Springfield, Ohio 
Begonias, Geraniums 11 
GRACILIS LUMINOSA —(Red.) Strong and robust. The most free-flowering of all Begonias. 
The flowers, when first opening, are a bright cherry, changing to a clear coral-red. Its 
foliage is rich glossy green, often shaded deep bronze. 
HAACEANA— Large trusses of creamy white flowers, suffused with pink, the foliage bold 
and attractive, of a bronze-green above and reddish on the under side. 
McBETHII —Shrubby in growth, with very deeply indented leaves, which are fine and 
small. Very free flowering, being constant the year round. White flowers, waxy in tex¬ 
ture, carried in panicles. 
THURSTONI —The under side of the leaves is a rich purplish-red, the veinings very promi¬ 
nent, while the face or upper side is a bronzy-green, shaded with crimson and olive, 
with a peculiar glossy metallic luster over all. Flowers rosy-white, in large clusters well 
above the foliage. 
VENUS —A new and distinctly “different” Begonia. Its dark, glossy, bronze-green, deeply 
cut leaves combined with its free-flowering habit, make it one of the most attractive 
plants. Blooms the year around. 
TUBEROUS-ROOTED BEGONIA 
For Single and Double Varieties—Price 25c each, 6 for $1.25 
The Tuberous-rooted Begonia is the fashionable plant of the day, for in addition to very 
handsome foliage, it bears a never-ending profusion of the most ravishingly beautiful 
flowers the whole summer, and then with the coming of cold weather, very obligingly 
takes a nap until spring, asking no further care through the winter than to be packed In 
soil away from frost. The enormous size and intense brilliancy of the flowers astonish those 
who have never seen any but the ordinary house Begonia. The bulbs can be started from 
March to June and will be in full bloom. Must be kept from direct sunshine. 
SINClE —White, rose, scarlet. 
DOUBLE —White, salmon, rose, scarlet. 
UNNAMED REX BEGONIAS 
The broad leaves, high coloring and exquisite markings of Rex Begonias make them 
invaluable as decorative plants for house culture. Give them a soil composed of rich loam, 
woods earth and sharp sand. They require a warm, moist atmosphere and a shady situation. 
Do not allow the sun to strike the leaves while wet, and do not overwater. We can furnish 
REX BECONIAS in choice sorts at 25c each, 3 for 65c. 
GERANIUMS 
Are more popular than ever before. Plants offered are from 2Vi inch pots. 
The following single and double varieties, 15c each; 12 for $1.50. We have a 
large stock of the first four double varieties offered below, which for bedding we 
will ship by express at $8.00 per 100; 25 at 100 rate. 
DOUBLE FLOWERING GERANIUMS 
ALPHONSE RICARD —An excellent semidouble, a strong grower, dwarf and branching. 
Produces immense trusses of bloom; color, bright orange-red. 
BEAUTE POITEVINE —Semidouble. The color is a brilliant salmon, shading to apricot in the 
center; trusses colossal, florets 2'/4 inches in diameter. 
FIAT —Flowers very large, immense trusses on long, rigid stems; semidouble. Plant re¬ 
markably free bloomer; color rich salmon, shaded orange, edge of petals a brighter shade 
than the rest of the flower. 
IRVINGTON BEAUTY —The color a rosy salmon-pink of a branching habit. The best grower 
and bloomer we have ever seen. 
MRS. BUCKNER —A pure double white Geranium, as free-flowering as the single varieties. 
RADIO RED —A strong, vigorous grower, truss of the largest size and borne well above the 
foliage on very strong stalks; color is of the richest scarlet, one of the most profuse 
blooming bedders. 
IVY-LEAVED GERANIUMS 
A splendid class of Climbing or Trailing Geraniums. Adapted for baskets, vases, rock 
work and training on trellises. 20e each; 3 for 50c. 
ALLIANCE —Color is the most exquisite shade of delicate lilac-white; upper petals feath¬ 
ered and blotched crimson-rose; semidouble. 
CAESAR FRANCK —Enormous trusses of semidouble flowers; vividly crimson, with a slight 
dash of rose at the base of petals. 
SOUV. DE CHAS. TURNER —Florets large, in trusses well above the foliage; a deep, bright 
pink approaching scarlet, the upper petals feathered maroon. 
EVERBLOOMING PELARGONIUMS 
BETTER KNOWN AS LADY WASHINGTON CERANIUM 
Price, 20c each; 3 for 50c. (Plants from 214 -m. pots) 
SPRINGTIME —New Pelargonium offered for the first time, makes a wonderful pot plant 
for the house. Color white in center shading to a deep pearl-pink on outer edge. 
EASTER CREETINC —This is the earliest of all Pelargoniums. It blooms from March until 
fall. The florets are of a fiery amaranth-red with each petal marked with regular shaped 
spots of carbon brown or black in the center, the spots being bordered with scarlet 
penciled crimson. 
EDITH NORTH —This grand novelty is a sport of Easter Greeting, and is like it in every¬ 
thing but color, which is a rosy-pink. It is, if anything, even more free in bloom. 
PANSY CERANIUM 
MRS. LAYAL —(The genuine “Pansy Geranium.") Rounded, satiny, exquisitely marked and 
colored, this variety is truly Pansy-flowered. Its colors range from a large crimsoned 
chocolate center through pink to white at the edges. Price, 20c each; 3 for 50c. 
POINSETTIA CERANIUM (Karan Bunn) 
A recent novelty in the Geranium family. Clusters of small scarlet blooms shaped like 
poinsettias and borne above the foliage on stiff stems makes this a novelty well worth 
possessing. 20c each; 3 for 50c. 
SWEET SCENTED GERANIUMS 
NOTED FOR THEIR FRACRANT FOLIACE 
15c each; Set of 4 for 50c 
BALM —A Geranium with large leaves and with a very striking fragrance, large flowers, 
lilac color. 
CUT-LEAF ROSE —Needs no description. Indispensable in the formation of bouquets. Beau¬ 
tiful pink flowers borne in clusters. 
OAK-LEAVED CERANIUM —Pink flowering. Deep green, oak shaped leaves strongly walnut 
scented. Flowers bright pink. Well worth while. 
APPLE SCENTED CERANIUM —The old popular variety with round, deep green leaf. De¬ 
lightfully fragrant. 
Begonia Haageana 
Beefsteak Begonia (Feastii) 
Ceranium 
