Farquhar's catalogue : spring 1904 . minglittle hardy annual with clusters of fragrantblue flowers, useful for bouquets; July-Sept., 1 ft Oz., .30 .05 ODORATA. Sweet Woodruff. Pretty hardyperennial, thriving in partial shade; flow-ers white; May-June; 9 inches. Theleaves and flowers when dried have anodor like new hay, and when laid amongclothes perfume them and keep away in-sects Oz., .80 . 10 ASPHODELUS albus. Asphodel. Hardyperennial with stately spikes of beautifulwhite flowers suitable for borders and shrub-beries; May-June; 2 ft. . % oz«> 1S° -25luteus. Yellow, sweet-scented; June-Jul
Farquhar's catalogue : spring 1904 . minglittle hardy annual with clusters of fragrantblue flowers, useful for bouquets; July-Sept., 1 ft Oz., .30 .05 ODORATA. Sweet Woodruff. Pretty hardyperennial, thriving in partial shade; flow-ers white; May-June; 9 inches. Theleaves and flowers when dried have anodor like new hay, and when laid amongclothes perfume them and keep away in-sects Oz., .80 . 10 ASPHODELUS albus. Asphodel. Hardyperennial with stately spikes of beautifulwhite flowers suitable for borders and shrub-beries; May-June; 2 ft. . % oz«> 1S° -25luteus. Yellow, sweet-scented; June-July,4 ft Oz., .10 THE FARQUHAR ROSE. The finest hardy climbing Rose and one of the bestvines for covering pergolas, arbors, and lattice-work,because of its rapid growth and shining deep green ivy-like foliage. It bears clusters of beautiful double pinkflowers, and, when better known, will be the favoriteclimbing Rose. Large two-year plants, $ each; $ per doz. 46 R. & J. FARQUHAR & SEED CATALOGUE. Our Asters are grownfor us by specialists, fromthe finest strains in theworld, and are unri-valled. The Queen of theMarket varieties arevaluable for early cutflowers, coming in July;the Comet and OstrichFeather sorts are charm-ing for their delicatelycurled petals; AmericanBranching kinds have shaggyflowers on long stems resemblingJapanese Chrysanthemums; whileTruffauts Paeony-Flowered and Im-proved Victoria are undoubtedly thebest types of old-fashioned French andGerman Asters. AMERICAN BRANCHING. Semples, orVicks Branching. A free-growing Asterof robust, erect habit; producing large,feathery blossoms, resembling JapaneseChrysanthemums; one of the finest forcutting; 3 ft. Pkt. Collection of 5 Varieties 40 10,10,10,101010,10 Finest MixedCrimson .Dark BlueLight BlueRose-PinkWhite .Scarlet . $; V4 oz., .50 it . Farquhars American Branching Aster, No. 672. R. & J. FARQUHAR & SEED CATALOGUE. 47 No. Pkt. 690695
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