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PANSY— Continued. 
Per Pkt. 
Red Victoria. Rich velvety bright claret color, the near¬ 
est approach to a scarlet in Pansies.25 
Snow Queen. (Candidisuma.) Large satiny white.10 
Faust. (King of the Blacks.) Densest black Pansy 
known. .. .10 
Emperor William. Brilliant blue, with well defined pur¬ 
ple eye; splendid.10 
Lord Beaconsfield. Deep purple violet, shading to white 
on the upper petals...10 
Yellow Gem. Pure yellow without eye.10 
Gold Margined .10 White Margined .10 
Mahogany Colored .10 Bronze Colored .10 
Fawn Colored .10 Striped .10 
Auricular flora. Bronze, margined rose.10 
Fine Mixed .10 Good Mixed . 5 
Collection twelve choice varieties.1.00 
- six choice varieties.50 
PENTSTEMON. 
Beautiful and attractive, hardy, herbaceous plants with 
long, graceful spikes of richly colored flowers. Suc¬ 
ceed in a light loam, and should have a dry situation, 
as they suffer more from wet than cold during the 
winter. 
Pentstemon llybridus, Extra Mixed, 2 ft.10 
PETUNIA. 
This flower, from its beauty, fragrance and duration in 
bloom, is a great favorite, and is equally adapted for 
greenhouse, conservatory or outdoor culture. A great 
effect may be produced by training them as semi¬ 
climbers in a background to an ornamental mixed bor¬ 
der. Petunias contrast well in bedding with Scarlet 
Geraniums, Coleus and Perilla. 
SINGLE VARIETIES. 
New Large-Flowering Single-Fringed. An unrivalled 
strain. Mixed colors.25 
Grandiflora. Large flowering varieties, in splendid mix¬ 
ture . 25 
Per Pkt. 
Dwarf Inimitable. Star Petunia, beautiful compact grow¬ 
ing variety. 
Large Throated. New, splendid collection of mixed 
colors. 25 
Argentea. Silvery white . 
Choice Mixed. Striped and blotched .10 
Fine Mixed. ^ 
Collection of twelve separate varieties. Large flowering 
single. 1 00 
DOUBLE VARIETIES. 
Double Striped and Blotched. Large double variegated 
flowers. 2 $ 
Double Fringed. Large double, beautifully fringed 
flowers. ... 50 
Collection of twelve separate varieties, double.1 25 
- of six separate varieties, double fringed. 75 
Only a small per cent, of double Petunia seeds will produce 
double flowers. The weaker seedlings should be carefully se¬ 
lected as these always produce double flowers . 
PERILLA. 
An ornamental foliage plant which thrives in any soil; 
leaves of a deep mulberry or blackish purple, forming a 
fine contrast to plants of lighter foliage. 
Perilla Nankinensis. Purplish black leaves, 1 J^ft. 5 
PHASEOLUS CARACALLA. 
A beautiful climber; may be grown outside in summer and 
in the greenhouse in winter. Valued by florists for 
their delicious fragrance and resemblance to orchids; 
bluish white flowers. Plant in light, rather rich loam. 10 
PHACELIA. 
Very fine new annual from California, blooms about eight 
"weeks from time of sowing, showy and free-flowering; 
grows in common loam. 
Phacelia Campaiiularia. Beautiful rich deep blue, 6 
inches high.10 
POLEMONIUM. 
(JACOB’S LADDER.) 
Fine, hardy, herbaceous perennials, with large heads of 
flowers; excellent border plants. 
Polemonium. Mixed blue and white, 1 ft. 5 
POLYANTHUS. 
Splendid spring-flowering plants, either for pot culture or 
the open border. Half-hardy perennial. 
Polyanthus Mixed. (Primula elatior.) Fine border va¬ 
rieties, % ft. • 
- Splendid Mixed. Extra choice, % ft. 
10 
25 
POTENTILLA. 
These are handsome herbaceous plants, and from their 
hardiness and showy character are exceedingly useful 
and ornamental; they may be employed to advantage 
in filling up vacant nooks and corners, even in single 
plants; ana in all situations, their neatness of foliage 
and long duration in bloom render them objects of 
desire. 
Potentilla Double. Choice varieties mixed; 1 ft. 25 
- Single. Finest mixed; 1J£ ft.10 
