BEAN. 
SCARLET RUNNER. 
A Favorite Old-Fashioned Climber. 
One of the very few beans that are both ornamental and use- 
ful. It grows rapidly to a height of 10 to 12 feet, and is 
covered from July until heavy frost with clusters of 
beautiful scarlet flowers. 
Pht, 12 seeds, 5 cts.; pt., 20 cts.; qt. f 30 cts. 
Balsam Apple. 
A beautiful climbing plant with apple-shaped fruit, 
which, if preserved in alcohol, make a most useful 
liniment. Pht., 25 seeds, 5 cts. 
Bear in mind August is the best month for 
starting your Perennials and a few of them are 
always an addition to your garden. 
Mt. Pleasant, Mich., Feb. 29, 1908. 
Miss C. H, Lippincott, 
Minneapolis, Minn. 
Dear Madam. 
I am sending for a small order of seeds so thought 
I would enclose a line to let you know how the 
seeds matured that I sentjor a year ago. The Ger- 
aniums grew splendidly. I have seven beautiful 
plants. The Pansies grew and blossomed profusely 
all summer. With the Fuchsia seeds it was the 
reverse. I was unable to get the seeds to grow. Am 
going to try again this year as 1 am very anxious 
to secure some seed specimens. 
Wishing you success, I am, 
Respectfully yours, Mrs. M. W. S. Townsend. 
Bachelor's Button 
Bachelor's Button, Double. 
It has been so perfected that fully 80 per 
cent of the flowers are double and semi- 
double; are also increased in size and pre- 
sent many bright colors and distinct mark- 
ing® Which have hitherto been unknown in 
this old-fashioned favorite 
flower. Pht., 75 seeds, 5 cts. 
Bird of Paradise, 
Poinciana Gillesi. 
The color of the flower is a 
golden yellow, measuring two 
and a half inches across, with 
shape as shown in illustration, 
and it is produced in very large 
trusses. The most beautiful 
part of the flower is the large 
pistils which are spread out in 
fan-like form, and are of bright 
crimson color. The foliage is 
also highly decorative, remind- 
ing one of a very delicate 
Acacia. If the seed is started 
early, it will produce blooms in 
great profusion the first year. 
Pht, 15 seeds, 8 cts. 
