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TuEovosia B. SHEPHERD CoMPANY’S CATALOGUE 
AUSTRALIAN PEA VINE. Invaluable where rapid growth and a dense screen are desired. 
The seeds germinate readily, and the plants grow rapidly, beginning to bloom when quite 
young; the foliage is very pretty and graceful; the flowers are pea-shaped, the buds pink, the 
flowers pink shaded mauve; the plant is covered with blossoms, in California, at all times. 5c 
pkt. 
Begonias Our Specialty. 
Begonias are easily grown from seed, especially the semperflorens class, which begin blooming 
when only two inches high. They make fine bedding plants, giving a mass of bloom the entire 
season. They stand the sun well, requiring a light rich soil, and plenty of water to make a fine 
show. i 
Fibrous Rooted. Splendid mixed. 15¢ pkt. 
Tuberous Rooted. Choice mixed. 10c pkt. 
Semperflorens Hybrida. Mixed. 10c pkt. 
Semperflorens. Red and rose‘separate. 10c¢ pkt. each. 
Rex. Splendid mixed. 15ce pkt 
BELLIS Perennis Maxima, Double Daisy. Flowers larger than a half dollar. Mixed. 10e 
pkt. 
Longfellow. Large rose colored flowers. 10e pkt. 
Snowball. Pure snowy white. I5c pkt. One pkt. each 25c. 
BIGNONIA Tweediana. A charming vine with handsome foliage and beautiful, large, golden 
yellow flowers. 10c pkt. 
BROWALLIA, Speciosa Major. A most beautiful summer flowering plant for beds, and 
equally valuable for pot culture in winter, Plants grow about one foot high; flowers from one 
to two inches across, color a brilliant indigo blue, enlived with a white throat. 10c pkt, 
Mrs. Shepherd’s Grand Fancy Cosmos—the Finest in the World, 
Grand Fancy Cosmos The flowers are surpassingly beautiful. In the mixture are immense 
flowers, measuring from 4! to 5 inches across; in white. pink, mauve and crimson. Some are 
shaped like single camellias, but larger and more beautiful; some of the crimson ones could almost 
be taken for single dahlias; 
other white ones have plait- 
ed petals; piain in some 
flowers; in others pinked, 
toothed or fringed, and 
beautifully overlapping. 
The colors range from pure 
white through shades of pink 
and red. Mixed. 10e pkt. 
Giant Red, Pink and 
White. Separate; flowers 
of perfect form, great size 
and beauty; measuring 414 
_to 5 inches across. 10e¢ pkt. 
3 varietivs, 15ce. 
Giant “Rainbow.” 
Magnificent varieties. Col- 
ors, white, cream, blush and 
palest mauve, exquisitely 
flamed, flecked and _ pen- 
ciled; some have aurioles 
around the center of the 
flower, with red, lavender 
or pink bands around the 
eye. Some are daintily 
flecked like bird eggs; the 
petals are broad and over- 
lapping, pleated or frilled; 
edges plain, toothed or laci- 
Giant WauHite Cosmos 
nated. Flowers measure 34% to 4 inches across. 10c¢ pkt. 
