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BACHELOR'S BUTTON 

 (Centaurea Cyanns) 



Also known as "Corn Flower," "Blue 

 Bottle" and "Ragged Sailor." The 

 blues, with such yellow flowers as the 

 California Poppy, Calendula or other 

 Marigolds, make a striking combina- 

 tion. IVz feet. Price, packet, 5c. 

 Double Blue. Deep blue, semi-double 

 flowers, one of the best blues for cut- 

 ting. Packet, 25 seeds. 

 Double Rose-Pink. Packet, 25 seeds. 

 Special Mixed. A fine assortment in 

 many shades, double and single. Pack- 

 et, 40 seeds. 



DOUBLE BALSAMS 

 Prize Mixed. My special mixture of 

 choice named varieties, including also 

 prize strains of various growers. Un- 

 challenged for beauty and variety of 

 colors, including lovely solid shades 

 and beautiful spotted or camellia-flow- 

 ered Balsams. Packet, 30 seeds, 5c. 



ORNAMENTAL BEDDING PLANTS 

 Rivals of the Coleus 



Price, each, per packet, 125 S££ds, Gc; 

 ^j oz., 15c; one packet of eacn***15c. 

 Chilean, or Brazilian Beet. Leaves are 

 crinkled and all shades of crimson, rose 

 and yellow. 



Crimson, or Willow-leaved Beet. With 

 narrow drooping foliage of fine deep 

 glossy crimson, this equals the Coleus 

 as an ornamental bedder, either used 

 alone or with some contrasting leaf or 

 color, such as Dusty Miller, Golden 

 Feather, Feverfew, Sweet Alyssum, 

 Candytuft, or Mignonette. 

 Coleus-leaved Borecole. A new form 

 of variegated Kale, very useful and 

 quaint for garnishing and splendid for 

 bedding, especially where a late dis- 

 play is desired, as it stands almost 

 zero weather. The finely cut and curled 

 leaves take on, at approach of autumn, 

 many striking colors, shades of rose 

 and pink, violet, green, white, yellow 

 and purple. 



BEGONIA 



Price, packet, 10c. 

 I'rize Begonia. Saved from the newest 

 and best varieties, including the 

 bronzy-leaved sorts, with flowers of 

 every hue and shape. They grow easily 

 from seed, bloom early and continously 

 and are most brilliant plants for pot- 

 ting or bedding. 



BIRD OF PARADISE 

 (Poinciana Gillesi) 



An attractive plant, producing in large 

 compact trusses, orange-red flowers, 

 with long red stamens; the foliage also 

 is decorative, similar to the Acacia. 

 Greenhouse perennial except in the 

 south, where it is hardy. Packet, 12 

 seeds, 5c. 



CALLIOPSIS 



Dwarf Calliopsis, Beauty. A gem for 



pots, bearing a mass of golden yellow 

 flowers, with dark crimson centers. 

 Packet, 150 seeds, 5c. 



Dwarf Calliopsis, Mixed. Splendid 

 sorts, including crimson and gold 

 "Beauty" (see cut), and other hybrids 

 in great variety. Plants 6 to 8 inches, 

 splendid for edging. Packet, 200 seeds, 

 for 5c. 



Calliopsis, Special Tall Mixed. Both 



single and double sorts, including the 

 visual bronze-red and gold shades. If 

 not allowed to seed, they will bloom 

 the entire season. 18 inches. Packet, 

 300 seeds, 5c. 



Dwarf Calleopsis Beauty 



