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Begonia, Rex, mixed, (ornamental leaved varie¬ 
ties). Saved from the best hybrids; very 
choice.. 
‘ Tuberous Rooted varieties, mixed. These 
mixtures are the result of the most careful 
fecundation of all the most beautiful varieties. 
They include the loveliest shades of all colors, 
and the individual florets average from two 
to three inches in diameter. 
Single mixed. a 
Double 44 .s 
BElyVIDERE-fSuiniiier Cypress). 
An ornamental, cypress like plant with inconspicuous 
green flowers, nearly hidden by the foliage. It is well 
adapted for growing in cemeteries. Hardy annual. 
Belvidere, (Chctiopodium scoparium) . 5 
BIGNONIA— (Truinpet Vine), 
A well known and much admired hardy, deciduous 
climber, perhaps the most showy of all the flowering 
climbers. The brilliant scarlet, trumpet shaped flowers 
almost cover the vine. One of the best climbers for 
covering a wall, side of house or veranda. Sow in au¬ 
tumn or early in spring. Hardy perennial; thirty feet 
high. 
Bignonia, radicans..io 
HOCCONIAc 
Magnificent, stately, half-hardy, evergreen shrubs, 
with ornamental foliage; well adapted for lawns, either 
single or in groups. They will require some protection 
through the winter, by straw or mulch. Easily culti¬ 
vated in loamy soil, and increased from seed, and cut¬ 
tings in sand, in gentle heat, under glass. 
Bocconia, Japonica, from Japan; quite hardy; from 
four to six feet high; splendid foliage, and 
clusters of pure white flowers; one of the 
finest.io 
BRACHYCOME-(Swan River 
Daisy)* 
A dwarf growing plant flowering the greater part of 
the season. Very effective in edgings, beds, or rustic 
baskets. Requires light, rich soil. Half-hardy annual; 
one-half foot high. Flowers blue and white. 
Brachycome, mixed. io 
IIRI^A—(Ornamental Grass). 
Very useful ornamental grass, much sought for in form¬ 
ing winter bouquets and wreaths; one foot high. 
Bhowalua, Elata. 
Briza, maxima, large; attractive 
“ gracilis, slender; dwarf. 
BROWAUIA. 
These handsome, profuse blooming plants are now 
used nearly as freely as Coleus. They are covered with 
pretty blue and white blossoms throughout the whole 
summer. Sow in hot-bed and transplant to border in 
June, one foot apart. The plants are quite minute when 
they first come up, and should be protected from the hot 
sun, or they will be destroyed. Half-hardy annual; one 
and a half feet high. 
Browallia, Roezli, this variety makes a compact 
plant eighteen inches high, and produces 
pure white and blue flowers of twice the size 
of the older sorts . .. 
44 elata, fine mixed.. 1Q 
BRYONOPSIS. 
An ornamental climber of the gourd family, bearing 
green fruits, which change in color as the season ad- 
Bryonopsis. 
vances, to bright scarlet striped with white. Very 
handsome, and of rapid growth. Tender annual. 
Bryonopsis, laciniosa erythrocarpa, ten feet_ 5 
CACAEIA. — (See Tassel Flower). 
CAEANDRIMA. 
Fine dwarf plants for growing in masses. They pro¬ 
duce an abundance of blossoms. They are well suited 
for edgings, rockeries, and clumps. 7 *he seed should 
be sown in hot-beds, early in spring, and planted out in 
June, in rich, sandy loam, in masses. Tender annual, 
but perennial if protected in winter; one-half to one 
foot high. 
Calandrinia, grandiflora, rosy lilac . . 5 
“ umbellata, crimson . c 
CAI.AMPEUS. 
A beautiful, tender climber from Chili, with delicate 
foliage, and bright orange blossoms in racemes, freely 
produced late in the season. The plants should be 
started early in hot-bed, and potted when five leaves 
have formed, and planted out in June. Tender peren¬ 
nial; fifteen feet high. 
Calampelis, ( Eccremocarpus ) scaber. 1Q 
