ACHILLEA Ptarmica, The 
Pearl. Hardy Perennial. 
The plant grows about 2 
feet high and from spring 
until frost it is covered 
with heads of pure white, 
double flowers. It is 
very easily grown from 
seed and blooms the 
first season if sown 
early. Pkt. 20 cts.; 3 
pkts. 50 cts.; Koz. 
$i. 75 . 
Millefolium roseum. 
The illustration shows 
the pink or red flowers. 
Plants grow about 18, 
inches high and bloom in 
June and July. Pkt. 15 
cts.; 2 pkts. 25 cts.; Koz. 
SO cts.; Koz. 95 cts. 
ANCHUSA myosotidiflora. 
Perennial. As the illus¬ 
tration shows, it is a very 
beautiful little blue flower 
resembling the much¬ 
loved forget-me-not. The 
plants are dwarf, 12 to 18 
inches high. Its big, 
Achillea millefolium roseum heart-shaped, dark green 
leaves make a veritable 
carpet of green under the pretty blue flowers. It is of exceptional value as a 
flower to grow in shady places, as under trees or by the house and in half¬ 
dry soil. It makes a fine ground-cover plant as the foliage remains rich green 
throughout the entire spring and summer. Blooms during April, May, and 
in some localities, June. Pkt. 30 cts.; 2 pkts. 50 cts.; Koz- $4; Koz. $7.50. 
ARGEMONE (Mexican or Prickly Poppy). Annual. 3 feet high. Pale green, spiny Balsam, Camellia-flowered 
foliage with silver midrib. Flowers 3 inches across, of very satiny texture. 
Platyceras roseus. Rich ruby-rose color. Pkt. 10 cts.; Koz. 25 cts.; 
y oz. 45 cts. 
Hybrida grandiflora, Mixed. Pkt. 10 cts.; Koz. 25 cts.; Koz. 45 cts. 
AMARANTHUS. Hardy Annual. (Ger. 5 to 10 days.) Very showy plants, 
3 to 5 feet high. The foliage is variegated; the upright plumes and pendant¬ 
like tassels are very interesting. The varieties are known as Love-Lies- 
Bleeding, Joseph’s Coat of Many Colors, Prince’s Feather, etc. 
All Varieties Mixed. Pkt. 5 cts.; yoz. 25 cts. 
BALSAM, Camellia-flowered (Lady’s Slipper). Rose color and all colors 
mixed. An old favorite Annual of every flower-garden. Easy to grow, 
blooms early and continually, making it an ideal flower for the garden. If 
the entire flower-stem is cut, it makes a fine vasing flower. Rose, Salmon 
King, White, Scarlet, Red and White Spotted and Mixed. Price of 
any, pkt. 5 cts.; yoz. 25 cts.; y oz. 45 cts.; oz. 75 cts. 
BLUE FLAX. See Linum. 
BRACHYCOME (Swan River Daisy). Annual. The plants grow xo inches 
high and are a mass of very pretty blue and white flowers throughout 
the summer. Fine for edging, for massing, pot-culture, and as a short- 
stem cut-flower. Pkt. 10 cts.; y oz. 40 cts.; y oz. 75 cts. 
BROWALLIA (Amethyst). Annual. Very beautiful in the garden where it 
blooms profusely from July until frost. Plants grow 1 y feet high and if 
lifted and potted in the fall and cut back, they will bloom indoors through¬ 
out the winter. Flowers 
are somewhat star¬ 
shaped. Blue, White, 
Mixed. Each, pkt. 5 
cts.; y oz. 30 cts.; yoz. 
60 cts. 
Anchusa myosotidiflora. An excellent perennial 
for shady places 
NEW CARNATIONS 
CHABAUD’S GIANT IMPROVED 
Our illustration shows their beauty. This is a new acquisition 
in Carnations. They excel any strain we have ever seen. Coming 
into flower in four to five months after planting the seed, they 
continue to bloom the remainder of the summer until frost. Plants 
are of robust, upright habit. They form ten to twenty stalks 
bearing huge flowers comparing witli the finest greenhouse-grown 
varieties. Highly scented. Yellow, Cardinal, Rose-Pink, 
White, Salmon-Rose. Also Schell’s Splendid Mixture. 
Each, pkt. 15 cts.; (1 pkt. of each of 5 colors 60 cts.); V 4 oz * 
$1; V 2 OZ. $1.75; oz. $3. (For other Carnations, see page 44.) 
BACHELOR’S BUTTON. See Centaurea Cyanus, Blue, page 47, 
and Globe Amaranth (Gomphrena), page 60. 
BALLOON VINE (Cardiospermum Halicacabum). Hardy Annual. A 
rapid-growing vine. Flowers are white. Grows 15 feet. Pkt. 5 cts.; 
Koz. 15 cts.; oz. 25 cts. 
BALSAM APPLE ( Momordica). Hardy Annual. A curious climbing vine; 
grows 10 feet from seed; the foliage is very ornamental, while the fruits 
are golden yellow, warted and, when ripe, open and show the seed in 
the brilliant carmine center. Pkt. 5 cts.; Koz. 25 cts. 
BALSAM PEAR. Same as the above except the fruits are long pear- 
shaped. These are used for medicinal purposes. Pkt. 5 cts.; Koz. 25 cts. 
Cardinal and 
White Carnations 
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