! HENETA mm -PHILADELPHIA^- W RELIABLE FLOWER SEEDS 



BALLOON VINE (Love-in-a-puff), 



PER PKT. 



1525 A rapid-growing annual climber; succeeds best in light soil and 

 warm situation; flowers white; seed vessels look like miniature bal- 

 loons and of great interest to children. (See cut.) Per oz., 25 cts. 5 



Double Camellia-flowered Balsams. 



(Lady Slipper. i 



An eld and favorite garden flower,- producing its gorgeous masses of 

 beautiful brilliant-colored double flowers in the greatest profusion; of 

 easy culture; succeeds in a good rich soil; tender annuals; 2 feet. Start 

 the seed indoors in April or sow out-of-doors in May. To grow fine 

 specimens they should not be closer than 18 inches apart. (See cut. ) 



1532 Prince Bismarck. Rich salmon-pink flowers; very double; of 

 finest camellia-flowered type , 10 



1534 Scarlet. Brilliant fiery scarlet 5 



1533 Light Yellow 5 



1535 Solferino. Striped and spotted white, lilac and scarlec 5 



1536 Violet. Very rich 5 



1537 White Perfection {Alba Perfedd). Very double, immense 

 solid, round flowers 10 



1540 Double Camellia-flowered. Finest mixed. \ oz., 25 cts ■"> 



153S Collection of the 6 colors offered above 30 



BAPTISI A (False Indigo). 



1541 Australia. A beautiful hardy perennial herbaceous plant, pro- 

 ducing pea-shaped flowers on spikes 6 inches long. Bright blue; 



2h feet. ± oz. , 15 cts 5 



BARTONIA ! Golden Bartonia). 



1551 Aurea. Producing showy | golden-yellow flowers above its gray 



and downy thistle-like foliage, which is exceedingly brilliant in the 



sunshine. Sow it where it is to remain, as it 



does not bear transplanting; annual; 2 feet. 



\ oz., 15 cts 5 





Balloon Vine. 



Double Camellia-flowered Balsam. 



BEGONIAS. 



Everblooming Bedding Varieties. 



The following are varieties of Begonia Sem- 

 perflorens, and take rank as bedding plants 

 with geraniums and coleus, doing equally well 

 in full sunlight, and surpassing both in positions 

 partially or wholly in shade. They are of sturdy 

 growth, growing about 1 foot high and forming 

 dense bushes, which, from May until frost, are 

 completely hidden with flowers. As pot plants 

 for winter-flowering they are superb, remaining a 

 sheet of bloom throughout the entire year. 



Easily raised from seed, which should be started either indoors or in a hotbed. 

 (See cut. ) per pkt. 



1565 Gracilis. A very pretty half-dwarf variety, 8 to 10 inches high, 



densely covered with handsome flowers of a delicate rose color .... 15 

 1571 Vernon. Bright orange carmine flowers, deep red foliage 10 



1573 Vernon Qrandiflora. A large -flowering form of the above, with 

 which it is identical ingrowth, floriferousness and color. The flower 



is nearly twice the size of the type 15 



1574 Semperflorens, Double Mixed. Many double-flowering varie- 

 ties have been introduced in the l"*st few years. The seed here offered 

 has been saved from one of the best collections in Europe 25 



1580 Semperflorens, Single Mixed. This mixture contains all the 

 best varieties, ranging in color from pure white to the deepest crim- 

 son; splendid 10 



TUBEROUS-ROOTED BEGONIAS. 



Plants ofgre.it value for summer decoration or window gardening, blooming 

 the first season from seed, if sown in February or March, in a temperature of 

 60 degrees. To secure the best of results they should be planted out as soon 

 as the ground becomes warm. I hey are covered the whole summer with 

 bright and elegant flowers. 



1567 Frilled. This strain is unquestionably tin- finest of the tuberous-rooted 

 section. The flowers arc <>i large -i/r, from 4 to 6 inches in diameter, 



with beautifully frilled and wavy petals, not unlike t lie finest single 



Petunias . • 25 



1570 Single. Extra choice mixed 25 



1568 Double. Extra choice mixed 25 



ORNAMENTAL-LEAVED 

 BEGONIA. 



1566 Rex Hybrids. Beautiful varieties, 

 with handsome variegated foliage. 

 Choice mixed 25 



Ill i. MAM Hi KFI oio N . 



Tubers and Plants of the various Begonias are offered under Garden and Greenhouse Plants. 



