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PRIMULA. These hardy Primroses are excellent garden 
flowers and should be better known. Once started, most of 
them will last for years and afford a showy and beautiful 
display every Spring, the clustered flowers appearing in 
many lovely colors and lasting for weeks. The seeds are 
often tardy in starting. Beesiana, velvety purple with gold 
eye. Bulleyana, bright chrome yellow. Cashmeriana, lilac. 
Cockburneana, deep orange-scarlet. Cortusoides, deep 
rose. Denticulata Grandiilora, splendid mixture. Helodoxa, 
golden yellow. Officinalis Hybrids, mixed colors. Pulveru- 
lenta, red. Rosea Grandiflora, rose with gold eye. Sikki- 
mensis, yellow. Veris Elatior, mixed colors. Munstead 
Strain, largest flowers, wonderful shades of color. Vulgaris, 
yellow. Separate or Mixed. 
RANUNCULUS Claremont Hybrids, large double flowers 
showing a glorious riot of colors, so numerous as to liter¬ 
ally hide the plant. 
ROMNEYA Coulteri, Matilija Poppy, 3ft., delightfully 
fragrant white flowers, 5 inches across. 
RUDBECKIA Purpurea Hybrida, 4 ft., rich red, long- 
blooming, showy and beautiful. 
SAXIFRAGA, Rockfoil, particularly useful for the rockery. 
Prefers moist soil and semi-shade. Caespitosa, white. De- 
cipiens Grandiflora, rosy-pink. Ronsdorf Beauty, deep car¬ 
mine. Separate or mixed. 
SCABIOSA, 2 ft., charming plants for the border and 
for cutting. Japonica, lavender. Columbaria, rosy-mauve. 
Caucasica, Blue, also White. House's Hybrids, many 
fine colors. 
STOKESIA Cyanea, 15 in., showy rich blue Aster-like 
flowers. 
SWEET WILLIAM, Dianthus Barbatus. These are fa¬ 
vorite garden flowers, being showy, fragrant, and long- 
blooming. They start readily from seeds, and thrive in 
any soil or sunny situation. Finest mixed colors. 
THERMOPSIS Carolina, showy plants; yellow flowers 
in long spikes; June and July. 
TRITOMA (Kniphofia) Uvaria Grandiflora, Red Hot 
Poker, 3 ft., spikes of orange-red flowers. 
VIOLA Cornuta. These are admirably adapted for the 
rockery, beds and borders, as they come in bright col¬ 
ors, are very free-blooming; thrive in partial shade and 
have no enemies. Admiration, purple. Jersey Gem, vio¬ 
let-blue. Chantreyland, apricot. Haslemere, lilac-pink. 
Lutea, yellow. Puck, violet and yellow. Rose Queen, 
rosy lilac. Thuringia, rich blue. White Perfection, white. 
Separate or Mixed. 
Tufted Pansies, valuable for beds, handsome. Apricot, 
tinged orange. Ardwell Gem, yellow. Arkwright Ruby, 
ruby crimson. Black Prince, velvety black. David Simp¬ 
son, lavender. Nora Marrow, rosy lavender. Purple King, 
rich purple. Snowden, pure white. Separate or Mixed. 
Odorata, the well-known hardy sweet-scented 
English Violet, thriving best in semi-shade; germ¬ 
inates tardily. Queen Charlotte, dark blue. Rose 
Pearl, rose. The Czar, white. Separate or Mixed. 
WAHLENBERGIA, Platycodon. One of the best hardy 
perennials, produces very showy flowers throughout 
summer. They form large clumps and are excellent for 
planting in the permanent border or among shrubbery. 
The plants are tenacious, and once started will last for 
years. Grandiflora, Blue, White, Mixed. Mariesii, Blue, 
White, Mixed. 
WALLFLOWER. These are easily grown from seeds, 
and in a mild climate will bloom freely during winter. 
The flowers are large, of many colors, and richly per¬ 
fumed. Eastern Queen, salmon-red. Golden Monarch, 
golden yellow. Kelway's Langport, deep red. Primrose 
Monarch, soft yellow. Rosy Gem, bright rose. Surprise, 
purple changing to salmon-pink. White Dame, cream 
white. Separate or mixed. 
TRITOMA (Kniphofia) 
Red Hot Poker 
SWEET WILLIAM, Double 
RUDBECKIA PURPUREA HYBRIDA 
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