New Floral Guide — Autumn, IQ04. 



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NEW FLOWERING BEGONIAS 



>£TUAL BLOOMING I \ GRACILIS 



NEW FLOWERING BEGONIA, GRACILIS— 



A very lovely variety ; makes handsome, graceful 

 plants, covered all over with beautiful, waxy, rose- 

 tinted flowers; constant bloomer, 10 cts. 



MARJORTE DAW— Pale rose pink flowers in beau- 

 tiful clusters with pretty foliage and bright red 

 stems. 10 cts. 



KA5IOSA PICTA— A most charming house Begonia 

 of neat compact growth; long, narrow, heart-shaped 

 leaves, fine olive green, rich and velvety and spotted 

 all over with shining silvery spots; under side of 

 leaves rich carmine red. 10 cts. each. 



METAL. LIC A YELUTINA— Very distinct and dif- 

 ferent from all others; foliage very dark, rich and 

 velvety bronze; green above, under side reddisti 

 brown; a beautiful pot plant. 10 cts. 



C03IPTA — A charming sort with delicate green fol?-> 

 age, veined with silvery lines; under side of leaves 

 red; small white flowers in large clusters. 10 cts. 



SANDEKSONII— A beautiful variety; fine coral red; 

 heart-shaped buds, constant bloomer. 10 cts. each. 



PURITY — A most lovely white flowering Begonia, 

 bearing great masses of waxy white flowers both 

 Summer and Winter, makes a dwarf compact plant 

 excellent both for bedding out and pot culture. 10 cts. 



PREST. GAULIN— Leaves bronze green, shaded 

 red on under side, pretty pinkish white flowers in 

 large clusters; constant bloomer. 10 cts. 



ALBA PERFECTA GRAND— Constant bloomer, 

 beautiful white flowers in 'arge clusters, dark glossy 

 green leaves. 10 cts. each, postpaid. 



Qr\Pr*io1 Hffpr Any 3 kinds for 25c; set 

 U11C1 of 9 for G3r., postpaid. 



Rex or Painted Leaf Begonias 



SPECULATA— A fine plant, with leaves like a grape leaf. They 

 are bright green in color with a background of chocolate; the 

 vein's are of a light pea-green and the whole leaf spotted with 

 silver. 15 cts. 



ROI FERD MAJOR— Splendid, large, silvery leaves with dark 



starry centre; edged with rosy bronze. 15 cts. 

 MAGNIFICA — A magnificent variety; soft, velvety green, zoned 



with silver and bronze; very handsome and striking. 15 cts. 



SPECIAL OFFER I^X,^"' BfSimlas 



OLEANDERS 



postpaid 



The Oleanders are fine hard-wooded 

 house plants, very popularand highly 

 valued for their splendid flowers, 

 which are as large and double as good sized roses and exceedingly 

 fragrant and beautiful. They are strong, hardy growers, with 

 bright glossy green foliage; can be kept in a pot or tub all the year 

 round — set out in the Summer and taken to the cellar over Winter; 

 require very little care and grow larger and finer every year. 

 Whlte-Spendid large snow-white blossoms very double and sweet. 

 Pink — Large blossoms, fine rosy pink, very beautiful. 

 Yellow — Large flowers, very sweet and handsome. 

 Price, 25c. each; the THREE varieties for 65c, postpaid. 



ACALYPHA BIC0L0R C0MPACTA 



REX BEGONIA 



Acalypha Bicolor Com pacta 



Entirely new and highly recommended as a first-class 

 foliage plant for house culture and summer bedding ; large 

 oval leaves, beautifully variegated with bright yellow, white 

 and green. 10 cts., larger sizes, 15 and 20 cts. each, postpaid. 



ACALYPHA SANDERLT or COMET PLANT— This curious plant 

 grows 10 to 12 inches high, blooms quickly and abundantly, and the long 

 flower tassels grow as long as the plant is high; they are covered all over 

 with fine crimson flowers, looking almost exactly as if made of crimson 

 chenille or silken plush. The plant likes heat and moisture and good 

 rich soil, but grows easily and blooms all the time. 15, 20 and 25 cts. 

 each, postpaid. 



JASMTNE FLORIDA. (Cape Jasmine)— A half hardy greenhouse 

 shrub, highly valued for its pure white rose-shaped flowers of delicious 

 sweetness. Its glossy evergreen foliage makes it a very pretty decora- 

 tive plant, even when not in bloom. 15 cts. 



