EHRTADREK -PHILADELPHIA PA 



RELIABLE FLOWER SEEDS 



BEGONIAS. 



Everblooming Bedding Varieties. 



The following are varieties of Begonia Semperflorens, and take rank as 

 bedding plants with geraniums and coleus, doing equally well in full sun- 

 light, and surpassing 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 dowers. As pot 

 plants for winter flowering they are superb, remaining a sheet of bloom 

 throughout the entire year. Easily raised from seed. PER PK t. 



1565 Gracilis. A very pretty half-dwarf variety, 8 to 10 inches high, 



densely covered with handsome flowers of a delicate rose color. 15 

 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 is nearly twice the size of the type 15 



1574 Semperflorens, Double flixed. Many double-flowering 

 varieties have been introduced 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 

 crimson ; splendid 10 



BROWALUA Amethyst). 



One of our favorite profuse-blooming 

 bedding plants, covered with rich, 

 beautiful winged flowers during the 

 summer and autumn months, supply- 

 ing a shade of intense blue very un- 

 common; grows freely in any rich 

 soil; blooms finely in the winter if 

 sown in August. 



1637 Speciosa flajor. A beauti- 

 ful large-flowering variety of 

 the most brilliant ultramarine 

 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. (See cut) . . 15 

 1635 Elata Coerulea. Large sky- 

 blue flowers with a white 



centre ; 13 inches 5 



1640 Mixed. All the Elata va- 

 rieties 5 



«aPSPPg 



New Frilled Begonia iCrispa). 



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. per pkt. 

 1567 Frilled. This strain is un- 

 questionably the finest of the 

 tuberous-rooted section. The 

 flowers are of large size, from 

 4 to 6 inches in diameter, with 

 beautifully frilled and waxy 

 petals, not unlike the finest 

 single Petunias. (See cut.). 25 

 1570 Single. Extra choice mixed 25 

 1568 Double. Extra choice mixed 25 



Ornamental-leaved 

 Begonia. 



1566 Rex Hybrids. Beautiful 

 varieties, with handsome 

 variegated foliage. Choice 

 mixed 25 



Begonia Semperflorens. 



1641 



(See cut.) 5 



BRYONOPSIS. 



Laciniosa. A beautiful an- 

 nual 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 while ; 10 feet. 



BIDDLEYA. 



1621 Variabilis. A beautiful new 

 hardy-flowering shrub-like plant 

 from China. It grows from 4 to 

 5 feet high, with gracefully arch- 

 ing branches ; the foliage is bright 

 green above, velvety-white beneath, 

 making a pretty plant when not 

 in bloom ; the numerous branches 

 are terminated by long racemes of 

 rosy-lilac blossoms with an orange 

 spot in the centre; grows readily 

 from seed, producing flowering 

 plants the first season 10 



Bryonopsis 



We are the largest importers of Tuberous-rooted Begonias. See offer of same with other Garden and Greenhouse plants, pages 114 to 146. 



