BEGONIA REX. 
Beautiful foliage, justly celebrated as the finest of ornamental 
pot plants, superb large leaves, of exquisite and rich coloring. 
Pkt., 50 seeds, 10 cts. 
BEGONIA. —Tuberous rooted, single mixed. Seed saved from 
finest colors. Pkt., 100 seeds, 8 cts. 
BEGONIA.— Tuberous rooted, double mixed, from the finest 
and best colors. Pkt., 50 seeds, 10 cts. 
BEGONIA VERNON. 
One of the most satisfactory pot plants for the house; and a 
popular bedding plant for the garden or lawn. It blooms with 
the greatest profusion throughout the summer. Flowers a bril- 
liant orange carmine with bright yellow centers, and the foliage 
waxy and glossy. It is easily raised from seed, and comes abso- 
lutely true. Valuable for bedding and general culture. Pkt., 
100 seeds, 4 cts. 
CHINESE LANTERN PLANT. 
(Physalis Franchetti). 
The plant produces numerous, large, inflated husks, much the 
shape of Chineso lanterns, at first a beautiful green color, chang- 
ing to a yellowish hue aud then to brightest scarlet, and as they 
hang suspended among the green foliage they present a most novel 
and strikingly beautiful appearance. Branches cut and dried re- 
tain their rich and brilliant color, andmakomost beautiful winter 
bouquets when use-l with dried grasses or leaves. The plant 
grows from one and one-half to two feet in height. Treated like 
a Tomato it grows and fruits freely from seed the first season, yet 
the plants are perennial and may be wintered in the collar or 
grown in pots as a window plant. Pkt., 30 seeds, 6 cts. 
