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BEGONIAS. F'°wering Sorts. 



Exceedingly useful plants for the garden or pot culture in the 



house. For freedom of bloom they are unsurpassed. 



Alba Picta. Green leaves, silvery spots; white flowers. 



Argentea Guttata. Bronzy-green, silver spotted; white flowers. 



B. de Chateau Rocher. Rich waxy-red; very free blooming. 



Erfordia. A fine bedder; rich pink flowers. 



Margaritae. Bronzy-green leaves; rich salmon-pink flowers. 



Marjorie Daw. Flowers salmon-pink; a tall-growing variety. 



Metallica. Bronzy-green foliage; pink and white flowers. 



Witida. Large, grand panicles of rosy-pink, waxy flowers. 



Otto Hacker. Immense pendant clusters of bright red flowers. 



Purity. Dwarf, compact habit; waxy-white flowers. 



Red Erfordia. Large, waxy red flowers. A splendid bedder. 



Rubra. Dark coral color. Large clusters. The " Coral " Begonia. 



Saundersonii. Bright waxy-red; very free blooming. 



Thurstonii. Flowers rosy-white, foliage bronzy-green. 



Vernon. Rich crimson-scarlet. A splendid bedding variety. 

 Price, 10c. each, $1.00 per doz.; set of 15 Begonias for $1 .25. 



Begonia Templinii. The most ornamental variegated Begonia. 

 Leaves 6 to 10 inches long, undulating edges, marked with a 

 mosaic pattern in green, creamy white, golden yellow, flesh 

 pink and crimson. The reverse side being bright coppery 

 crimson. Price, 25c. each, $2.50 per doz. 



CALLA LILIES. 



LITTLE GEM Calla Lily. This variety rarely exceeds 12 inches 

 in height. The flowers are correspondingly smaller than the 

 tall-growing sort. Price, 15c. each, $1.50 per doz. 



White Calla Lily. Price, 20c. each, $2.00 per doz. 



Spotted Leaf Calla. Leaves, spotted white; flowers white with 

 purple throat. Price, 20c. each, $2.00 per doz. 



Black Calla. A remarkable species, producing large, purplish, 

 velvety-black flowers, with coal-black spathe. The foliage is 

 stately. Price, 30c. each, $3.00 per doz. 



CAMELLIA JAPONICA. 



Favorite flowering plants for cool greenhouses and the South. 

 The varieties we supply are the best extant, the pick of a 

 Continental collection, and embrace double white, double pink, 

 double red and double variegated. Price, $1.00 each, $9.00 

 per doz. 



TUBEROUS 



TUBEROUS BEGONIAS. 



ALL SELECTED 

 BULBS. 



Single Tuberous Begonias. 



These are now among the most popular plants for beds of sum- 

 mer flowers. Nothing can exceed the brilliancy and richness of 

 their flowers. From the time the first blossoms appear until all 

 growth is stopped by frost they are never out of bloom. (See cut.) 



Separate colors, Scarlet, Yel- 

 low, Crimson, White, Pink and 

 Salmon. Price, dry bulbs, up to May 15th, 10c. each; set of six 

 for 50c; $6.00 per 100. Growing plants, ready May 1st, 20c. 

 each, set of six for $1.00. Dry bulbs mailed free at prices quoted. 



Double Tuberous Begonias. Separate colors. Scarlet, Crim- 



2 son, White, Yellow, Pink and 



Salmon. Price, 20c. each; set of six sorts, $1.00 for dry bulbs, 

 up to May 15th. Growing plants, ready May 1st, 30c. each, 

 set of six for $1.50. Dry bulbs mailed free at prices quoted. 



BeSOnia ReX Valuable for the grand and varied markings of the leaves.. 

 ° - 15c. each, $1.50 per doz. 



ORNAMENTAL CLIMBING ASPARAGUS. 



Asparagus Sprengeri. A most desirable species, exceedingly useful and orna- 

 mental as a pot plant to grow on a shelf in the window, or on a pedestal in 

 the sitting room or to droop from baskets; the fronds are frequently 4 feet long. 



Asparagus Plumosus Nanus. (Climbing Lace Fern.) Bright green leaves, grace- 

 fully arched, and as finely woven as silken mesh. Extra size plants, 30c. each. 

 Price for the above, 4 inch pots, 25c. each; $2.50 per doz.; 3 inch pots, 15c. 



each, $1.50 per doz. 



SUPERB FANCY^LEAVED CALADIUMS. 



Among ornamental foliage plants there are none more beautiful in design 

 or gorgeous in coloring than the Fancy-Leaved Caladiums. They are simplv 

 wonderful in the colorings and markings of the leaves. Of special value for pot 

 culture, window and piazza boxes. Most of the varieties planted about June 

 1st in partially shaded borders succeed admirably as bedding plants. We offer 

 16 distinct sorts; the richness of coloring is bewildering and impossible to 

 describe in our limited space. Brilliant red and green, green with spots and 

 red veins, etc., etc. (See cut.) Price, 25c. each; set of 16 sorts for $3.50. 



" RFnniNIPi" PI ANT9 We £ row immense quantities of this 



1JI - L/L/U NVJ ' L -^ V1 ^ l J - class of stock, and we are in a position 



to execute the largest orders in a prompt, satisfactory manner. 



Ageratum. 



Per 100 

 Best white and blue . $4 . 00 



FANCY CALADIUMS. 



Alternanthera. Red, yellow. .. . 4.00 



Alyssum. Dwarf; white 4 . 00 



Begonia Erfordia. Crimson flowers 6 . 00 

 Caladium Esculentum (Bulbs). 

 Large foliage, $8.00, $16.00 and 25.00 

 Cannas. Roots to April 1st. . . . 7.00 

 Cannas. Plants after April 1 st. . 12 . 00 



Coleus. Bedding varieties 4.00 



Daisies. Hardy English 4.00 



Per 100 



Geraniums. Double and single . $8 . 00 

 Geraniums. Silver and bronze. 8.00 ! 



Golden Feather 3.00 



Heliotropes. Assorted 6 . 00 



Lobelias. Best dwarf; blue 4 . 00 



Pansies. Finest mixed 4.00 



Petunias. Finest double (named) 8.00 



Petunias. Single flowering 4 . 00 



Salvias. (" Scarlet Sage ") 6.00 



Verbenas. Red, white, blue, etc. 4.00 



