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New Floral Guide — Spring:, 1^01,
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PLENDID FRINGED
(Primula Sinensis Fimbriata)
Chinese Primrose
PRIMULA SINENSIS FIMBRIATA (Fringed Chinese
Primrose) — Undoubtedly one of the most beautiful and
satisfactory house plants ; never attacked by insects, and
will thrive in a window where there is
but little sun and few other plants
would grow ; seed sown from April till
July blooms freely the following Winter.
Cover the seed an eighth of an inch with
fine, light, rich soil, keep moist but not wet^
and they will begin to grow in two or three
weeks. They are so easily raised there is
no reason why every flower lover should
not have a magnificent display of these
brightest and best of all Winter flowers.
The seed we offer is from the finest strains
and best colors, including pure white, pur-
ple, rose, scarlet, striped and spotted, and
the lovely blue Primula. Splendid mixed
large-flowering, all colors. Packet 8 cts.
THE EVERBLOOMING PRIMROSE,
PRIMULA OBCO NIC A— This lovely
primrose is one of the finest plants for pot
culture ever introduced. Flowers are pure
white, shading to lilac, and have the real
primrose fragrance ; they are borne in
beautiful clusters on long stems, and in such constant profusion
that plants have been known to bloom twelve months at a
stretch; grows very easily, and will doubtless become a great
favorite. Packet cts.
Primula Sinensis Fimbriata.
(Fringed Chinese Primrose.)
MIMULUS (Monkey Flower)— Curiously shaped, brilliantly
colored flowers, blotched and spotted in every conceivable
manner; excellent for pots and baskets; also for open
ground, Packet 3 cts.
SCHIZANTHUS, or CHRISTMAS ORCHID FLOWER— An
elegant free-blooming annual; large, curiously-shaped flowers
beautifully spotted with crimson, lilac, purple and orange;
makes pretty house plants ; also fine for beds and cutting.
Packet 4 cts.
SOLANUM (Jerusalem Cherry)— A charming plant for a pot
resembling a miniature orange tree ; covered all Winter with
a profusion of scarlet fruit, which is the chief attraction.
Packet 4 cts.
HEUCHERA SANGUINEA— A splendid new hardy perennial
of real value. Plants make neat, compact bushes fifteen to
eighteen inches high. The flowers are produced in long,
graceful trusses, and are bright, rich crimson. Exceedingly
valuable and handsome for cut flowers. Perfectly hardy, will
live over Winter, and come up fresh every Spring.
Packet 4 cts.
NEW LARGE-FLOWERING TORENIA— A most charming
plant, equally valuable for beds, baskets and pots ; a profuse
bloomer, covered with deep blue flowers most all the time.
Packet 6 cts.
Schizanthus or Christmas Orchid Floiver.
Crotalaria Retusa*
MIMULUS MOSCHATUS (The Musk Plant)— An old favor-
ite, grown for its strong, musky odor does well outside ; also in
pots. Packet 3 cts.
NEW MINA SANGUINEA— An elegant new climbing vine,
quite scarce and rare ; grows fifteen to twenty feet high ;
neat, handsome foliage, and covered from top to bottom with
pretty deep crimson fiowers ; blooms all Summer. Fine for
screens, porches and trellises. Packet 6 cts.
CROTALARIA RETUSA, GOLDEN BUSH PEA, or FLOR-
IDA RATTLE-BOX— Looks very much like a Golden Yellow
Sweet Pea ; often forty flowers on one spike ; blooms pro-
fusely all Summer. The flowers are followed by pods in
which the seeds sound like a child's rattle. Soak seeds in
warm water and start in window or hot-bed. Packet 6 cts.
NEW TORENIA " WHITE WINGS"— Fully equal in beauty
to the Blue Torenia, which it closely resembles ; flowers
pearly white ; extra fine for bedding and house culture ;
blooms all the time. Packet 6 cts.
IMPATIENS SULTANA— This is a lovely plant either for
house culture or open ground ; nearly always loaded with its
brilliant rosy crimson flowers ; very showy and beautiful;