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HBKrAPKa-milADBHIIA-M-S RELIABLE f LOWER SEEdTOIII 



BELX.IS (English Daisy. 



A favorite perennial, which will stand the winter if given the pro- 

 tection of a little litter. In bloom from early Spring until well on in the 

 Summer. Easily raised from seed, which may be sown anytime from 

 Spring till August. For best results, new plants should be raised from 

 seed each year. The following are the finest double flowering kinds, 

 selected after careful test out of over twenty sorts. 



PER PKT. 



1591 Longfellow. Large double pink flowers 10 



1593 Ranunculiflora Alba. A splendid type with densely double 

 pure white flowers, not very large, but very free-flowering. ... 15 



1594 Ranunculiflora Rosea. Identical to the preceding except 



in color which is a bright rosy pink 15 



1595 Giant White. Each plant produces but a few flowers, but 

 these are of enormous size, almost as big as a good sized Aster 25 



1 596 Giant Rose. Same as the above except in color 25 



1597 The Bride, or Improved Snowball. A fine large double 

 free- flowering pure white 10 



1598 Double Quilled. Double quilled flowers in mixture, con- 

 taining red, pink and white 20 



1600 Double Mixed. A fine mixture, containing all the colors. 



J oz. 50 cts 10 



BOCCOMA 



Cordata 



161 



Effective, har-ly 

 groups on lawns. Foli- 

 age glaucous green, bears 

 freely spikes 2 to 3 feet 

 long of cream - colored 

 flowers; 5 feet ; easily raised 

 from seed. } oz., 15 cts. 5 



BOLTONIA. 



'False Chamomile.) 



One of the showiest of our native 

 hardy perennials, growing 4 to 6 

 feet high, with daisy-like flowers in 

 countless thousands from July to 

 September; very effective; 



1615 Asteroides. White... 10 



1616 Latl squama. Pink, 

 tinged with lilac 10 



Plume Poppy, or Tree-Celandine). 



perennial, for single specimens or 



Brachytomr. 



Bryonopsis. 



Bellis Perknnis— Double Daisy, 



BRACHVCOME. 



(Swan River Daisy.) 



PRR PKT. 



1020 Free- flowering, dwarf-growing, 

 annuals, covered during the 

 greater part of the summer with 

 a profusion of pretty blue or white 

 flowers, suitable for edgings, 

 small beds or pot culture; 9 

 inches. } oz. , 25 cts 5 



BROWALLIA (Amethyst). 



One of our favorite profuse-blooming 

 bedding plants, covered with rich, beauti- 

 ful winged flowers during the summer and 

 autumn months, supplying a shade of intense blue very uncommon; grows freely in 

 any rich soil; blooms finely in the winter if the plants are lifted in autumn and cut 

 back. 

 • 1637 Speciosa Major. A beautiful flowering variety of the most brilliant ultra- 

 marine blue; a rare color; does finely outside in the border, or in hanging 

 baskets or vases, but is especially valuable as a pot plant for winter and early 



spring flowering 15 



1635 Elata Ccerulea. Large sky-blue flowers with a white centie; 18 inches. . 5 



1640 Mixed. All the elata varieties. \ oz., 25 cts 5 



BRYONOPSIS. 



1641 LacinOSa. A beautiful annual climber of the 

 gourd species, with ivy-like pale green foliage and 

 showy fruit, first green striped white, turning when 

 ripe to bright scarlet striped white; 10 to 20 feet. 

 (See cut.) 5 



CACALIA. 



(Tassel Flower, or Flora's Paint Brush.) 



1650 A neat annual, of easy culture, with tassel-shaped 

 flowers; blooms from June to September; fine for 

 borders. Golden-yellow and scarlet mixed; \\ feet. 

 (See cut. ) } oz., 25 cts 5 



Cacalia. 



THE TWO BEAUTIFUL ANNUALS shown in colors and offered on page 58 should be in every garden. 



