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BOCCONIA. 



(Plume Poppy, or Tree-Celandine.) 



PER PKT. 



1611 Cordata. Effective, hardy perennial, 

 for single specimens or groups on 

 lawns. Foliage glaucous green, bears 

 freely spikes 2 to 3 feet long of cream- 

 colored flowers; 5 ft. | oz., 15 cts. 5 



BOI/TONIA. 



(B"alse Chamomile.) 

 One of the showiest of our native hardy per- 

 ennials, growing 4 to 6 feet high, with daisy- 

 like flowers in countless thousands from July 

 to September; very effective. 



1615 Asteroides. White 10 



1616 Latisquama. Pink tinged with 

 Bryonopsis. lilac 10 



BROWALLIA (Amethyst). 



One of our favorite profuse-blooming bedding plants, covered with rich, 

 beautiful winged flowers during the summer and autumn months, supplying a 

 shade of intense blue very uncommon; grows 

 freely in any rich soil; blooms finely in the 

 winter if the plants are lifted in autumn and 

 cut back. 



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?i35s 



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1637 



1635 



1640 



Speciosa flajor. A 



beautiful flowering variety 

 of the most brilliant ultra- 

 marine blue, a rare color; 

 does finely outside in the 

 border, or in hanging-bask- 

 ets or vases, but is especi- 

 ally valuable as a pot plant 

 for winter and early spring 



flowering 15 



Elata Coerulea. Large 

 sky-blue flowers with a 

 white centre; 18 inches. . 5 

 Mixed. All the Elata 

 varieties 5 



BRYONOPSIS. 



1641 Laciniosa. A beautiful 

 annual climber of the gourd 

 species, with ivy-like pale 

 green foliage and showy 

 fruit, first green striped 

 white, turning when ripe 

 to bright scarlet striped 

 white; 10 feet. (See cut.) 



Browallia Sphciosa Major 



Brachycome. 



BRACHYCODIE. 



(Swan River Daisy.) per pkt. 



1620 Free - flowering, dwarf- growing 

 annuals, covered during the 

 greater part of the sum- 

 mer with a profusion of 

 pretty blue or white flow- 

 ers; suitable for edgings, 

 small beds or pot culture; 

 9 inches. J oz., 25 cts. 5 



BEEI.IS (English Daisy). 



A favorite perennial plant which 

 will stand the winter if given the 

 protection of a few leaves or litter; 

 in bloom from early spring until 

 well on in the summer. The seed 

 we offer is saved from the finest 

 double varieties; easily raised from 

 seed; usually sown in July or Au- 

 gust; but can be sown in spring, and 

 for best results should be sown each 

 year; 4 inches. (See cut.) 



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^oH^-cC'-— rsr- 1591 Longfellow. Large dou- 

 Bellis Perennis — Double Daisy. ble pink flowers 10 



1592 Giant Red. Beautiful and densely dou61e flowers; 1J to 2 inches in diameter, in 

 different fine red tints 10 



1593 Snowball. A large and very double pure white Daisy. The flowers are borne on 

 long stems, and are excellent for cutting 10 



Giant Rose. A superb variety, producing but 12 to 15 flowers to the 

 plant, but these are of extraordinary size; of a beautiful bright rose 25 



The Bride. A magnificent, very double, free-flowering, pure white, 

 bearing its large flowers on extra long stems, making it of excep- 

 tional value for cutting. 2 pkts., 25 cts 15 



1600 Double Mixed. All colors; of the finest quality. 1-16 oz., 40c. 10 



CALCEOLARIA. 



An ornamental plant, producing a mass of beautiful pocket-like flowers 

 early in the spring, and a universal favorite for decorating the greenhouse 

 or conservatory. Our strains have been grown especially for us, and can 

 be relied upon to produce nothing but flowers of the largest size and most 

 brilliant coloring. 

 1671 Hybrida Grandif lora, Mixed. Large-flowering, beautiful, rich, 



self-colored flowers; saved from a choice collection; 20 inches. . . 25 



1672 Tigrina. Large-flowering, tigered and spotted flowers; 



the very finest mixture of the most brilliant colors. 20 inches. . 35 



1673 Pumila Compacta. Of dwarf, compact, robust growth, 



producing immense trusses of large and varied, brilliant self- 

 colored and spotted flowers; 1 foot 35 



The Collections of Old-fashioned and Summer-flowering Annuals offered on page 63 always do welt 



