PORTULACA 
One of our finest hardy annual 
plants, of easy culture, thriving 
best in a_rather rich light loam 
or sandy soil, and luxuriating in an 
exposed sunny situation; the flow- 
ers are of the richest colors, and 
produced throughout the summer 
in great profusion; fine for mass- 
ing in beds, edging or rockwork. 
and frequently used to sow broad- 
cast over sunny banks, etc. Also 
known as Sun Plant and Rose 
Moss. Seed ‘does not start till 
warm weather. 
SINGLE PORTULACA 
677-—-F INEST MIXED. Our 
choicest single sorts from the 
purest white to the brightest yel- 
lows and deep crimson. For a sol- 
id bed they make a gorgeous sight 
on sunny days. Pkt. 4c.; 3 pkts. 
10¢c 
DOUBLE PORTULACA 
678—-DOUBLE MIXED. AJ 
choicest colors. Double.as smal} 
Roses. Remains open longer than 
single flowers and are even more 
desirable for bedding or borders. 
A large percentage of the flowers 
will come perfectly double, of the 
most brilliant searlet, crimson. 
white, yellow, ete. Pkt. 5c; $3 
pkts. 12c. 
Ricinus (Castor Oil Bean) 
697—ZANZIBARIENSIS. Immense, 
palm-like leaves, 2 to 3 feet across. 
Plants. form a compact, tropical 
looking bush,.4 to 6 feet high, in 
two to three months from seed. 
Fine for lawn or background. Sur- 
passes in size and beauty all vari- 
eties. Our mixture has light and 
dark green leaves and some of cop- 
pery-bronze. Pkt. 5Se.; oz. 1Se.; %4 
i» “-  Platyeodon 
6O—FINEST MIXED, Platycodon 
or Chinese Bellflower is a very de- 
Sirabie perennial bearing star-like, 
bell-shaped flowers 1% to 3 inches 
in diameter. A very handsome plant 
for the garden. Pkt. 10¢, ‘ 
Stokesia 
STOKES’ ASTER 
737—CYANEA. A most charming 
and beautiful native hardy plant 
which, for many seasons, has been: 
a most admired flower. The plant 
grows from 18 to 24 inches igh, 
bearing freely from early June un- 
til late in October, its handsome lav- 
ender-blue centaurea-like blossoms 
which measure from 4 to 5 inches 
across. It is of the easiest culture, 
succeeding in any open, sunny po- 
sition; desirable. as a single plant 
Hi poker mya ge and effective 
es or beds of any size. A 
10¢c.; 3 pktw, 25e, - of . ea 
Salpiglossis 
PAINTED TONGUE 
These showy, half-hardy annuals 
bear beautiful, funnel-shaped flow- 
ers having dark veins. on a ground| 
which varies from white to crim-| 
son, yellow, orange, etc.,~and in-) 
termediate shades.: Blooms from: 
late summer until frost. 
1700—NEW EMPEROR OR GI- 
ANT VELVET. Flowers larger and 
more brilliant than the common 
varieties in splendid mixture, Pkt. 
10c.; 3 pkts. 25c. 
721—HOUSES HYBRIDS. Very 
rare and beautiful Buropean pro- 
ductions. A great improvement 
over the best varieties heretofore 
known. Pkt. 25c. 

Scabioss (Mourning Bri ‘é 
Annual SCABIOSA 
Mourning Bride, Sweet Scabious | 
Pincushion Flower, etc. 
- Great favorite with many. Seed 
can be sown any time in the spring 
after danger of frost is past. They 
grow 2% feet high, and come into 
bloom early in July, and continue 
without interruption until hard 
frost. The beautiful flowers in ex- 
quisite shades are borne on long 
stems, and when cut keep in per- 
fect condition for the best part of 
a week, They make effective bor- 
ders or beds, and no garden is 
complete without Scabiosa, espe- 
cially where flowers are wanted for 
cutting. 
708—BLUE COCKADE. Pure. 
deep azure blue of large conical 
shape. Very double, deep and sol-! 
id. Stems long, making it an ex- 
cellent cut flower. Blooms -from 
midsummer until fall. Very at- 
tractive. Pkt. 5c. 
709—KING OF BLACKS. Most 
admired of all Scabiosas. The color 
is a deep, rich, velvety mahogany. 
Would be a dead black but for the 
shining velvety appearance. Pkt. 
ac. = 
710—LOVELINESS. A delicate. 
Adee of pink admired by all. Pkt.' 
715—DWARF DOUBLE MIXED. 
Dwarf sorts suitable for borders, 
ete. Pkts. 5c.; 3 pkts. for 10¢. { 
716—TALL DOUBLE MIXED.) 
All tall varieties which grow about: 
the same height. Pkt. 5c.; 3 pkts. | 
10c.; % oz. 25c. 
| TI-—LEVIATHAN MIXED. 
These giant or large flowering 
Scabiosas are an extra large flow- 
ering strain of the Tall Double 
varieties and the colors are sim-| 
War. If you grow Scabiosa once! 
you will always want them. Pkt.’ 
10c.; 3 pkts. 25e. = 
‘| 718—-CAUCASIA PERFECTA. A’ 
new strain of hardy perennial Scab-/ 
josa with light blue flowers on long 
stems. Grows 18 inches high and, 
is very desirable for cut flowers.) 
Blooms from June till October. Pkt.) 
10c.3; 3 pkts. 25e. : 

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 Primula~Primrose — 
Primroses are among the _ best 
cnown and most popular winter 
lowering plants. Seeds sown in 
ipring produce plants which will 
loom throughout the following 
vinter and require little care, 
679——-GIANT OBCONICA. One 
»f the grandest, showiest and 
‘reest blossoming of all house 
lants. Blossoms the year around 
ind is always loaded throughout 
winter, when flowers are most 
1eeded. Seed sown in spring will 
produce- plants which commence 
:o bloom in fall and continue ‘to 
zrow and ‘produce blossoms in the 

lovely shades of lavender, pink, 
2te., throughout the winter. Pkt. 
lic. 
- @81I—BABY PRIMROSE. A small 
flowering sort which is a free and 
continuous bloomer. One of the best 
looming winter plants, Pkt. 10¢,_ 
683—FANCY FRINGED MIXED. 
Choicest varieties of the Chinese 
Fringed, ete., in best mixture. This 
includes nearly all the varieties of 
Chinese Primroses found in green- 
houses, etc, Pkt. 10¢. _ oe ea 
Hardy Primroses are among the 
most desirable of perennial plants, 
They bloom profusely in any half 
shady place. Called “English Prim- 
reses” and “English Cowslips.” 
885—JAPONICA. One of the best 
hardy primroses for the garden; 
mixed colors. Blossoms in beauti- 
ful whirls around stem 12 to 18 
inches high, considered one of the 
choicest. Pkt. 10c. 
686—VERIS POLYANTHUS. A fine. 
perennia! producing handsome blos- 
soms in spring. Various colors. 
Pkt. Se. 
~ SALVIA (Scarlet Sage) | 
| The Searlet Sage has long been 
‘a favorite bedding plant, also 
grown for conservatory decoration, 
bearing long spikes of flowers in 
great pTofusion from July til 
frost; seed should be sown as early 
as possible, either indoors or in a 
hot bed, and the young plants 
transferred to their flowering quar- 
ters when the weather has become 
settled and warm. May also be 
sown in the open ground in May. 
701—BONFIRE. This variety 
is one of the finest Salvia for bed- 
ding yet introduced. The plants 
grow into very compact oval bush-_ 
es about 244 feet high and produce 
long spikes of brilliant scarlet flow- 
ers. Over 200 spikes to a plant is 
‘not unusual, and the spikes bear 
‘from 20 to 30 flowers each. Gor- 
geous effects can be pro- 
‘duced massed on lawn or in the 
garden, or.planted in rows along 
a sunny drive. where the _ brilliant 
iscarlet is simply dazzling. Pkt. 10c. 
702—AMERICA or GLOBE OF- 
FIRE. The dwarf plants are of 
compact rounded growth. ach 
spike is closely set with mammotht 
size flowers of the most brilliant 
‘scarlet. It begins to bloom early 
in the season and continues until 
cut down by frost. Pkt. 10c. ies. § 
| 704—-PATENS. A tender peren- 
nial variety with erect stems, bear- 
ing large, broad tubular-lipped 
flowers Of a most superb rich blue 
coloring. Can be kept as a house 
plant in a warm room during the 
winter. Pkt..20c._. ee 
"We will mail 35 packets of Differ-— 
jent Varieties of Flower Seedn our 
selection of varieties for $1.00." — 
