. Portulaca (Sun Plant) One of our showiest annual plants, of easy culture, thriving best in light loam or sandy soil and exposed sunny situation; the flowers are of â the richest colors. Fine for massing in beds, edgings or rock-work, and frequently used to sow broadcast over sunny banks, etc.; in any case it is well to mix the seed with three or four times its bulk of dry sand or soU, which permits an even and easy distribution of the seed; 6 inches. V 3770 Single Mixed. ^\11 colors. Per 3760 Double Mixed. A large percentage of the flowers wUl come perfectly double, of the most brUliant scar
. Portulaca (Sun Plant) One of our showiest annual plants, of easy culture, thriving best in light loam or sandy soil and exposed sunny situation; the flowers are of â the richest colors. Fine for massing in beds, edgings or rock-work, and frequently used to sow broadcast over sunny banks, etc.; in any case it is well to mix the seed with three or four times its bulk of dry sand or soU, which permits an even and easy distribution of the seed; 6 inches. V 3770 Single Mixed. ^\11 colors. Per 3760 Double Mixed. A large percentage of the flowers wUl come perfectly double, of the most brUliant scarlet, crimson, white, yellow, etc. I oz., 75 cts.; oz., Pyrethrum p. aureum is the well-known Golden Feather so much used for edging, carpet bedding, etc., while the others are most attractive hardy plants. 3841 \lTCi [Golden Feather). YeUow foliage. Per j oz., 25 3846 Hybridum, Single Mixed. Hardy perennial, bearing large Daisy-like flowers, ranging in color from white to deep red, with bright yellow centres; blooms in May and June, and again in the fall; and is one of the most graceful and long- lasting cut flowers. (Seecut onpage 107.) Per; oz., 75 .. 3847 Hybridum Grandiflorum. A large flowering form of the above; mixed colors, j oz., 3845 Hybridum Fl. PI. Seed saved from the finest double flowers; only a small percentage can be expected to come double the first year; mixed colors; \\ feet Hardy Perennial Oriental Poppies Oriental Poppies should be sown in early spring in the open ground as soon as it is fit to work. The plants disappear during July and August, appearing again as soon as the weather gets cool. When this fall growth starts is the time they should be transplanted to their permanent flowering quarters. It is well to mark the places they are planted with a stake to insure the roots against disturbance during their annual resting period. PER PKT. 3741 Orientale [The Large Oriental Poppy). A charming summer-flowering hardy plant, prod
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