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BlGNONlA RADICANS 



RPiirh^/mmP' (Swan River Daisy). 



Dl dCllycUlllC A delicate, chvarf, half | 



hardy annual, six inches high, effective for edgings, ■ 



beds or rustic baskets. Produces an abundance of 



daisy-like llowers about an inch in diameter and in 



shades from dark blue to nearly white. 



Mixed Pkt. 5c. 



Briza Maxima L?"JLT"'''\ 



Grows about one foot high and is val- ! 

 uable for winter bouquets and wreaths. 

 The seed clusters are heart shaped and ! 

 gracefully poised on such slender stems ; 

 that they are almost constantly in 

 motion. The plant is known to many as [ 

 Quaking Grass. Hardy annual. .Pkt. 5c. I 



RrnViAflllirl These handsome, pro. | 

 t>l UWailia fuse bloomers are 

 used freely both for indoor and outdoor 

 planting on account of the ease with 

 which they may be grown and their use- i 

 fulness for cut tlowers. Usually started indoors I 

 but if sown outdoors the plants when smalli 

 should be protected from the hot sun. Hail 

 hardy annual. 



Roezli, about twelve inches high; produces large 



white tlowers, often tinted with blue.. Pkt. 15c. 



Elata, height eighteen inches; blue and white 



flowers mixed Pkt. 5c.. 



n •«-ar,<-v«-»^^«-kf>«f ^^ ornamental climber 

 DryOIlOpSIa of the gourd family, 

 bearing green fruit which changes in color as 

 the season advances to bright scarlet striped 

 with white. Tuberous rooted perennial but may 

 be treated as a tender annual; about ten feet 

 high Pkt. 5c. 



Calliopsis, or Coreopsis 



Very shoAAy border plants, producing in great profusion and 



for a long tmie flowers which are bright yellow and rich brown, 



either self colored or with these colors and red contrasted. 



Coreopsis tinctoria. Although a native plant this is one of the 



most desuable of our garden flowers. It produces an abundance 



of brilliantly colored flowers, varying from clear yellow to deep 



rich bro^\ n, the two colors often being beautifully contrasted in 



the same blossom. They are borne on long, graceful stems and 



are very desirable for decorative purposes. Very hardy and profuse blooming 



annual ; two to three feet high. Fine Mixed Pkt. 5c. 



Lanceolata grandiflora. A hardy perennial, blooming the first year and pro- 

 ducing on long stems a constant succession of very rich yellow flowers 

 about three inches in diameter; exceedingly valuable for decorative pur- 

 poses Pkt. 10c. 



^^^ ^ Some of the newer forms of begonias are among the most 



mJ ^^ j-w, J., _^ __^ brilliantly beautiful of flowering plants. With care they can 

 H^^^^O^SB Hi i ^% ^® grown from seed. Sow in February or March in pots, 

 Mi^^^jS^ ^^A aJlC* on a smooth surface of fine soil without any covering of 

 ^JP earth. Cover the pot with glass and keep in a warm 



but .shaded place, taking great care not to wash out the very small seeds or young plants 

 in watering. The plants will give an abundance of bloom the first year and at the end of 

 the season they may be dried off by withhokling water, the tubers kept in a dry place free 

 from frost and planted the f ollowirrg spring, when thev will bloom more freely than before. 



TUBEROUS=ROOTED BEGONIAS 

 Robusta Perfecta, of robust, compact habit, dark green foliage and brilUant, double, 



cinnabar-scarlet flowers Pkt. !85c. 



Single Mixed Pkt. 35c. | Double Mixed Pkt. 35c. 



FIBROUS-ROOTED BEGONIAS 

 Of the kinds offered under this head. Begonia Rex is grown for 

 ornamental foliage, while the others are among the very best for flow 

 in the house, or in partly shaded locations outdoors. 

 \&rnon (b'emperflorens atropurpur^ea). Flowers brilliant, rich 



red, set off perfectly by the abundant, glossy green leaves 



which are broadly margined with bronze and purple. Ex- 

 tremely hardy and floriferous; the best of the semperflorens 



class Pkt. 1 5c. 



Semperflorens alba. A very useful variety, well adapted for 



house or outdoor culture. Plants of compact dwarf habit and 



under proper treatment almost continuous bloomers. Easily 



grown; flowers pure white Pkt. 13c. 



Semperflorens rosea. Like Semperflorens alba, except flowers 



are rose colored Pkt. 15c. 



Rex. Ornamental leaved varieties; finest mixed " 35c. 



For Begonia Bulbs, see Bulbs and Roots, page 9k. 



BIGNONIA RADICANS 



{Trumpet Vine). One of the most showy, certainly one of 

 the best hardy, deciduous flowering climbers for covering ver- 

 andas, arbors, trunks of trees, old Avails, etc. Vines should be 

 moderately pruned and wefl trained so as to afford a good circu- 

 lation of air, thus insuring more and better bloom. Flowers 

 brilliant scarlet, trumpet shaped. Hardy perennial. .Pkt. 10c. 

 BELLIS— (See Daisy). 

 BOSTON IVY— (See Ampelopsis Vcitdiii). 



Coreopsis Tinctoria 



