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ARCTOTIS GItANDIS (African Lilac Daisy). 



A handsome hardy annual of the easiest culture, bearing- 

 large, showy flowers which are pure white on the upper 

 surface with a pale blue eye, surrounded by a narrow 

 yellow zone, and pale lilac-blue on the reverse side. The 

 plants are heavily branched, forming large bushes from 

 2 to 3 feet high. There are few annual flowers grown 

 in the garden more valuable for cut flower work than 

 the Arctotis. It is easily grown from seed, and may be 

 started in hotbed, in the house, or in the open ground, 

 the seed germinating in about five days, and the plants 

 may be expected to come into bloom early in July and 

 continue until quite hard frost. It delights in a sunny 

 situation. As a cut flower it is especially valuable, the 

 blooms lasting a week or ten days in water, and if un- 

 developed buds are cut and placed in a sunny window 

 every one will open and produce as fine flowers as 

 though left on the plant. Pkt., lOe; % oz., 30c. 



ARABIS (Rock Cres«). 

 Alpina — A hardy perennial and one of the earliest and 



prettiest spring flowers. The spreading tufts are cov- 

 ered with a sheet of pure white flowers as soon as the 

 snow disappears. Unequalled for rockeries or edging; 

 withstands the drought, and is always neat. 6 inches. 

 Pkt., 5c; % oz., 25c. 



ASPERUL.A. 



Setosa — Hardy annual with sweet scented blue flowers. 

 Pkt., 5c. 



AURICULA (Primula Auricula). 



A well-known favorite of great beauty; seed, saved from 

 splendid choice mixed varieties; half-hardy perennial; 

 6 inches. Pkt., 10c. 



OWER SEEDS ^] 



Arctotis Grandis. 



ASPARAGUS 



Plmnosus Nanus (Asparagus Fern) — Graceful plants, 



easily grown in the dwelling house. Pkt., (15 



seeds), 10c. 

 Sprengrerl (Emerald Feather) — A pretty plant for pot 



culture with drooping fronds. Pkt., 10c; 100 



seeds, 25c. 



BALLOON VINE. 

 An annual climber with white flowers, followed by 



balloon-like seed pods. Pkt., 5c. 



BALSAM (Lady's Slipper). 



A handsome annual, forming dwarf, bushy plants, 

 which are covered with flowers throughout the season. 

 We offer strains unsurpassed in beauty and doubleness 

 of the flowers. Sow in rich soil and transplant two or 

 three times so as to dwarf the plants and make the 

 flowers more double. 



Double Camelia Flowered — White, extra flne. Pkt., 10c; 



^ oz., 25c. 

 Double Camelia FloTvered — Finest mixed. Pkt., 5c; 



y4, ox., 25c 



BEGONIAS 



Everblooming Bedding Varieties. 



The following varieties rank as bedding plants with 

 Geraniums and Coleus, doing equally well in full sun- 

 light, and surpassing both in positions partially or 

 wholly in shade. 



Erfordia — Bright rosy-carmine. Pkt., 20c. 

 Luminosa — Brilliant fiery dark scarlet. Pkt., 25c. 

 Vernon — Orange-carmine flowers; deep red foliage. 



Pkt., 10c. 



Tuberous Rooted Varieties. 

 Finest mixed colors. Pkt., 35c. 



BOCCONIA (Plume Poppy). 

 Cordata — A stately hardy perennial growing 6 to 8 feet 

 high with glaucous green foliage and bearing freely 

 long spikes of creamy-white flowers. Pkt., 10c. 



BRACHYC03IE (Swan River Daisy). 

 Iberidifolia — A hardy annual, bearing a profusion of blue 

 and white daisy-like blo-'^soms on dwarf growing 

 plants. 1 foot. Pkt., 5c. 



Balsam. 



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