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Portulaca for Dry Sunny Spots 
PORTULACA®— 
Rose Moss or Sun Plant 
Annual. 6 in. June to Frost. A compact 
spreading plant bearing thousands of bright 
silky flowers, thriving on the poorest soil in 
very dry sun exposed places. Sow in beds, 
edgings, rockeries, between stepping stones, 
or broadcast over a sunny bank and very soon 
one of the loveliest of floral carpets will 
appear. 
6365 Fine Single Mixed. 14 oz., 25c....Pkt. 10c 
6376 Choicest Double Mixed. Saved from double 
flowers, '/g oz.. 40c.Pkt. lOc 
PRIMULA —Chinese Primrose 
Green House Plant. 1 ft. A beautiful, free- 
flowering pot plant for Winter blooming in 
greenhouse or conservatory. 
6387 Excelsior Fringed Mixed. Contains only the 
largest fringed flowering sorts.Pkt. 25c 
PRIMROSE. See Auricula, Oenothera, Polyanthus, 
Primula. 
PRIMULA. See Auricula, Ccvwslip, Polyanthus. 
PUERARIA THUNBERGIANA. See Kudzu Vine. 
PYRETHRUM © Persian Daisy 
Hardy Perennial. IV 2 ft. May-June. Very 
showy flowers of easy cultivation. Large 
daisy-like flowers in white and all shades of 
rose and pink. One of the most graceful and 
long-lasting cut flowers. 
Sii^e Hybrids. Mixed. Ya oz., 25c. Pkt. lOc 
Hybrid Grandiflonun. A very large flowered 
form of the above. */g oz., 40c....Pkt. 15c 
Double Hybrids. Mixed.Pkt. 25c 
Pyrethrum Aureum —Golden Feather. 6 in. 
A yellow foliage plant, fine for bordering 
and edging beds. Ya oz., 25c . Pkt. lOc 
SAPONARIA ®—Rock Soaprvort 
Hardy Perennial. 8 in. May-June. 
6555 Ocymoides Splendens. A trailing plant with 
pretty rose-pink flowers.lOc 
6421 
6432 
6443 
6454 
Single Pyrethrum 
Salvia (Scarlet Sage) 
RICINUS —Castor Oil Bean 
Annual. 3 to 15 ft. July to Frost. Giant 
quick growing plants with ornamental foliage 
and brilliant colored fruits producing tropical 
effects. Well adapted for border background 
or screening. Ricinus attracts Japanese beetles 
and after chewing the leaves the beetle dies. 
Moles are kept away by a planting of Ricinus. 
Red Spire. Very showy with large palm-like 
leaves of a bronzy green with red ribs and 
veins. The seed spikes and seed pods are a 
bright rosy crimson.Pkt. lOc 
6465 Sanguineus — Obermanni. 8 ft. Blood red 
stalks, scarlet fruits.Pkt. lOc 
6476 Gibsoni. 5 ft. Dark red leaves.Pkt. lOc 
6509 2^anztbariensLs. 12 ft. A distinct class which 
surpasses all varieties in size and beauty. The 
ornamental leaves, beautifully lobed, are lYi 
ft. across.pfct. lOc 
Any of the above, oz., 25c 
6510 Mixed. All sorts. Oz., 20c. Pkt. 10c 
RED HOT POKER. See Tritoma. 
ROCK CRESS. See Arabia, Aubretia. 
ROSE OF HEAVEN. See Agrostemma. 
RUDBECKIA ©—Cone Flower 
Annual. 2 ft. June-August. 
6521 Bicolor Superba. Bright yellow, daisy-like 
flowers with brown in center. 
Va oz., 25c.Plrt. lOc 
HARDY PERENNIAL—3 ft., June-August 
6532 Purpurea. Crimson-purple flowers with dark 
brown disc, ‘/g oz., 25c.lOc 
6533 Newtnani. Large orange-yellow petals sur¬ 
rounding a large black cone.Pkt. 16c 
SEDUM ®—Stonecrop 
Hardy Perennial. 3 in. May-July. 
6735 Acre —Golden Moss. Slow spreading plants. 
Green mossy foliage with yellow flowers. 
They prefer sand and full sun.Pkt. 25c 
