FLOWER OF SINGLE PORTULACA PLANT OF DOUBLE PORTULACA 
PORTULACA 
A popular hardy creeper, each strong plant covering a space about two feet In diameter. It delights in a warm sun and sandy soil, and the drouth in never too 
long nor the heat too intense for this beautiful salamander. It makes a brilliant bed on the lawn. The flowers of the double varieties are like small roses. Sow 
seed in the open ground as soon as the weather is warm, or in a hotbed earlier. The plants can be transplanted when in full flower ; and in making a ribbon bed 
with Portulaca, wait until the first flower opens, so as to be sure of the color. Annual. 
Alba, pure white; alba striata, white, striped with rose; caryophylloides, Fine mixed single varieties, ounce, 50 cents. <5 
rose, striped with carmine; New Rose, fine rose color; Thellussoni, fine Double Rose-Flowered. A perfect double variety, as much so as the Rose, 
crimson; splendens, rosy purple; aurea, straw color; aurea vera, deep and of many brilliant colors, as well as striped. First quality, mixed colors . 10 
golden yellow ; aurea striata, sulphur yellow striped with gold. Each of 
the single varieties. 5 
One package each 0/ the above nine , JO cents. 
Double Rose-Flowered. Seven different colors—crimson, yellow, rosy 
purple, rose, white, rose striped with carmine, orange—each color .... 
One package each 0/ these seven, 7J cents. 
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SUNFLOWER—Helianthus 
RUDBECHIA BICOLOR SLTPERBA 
This plant grows about two feet high, forming a many-branched dense bush, 
and producing its long-stemmed flowers in the greatest abundance. The disk is 
brown, and the ray florets are yellow, with large velvety-brown spots at the base. 
A very effective annual, and a useful plant for cutting. 10 
SENSITIVE PLANT 
Mimosa pudica. The Sensitive Plant affords a good deal of amusement, not 
only to children, but to those of larger growth, on account of its apparently sen-, 
sitive leaves, which close up when touched. Seeds should be started under 
glass. Do not transplant to the open ground until the weather is warm. A plant 
or two reserved for the house will be an object of interest during the winter. 
Start a young plant in a pot, and plunge the pot in earth to the rim, removing it 
to the house in the autumn. Annual. 5 
SCHIZANTHUS 
The Schizanthus is a beautiful half-hardy annual, of :r ery graceful habit. The 
flowers are butterfly-shaped, of rich and varied cr' j'S. and completely cover the 
plant. Fine for the greenhouse or open grotir-a. Gt the easiest culture. Plants 
that have flowered in the garden may ';c removed to the house in autumn. 
About two feet high. Best varieties mixed . . . . 5 
Coarse tall plants, from four to eight feet in height, with bright yellow flowers. The double varieties produce a very good effect among shrubbery, and when 
u sed as screens.. Sometimes reproduced from self-sown seed. The seeds of the single varieties are of considerable value for oil as well as for feeding poultry. S ee 
Miscellaneous Farm Seeds, and Helianthus described under “ Hardy Plants and 
Bulbs," for varieties that are attracting much attention. Annual. 
Globosus fistulosus. Best of the Sunflowers. Very large; double. . 5 
Double Green-centered. Large flower, green center when young ; when 
old perfectly double. Five to eight feet in height. ... 5 
Dwarf Golden. Variegated foliage, five to six feet high. Very effective 
as single specimens. Seventy to eighty per cent, true from seed . 10 
Extra Double Dwarf. About four feet high. Each branch, from the 
ground to the top of main stein, bears a golden flower. 10 
Mammoth Russian. Very large. Usually grown for feed. Per pound, 
30 cents ; lb., 15 cents : ^ lb., 10 cents ; oz. 5 
White Beauty. Most polific variety grown. Per pound, 35 cents ; oz . 5 
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DOUBLE SUNFLOWER 
