Plants, Seeds, Bur 
50^ears Experience 
PRIMROSES (4 kinds) 
833 Primula Sinensis fimbriata (Fringed Chinese Primrose). 
Undoubtedly one of the most beautiful and satisfactory house plants; 
never attacked by insects, and will thrive in a window where there is 
but little sun and few other plants would grow. Splendid, large-flowering. 
Mixed colors. Pkt. 10 cts. (See cut.) 
834 Everblooming Primula obconlca grandiflora. The flowers 
are much larger than the old white kind, and of many beautiful shades, 
including pink, violet, blush-rose, lilac, white, etc. Best-quality seed. 
Pkt. 5 cts. 
950 PRIMULA vulgaris. 91 The common wild English Primrose, with 
beautiful flowers of yellow and brown. They should be sown where 
they can remain and multiply. Pkt. 10 cts. 
835 PRIMULA malacoides. Improved Baby Primrose. New. 
t_> This is one of the daintiest plants for house culture yet produced 
and it will thrive and bloom abundantly in any ordinary living 
room. It forms clumps of light, feathery foliage, full of flower 
stalks all the time. The flowers are a delicate shade of lavender, 
produced in whorls on tall graceful spikes in great profusion. They 
stand cutting well and last for several days in water. Plants will 
bloom in four months after sowing seed and continue in flower 
from 4 to 6 months. The bloom stocks grow about xo inches 
high and a plant in full bloom is very beautiful. Pkt. 15 cts. 
(See cut.) 
493 RAMBLER ROSE SEED, Home 
Grown. 91 Saved from our own 
fields; several different colors and 
varieties mixed. White, crimson, 
pink, yellow, etc. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 
10 cts. 
494 DWARF MULTIFLORA ROSES. 
O Often bloom in four months 
after sowing the seed. They flower 
in large clusters and are delightfully 
fragrant. Pkt. 5 cts. 
495 AMERICAN PILLAR ROSE SEED. 
91 § Large single flowers of rich, 
rosy pink approaching brilliant 
carmine, with just a glint of 
white in the center, and yellow 
stamens. Pkt. 15 cts. 
505 SALPIGLOSSIS GRANDIFLORA 
(Painted Tongue). O The colors 
range from light blue and straw- 
color to deepest purple and maroon. 
A beautiful bedding plant. Mixed 
colors. Pkt. 5 cts. 
Primula Sinensis fimbriata. Fringed Chinese Primrose 
TRI 
Primula Malacoides (Improved Baby Primrose) 
BRILLIANT SALVIAS 
507 Splendens, Drooping Spikes. O 
A splendid new, large-flowering Salvia (Scar¬ 
let Sage); bears three times as many flowers 
as the ordinary Salvia splendens. It is ex¬ 
ceedingly handsome and desirable for lawn 
or garden, whether planted singly or in groups 
with other flowers. The flowers are intense, 
dazzling scarlet, and are borne in endless 
profusion until late in the fall—one of the 
most beautiful flowers you can plant. Pkt. of 
75 seeds, 10c., J^oz. 40 cts. (See cut.) 
508 Splendens, Erect Spikes. Large- 
flowering Scarlet Sage. O Grows easily; 
makes grand, stately plants 2 to 3 feet high, 
completely covered with intense, bright 
scarlet flowers. Pkt. 10 cts., J 4 oz - 5 ° cts. 
509 Blue (Salvia farinacea). 0 This is 
the lovely blue Salvia, forming dense, bushy 
plants, with long spikes of beautiful blue 
flowers. Pkt. 10 cts. 
IUM Melvini. O New. A very 
bushy, compact plant, 12 to 15 
inches high, covered with brilliant 
scarlet cone-shaped berries about 
pi inch in diameter. Pkt. 25 cts. 
521 SOLANUM Jerusalem 
Cherry. © Very pretty. Resem¬ 
bles a miniature orange tree. Pkt. 
5 cts. 
532 STOKESIA cyanea. 91 
Corn-flower Aster. Bears from 30 
to 40 large, lavender-blue corn¬ 
flower-like asters from July until 
frost. Pkt. 10 cts. 
Ricinus (Giant Castor Bean) 
Stately, tree-like plants, quickly 
growing 6 to 8 feet high, with richly 
colored foliage and stems. Magni¬ 
ficent until frost. (See cut.) 
501 Cambodgensis. O Large, 
palm-like leaves of the darkest 
bronze-maroon, stalk and stem 
nearly black; height, 6 to 8 feet. 
Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 15 cts. 
502 Zanzibarensis. O 
New and distinct. The 
enormous leaves measure 
2 to 2 feet across. Plants 
make perfect pyramids of 
foliage. Pkt. 5c., oz. 15c. 
OFFER No. 87. 3 pkts., 1 each above, 25c. 
Ricinus (grows 8 feet) 
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