. 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 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 soil, which permits an even and easy dis- tribution of the seed; 6 inches. 3770 Single Mixed. All colors. Per \ oz., 25 cts.; oz., 75 cts SO 05 3769 Collection of a pkt. each 6 single distinct colors, 40 cts. 3760 Do
. 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 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 soil, which permits an even and easy dis- tribution of the seed; 6 inches. 3770 Single Mixed. All colors. Per \ oz., 25 cts.; oz., 75 cts SO 05 3769 Collection of a pkt. each 6 single distinct colors, 40 cts. 3760 Doubl3 Mixed. A large percentage of the flowers will come perfectly double, of the most brilliant scarlet, crimson, white, yellow, etc. J oz., 75 cts.; oz., 3759 Collection of a pkt. each 6 double distinct colors. Pyre thrum 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 Aureum {Golden Feather). Yellow foliage. Per i oz., 25 cts 5 3846 Hybridum, Single Mixed. Hardy perennial, bearing large Daisy-like llowers, ranging in color from white to deep red, with bright yellow centers; blooms in May and Jane, and again in the fall; and is one of the most graceful and long-lasting cut flowers. (See cut on page 107.) Per i oz., 75 cts 3847 Hybridum Grandiflorum. A large flowering form of the above; mixed colors, i 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; 1§ feet Hardy Perennial Oriental Poppies Oriental Poppies should be sown in early spring in tlie 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 m rk the places they are planted with a stake to insure the roots
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