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THE FRANK S. PLATT COMPANY 
Salpiglossis 
Hardy Primroses 
These are among the best of the early spring 
blooming plants. With a slight protection they 
will stand the winter, but do better if protected by 
a cold frame. 
Primula Japonica. (Japanese Primrose). Mixed 
colors. Bright and showy flowers, borne in whorls 
on stems six to nine inches long. Per pkt., 25c.; 
oz., $3.50. 
Primula Auricula. Large flowering choice strain, 
cream white to golden yellow and palest mauve to 
the deepest purple. Sweet scented. Per pkt., 25c.; 
tV-oz., 75c. 
Pyrethrum 
Handsome herbaceous plants of easy culture. 
P. Aureum is the well-known Golden Feather, so 
much used for carpet bedding, edging, etc. From 
the flowers of P. Roseum is obtained the Persian 
insect powder. P. Hybridum and varieties are 
among the handsomest of hardy flowering herba¬ 
ceous plants. 
Aureum. (Golden Feather). Dwarf compact form. 
Bright yellow foliage. Per pkt., 10c.; j4-oz., 50c. 
Hybridum Grandiflorum. Large-flowering, single 
mixed. Hardy perennial, ranging in color from 
light pink to deep red, with bright yellow centers. 
Per pkt., 10c.; oz., $3.50. 
Hybridum Double Mixed. Saved from a very 
choice collection. Per pkt., 25c.; %-oz., $1.25. 
Rhodanthe 
Swan River Everlasting 
Garden annual, one foot high, flowering early 
and continuously. Flowers are mostly white and 
rose shades on long slender stems. 
Mixed. White and rose shades. Per pkt., 10c.; 
oz., $1.00. 
Ricinus 
Castor Oil Bean • 
Large, luxuriant, rapid-growing foliage, annual, 
with palm-like leaves; much used for sub-tropical 
effects on the lawn, or for centers of beds of 
foliage plants. 
Borboniensis. Grows very large and rank; foli¬ 
age green, 15 feet. Per pkt., 10c.; oz., 25c. 
Red Spire. New, 6 feet. Attractive bronzy green 
foliage with rosy crimson seed spikes. Per pkt., 
10c.; oz., 25c. 
Gibsonii Mirabilis. Compact dwarf plants, 4 feet, 
very fine, red foliage and stems. Per pkt., 10c.'; 
oz., 25c. 
Zanzibarensis. Mixed. The different varieties 
included in our mixture have light and dark green 
leaves and some of coppery bronze, changing to 
dark green, with reddish ribs; six to ten feet. Per 
pkt., 10c.; oz., 25c. 
Rudbeckia Cone Flower 
These robust-growing plants are fine free-flower¬ 
ing annuals. Of very easy culture. 
Bicolor Superba. An annual variety; bright yel¬ 
low with black-purple center. Pkt., 10c.; oz., $1.00. 
Newmanii. Perennial; grows two feet; large 
golden-yellow flowers, with velvety maroon center 
cone. Per pkt., 10c.; oz., $2.00. 
Salpiglossis 
Annual, about 18 inches high, bearing through¬ 
out the season large flowers of many beautiful 
colors, all exquisitely veined and laced. Pkt. %-oz. 
Superbissima Purple with Gold . 10c. 50c. 
Superbissima Brown with Gold. 10c. 50c. 
Superbissima Brilliant Crimson. 10c. 50c. 
Superbissima Large Flowering Mixed 
Special pkt., 25c. 10c. 40c. 
SalviR Flowering Sage 
Splendid ornamental plants for outdoor decora¬ 
tions, their beautiful spikes of brilliant scarlet 
flowers being produced in great profusion, from 
July until October. Half-hardy annual. 
Salvia Harbinger. (12 inches). Very early, uni¬ 
form, dwarf and compact. Pkt., 25c.; Ms-oz., $1.25. 
America. (Globe of Fire). Very dwarf and uni¬ 
form, the bushy plants are only 16 inches tall, with 
spikes in profusion rising ten inches above the 
plant; exceptionally valuable for beds, borders or 
edging. Per pkt., 15c.; oz., $2.00. 
Splendens “Bonfire”. Grows in a compact bush, 
two feet high. Its erect spikes of flowers of bril¬ 
liant scarlet stand clear above the dark green foli¬ 
age and completely cover the plant. Per pkt., 10c.; 
oz., $1.50. 
Splendens. Scarlet, free bloomer, three feet tall, 
old favorite variety. Per pkt., 10c.; oz., $1.25. 
Farinacea Blue Bedder. Improved type, bright 
blue, long spikes on compact plant, 2 to 3 feet 
tall. Perennial, but best grown as an annual; fine 
for cutting or border; seed sown in open ground 
in May, blooming from July until frost. Per pkt., 
10c.; M$-oz., 60c. 
Patens. Deep blue, tender perennial, for green¬ 
house or border. Per pkt., 25c.; Jfj-oz., 75c. 
Scabiosa Mourning Bride 
Beautiful annuals with large double flowers on 
long stems; fine for cutting; various colors. Height 
2 y 2 feet. They bloom from July until frost. 
Imperial Giant Blue Moon. New Novelty. See 
page 3. Per pkt., 25c.; oz., 85c. 
Shasta. New large, pure white. Per pkt., 10c.; 
oz., 75c. 
Azure Fairy. Lavender blue. Pkt., 10c.; oz., 75c. 
Peach Blossom. New, very large. Per pkt., 10c.; 
oz., 75c. 
