PORTULACA—-ANOTHER GRAND POOR-SOIL FLOWER 

Phlox Drummondi  naual 
The Drummond Phloxes have every quality 
desirable in a fme 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. 20 cts. 
Gigantea, Art Shades. New. Enormous 
flowers in soft art shades. Pkt. 15 cts.; Yoz. 
90 cts. 
Phlox Decussata 
Fine clumps of these plants form magniftcent 
lawn and garden ornaments, and nearly all bright 
colors are represented in the large and handsome 
» flower-heads. Pkt. 25 cts. 
Perennial 
Portulaca 
mSeordy 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. 15 cts.; 
Yyoz. 65 cts. 
Double Mixed. A large percentage of the 
Annual 

flowers will be as double as little roses. Pkt. 
15 cts.; Yoz. 75 cts. 
Potentilla . Cinquefoil Perennial 
Charming hardy perennial plants for the 
border, with brilliant single or double flowers, 
mostly i In orange, red and crimson tones, that 
are produced in profusion from June to August. 
Succeeds in any soil. 1% ft 
Double Hybrids Mixed. Pkt. 15 cts. 
Single Hybrids Mixed. Pkt. 10 cts. 
Hardy Primrose 
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. 25 cts. 
Polyantha. Showy outdoor plants. 
Colors. Pkt. 25 cts. 
Vulgaris. The true, fragrant yellow Primrose. 
Perennial 
Mixed 

Pkt. 25 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. 
Salvia splendens, America 
Pyrethrum 
Hybridum, Single Mixed. Large, daisy-like 
flowers in May and June, and again in the fall. 
Pkt. 25 cts. 
Rhodanthe 
Manglesi. 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.; 44oz. 35 cts. 
Perennial 
Annual 
‘Ricinus Communis . Castor-Oil 
Bean 
Annual plants of stately growth. Fine fruits 
and leaves. 
Bourboniensis arboreus. Grows 15 feet high. 
Leaves enormous. Pkt. 10 cts. 
Cambogensis. Red-black stems; 
leaves. Very distinct. Pkt. 10 cts. 
Gibsoni, Duchess of Edinburgh. Dark purple 
leaves and stems. Pkt. 10 cts. 
Zanzibarensis. The plants attain great dimen- 
sions, presenting a splendid aspect with their 
gigantic leaves. Pkt. 10 cts. 
Mixed Varieties. Pkt. 10 cts.; 
Annual 
very dark 

oz. 50 cts. 
Phlox Drummondi 
_until October. 








































Rudbeckia . Coneflower Perennial 
Newmani. One of the finest of autumn-flower- a 
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)cte:) eee 
Yoz. 65 cts. : 
Annual 
Salpiglossis . Tube Tongue _ 
Variabilis (grandiflora). This elegant half- _ 
hardy annual flowers in Jate 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 
TtenZett: 
Splendens, America. Annual. 
scarlet. Pkt. 20 cts. 
Bonfire. Annual. Beautiful dwarf variety, pro- 
ducing long spikes of rich scarlet flowers. Very 
free blooming. Pkt. 25 cts. 
Farinacea. Perennial. Long spikes of lavender- 
blue flowers. Pkt. 15 cts. ihe 
Flowers BEE : 
Annual — 
Sanvitalia . Creeping Zinnia 
Procumbens 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 im. Pkt. 10 cts.; 
Y4oz. 90 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.; oz. 60 cts. 
Blue Moon. Annual. Very large, fully double, 
deep lavender-blue flowers. _Pkt. 10 cts. 
Caucasica. Perennial. Free-flowering sort with 
semi-double, lilac flowers about 24% inches — 
across. Good border plant. Pkt. 15 cts. 
Schizanthus . Butterfly or . 
Fringe Flower Annual ai 
This ts 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, Itterally 
covered with large, beautiful, orchid-like 
flowers in a bewildering. range of color. Pkt. 
cts. - 
Sedum . Stonecrop annual _ 
Czruleum. Pretty creeping annual with dainty — 
racemes of charming pale blue flowers. 
splendid subject for the rockery. Pkt. 25 cts. — 
Perennial — 
Silene . Catchfly 
Asterias grandiflora. Showy perennial plants — 
having carmine-scarlet, globular heads. Shou 
be in every garden. 11% ft. PRtslOtctsc mem 
Suibobinn- Jerusalem Cherry 
Te greenhouse plant that has been greatly i 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. — 

22 Flower Seeds 
W. E. BARRETT COMPANY, Providence, 

