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BEGONIAS, FLOWERING SORTS. 



Exceedingly useful plants for the garden or pot culture 

 house. For freedom of bloom they are unsurpassed. 

 Alba Picta. Dark green leaves, silvery spots. White flow 

 Argentea Guttata. Bronzy-green leaves. White flowers. 

 Bertha de C. Rocher. Bright reddish-pink flowers. 

 Margaritae. Rich salmon-pink flowers, foliage deep 



bronze and dark green. Quite ornamental. 

 Marjorie Daw. Flowers salmon-pink, tall-growing. 

 Metallica. Velvety foliage, rosy white flowers. 

 Nitida. Pinkish-white flowers, large leaves. 

 Otto Hacker. Bright red, large pendant clusters. 

 Purity. Dwarf, compact habit, waxy- white flowers. 



Forms a compact bushy plant. (See cut.) 

 Prima Donna. Dark green, glossy foliage; flowers 



exquisite rosy pink carmine center. 15c. each. 

 Rubra (Corallina). Dark coral color. Large clusters. 

 Red Erfordia. A compact, symmetrical bush covered 



with glossy blood-red flowers. Fine for pots or garden. 

 Saundersonii. Bright waxy-red. Very free flowering. 

 Thurstonii. Flowers rosy-white, foliage bronzy-green. 

 Vernon. Brilliant crimson-scarlet flowers produced 



abundantly; dark green glossy foliage. Useful for 



bedding. 

 Zulu King. In the sun the foliage turns blood red when 



planted outdoors. Flowers deep crimson red. 



Price, plants from 3-inch pots, (Except Prima Donna 



each; set of 16 Begonias for SI. 50. 



R /^n'o Re»v Valuable for the grand and varied markings 



Degonia rxex. of the leaves> 15c- eachj §1 50 per doz. 



TUBEROUS BEGONIAS. All Selected Bulbs. 



These are now among the most popular plants for beds of sum- 

 mer flowers. Nothing can exceed the brilliancy and richness of 

 their flowers. From the time the first blossoms appear until all 

 growth is stopped by frost they are never out of bloom. (See cut.) 



S; t t .L„_.._ R^„^„:„„ Separate colors, Scarlet, Yel- 

 ingle Tuberous begonias. lo £ crimson, white, Pink 



and Salmon. Price, dry bulbs, up to May 15th, 10c. each; set of 

 six for 50c; $6.00 per 100. Growing plants, ready May 1st, 

 20c. each, set of six for SI. 00. 



Double Tuberous Begonias. ggK£ <fe, f^* 



Pink and Salmon. Price, 20c. each; set of six sorts, SI. 00 for dry 

 bulbs, up to May 15th. Growing plants, ready May 1st, 30c. 

 each, set of six for $1.50. 



SUPERB FANGY^LEAVED CALAD1UMS. 



Among orna- 

 mental foliage 

 plants there are 

 none more 

 beautiful in de- 



sign or gorge- 

 ous in coloring 

 than the Fancy- 

 Leaved Caladi- 

 ums. Useful 

 for pot culture, 

 window and 

 piazza boxes. 

 Most of the va- 

 rieties planted 

 about June 1st 

 in partially 



shaded borders succeed admirably as bedding plants. We offer 20 distinct sorts; 



the richness of coloring is bewildering and impossible to describe in our limited 



space. , Brilliant red and green, green with spots and red veins, etc., etc. (See cut.) 



Price, (Bulbs only) 25c. each; set of 20 sorts for $4.50. 



TUBEROUS 

 BEGONIA. 



PLANTS FOR SUMMER BEDS AND BORDERS. 



Per 100 

 Abutilon Savitzii. Green and whLs 



foliage, very ornamental $8.00 



Abutilon Eclipse. Green and gold 



foliage, useful and attractive. . . 8.00 

 Ageratum. Best white and blue . . 4.00 

 Alternanthera. Red and yellow.. . 4.00 



Alyssum. Dwarf; white. 4.00 



Begonia Erfordia. Crimson flowers 6.00 



Caladium Esculentum (Bulbs). 



Large foliage, $8.00, $16.00 and 25.00 



Cannas. Roots to April 1st 7.00 



Cannas. Plants after April 1st.. 12. 00 



Coleus. Bedding varieties 4.00 



Daisies. Hardy English 4.00 



Per 



Geraniums. Double and single . . $ 



Geraniums. Silver and bronze.. 



Geranium Mme. Solleroi. Dwarf 

 compact habit. Foliage green 

 and white, fine for borders 



Golden Feather 



Heliotropes. Assorted 



Lobelias. Best dwarf; blue 



Pansies. Finest mixed 



Petunias. Finest double (named). 



Petunias. Single flowering 



Salvias. (" Scarlet Sage ") 



Verbenas. Red, white, blue, etc. 



100 

 8.00 

 8.00 



8.00 

 3.00 

 6.00 

 4.00 

 4.00 

 8.00 

 4.00 

 6.00 

 4.00 



FAVCY CALAPIUMS. 



