2113 Beautiful Begonias 
Shumway’s 
Supreme Mixture 
“House Culture” 
A splendid type of 
plants suited for bed- 
ding, borders, pots, and 
boxes. Blooms profuse- 
ly and continuously right 
up to frost. Besides 
their use for the garden, 
they are splendid as pot- 1 m m 
plants to bloom indoors 
during winter. * 
This Special Mixture }]”; 
includes white, pink, and 
red varieties with both fT 
light green and bronze ■£= 
foliage. Pkt., 25 cts. 
2109 Bartonia 
Annual Gold Blazing; Star 
Aurea. Large, showy, glistening 
deep orange-yellow blooms en¬ 
hanced by conspicuous, large, 
thread-like stamens in the center. 
The flowers are 2 V 2 in. across and 
are carried on plants 18 in. tall. 
Blooms profusely all summer long. 
Pkt., 7 cts.; % »*., 25 cts. 
2110 Boltonia 
(False Chamomile) 
Asteroides. Hardy perennial. 4 
to 6 ft. Blooms July to October. 
■Thousands of whit e, aster-like 
flowers on long stems, with long 
grayish leaves. Makes a fine show 
in large perennial borders. Excel¬ 
lent as cut flowers. Pkt., 12 cts. 
2108 Balsam or Lady Slipper 
Shumway’s invincible mixed. Camellia 
Flowered. Hardy annual. 18 inches. An 
old garden favorite producing a mass of 
beautiful, brilliant colored, double flowers, 
nestling closely around a stiff stalk. Pre¬ 
fers a rich soil and plenty of moisture and 
sunlight, but will grow in partial shade. 
The plants develop rapidly and will stand 
transplanting when of good size. Allow 
12 to 18 inches between plants. My mix¬ 
ture contains the entire range of gorgeous 
colors. Pkt., 7 cts.; % oz., 15 cts.; % oz., 
25 cts.; oz., 40 cts. 
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BRACHYCOME IM 
Swan River Daisy 
3111 
Iberidifolia, Choicest - 
Mixed. Daisy-like blooms in 
many colors on compact plants 
growing about a foot tall. 
Blooms profusely throughout 
the summer. Pkt., 7 cts.; % oz., 
40 cts. 
2106 Briza (Annual) 
Maxima (Quaking; Grass). 12 in. 
Valuable for winter bouquets and 
wreaths. The seed clusters are 
heart-shaped and seem almost con¬ 
stantly in motion. Pkt., S cts. 
2107 Balloon Vine 
< Annual Climber.) 
Love in a Puff □ = A 
clean, free - growing 
vine reaching 10 to 
15 feet, bearing deli¬ 
cate clusters of bloom and 
numbers of large, round, 
inflated seed-pods resem¬ 
bling miniature balloons. 
The effect is odd and 
curious. Pkt., 7 cts.; 
oz., 25 cts. 
Good 
Seed 
Cheap 
2 ii 4 Balsam Apple 
or Momordica 
Annual Climber— A rapid grow¬ 
ing vine bearing large bright col¬ 
ored fruits known as Balsam Apple 
and Balsam Pear. Foliage orna¬ 
mental, and fruits are golden yel¬ 
low, opening when ripe, showing a 
bright carmine center. A fine vine 
for trailing over stumps, rockeries, 
etc. Pkt., 8 cts.; ^4 oz., IS cts. 
2132 
Canary Bird Flower 
(Annual Climber). The 
popular name given this 
pretty annual alludes to its 
supposed resemblance to 
birds with wings expanded. 
Valuable trailer and climb¬ 
ing vine, and they bloom 
all the summer and fall. 
It grows well in any warm 
sunny situation. Easily 
trained to run in any direc¬ 
tion you desire it. Pkt., 5 
cts.; y a oz., 20 cts. 
2112 Bird of Paradise 
House culture. The blossoms are of a 
rich golden yellow, about 2% inches in di¬ 
ameter, produced in large trusses, the most 
striking feature being the long, incurving 
stamens and pistils of a beautiful bright 
crimson color. If the seed is started early 
it will produce blooms in great profusion 
the first year. Pkt., 10 cts. 
2105 Burning Bush or Kochia 
( Annual) 
I'. 'I I 1'! • • -I 
to form a perfect hedge, an excellent substi¬ 
tute for boxwood to edge beds. In early 
autumn the whole bush becomes carmine or 
blood-red. Flowers small and numerous, but 
not conspicuous. Pkt., <i cts.; oz., 25 cts. 
2119 Calliopsis 
(Annual). Shumway’s Supreme 
Single mixture. The calliopsis is 
very hardy, and will thrive any¬ 
where. It makes a quick growth 
and produces beautiful foliage. 
It is one of our brightest and 
best summer bloomers. Gold 
and maroon of the most bril¬ 
liant hues are the prevailing 
colors. Excellent for cutting 
and massing. Pkt., 5 cts.; % oz., 
25 cts.. 
2104 Beans, Scarlet Runner 
Annual climber. A favorite 
old-fashioned climber. One of 
the very few beans that are 
both ornamental and useful. 
It grows to a height of 10 to 
12 feet, and is covered from 
July until heavy frost with 
clusters of beautiful scarlet 
flowers. Pkt., 7 cts.; oz., 12 
els.; J/t lb., 20 cts. 
2118 Calceolaria 
(Poucli Flower). (House culture.) A most in¬ 
teresting and beautiful pot-plant for the house. 
Some of the flowers are beautifully spotted and 
tigered, others are self-colored in yellow or red. 
They are greatly admired. Hybrida Grandiflora, 
finest mixed. Pkt., 2t> cts. 
Trnr Orastium It 
. 'erennial). Toinen- 
tosum (Snow in Summer). 4 in. A 
low, creeping plant with the upper 
surface of the leaves light in color 
and woolly: it bears a profusion of 
pretty white flowers. June and July. 
I*kt., 10 cts. 
