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D. M, PERRY & CO., DETROIT, MICH. 



Auriculae 



Called also Primula Auricula and French 

 Cowslip. This is an old and well known 

 favorite. It thrives best in a moist soil 

 and cool atmosphere. Tender perennial; 



——^^—^^-^^—~— height six inches. 



Alpine, the most hardy variety pfct 15cts 



Finest Prize, mixture of all the choicest varieties 



Balloon Vine. 



BACHELOR'S BUTTON— (S^ee Centaured). 



ALLOON 

 VINE 



(Cardiospermum 



halicacabum). 



Remarkable for its inflated 

 membranous capsules con- 

 taining the seed. It is some- 

 times called "Love-in-a- 

 Puff," and is a rapid and 

 graceful climber. Flowers 

 white. Tender annual; six 

 feet high Pkt. 5cts 



SOcts 



BALSAM 



Known as Lady Slipper and Touch-Me-Not. Balsams have been 

 so much improved by cultivation that with good seed and proper 

 care a single flower is the exception, each blossom being fully as 

 double as a rose. The colors range from white to dark purple and are 

 either self colored or spotted and striped. Balsams are tender and 

 should be started in boxes indoors or m the open ground when dan- 

 ger of frost is past. The seeds are large and germinate quickly. 

 The plants prefer a rich, moist or even wet sandy loam and must 

 not suffer for moisture. Better results are obtained when only a 

 few main branches are allowed to grow, all the secondary and weak 

 ones being pinched out. Well grown plants should stand two feet 

 apart each way. Hardy annual, one to two feet high. 

 Double Solferino, satiny white, streaked and spotted with 



crimson and lilac. Very choice Pkt. Sets 



Double Camellia, extra fine mixed, as double as a Camellia, 



which it resembles; white, blotched with various colors. . " Sets 

 Double Pure White.welladaptedfor florists, for bouquets; 



very double " lOcts 



Double Dark Red, (Atrosanguinea plenissima), a very 



double, dark red variety " lOcts 



Mixed Double Rose, has perfectly double, rose like blos- 

 soms of almost every shade and color " 5cts 



Mixed Double Dwarf, about one foot high " 5cts 



Mixed Double Tall, about tivo feet high " 5ct8 



Balsam, Double Camellia. 



Bartonia Aurea Vnt''oKhe°a^SI 



family, producing a profusion of fine, bright metallic 

 yellow blossoms about two inches across, and fragrant 

 in the evening. Tender annual; one foot high.. Pkt. 5 c 



oniaL 



Begonia, Single, 



Some of the newer forms of begonias are among the most 

 brilliantly beautiful of flowering plants. Witb care they can be 

 grown from seed which should be sown in February or March in 

 pots on a smooth surface of fine soil, without apy covering of 

 earth but 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 withholding water, the tubers kept in 

 a dry place, free from frost, and planted the following spring, 

 when they will bloom more freely than ever. 



TUBEROUS-ROOTED BEGONIAS. 



Single Mixed .Pkt. 35ct8 



Double Mixed " 36cts 



Robusta Perfecta.of robust,compact habit, dark green 

 foliage and brilliant, double cinnabar scarlet flowers " 25 cts 



FIBROUS-ROOTED BEGONIAS. 



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

 for its ornamental foliage, while the other kinds are among the 

 very best for flowering in the house, or in partly shaded loca- 

 tions outdoors. 



Vernon (semperflorens atropurpurea). Flowers brilliant, rich 

 red, and are set off perfectly by the abundant, glossy green 

 leaves which are broadly margined with bronze and purple. 

 Extremely hardy and floriferous; the best of the semperflo- 

 rens class Pkt. 15cts 



Semperflorens alba. A 'very useful variety, well adapted for 

 home or outdoor culture. Plants are of compact, dwarf 

 habit, and are, under proper treatment, almost continuous 

 bloomers. Easily grown; flowers pure white Pkt. 15cts 



Semperflorens rosea, like the above except flowers 

 are rose colored " 15cts 



