CHOICE FLOWER SEEDS 



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BALLOON VINE 



340. A rapid-growing handsome summer climber, small j 

 white flowers, followed by inflated seed vessels shaped like | 

 small balloons, 10 to 15 feet ; annual. Pkt., 5c. 



BALSAM 

 {Lady Slipper) 



The old garden fa- 

 vorite, marvelously im- 

 proved. 



380. White Per- 

 fection. The finest; 

 ure white. Pkt., 10c. 



3S4. Double Mixed 

 Sorts. Pkt., 5c. 



386. Royal Camellia 

 Flowered. Prize 

 Mixed. A fine strain of 

 very double flowers of 

 exquisite shades. Pkt., 

 10c. 



388. Improved Cam- 

 ellia Pure White (Al- 

 ba Perfecta). A really 

 pure -white, very 

 double Balsam has long 

 been a desideratum both 

 for the private planter 

 and the practical florist. 

 Our stock of this grand 

 acquisition is absolute 

 perfection in snow-white 

 color, size of bloom, 

 Price, per pkt., 10c. 



page 75. 



doubleness and symmetry of plant 

 Balsam Apple. See Momordica 

 Balsam Pear. " 



BEGONIA ( Tuberous Booted) 



Magnificent flowering plants. The single varieties are 

 a revelation in color and size, measuring 6 to 9 inches in cir- 

 cumference, and the double are as tine as the choicest roses 

 in coloring and form. 



420. Single Large Flowering, Mixed. Pkt., 1§C< 



421. Double " " " " 25c. 



BEGONIA (Fibrous-Rooted) 



422. Rex Hybrids. Large, ornamental-leaved plants, 

 vary rich and decorative. Pkt., 25c. 



423. Vernon. Flowers waxy, blood-scarlet, borne in 

 immense quantities ; fine foliage, green at first, turning red. 

 Pkt., lOe. 



CANARY BIRD FLOWER 



490. (Tropceolum Canariense.) Of the Nasturtium family, 

 the flowers resembling a canary bird with expanded wings. 

 A beautiful climber. Pkt., 5c. 



CALCEOLARIA 



Gorgeous plants for greenhouse and window decoration , 

 the large pocket-shaped flowers are borne in the greatest 

 profusion through spring and summer; colors: yellow, 



maroon, crimson, etc.; 

 spotted and blotched 

 in the most unique 

 fashion ; l 1 ^ feet. 



520. C. Hybrida 

 Grandiflora, Tall 

 Mixed. 20 in. Pkt., 

 25c. 



521. C. Hybrida 

 Grandiflora Pumila 

 Compacta, Mixed. A 

 new strain, dwarf and 

 compact, producing 

 large and brilliant self- 

 colored and spotted 

 flowers; 1 foot. Pkt., 

 25c. 



522. C. Rugosa. 

 Small flowering varie- 

 ties for bedding, of the 

 finest colors ; 2 feet . 

 'Pkt*, 25c. 



523. English 

 Prize, Mixed. This 

 strain of Calceolaria 

 will be found without 

 a peer. It contains the 

 most brilliant color- 



OALENDUX.A. (See next column.) in «?° f l h e tf *'/ ^i 

 u " v ' mottled, spotted and 



variegated varieties that we know of. Compact in growth 



and vigorous in constitution. Pkt., 35c. 



CALENDULA 



Profuse blooming, dwarf, bushy annuals; of easy culture 

 and flowering till frost. 



544. " Orange King." The grandest of all the double 

 Pot Marigolds. The color is a rich, dark orange, decidedly 

 more striking than that of Prince of Orange. Pkt., 5c; o*_ 



545. ** Lemon Queen." Just as fine as the Orange King 

 but a clear lemon-yellow. Pkt. , 5c. ; oz. , 20c. 



540. Meteor." Double yellow, striped orange. Pkt., 5c. 



541. Prince of Orange. Pkt., 5c.; oz., 20c. 



542. Ranunculoides, Fl. PI. ( Cape, or GarcU » Man- 

 golds.) Deep orange color ; 1 foot. Pkt., 5c. 



543. Calendula. 



Fine mixed. Pkt., 5c; 



oz., 15c 



CAMPANULA 



(Canterbury Bells) 



601. Single Mixed. 



Pkt 5c. 



602. Double Mixed. 



Pkt., 5c 



604. CUP and SAU- 

 CER Varieties. Are a 



very striking and beauti- 

 ful variety of Canter- 

 bury Bells. The flowers 

 are large and resemble a 

 cup and saucer. Colors 

 are mixed blue, blue, 

 rose, lilac and white, 

 Pkt., 5c 



606. Pyramidalis, 

 Mixed. A grand sort, 

 known as the " Pyram- 

 idal Bell Flower." Col- 

 or, blue or white ; plants 

 grow about 4 feet high, 

 of elegant pyramidal 

 form, bearing thousands 

 of exquisite bell-sha'ped 

 flowers. Pkt., 5c 



CAMPANULA. 



CANDYTUFT (Iberis) 



Half-hardy annual of low growth and very tree flower 

 Ing. The plants bloom early from seed and continue a lor g 

 time in bloom. Useful for bedding and for cutting. 



620. White Fragrant. Pure white, pinnated foliage; 

 ift. Pkt., 5c; oz., 20c 



621. Crimson. Very beautiful; 1 ft, Pkl.. 5c; oz., 20c. 



622. "WHITE ROCKET. Large trusses of pure white 

 flowers; 1 ft. Pkt., 5c; oz., 20c 



623. White Tom Thumb. A new dwan variety, arrow- 

 ing about 6 inches high branching into a handsome busa, 

 about 16 inches in diameter. Pkt., 5c ; oz., 20c. 



624. Fine Mixed. Pkt., 5c, oz.. 15c. 



625. NEW EM- 

 PRESS. One of the fin- 

 est varieties of recent in- 

 troduction. The plant 

 ia of a very branching 

 habit, and assumes.when 

 fully grown and covered 

 with its large trusses of 

 pure white flowers, a 

 very handsome candela- 

 brum-like aspect. Pkt., 

 10c; oz.,30c 





CANNAS 



645. C r ozy' s Dwarf 

 Large Flowering 

 French. In this new 

 class of Cannas the foli- 

 age is luxuriant and the 

 plants dwarf in habit. 

 Their great merit, how- 

 ever, lies in the large size 

 and brilliant hues of the 

 flowers, ranging through 

 all shades of yellow and 

 orange to the richest 

 crimson, scarlet and ver- 

 milion; some are also 

 beautifully spotted. 

 Mixed. Pkt., 5c.;oz., 15c. 



640. C. Marechal Vaillant. Foliage rich maroon; 

 large, bright orange flowers ; 5 ft. Pkt., 5c 



641. Tricolor. Foliage green, red and creamy yellow: 

 bright scarlet flowers ; 3 ft. Pkt., Be 



612. Finest Mixed. Embracing twenty of the best 

 sorts. Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c 



643. C. Oigantea. 8 ft. Pkt.. 5c 



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