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Double Cameilia-flowered Balsams. 
(Lady Slipper.) 
An old and favorite garden flower, producing its gorgeous masses of beau- 
tiful brilliant-colored double flowers in the greatest profusion ; of easy cul- 
ture; succeeds in a good rich soil; tender annuals; 2 feet. (See cut.) 
63 
PER PKT. 
1532 Prince Bismarck. Rich salmon-pink flowers; very double; 
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1534 Scarlet, Brilliant fiery scarlet........... See Nace: 5 
1533 Light Yellow.... ....+.......... SOOOR POA iS oom 5 
1535 Solferino. Striped and spotted white, lilac and scarlet. ... 5 
1536 Violet. Very rich........ Sera aeN Suave epee: <p ee sven ss 5 5 
1588 Collection of the 6 colors offered| above...... Be ese ican es _ 80 
BALLOON VINE (Love-in-a-puff). 
1525 A rapid-growing annual climber; succeeds best in light soil and 
warm situation; flowers white; seed vessels look like miniature 
ball@ons'tea(Seecuts)iy eRe ozs 20 ctSunpmm aa seriiscera ic 5 
BAPTISIA (False Indigo). 
1541 Australis. A beautiful hardy perennial herbaceous plant, pro- 
ducing pea-shaped flowers on spikes 6 inches long. Bright blue; 
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BARTONIA (Golden Bartonia). 
1551 Aurea. Producing showy golden yellow flowers above its gray 
and downy thistle-like foliage, which is exceedingly brilliant in 
the sunshine. Sow it where it is to remain, as it does not bear 
transplanting: annual; 2 feet. 25 cts. per 0z.............. 5 5 
; , BRYONOPSIS. 
y 1641 Laciniosa. A 
beautiful annual 
climber of the 
gourd species, with 
ivy-like pale green 
foliage and showy 
fruit, first green 
striped white,turn- 
ing when ripe to 
bright scarlet 
striped white; 10 
feet. (See cut.). 5 
DovuBLeE CAMELLIA-FLOWERED BALSAM. 
BEGONIAS. 
Everblooming Bedding Varieties. 
The foliowing are varieties of Begonia 
Semperflorens, and take rank as bedding 
plants with geraniums and coleus, doing 
equally well in full sunlight, and surpass- 
ing both in positions partially or wholly 
in shade. They are of sturdy growth, 
growing about 1 foot high and forming 
dense bushes, which, from May until frost, 
are completely hidden with flowers. As 
pot plants for winter-flowering they are superb, remaining a sheet of bloom 
BRYONOPSIS, 
throughout the entire year. Easily raised from see. (See cut.) PER PKT. 
1565 Gracilis. A very pretty half-dwarf variety, 8 to 10 inches high, 
densely covered with handsome flowers of a delicate rose color .. .. 1d 
1571 Vernon. Bright orange-carmine flowers. deep red foliage......... 10 
1573 Vernon Grandiflora, <A large-flowering form of the above, with 
which it is identical in growth, floriferousness and color. The flower 
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1574 Semperflorens, Double Mixed. Many double-flowering varie- 
ties have been mtroducec in the last few years. The seed here offered 
has been saved from one of the best collections in Europe ..-....... 25 
1560 Semperflorens, Single Mixed. This mixture contains all the 
best varieties, ranging in color from pure white to the deepest crim: 
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TUBEROUS-ROOTED BEGONIAS. 
Plants of great value for summer decoration or window gardening, blooming 
the first season from seed, if sown in February or March, in a temperature of 60 
degrees, To secure the best of results they should be planted out as soon as the 
ground becomes warm. They are covered the whole summer with bright and 
elegant flowers. 
1567 Frilled. This strain is unqnestionably the finest of the tuberous- 
rooted section. The flowers are of large size, from 4 to 6 inches in 
diameter, with beautifully frilled and wavy petals, not unlike the finest 
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ORNAMENTAL-LEAVED BEGONIA. 
1566 Rex Hybrids. Beautiful varieties, with handsome variegated foli- 
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Tubers and Plants of the various Begonias are offered under Garden and Greenhouse Plants. 
