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The Conard & Jones Company, West Grove, Pa, 



CIT I Superb 



• W' ^ % Double Ro^e 



BALSAnS 



WE WANT ALL OUR FRIENDS TO TRY OUR SUPERB DOUBLE ROSE BALSAMS. 



\Ve recommend our superb Double Rose Balsams as the grandest and most beautiful Balsams ever 

 seen. The plants grow about eighteen inches high, nicely branched, compact and regular, the flowers 



are extra large, frequently more than two inches in 

 diameter, perfectly double, like the finest roses, and 

 borne so thickly on the branches that the whole plant 

 seems a mass of bloom. Our seed is the very best 

 and contains the following lovely colors in splendid 

 mixture ; snow-white, rose-pink, rich maroon, white- 

 tinted flesh, scarlet, spotted, crimson, lilac, canary- 

 yellow, violet, solferino, etc. For best effects start m 

 seed-bed and transplant in rich ground at least two 

 feet apart. Splendid mixed pkt. 6 cts. Also follow- 

 ing colors separate : Double Wliite, Pink aud 

 Scarlet, each 8 cts. per pkt. 



DOUBLE BALSAM -Choice mixed colors. An excellent 

 strain, very different from the common usually sold ; large, 

 double flowers, clear bright colors— not equal to the double 

 rose, but verv^ handsome and good. Pkt. -1 cts. 



BROWALLIA -A beautiful plant with shining green foliage 

 and bearing an endless profusion of charming sky-blue and 

 white flowers all Summer; an excellent Winter bloomer for 

 pots and window-boxes ; grows anvwhere and sure to bloom. 

 Pkt. 3 cts. 



BRACHYCOME (Swan River Daisy^— A ver^- pretty and 

 desirable annual ; grows about eight inches high and 

 bears an endless profusion of single Daisy-like flowers, 

 white and blue ; excellent for beds, edging and»borders. 

 Pkt. 3 CIS. 



CACTUS— Choice mixed seeds saved from the best cultivated 

 varieties. It is an interesting experience watching these curi- 

 ous and weird plants develop from the tiny seed. Sow in 

 shallow saucers of clear, coarse sand, keep moist but not too 

 wet, cover with glass, and pot the voung plants in x&vy small 

 pots. Pkt. 10 cts. 



CENTAUREA (Dusty Miller)— Leaves silver white, valuable 

 for beds and edgings. Pkt. 4 cts. 



CALIFORNIA POPPY— The old favorite kind, fine for beds 

 and borders : one foot high, brilliant orange, j-ellow and 

 white flowers all the season. Verj- grand and showy. Pkt. 3 

 cts.; oz. 30 cts. 



CLARKIA — A well known favorite annual, grows nicely and 



produces an abundance of cheerful white and rose-colored 



flowers all through the season ; quite hardy. Sow early in 



Spring. Pkt. 4 cts. 



NEW SWEET WILLIAM (DianthusBarbatus)— These are 



exceedingly beautiful, twice as large as they used to be, 



and of many rich and brilliant colors ; they deser\-e a place 



in ever}- garden, but do not always bloom'the first season ; 



immense clusters of flowers, very sweet. Single and 



double, finest mixed. Pkt. 4 cts. 



Double Rose Balsam. 



BARTONIA AUREA, GOLDEN BELLS, grows only 

 about one foot high, but is one of the showiest and 

 brightest of garden flowers ; large golden blossoms, borne 

 in great profusion all Summer. Fine for beds and bor- 

 ders. Pkt. 5 cts., 3 pkts. for 12 cts. 



BEGONIA. REX— The finest ornamental foliage plant 

 known ; large brilliantly colored leaves, elegantly banded and 

 tinted with rich metallic'shades of indescribable beautj-. _ Highly 

 valued for house culture. conser\-atories, etc. Our seed is saved 

 from the finest-named sorts. Pkt. 10 cts. 



BEGONIA. TUBEROUS-ROOTED, Single— The large-flowering 

 kind ; flowers three to four inches in diameter ; many brilliant 

 colors, crimson, orange, rose, pink, yellow, etc. Seed saved from 

 thoroughlv acclimated plants of the finest-named varieties. Finest 

 mixed. Pkt. 10 cts. 



BEGONIA, TUBEROUS-ROOTED, Double— Same as above, but 

 Giant Double Flowers of gorgeous and brilliant colors. Finest 

 mixed, Pkt. 12 cts. 



FERNS — These are greatly ad- 

 mired for window and house deco- 

 rations, and, when established, 

 are very easily managed, and 

 more hardy than most other house 

 plants. The seeds are ver\' small 

 and fine ; sow in shallow boxes of 

 light, peaty soil, and keep moist 

 by covering with fine moss. A 

 temperature of 60 degrees is about 

 right. Pkt. 6 cts. 



CAMPANULA, CANTERBURY 



BELLS— Beautiful plants for beds 

 and borders, large bell-shaped 

 flowers, very bright and attrac- 

 tive. Sow the seeds early in the 

 open ground, cover lightly and 

 then transplant to stand twelve 

 inches apart. Fine mixed colors, 

 double and single. Pkt. 4 cts. 



Begosla Rejt, 



Cuiupaoula. 



