FOR THE FLOWER GARDEN. 



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TuBLRcrLS I'.EGONIA. CakDIOSPEUMUM. 



BALSAM APPLE AND BALSAM 

 PEAR (See Momordica). 



BALLOON VINE. 



(Love in a Puff.) 



A rapid-growing plant; succeeds best in a light soil 

 aud warm situation ; flowers white ; half hardy annual ; 

 5 feet. 



PER PKT. 



5272 Cardiospermum Halicacabiim. Per oz. 30 



cts 5 



BAPTISIA. 



(False Indigo.) 



A beautiful hardy perennial herbaceous plant, pro- 

 ducing |>ea-shaped flowers, on spikes 6 inches long. 



5274 Australis. Bright blue ; 2i feet 10 



BARTONIA. 



Producing showy flowers, above its gray and downy 

 thistle-like foliage, which are exceedingly brilliant in the 

 sunshine. Sow where it is to remain, as it does not bear 

 transplanting well ; hardy annual; 2 feet. 



5275 .\urea. Lnrge golden yellow 5 



BEANS. 



Very rapid climbers; flowering profusely and admir- 

 ably adapted for covering f:creens, etc. 



5292 Scarlet Runner. Fiery scarlet 5 



5293 White " Pure white 5 



BEET. 



The ornamental-leaved Chilian Beets are ;iniong the 

 most useful of the decorative foliage plants. For planting 

 in ribbon-beds or in groups they are very efl:ective. 



5288 Red Chilian. Brilliant red foliage 10 



5287 Yellow " Golden yellow 10 



BEGONIA. 



Plants of great value for summer decoration or win- 

 dow gardening. To secure the best results they should be 

 planted as soon as the ground becomes warm. They are 

 covered the whole summer with bright and elegant droop- 

 ing flowers; blooming the first seasoti from seed, if sown in 

 February or ^[arcli, in a temperature of 60 degrees; for 

 winter and spring blooming, sow from .A.ugust to October. 

 Tubers must be kept from frost in dry sand. 

 5300 Rex Hybrida, Mixed. Beautiful varieties of 



the Re.x class, with handsome variegated foliage ; 



choice mixed ; 6 inches 25 



5277 Boliviensis Superba. Large, orange-scarlet 

 flowers 25 



5281 FroBbeli. Beautiful large bright scarlet flowers, 

 formed in large clusters pbove the foliage 25 



5285 Pearcei. Large bright yellow flowers, and beauti- 

 ful foliage veined with black 25 



5278 Robusta, Perfecta. Robust, compact habit, 

 succulent dark green foliage, and large flowers of 



a brilliant cinnabar scarlet 25 



5290 Single, Mixed. Tuberous-rooted 25 



5280 Double Tuberous-Rooted, Mixed. The seed 

 we offer has been hybridized with the greatest 

 care, using the most double flowers, and the hand- 

 somest single varieties for that purpose .50 



Brachvcome. 



Bryonopsis 



B EGO N I f^— Continued. 



PER PKT. 



5282 Roezli. Seeds sown in April make strong plants 

 by September; the flowers appear in October, re- 

 sembling an open Pteony. They are enveloped in 

 a dark red spathe, and rapidly expand into a 

 beautiful umbel of large size, composed of luminous 

 deep red flowers. In a greenhouse this species 

 blooms freely until March. A fine bouquet flower..25 



5284 Schmidti. Flowers white, slightly tinged with 

 pink, contrasting finely with the dark green foli- 

 age. Its dwarf, branching globe-sliaped habit 

 makes it a most desirable plant, being literally 

 covered with flowers from May until November; 

 blooms all winter in the greenhouse 25 



BIDENS. 



(Dahlia Zimapani.) 



A free-flowering tender annual having beautifal ibli- 

 age and bearing tine and attractive flowers. The roots 

 can be preserved like Dahlias ; 1 foot. 

 5303 Atrosanguinea. Rich dark crimson, with yel- 

 low anther 10 



BLACK-EYED SUSAN. 



(See Thunbergia.) 



BOCCONIA. 



A beautiful, effective plant, for single specimens or 

 groups on lawns. Foliage white on the under side, and 

 spikes of cream-colored flowers from 2 to 3 feet long ; 

 hardy perennial ; 5 feet. 

 5305 Japonica 1ft 



BRACHYCOME. 



(Swan River Daisy.) 



Free-flowering, dwarf-growing plants, covered during 

 the greater part of the summer with a profusion of pretty 

 Cineraria-like flowers ; suitable for edgings and small beds, 

 or put-culture; half-hardy annual. 

 5307 Iberidilolia, Mixed. Light blue and white; 



tj inches 5 



BROWALLIA. 



One of our favorite profuse-blooming bedding plants, 

 covered with rich, beautiful winged flowers during the 

 summer and autumn months, growing freely in any rich 

 .soil ; blooms finely in the winter if sown in August; half- 

 hardy annual ; 18 inches. 



5323 Elata Grandiflora C«Ernlea. Large sky-blue 

 flowers with a white centre 5 



5321 Elata Alba. Pure white flowers 5 



5324 Elata Cwrulea Nana. Dwarf sky-blue 10 



5330 Mixed. All the Elata varieties 5 



5325 Abbreviata {Pulchella). Deep rose color 20 



BRYONOPSIS. 



A beautiful plant of the gourd species, with ivy-like 

 pale green foliage and showy scarlet fruit, striped with 

 white; half-hardy annual ; 10 feet. 

 5318 Laciniosa Erythrocarpa 5 



