FLOWER SEEDS 
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CHINESE PRIMROSES. 
Chicago, 
We were awarded the highest premium at the World's Columbian Exposition, 
1893 . on Chinese Primroses . 
The “ Chinese Primrose ” is a great favorite for the house or conservatory. The foliage is pretty 
and attractive, and the flowers 1^ to 2 inches across, borne in clusters of from 25 to 50, of perfectly 
charming colors and borne all through the winter and spring. One of our best pot plants. (See cut .> 
SIJSlGLiE EARGE FLOWERING FRINGED VARIETIES. 
White (alba fimbriata grandi flora) . PkL 25 
Crimson. Yellow eye (kermesina spkndens).. 25 
Scarlet. Sulphur eye (coccinea magnifica ).... 25 
Striped (striata fimbriata grandiflora). .. -25 
Red {rubra fimbriata grandiflora), .25 
Spotted. White and crimson (punctata elcgan- 
tissima) .25 
Alba Magmiflca. The finest pure white ; 
flowers 2 1 4 inches across. PkL 35 
Rosy Morn. Charming rosy pink. 35 
Chiswick. Red. Fine bright red.35 
Chiswick. Blue. Deep blue.35 
Mixed Large Flowering, Fringed.25 
Fern-leaved, Mixed. Fern-like foliage; 
plants beautiful even when out of bloom.... 25 
DOUfiEE LtARGE FLOWERING FRINGED VARIETIES. 
Double Red (rubrajl.pl. fimbriata) . PkL 50 
Double White (aibafl.pl. fimbriata)..(Seecut.) 50 
Double Striped. White, flaked red —PkL 50- 
Double Mixed Sorts. 50 
OTHER GREENHOUSE primroses. 
Obconica. Flowers pale lilac, borne in umbels 
on long stems ; delicately fragrant; in pots it 
will flower continuously for the greater portion 
of the year ; plant dwarf and compact, 6 to 12 
inches high. Pkt. 10 
pYRetHRUm- 
Valuable hardy border plants, throwing 
up numerous stems about 2 feet high, 
each surmounted with large flowers, 3 or 
4 inches across, of bright colors, such 
as rose, flesh, pink, white, crimson, etc. 
They remain in bloom a long time. 
Single Large Flowering Hy¬ 
brids, Mixed. PkL 10 
Double Large Flowering Hy¬ 
brids, Mixed. 25 
YELLOW LEAVED SORTS. 
Dwarf-growing plants, exten¬ 
sively nsed for ribbon and carpet 
bedding; foliage of bright yellow. 
These are usually grown asannu- 
als although they are perennials. 
Aureum. (Golden Feather.) 
Yellow foliage. ft. Per oz., 
50c. Ml 5 
Selaginoides. Handsome fern- 
llke yellow foliage K ft.... 10 
“UITTIiE 
HIDGET” 
ROSES. *se 
They bloom fpeely the fiPst 
season from spping-souun seed. 
Theroses are only about an inch across, usually 
very double, but occasionally semi-double and sel¬ 
dom single; they are borne in many-flowered clusters 
and contain all the tints of cultivated roses. They grow 
only ten inches high and commence blooming in a few 
weeks after the seed is sown. At first the flowers are isolated, 
but they group themselves as the plant advances and continue ..tiui.misw" 
year after year to bloom in uninterrupted profusion from May until frost Although the Little Midget 
ltoses bloom the first season from seed, yet it is not until the second year that they present the best etlect. 
(See cut.) Price, per pkt., 20c. 
Bose, hardy, double mixed. Flowers the second year ; hardy perennial. 
Monthly Tea, double mixed. Half-hardy perennial. 
Floribunda. Foliage deep green, stems of both 
leaves and flowers red, making a charming con ■ 
trast to the whorls of bright yellow flowers borne 
during the autumn and winter mouths. .Pkt. 25 
HflRDY primroses. 
Cowslip, Mixed Colors (Primula veris). The well- 
known favorite English Cowslip, flowering early in 
spring. % foot. PkL 5 
Auricula, Fine Mixed (Primula auricula). 
Umbels of fragrant flowers, of many rich colors. 
foot. W 
Polyanthus, Mixed ( Primula elatior). 
Early blooming for spring flower beds or 
pot culture; the largo umbels of flowers 
are borne on stalks 8 inches tall. 5 
Japanese Primrose (Primula Ja- 
ponica). One of the most beautiful. 
Flowers, 1 inch across, of shades of 
crimson, maroon, lilac, pink, white, 
etc., on stems 1 to 3 feet high. 
Mixed colors. 10 
English Primrose ( Primula vul¬ 
garis). The old favorite common 
yellow Primrose, now so popular 
and fashionable in England... 5 
Siberian Primrose (Primula 
cortusoides). Deep rose ; beautiful 
and free-flowering.10 
Alpine Rose-colored Prim¬ 
rose ( Primula rosea). Sometimes 
as many as 12 spikes to a plant. 
4 to G inches high, surmounted 
with 6 to 10 blossoms, 1 inch 
across; rosy carmine, with yel¬ 
low eye. 25 
Sieboldii. Splendid for either 
garden or pot culture; flower 
stalks 8 to 12 inches high, with 
largo clusters of flowers 1 to 2 
inches across ; color, soft rose, with 
white eye ; beautiful and free-bloom- 
.25 
2 to 4 ft. 
3 to 6 ft. PkL 10 
. 10 
.RICHSLJS.^ CASTOR-Om PLiAN’T. 
Large, luxuriant, rapid-growing foliage annuals, with palm-like leaves ; much used for subtropical 
effects on the lawn, or for centres of beds of foliage plants. 
Cambogiensis. Leaves bronzy maroon, with red veins, stems black. J ' w 
Borboniensis. 15 ft. Immense foliage. e 
Obermailii. 8 ft. Light red foliage. . 
Gibsonii. 6 ft. Dark purplish red foliage and stems. . 
Communis Major. Green foliage. G ft.. 
Za“iba“ms e £ ^.ctJgl^'nti'cTe'avM; 2 to 2'/feet across.Tnd the' great' size of thejpl'an is 'surpass any 
other Eicinus. Wo offer four varieties in mixture; one will produce light green leaves with whitish 
ribs; another coppery brown leaves, changing to dark green with red " l s -*\TL Jfcives with 
brownish purple leaves, changing to dark green with reddish stems; another^wi_th_bronze leaves, w tn 
reddish ribs and glaucous brown stems. Price, the four varieties just described, in mixture. 
Imported collection of 8 separate Iiicinus, 30c. 
WE DELIVER FREE, TO ANY P. 0. IN THE UNITED STATES, at prices quoted in this Catalogue, 
all Vegetable Seeds, Flower Seeds and Bulbs, except where noted. 
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