18 Flower Seeds 
HOSEA WATERER, Philadelphia 
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ARTEMISIA 
Sacrorum viride (Summer Fir). A new ornamental foliage Pkt. 
plant from China, with pyramidal bushes 3 to 5 feet high. 
May be grown in groups and borders; also pretty as a pot 
plant. Foliage fine and of a rich dark green. Plants culti¬ 
vated in the open ground may be successfully planted in pots 
without any interruption of their growth . Large pkt. 40 cts.. . $0 
ASCLEPIAS . Butterfly Weed 
Tuberosa. One of the most showy of our native perennials, 
producing, from July until frost, compact umbels of brilliant 
orange flowers with purplish stems and hairy leaves. 2 feet. 
Large pkt. 40 cts. .. 
ASPARAGUS 
Plumosus nanus. An excellent plant for house or conser¬ 
vatory decoration or cutting, on account of its graceful, 
finely cut foliage; will remain fresh a long time after being 
cut .100 seeds, $1. . 
Sprengeri. One of the best plants to grow in hanging-baskets 
or window-boxes for the greenhouse in winter or for outdoors 
in summer.100 seeds, 50 cts... 
ASPERULA 
Azurea (A. setosa). A splendid annual, growing about 9 
inches high and covered throughout the summer with light 
lavender-blue, fragrant flowers; excellent for cutting . 
Large pkt. 25 cts... 
Odorata (Sweet Woodruff). Pretty, hardy plant thriving in 
partial shade; flowers white. The leaves and flowers, when 
dried, have an odor like new-mown hay, and when laid among 
clothes, perfumes them and keeps away insects. 1 foot-. 
Large pkt. 25 cts... 
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AUBRIETIA 
One of the daintiest and most beautiful of all dwarf, creeping 
plants for carpeting beds or rockeries, forming brilliant sheets of 
blue, crimson, or rose for many weeks. Massed on rockeries or. in 
borders, with white arabis and yellow alyssum, it forms a charming 
contrast. A gem for planting in crevices of rocks or wall, forming a 
cataract of color. Pkt. Large pkt. 
Deltoidea Bougainvillei. Flowers are dark blue.$0 15 $0 40 
Deltoidea graeca. Light blue; dwarf; floriferous . 15 
Deltoidea Leichtlini. Large, deep rosy purple flowers. 15 
Violet Queen. Deep violet. ■■■ 25 
Large-flowered Hybrids, Mixed. A wonderfully fine 
strain, producing a good range of colors, from deep 
purple, blue and lavender to blush-pink, rose, car¬ 
mine and crimson. 6 inches. 15 
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Aubrietia deltoidea 
BALSAM • Lady's Slipper 
Double Camellia-flowered 
These favorite half-hardy annuals are of the easiest culture, but 
love hot sun, rich soil and plenty of water. The young plants are 
quick, sure growers and, from seed sown in the open ground in may, 
soon form handsome bushes 
1 Yi feet high, thickly massed 
with large, rose-like flowers. 
Transplanting two or three 
times has a tendency to dwarf 
the plants into better shape 
and to make the flowers more 
double. Balsams are not 
often given room for perfect 
development; they will easily 
cover 1 to 1^ feet of space 
each way. We offer only the 
finest double sorts. 
Light Yellow. Pkt. 10 cts.; 
large pkt. 25 cts. 
Pure Scarlet. Pkt. 10 cts.; 
large pkt. 25 cts. 
Violet. Pkt. 10 cts.; large 
pkt. 25 cts. 
White Perfection (Alba Per- 
fecta). Pkt. 10 cts.; large 
pkt. 25 cts. 
Crimson. Pkt. 10 cts.; 
large pkt. 25 cts. 
Salmon King. Rich salmon- 
pink. Pkt. 10 cts.; large 
pkt. 25 cts. 
Finest Mixed. Pkt. 10 cts.; 
34oz. 25 cts.; oz. 75 cts. 
COLLECTION: One pkt. 
each of above 6 colors 
50 cts. 
BALLOON VINE 
A rapid-growing annual 
climber that succeeds best in 
light soil and warm situations. 
Flowers white; seed-vessels 
look like miniature balloons. Pkt. 10 cts.; oz. 25 cts. 
Double-flowered Balsam 
BAPTISIA • False Indigo 
Australis. A strong-growing perennial plant about 2 feet high, Pkt. 
with dark green, deeply cut foliage and spikes of dark blue, 
pea-shaped flowers in June and July.Large pkt. 25 cts.. .$0 10 
BARTONIA 
Aurea. A free-blooming and showy hardy annual with large 
yellow flowers. It is certain to please those who have not yet 
grown it and is worthy of much more extensive cultivation. 
\y 2 feet.^ oz - 25 cts -- ■ 
10 
BEGONIAS 
75 
Everblooming Bedding Varieties 
A continuous-flowering section of Begonias of the greatest value 
for bedding. The flowers are of brilliant colors and borne in great 
profusion from summer to autumn. They are especially desirable lor 
winter-flowering house plants. , „ „ , 
Gracilis Luminosa. Large, bright scarlet flowers.Pkt. Large pkt. 
Reddish brown foliage.• • • . 2 5 
Gracilis, Pink Profusion. Pure La France-rose-pink; 
dwarf, compact, and free-flowering.. .... ...• ■ • 25 
Gracilis, Prima Donna. Flowers are a brilliant clear 
pink, shading to carmine-rose. .......... 25 
Gracilis, White Pearl. Large, snowy white bloom. 
Green foliage. 2 5 
Semperflorens, Albert Martin. Very large, bright 
carmine flowers. Dark foliage.25 
Semperflorens, Dwarf Vernon. A fine sort for edging, 
etc., with rich red flowers and bronze foliage • • . ’ 5 
Semperflorens, Salmon Queen. A brilliant salmon- 
rose. Foliage dark green with reddish hue.. -45 
Semperflorens, Mixed. Dwarf, compact, very tree- 
blooming. Elegant for bedding. 15 
REX BEGONIA 
Handsome foliage plants for the conservatory showing a great 
diversity in form as well as in coloring of leaves. Pkt. /-> cts. 
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