
of double flowers. 
2424. Obconica 
Grand!flora. A profuse 
blooming primrose, bear¬ 
ing on long stems heads 
containing ten to fifteen 
flowers. The flowers 
Johnson’s prize primula. are pure white, shading 
occasionally to lilac, and 
have the true primrose fragrance. Pkt., 10c., 3 pkts., 25c. 
2436. Floribunda. Similar to “Obconica,” but the 
flowers are a beautiful primrose yellow. Pkt., 20c. 
2425. Japonica {Japanese Primrose). Pkt., 10c. 
2426. Vulgaris. Yellow English Primrose. Pkt.. 5c. 
PYRETHRUM ( Feverfew) 
2440. P. Partheni folium Aureum (Golden Feather). 
A highly ornamental golden yellow foliage plant, unexcelled 
for bedding. Hardy perennial ; 1^ ft. Pkt.. 5c.; oz., 50c. 
2441. P. Roseum {Persian Insect Powder Plant). Hand 
some aster-like flowers, with pink rays and deep yellow 
centres ; foliage fern-like; most beautifully cut. Pkt., 10c. 
SALVIA, OR SCARLET SAGE 
SALPIG LOSS I S ( Velvet Flower) 
The flowers are singularly marked and delicately penciled 
I —in shape resembling a Petunia. 
2500. S. Fine, Mixed. Sky-blue and scarlet flowers, very 
beautifully penciled. Pkt., 6c. 
2501. SALPIGLOSSIS GRANDIFLORA. The large 
; flowering Salpiglossis is one of the most beautiful of flower- 
! ing annuals. In rich coloring they vie with orchids. Pkt., 5c. 
TROP/EOLUM CANARIENSE 
490. CANARY BIRD VINK. A rapid growing, sum¬ 
mer-climbing annual, growing 10 to 15 feet high It will 
S cover trellis work in the most graceful manner, producing 
I hundreds of its pretty fringed bright yellow flowers, which 
I resemble a canary bird with expanded wings. Pkt., 5c. 
RICINUS 
(Castor Oil Plant ) 
Large, luxuriant, 
rapid-growing foliage an¬ 
nuals, with large, hand¬ 
some metallic leaves. 
Used for sub-tropical ef¬ 
fects on the lawn, or for 
the taller centres of foli¬ 
age beds ; 6 to 10 feet. 
2460. Gibsoni, 
Handsome deep red foli¬ 
age. Pkt., 5c. 
2463. Mixed. Many 
choice sorts. Pkt., 5c.; 
oz., 15c. 
2464. RICINUS, 
DUCHESS OF EDIN¬ 
BURGH. The stem and 
leaves are of a bright 
metallic bronze; the 
large branches of the 
fruit are of a vivid red. 
Pkt., 5c. 
2465. Ricinus Zan- 
zibariensis. The leaves 
of this new variety at¬ 
tain a gigantic size, ricinus. castor oil plant. 
measuring 2 to 2>^ ft. 
across, and include light and dark green and coppery bronze 
colors. Pkt., 5c.; per oz., 15c. 
Gorgeous effects can be produced by massing on the 
lawn or in the garden, or planted in rows along a sunny 
drive. A perennial, but 
blooms the first season 
from seed. 
2520. Splendens. 
Scarlet sage Pkt., 10c. 
2521. Patens. Blue 
9 age. Pkt., 10c. 
NEW SALVIA 
SPLENDENS, 
“si lv e R SPOT " 
2522. The leaves are 
rich, soft, dark green, 
with light sulphur or 
cream-colored spots 
of various sizes liberally 
sprinkled over them. The 
intense bright scarlet 
flowers are very large, 
and the plants of neat, 
compact habit. Seed, per 
pkt., 10c. 
2523. Clara Bed- 
man, or Bonfire. Very 
compact, with long, 
erect spikes of brilliant 
scarlet flowers. The fin¬ 
est Salvia ever intro¬ 
duced, and by far the 
best for bedding and 
massing on the lawn. 
Pkt., 10c. 
SCARLET 8AGE. 
