28 Mrs. Thkodosia B. Sh^fheku's Annual Catalogue 



Boule de Neige. Light green waxen foliage, and clusters of charm- 

 ing double flowers like little white roses. A perfect beauty. 



Double "Bijou." A dainty double coral, red variety, that grows 

 about 6 or 8 inches high. 



Double "Pink Vernon" and Double "White Vernon.', Very 

 pretty airy double flowers, pink and white, not of as robust growth as 

 "Triumph de Lorraine" and "Boule de Neige." 20c each, the three 50c. 



Lovely Begonia Dr. NatchtegaL 



A most beautiful plant with large shining-, rather crinkled glossy 

 leaves. Sends great spreading, graceful panicles of medium sized shaded 

 pink flowers. A most lovely begonia — not new but rare. 25c. 



Two .Splendid Xev\/ Becjemsv-s. 



Golia.th. A splendid Begonia of the gigantic rosea type, of strong- 

 robust growth, making superb specimens. The leaves are large, round, 

 and glossy; the flowers' are borne in handsome panicles on strong- stiff stems 

 high above the foliage. The staminate flowers measure 2% inches across. 

 The color is a delicate blush. 



Mastodonte. Almost the counterpart of "Goliath," except that the 

 plant is not quite so robust, or the flowers quite as large. The shade is a 

 little deeper blush. 50c each. 



Owing to the difficulty of getting these novelties from the east in good 

 condition, the stock is quite limited. 50c each. 



Bri iii5vT2^ JVeW Dw/gvrf Gcvima Ramfeow . 



A beautiful new canna that rivals the bright colored dracenas in the 

 gay colors of its foliage. It makes a very handsome pot plant and is also 

 a fine bedder. The leaves are dark maroon red, marked with green white 

 pink and red. It grows 18 inches high, and is a little beauty. 25c each; 

 S2.50 doz. 



••SHASTA DAISY." 



(Chiwsanthemum Leucanthemum Hybridum. ) 

 This beautiful novelty was called into expression by the great High 

 Priest of Horticulture, Luther Burbank, who officiates at the wedding's of 

 fruits and flowers at Santa Bosa, California. Seeing possibilities of 

 beauty that no one else dreamed of, he united the plebian American field 

 daisy, with the coarse, sturdy peasant daisy of Europe: then he brought 

 from far away Japan a mate for his daisy children. The family multiplied 

 and were put into his training school to develop their best qualities. 

 Last year Mr. Burbank gave to the world this child of his heart and brain 

 to preach the Gospel of peace and love and beauty. The Shasta Daisy is 

 a hardy perennial, blooming" in California nine months of the year. The 



