MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. 



BIRD OF PARADISE (POINCIANA GILLESI) 



BEGONIA 



BEGONIA— Tuberous rooted 

 single mixed. Pkt., 100 8eed», 

 10 cts. 



BEGONIA — Tuberous rooted 

 double mixed. Pkt., 100 seeds, 

 12 cts. 



BEOONIA, VERNON 



One of the most satisfactory 

 pot plants for the house, and 

 a popular bedding plant for 

 the garden or lawn. Flowers 

 a brilliant orange-carmine 

 with bright yellow centers, 

 and the foliage waxy and 

 glossy. Pkt., 300 seeds, 5 cts. 



BALSAM APPLE 



A beautiful climbing plant 

 with apple-shaped fruit, 

 which, if preserved in alcohol, 

 makes a most useful lini- 

 ment. Pkt., 25 seeds, 5 cts. 



LADY SLIPPER 



DEFIANCE BALSAM— The 



most perfect in form and 

 largest double-flowered Bal- 

 sam. Pkt., 75 seeds. 5 cts. 



BIRD OF PARADISE 



POINCIANA GILLESI— The color of 

 the flower is a golden yellow, measur- 

 ing 214 inches across, with shape as 

 shown in illustration and is produced 

 in very large trusses. The most beau- 

 ful part of the flower is 

 the large pistils which are 

 spread out in fan-like form 

 and are of bright crimson 

 color. The foliage is also 

 highly decorative, remind- 

 ing one of a very delicate 

 Acacia. If the seed is start- 

 ed early, it will produce 

 blooms in great profusion 

 the first year. Pkt., 16 

 seeds, 5 cts. 



BACHELOR'S 

 BUTTON 



DOUBLE— It has been 

 so perfected that fully 80 

 per cent of the flowers are 

 double and semi-double, 

 and also increased in size 

 and presents many bright 

 colors and distinct markings 

 which have hitherto been un- 

 known in this old-fashioned 

 favorite flower. Mixed colors. 

 Pkt., 75 seeds, 5 cts. 

 Double Pink, 50 seeds, 5 cts. 

 Double Blue, 50 seeds, 5 cts. 



LADY SLIPPER 



kJ^^^^^^t^^^t '^^" ^??^ ^^S^ ^^^^ ^^^^ simply grand. Who ever saw them did not 

 believe that I grew them from seed. Mrs. E. Bischoff, Cincinnati. O.. Feb. ?! 1916 



