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TUBEROUS BEGONIAS ^'-\'g|;ig™° 



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



SINGLE TUBEROUS BEGONIAS 



BEGONIAS. Flowering Sorts 



E.^iceedingly useful plants for the garden or pot 

 culture in the house. For freedom of bloom they are 

 unsurpassed. 

 Alba Picta. Dark green leaves, silvery spots. White 



flowers. 

 Argentea Guttata. Bronzy-green leaves. White 



flowers. 

 Metallica. Velvety foliage, rosy white flowers. 

 Nitida. Pinkish-white flowers, large leaves. 

 Otto Hacker. Bright red, large, pendant clusters. 

 Prima Donna. Flowers unusually large, charming rose color, 



shading to carmine in center. Fine bedding or pot plant. 

 Purity. Dwarf, compact habit, waxy-white flowers. Forms com^ 

 pact bushy plant. (.See engraving.) 



Rubra (Corallina). Dark coral 

 color. Large clusters. 



Red Erfordia. A compact, 

 symmetrical bush covered 

 with glossy blood-red 

 flowers. Fine for pots. 

 Saundersonii. Bright 

 waxy-red. Very free 

 flowering. 

 Thurstonii. Flow- 

 ers, rosy white; 

 foliage bronzy- 

 green. 

 Vernon. Brilliant 

 crimson - scarlet 

 flowers p r o - 

 duced abun- 

 dantly; dark 

 green foliage. 

 Zulu King. In the 

 sun the foliage 

 turns blood red. 

 Flowers deep 

 crimson red. 

 Price, plants from 

 3-inch pots, 10c. 

 each, SI. 00 per 

 doz.; set of 13 Be- 

 gonias for .SI. 00. 



Separate colors, scarlet, yeliow, crimson, white, pink and salmon. Price, dry 

 bulbs, up to May loth, 10c. each; set of six for 50c.; $6.00 per 100. Growing 

 plants ready May 1st, 20c. each, set of six for $1.00. 



DOUBLE TUBEROUS BEGONIAS 



Separate colors, scarlet, crimson, white, yellow, pink and salmon. 

 (See engraving.) 



Price, 20c. each; set of six sorts, Sl.OO for dry bulbs, up to May loth. 

 Growing plants, ready May 1st, 30c. each, set of six for $1.50. 



SUPERB FANCY-LEAVED 



CALADIUMS 



Among ornamental foliage 

 plants there are none more 

 beautiful in design or gor- 

 geous in coloring than the 

 Fancy - Leaved Caladiumss 

 Useful for pot culture, win- 

 dow and piazza boxes. Most 

 of the varieties 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 

 e7igravitig.) 



Price (Bulbs only), 25c. 

 each; set of 20 sorts for 

 J4.50. 



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REX or PAINTED LEAF BEGONIAS 



These are unquestionably the most showy and gorgeous Begonias grown. The colorings, blendings 

 and metallic lustre contained in them are bewildering and render description inadequate. Rich 

 metallic shades of various colors are blended with silver, light green, velvety dark green, pink, rose, 

 blood-red, crimson and maroon. Some are covered with fine hairs, giving the leaves a frosted appear- 

 ance. We offer plants from 3-inch pots, 20c. each, $2.00 per doz. 



LARGE-LEAVED FANCY COLEUS. 



We offer a fine assortment of these raised from choice seed and selected when the plants showed 

 character, reserving only such as were of unique form and color. They embrace fiery-red, pink, 

 purple, brown, copper, green and yellow in bewildering shades and combinations. Price, 15c. each; 

 12 for $1.50. 



Note. — We also offer the standard varieties of Coleus for bedding, vases, etc. Price, 10c. each, 

 7oc. per doz., $4.00 per 100. 



"I am proud of the Tuberous Begonias I purchased from you. 



They have been and still are a mass of beauty." — 



Mrs. M. H. Connor, Milanville, Pa. 



