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DREER'S RELIABLE SEEDS 



Tuberous Begonia. Cardiospermum. 



BALSAM APPLE AND BALSAM 

 PEAR (See Momordica). 



BALLOON VINE. 



(Love in a PufF.) 



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

 and warm situation ; flowers white ; half hardy annual ; 

 5 feet. 



PER PKT. 



5272 Cardiospermum Halicacabum. Per oz. 30 

 cts 5 



BAPTISIA. 



(False Indigo.) 



A beautiful hardy perennial herbaceous plant, pro- 

 ducing pea-shaped flowers, on spikes 6 inches long. 



5274 Australis. Bright blue; 2 J feet 10 



BARTONIA. 



Producing showy flowers, above its gray and downy 

 thistle-like foliage, wliich are exceedingly brilliant in the 

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

 transplanting well ; hardy annual ; 2 feet. 



5275 Aurea. Large golden yellow 5 



BEANS. 



Very rapid climbers ; flowering profusely and admir- 

 ably adapted for covering screens, etc. 



5292 Scarlet Runner. Fierv scarlet 5 



5293 White " Pure white 5 



BEET. 



The ornamental-leaved Chilian Beets are among the 

 most useful of the decorative foliage plants. For planting 

 in ribbon-beds or in groups thev are very efiective. 



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 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. 

 5300 Rex Hybrida, i>Iixed. Beautiful varieties of 



the Rex class, with handsome variegated foliage ; 



choice mixed ; 6 inches 25 



5277 Boliviensis Superba. Large, orange-scarlet 



flowers 25 



5281 Froebeli. Beautiful large bright scarlet flowers, 



formed in large clusters above the foliage 25 



5267 Robusta Perfecta. Robust, compact haljit, 



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 ofler has been hybridized, using the most double 



flowers, and the handsomest single varieties 50 



5276 International Prize. Saved from the best 

 English, French and German Tuberous-rooted 

 varieties; Pkts. of about 500 seeds 50 



Brachycome. 



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 Pseony. 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-shaped habit 

 makes it a most desirable plant, beins; literally 

 covered with flowers from May until November ; 

 blooms all winter in the greenhouse 25 



BIDENS. 



(Dahlia Zimapani.) 

 A free-flowering tender annual having beautiful foli- 

 age and bearing fine and attractive flowers. The roots 

 can be preserved like Dahlias ; 1 foot. 

 5303 Atrosanguinea. Rich dark crimson, with yel- 

 low anther 10 



BOCCONIA. 



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. 

 530o Japoriica 10 



BOUVARDIA. 



Excellent plants for house, greenhouse or garden. 



5306 Mixed 



20 



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 ai;d small beds, 

 or put-culture ; half-hardy annual. 

 5307 Iberidilolia, 31ixed. Light blue and white; 



6 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 Coerulea. Large sky-blue 

 flowers with a white centre 5 



5321 Elata Alba. Pure white flowers 5 



5324 Elata Coerulea 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 Er'throcarpa 6 



