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DREER'S RELIABLE FLOWER SEEDS. 



Begonia Semperflorens Vernon. 



BEGONIA. 



Plants of great value for summer decoration or window 

 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 drooping flowers; 

 blooming the first season from seed, if sown in February or 

 March, in a temperature of 60 degrees; for winter and spring 

 blooming sow from August to October. Tubers must be kept 

 from frost in dry sand. 



PER PKT. 



5290 Begonia, Single Tuberous Rooted. Inter- 

 national Prize. Finest Mixed 15 



5280 — Double Tuberous Rooted. Finest Mixed.25 



5281 — Collection of 6 single tuberous rooted 75 



5300 — Rex Hybrida. Beautiful varieties of the Rex 



cla>s, with handsome variegated foliage ; choice mixed ; 

 6 inches 25 



5282 — Roezli. Seeds sown in April make strong plants 

 by September; the flowers appear in October, resem- 

 bling an open Pteony 25 



5284 — Vernon. This new variety is distinguished by 

 the splendid coloring of its foliage and flowers. When 

 young, the leaves are dark green, but they change after 

 being more exposed to the sun into a very deep red 

 with metallic hue. The bright orange-carmine flowers, 

 especially the male ones with their yellow anthers, con- 

 trast beautifully with the brown red foliage. It is very 

 effective for bedding in masses, being covered with 



bloom from May until late in the autumn 10 



See Plant Department for bulbs of Tuberous Begonias. 



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 Bartonia Aurea. Large golden yellow 5 



BEET. 



The ornamental-leaved Chilian Beets are among the most 

 useful of the decorative foliage plants. For planting in rib- 

 bon-beds or in groups they are very effective. 



52S8 Red Chilian. Scarlet ribbed. Oz. 15 els 5 



5287 Yellow " Golden yellow. Per oz., 15 cts 5 



5286 Dracaena-leaved. Brilliant dark red foliage. ... 5 



BOUVARDIA. 



Excellent plants for house, greenhouse or garden. 

 5306 Bouvardia, Mixed 20 



BOCCOIVIA. 



Effective plant, for single specimens or groups on lawn- 

 Foliage glaucous green, bears freely spikes 2 to 3 feet long, of 

 cream-colored flowers ; hardy perennial ; 5 feet. 

 5305 Bocconia Japonica 5 



Brachycome. 



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 pot-cul- 

 ture; half-hardy annual. 



PER PKT. 



5307 Brachycome, Mixed. Light blue ana white. . . 5 



BIDEIVS. 



(Dahlia Zimapani.) 

 A free-flowering tender annual having beautiful foliage 



and bearing fine and attractive flowers. 



served like Dahlias; 1 foot. 



5303 Bidens Atrosaneuinea. 



The roots can be pre- 

 Crimson and yellow. 5 



Bkowallia. Bocconia. 



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 Bryonopsis Laciniosa 5 



BROWALLIA. 



One of our favorite profuse-blooming bedding plants, cov- 

 ered 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 Browallia Elata Coerulea. Large sky-blue 

 flowers with a white centre 5 



5324 — Elata Nana. Dwarf sky-blue 10 



5330 — Mixed. All the Elata varieties 5 



