IMPROVED ROSE BALSAM. 



Berkley, Va., Feb. 24. 1899.—" Your evident love 

 forthe work has attracted me more to your circu- 

 lars than to any others." Mbs. E. P. Brown. 



IMPROVED 

 ROSE BALSAM. 



A splendid strain of 

 largest size and ex- 

 treme doubleness, in- 

 cluding only named 

 varieties, selected to 

 give a great variety 

 of beautiful shades, 

 viz., in solid colors, 

 crimson, flesh, lilac, 

 rose, scarlet, violet, 

 white, etc., including 

 also the Camellia, or 

 spotted Balsams, the 

 blossoms being on 

 white ground, mottled 

 in many shades. Give 

 the plants sun, good 

 soil — not too rich — 

 and plenty of room. 

 If they branch freely, 

 prune them out. The 

 fewer the branches the 

 larger the blossoms. 

 Mixed. Pkt., 5 cts. 



Good Mixed Bal- 

 sam. A good mixture 

 of choice double Bal- 

 sams. Pkt., 3 cts. 



CfllilFOfijilfl 

 FIBHOUS BEGOJim 



A new California strain 

 which will yield many new 

 and charming sorts, with 

 beautiful foliage and splen- 

 did large flowers. The seed 

 18 saved from grand new Begonias and 

 from hybridized flowers of the best 

 named varieties. Pkt., 6 cts. 

 Hex Begonia. Beautiful large-leaved 

 varieties, with handsome variegated 

 foliage. Pkt., 8 cts. 



Golden-Variegated Vernon Be- 

 gonia. Choice new Vernon variety,wi th 

 yellow variegated foliage. Pkt., 7 cts. 



Begonia, 

 Cubcrous-Rooted. 



The Tuberous-Rooted Begonias have gained 

 great notoriety for their large and showy blos- 

 soms. Blooming only in the summer time, they 

 are fine for bedding, or for making brilliant the 

 conservatory window at a time when most house 

 plants are resting. For bedding, select a shady 

 situation, making the bed rich with well rotted 

 manure and leaf mould, if obtainable.^ If plant- 

 ed in a favorable location, they will give a mag- 

 nificent display throughout the summer. Mixed, 

 double and single. Pkt., 7 cts. 



Begonia, mixed. All my four varieties mixed. 

 Pkt., 6 cts. 



