NORTHERN GROWN SEEDS AND PLANTS. 
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Gem Collection 
HESE are without question the finest balsams yet offered to the pubHc. 
Our seed is saved from the choicest blossoming plants, grown under 
our own supervision; we can therefore recommend them to our 
patrons as being the finest strain in cultivation. The following varieties we 
have selected out of many others, as the most desirable to offer, and that will 
give the greatest satisfaction : 
1. Solferin®, White, Striped and Spotted, Bed. 
2. Pure Crimson, Shading- into Carmine. 
3. May's Snow ttueen. Pure White. 
4. White Reflecting Lilac, very beautifully tinted. 
5. Pure Scarlet, best in cultivation. 
6. White and Scarlet, beautifully marked. 
7. Scarlet, Spotted, Striped, and very fine. 
8. Rose, Spotted, supbrbly marked, 
a Violet, Spotted, very large andi beautiful. 
Excelsior, White, Striped, Red and Purple, beautiful. 
Per pkt., separate colors, 16c. Entire collection, ten varieties, for $1, 
All these colors mixed, per pkt. 10c. 
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May's Excelsior. — This is a tuberous rooted begonia of exceptional interest- 
The flowers are scarlet striped white, shading off into a beautiful hazy carmine. The 
foliage is magnificent in its superb coloring, having all the shades of green to be met 
with in this beautiful foliage plant. Our new begonia is verj' compact, and therefore 
makes a fine pot plant; it is very easily raised from seed, and with proper care and 
attention to directions given for begonia culture, success is certain, and a charming 
result ensues. Price, per pkt., 36c.; 4 pkts., $1. 
