PORTULACAS—ANOTHER GRAND POOR-SOIL FLOWER 
Phlox Drummondi Annual 
The Drummond Phloxes have every quality 
desirable in a fine bedding plant. With brilliancy 
and variety in color they combine grace and 
refinement of form, a free and constant blooming 
habit, neat, compact growth, and ease of culture. 
Nana compacta. The dwarf Phloxes are of 
neat, compact habit, growing only about 8 
inches high. Charming and unique. Choice 
Mixed Colors. Pkt. 10 cts. 
Gigantea, Art Shades. New. Enormous 
flowers in soft art shades. Pkt. 15 cts.; J4oz. 
60 cts. 
Phlox Decussata Perennial 
Fine clumps of these plants form magnificent 
lawn and garden ornaments, and nearly all bright 
colors are represented in the large and handsome 
flower-heads. Pkt. 10 cts. 
Portulaca Annual 
Sturdy little annual trailing plants that bloom 
brightest during our warmest, driest weather. 
Beds of them form brilliant rainbows of color 
on sunshiny mornings—the sun cannot be too 
warm for them. 
Single Mixed. In many rich colors. Pkt. 10 
cts.; }4oz. 20 cts. 
Double Mixed. A large percentage of the 
flowers will be as double as little roses. Pkt. 
10 cts.; J Ijoz. 40 cts. 
Potentilla • Cinquefoil Perennial 
Charming hardy perennial plants for the 
border, with brilliant single or double flowers, 
mostly in orange, red and crimson tones, that 
are produced in profusion from June to August. 
Succeeds in any soil. 1 Yt ft. 
Double Hybrids Mixed. Pkt. 15 cts. 
Single Hybrids Mixed. Pkt. 10 cts. 
Hardy Primrose Perennial 
Cowslips or Hardy Perennial Primroses are 
favorite early spring flowers with clusters of 
bright blossoms in different shades of red and 
yellow. The clumps increase rapidly. 
Japonica, Mixed Colors. Pkt. 10 cts. 
Polyantha. Showy outdoor plants. Mixed 
Colors. Pkt. 10 cts. 
Vulgaris. The true, fragrant yellow Primrose. 
Pkt. 10 cts. 
Pueraria Perennial Climber 
Thunbergiana. Japanese Kudzu Vine. The 
fastest-growing of the hardy climbers. Will 
grow 8 to 10 feet the first year. The foliage is 
large, covers well, and the blooms are rosy 
purple. Pkt. 10 cts.; J^oz. 25 cts.; oz. 60 cts. 
Pyrethrum Perennial 
Hybridum, Single Mixed. Large, daisy-like 
flowers in May and June, and again in the fall. 
Pkt. 10 cts.; jdjoz. 40 cts. 
Rhodatlthe Annual 
Mangles!. Swan River Everlasting. A charming 
annual that succeeds in light rich soil and a 
warm, sheltered situation. Valuable for pot- 
culture. Everlasting flowers. 1 ft. Mixed 
Colors. Pkt. 10 cts.; J^oz. 25 cts. 
Ricinus Communis • Castor-Oil 
Bean Annual 
Annual plants of stately growth. Fine fruits 
and leaves. 
Bourboniensis arboreus. Grows 15 feet high. 
Leaves enormous. Pkt. 10 cts.; oz. 25 cts. 
Cambogensis. Red-black stems; very dark 
leaves. Very distinct. Pkt. 10 cts.; oz. 25 cts. 
Gibsoni, Duchess of Edinburgh. Dark 
purple leaves and stems. Pkt. 10 cts.; oz. 40c. 
Zanzibarensis. The plants attain great dimen¬ 
sions, presenting a splendid aspect with their 
gigantic leaves. Pkt. 10 cts.; oz. 25 cts. 
Mixed Varieties. Pkt. 10 cts. 
Rudbeckia • Coneflower 
Perennial 
Newmani. One of the finest of autumn-flower¬ 
ing perennials, bearing large flowers with 
bright orange-yellow petals surrounding a 
large black cone. 3 ft. Pkt. 10 cts. 
Purpurea. Giant Purple Coneflower. A most 
interesting hardy perennial, producing, all 
summer, large, showy reddish purple flowers 
about 4 inches across. 3 ft. Pkt. 10 cts.; 
Yoz. 50 cts. 
Salpiglossis • Tube Tongue Annual 
Variabilis (grandiflora). This elegant half- 
hardy annual flowers in late summer and 
autumn. The blossoms are velvety, with deep 
veins and markings, lily-shaped and quaintly 
lovely. Mixed Colors. Pkt. 10 cts. 
Salvia • Flowering Sage 
Magnificent bedding plants, all ablaze with 
long spikes of blue or scarlet flowers from June 
until October. 1 to 2 ft. 
Splendens, America. Annual. Flowers bright 
scarlet. Pkt. 10 cts.; M oz - $1-25. 
Bonfire. Annual. Beautiful dwarf variety, pro¬ 
ducing long spikes of rich scarlet flowers. Very 
free blooming. Pkt. 10 cts.; y&oz. 50 cts. 
Farinacea. Perennial. Long spikes of lavender- 
blue flowers. Pkt. 15 cts. 
Double Poppies 
Pratensis atroviolacea. Perennial. A dark 
violet variety. Pkt. 10 cts. 
Sanvitalia • Creeping Zinnia Annual 
Procumbent fl.-pl. This annual is fine for low 
borders, preferring a light soil and sunny 
situation. It will be a mass of bloom from 
midsummer to late fall. Small bright yellow 
flowers with purple disc. Sow indoors in March 
or outdoors in May. 6 in. Pkt. 10 cts.; 
J^oz. 75 cts. 
Scabiosa 
Atropurpurea grandiflora. Mourning Bride. 
Annual. Curious and pretty old-fashioned 
flowers, dark purple, rose, or white, still 
deservedly popular. Mixed Colors. Pkt. 
10 cts.; Yoz. 35 cts. 
Caucasica. Perennial. Free-flowering sort with 
semi-double, lilac flowers about 2 Y. inches 
across. Good border plant. Pkt. 10 cts. 
Schizanthus • Butterfly or 
Fringe Flower Annual 
This is one of the daintiest flowers imaginable, 
especially adapted to bordering beds of taller 
flowers and those of a heavier growth. Seeds 
germinate quickly and come into bloom in a few 
weeks from sowing. 
Dwarf Large-flowered Mixed. Forming com¬ 
pact, pyramidal plants a foot high, literally 
covered with large, beautiful, orchid-like 
flowers in a bewildering range of color. Pkt. 
10 cts.; J^oz. SI. 
Sedum • Stonecrop Annual 
Cseruleum. Pretty creeping annual with dainty 
racemes of charming pale blue flowers. A 
splendid subject for the rockery. Pkt. 15 cts. 
Senecio Biennial and Perennial 
Jacobaea. Tansy Ragwort. Flowers yellow, in 
corymbs. 4 ft. Pkt. 10 cts. 
Silene • Catchfly Perennial 
Asterias grandiflora. Showy perennial plants 
having carmine-scarlet, globular heads. Should 
be in every garden. 1 Yi ft. Pkt. 10 cts. 
Greenhouse 
Solanum • Jerusalem Cherry 
A greenhouse plant that has been greatly im¬ 
proved and is a very useful pot-plant for winter 
decoration. It is of dwarf, branching habit, 
with small, oval leaves, and bears the greatest 
profusion of bright scarlet, globular berries. 
Very ornamental. 1 ft. Pkt. 10 cts. 
Salvia splendens 
W. E. BARRETT CO., Providence, R. I. 
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