PHLOX DRUMMOND 11 . 
The Phlox Drummondii for a brilliant mass of colors 
and a constant display, is not excelled by any other an¬ 
nual or perennial that we are acquainted with. It has 
every desirable quality for this purpose. The colors 
range from the purest white to the deepest blood purple 
>r crimson. Seed may be sown in the open ground or 
in hot-bed or cold-frame. 
Phlox Drummondii, Deep Blood Purple, . 
Brilliant Scarlet,. 
Large Blue, white eye, the nearest to blue of the 
Phloxes, but really a fine purple,. 
rosea, beautiful rose color, . 
rosea albo-oculata, beautiful rose, with distinct 
white eye,. 
Lcopoldii, splendid deep pink, with white eye, 
Radowitzii, rose, striped with white,. 
Radowitzii Kermesina striata, crimson, 
striped with white,. 
Radowitzii violacea, violet, striped with white, 
flore-albo, pure white,. 
flore-albo oculata, pure white with purple eye, 
Chamois Rose, very delicate and fine, .... 
variabilis, violet and lilac,. 
Isabellina, light, dull yellow,. 
Violet Queen, violet, with a large white eye, 
very large. 
Scarlet Fringed, . . 
All varieties mixed, . 
grandiflora, an improved annual Phlox, with 
flowers unusually large, round, and of great sub¬ 
stance. Not as prolific as the old sorts, .... 
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POPPY. 
Good annual varie- j 
ties of the Poppy are 
numerous, ranging in 
size from the little | 
Ranunculus - flower- [ 
ed, an inch in diame- j 
ter, to the Pa;ony- ; 
flowered, four or five j 
inches across. They j 
have a tap-root, and : 
are hard'to transplant. ! 
Poppy, Ranunculus-flowered, small, double, 
various colors, . - j 
Murselli, mixed colors, very showy, double, . . 5 j 
Carnation, double, mixe.d colors. 5 I 
Pteony - flowered, large flowers, very double, 
mixed colors,. 5 
somniferum, (Opium Poppy,) true, single. 
perlh. $1.00; per oz. 10 cents,. 3 
somniferum fl. pi., Double Opium Poppy,) 
splendid large flowers; mixed colors,. 5 
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PORTULACA. 
The Portulaca delights 
in a warm sun and a 
sandy soil, and the 
drouth is never too long 
nor the heat too intense 
for this beautiful little 
salamander. The Por¬ 
tulaca does not like a 
clay soil nor black muck. 
It makes a brilliunt bed 
on the lawn. Sow seed 
in the open ground early, 
or ifiider glass. Easily 
transplanted. 
Portulaca alba striata, white, striped with rose 
and red, . 5 
caryophylloides, rose, striped with deep car¬ 
mine, . 5 
New Rose, fine rose color,. 5 
Thellussonii, fine crimson,. 5 
splendcns, rosy purple,. 5 
aurea, straw-colored,. 5 
aurea vera, deep, golden yellow. 5 
aurca striata, sulphur yellow,striped with gold. 5 
Fine mixed,. 5 
Double Rose-flowered, a perfectly double vari¬ 
ety, as much so as the most perfect Rose, and 
of many brilliant colors, as well as striped, h irst 
quality, mixed colors,. 20 
Double Rose-flowered, seven different colors 
crimson, rosy purple, rose, white, rose striped 
with carmine, orange, yellow — each color, . . 25 
The Ricinus 
has very orna¬ 
mental foliage 
and showy 
fruit. Plant 
the seed in the 
open ground, 
in a dry situa¬ 
tion, and as 
early as safe in 
the spring. — 
Plants range 
from five to ten 
feet in height, 
except a dwarf 
variety, which 
seldom exceeds 
three feet. Fine 
for large foliage 
beds. 
Ricinus macrocarpus, whitish foliage, beautiful; 
6 feet, . 10 
purpureus, purple, magnificent; 6 feet, . ». . . 10 
Borboniensis, beautiful, large leaves; 10 feet, . 10 
sanguineus, blood red stalks, scarlet fruit, one 
of the best; 5 feet, .. 10 
Africanus hybridus, fine, stalk and fruit rose ; 
6 feet, . 10 
giganteus, large, fine and showy ; 6 feet, ... 10 
New species from the Philippines, very large 
leaves; 6 to 10 feet,. 15 
nanus microcarpus, dwarf, only 2 to 3 feet in 
height; fine for outside groups,. 10 
communis, (Palma Christi,) common Castor 
Oil Bean; per lb. 70 cts. ; per oz. io<ils., . . . 
RICINUS. 
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