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BEGONIAS. ™»»ering 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-gree:-. foliage; pink and white flowers. 

 Nitida. 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, fine foliage. 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. 



BROWALLIA SPECIOSA MAJOR. 



The "Giant Browallia." This is a grand plant for the garden, 

 blooming continuously summer and winter. The flowers are a 

 very rich indigo-blue, fully two inches across, fairly covering 

 the plant. Valuable for cut flowers, as they are borne on long, 

 graceful stems. Price, 15c. each, $1.50 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. Pure white, large, splendid flowers. Price, 



20c. each, $2.00 per doz. 

 Spotted Leaf Calla. Dark green leaves, beautifully spotted 



with white; the flowers are white with a 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. 

 New Yellow Calla " Canary Bird." A free-blooming yellow 



TUBEROCS 

 BEGONIA 



All Selected Bulbs 



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 lime the first blossoms appear until all 

 growth is stopped by frost they are never out of bloom. {See cut.} 



Single Tuberous Begonias ^L^nS^ IS 



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



for 50c; $6.00 per 100. 

 each, set of six for $1.00. 



Calla for summer flowers. Price, 40c each, $4.00 per doz 



FANCY CALADIUMS. 



Growing plants, ready May 1st, 20c. 

 Dry bulbs mailed free at prices quoted. 



Double TuberOUS BegOni?.S Separ^ecolors Scarlet Crim- 



* son, White, \ellow, 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. 



Be£0ni<l ReX Valuable for the grand and varied markings of the leaves. 



h 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.. 



Asparagus Tenuissimus. Very fine, filmy foliage. 



Price for the above, 15c. each, $1.50 per doz.; set of three for 40c. 



SUPERB FANCY-LEAVED CALADIUMS. 



Among ornamental foliage plants there are none more beautiful in design- 

 or gorgeous in coloring than the Fancy-Leaved Caladiwns. They are simply 

 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. 



We grow immense quantities of 

 this class of stock, and we are in a 

 in a prompt, satisfactory manner. 



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 



" BEDDING " PLANTS. 



position to execute the largest orders 



Per 100 

 Ageratum. Best white and blue .$4 . 00 

 Alternanthera. Red, yellow ... . 4.00 



Alyssum. Dwarf; white 4 . 00 



Begonia Vernon. Crimson flowers 6 . 00 

 Caladium Esculentum (Bulbs). 

 Large foliage, $8.00, $16.00 and 25.00 

 Carinas. Roots to April 1st .... 7 . 00 

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



Coleus. Bedding varieties 4.00 



Daisies. Hardy English 4.00 



