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WM. ELLIOTT & SONS’ GENERAL CATALOGUE FOR 1897 
BEGONIA. 
A beautiful class of plants for the greenhouse, conservatory 
or parlor, producing brilliant colored flowers in great 
profusion, the effect of which is heightened in many of 
the varieties hy the beauty of their charming foliage. 
Succeed well in a moist, shady border, or in masses on 
lawns. Readily grown from seed. The tubers should 
be kept warm and dry during winter. 
1 Per Pkt. 
Begonia, Laing’s Gold Medal Hybrid. These tuberous 
Begonias have attained a world-wide reputation. 
Seed of this unrivaled collection procured direct. 
Single, choicest mixed. 50 
Double, choicest mixed.75 
- Sharfliana. New. Large, pure white flowers. Dis¬ 
tinct.25 
- Double Mixed. (Tuberous rooted.) Saved from the 
very finest hybrids. 25 
- Single Mixed. (Tuberous Hooted.) From finest single 
varieties.15 
- Rex. Ornamental leaved varieties, extra mixed.50 
- Vernon. This most remarkable variety, coming abso¬ 
lutely true from seed, is of unusual value for bedding, 
as it will stand our hot summer sun. From seeds 
sown in February it comes into flower in June and 
continues to make a most striking effect in beds or 
borders throughout the entire summer. The flowers 
are of an intensely brilliant deep red color , the foliage 
is very abundant, stiff, and glossy and of a fine green 
color, spotted and margined with bronze purple .10 
BOCCON! A. 
Stately evergreen shrubs, with ornamental foliage ; well 
adapted for lawns, either singly or in groups, they will 
require some protection through the winter, by straw 
or mulch. Easily cultivated in loamy soil, and in¬ 
creased from seed" and cuttings in sand, in gentle heat 
under glass. 
Bocconia Japonica. Splendid foliage and clusters of pure 
white flowers, 4 to 6 ft.10 
BROWALLI A. 
Free flowering plants growing easily in anj r rich soil, and 
covered with beautiful flowers during the summer and 
autumn months. Half-hardy annual, 1% feet. 
Browallia Czerwiakowski. Deep blue, very fine center.. .10 
- Elata Grandiflora. Sky blue. 5 
BELLIS. 
(DOUBLE DAISY.) 
Charming little plants for edging and borders. The flowers 
are quilled and flat-petaled, white, pink, red and varie¬ 
gated. Not all will come double from seed, and the 
single ones should be pulled out. Sow early in hot-bed, 
and when large enough, transplant to a rich, cool, 
partially shaded situation. Set the plants six inches 
apart. Roots can be divided any time. Flowers are 
most abundant in spring. 
Per Pkt. 
BellisPerennisfl.pl. Snowball. New pure white double 
Daisy.15 
- Finest mixed, 3^ ft.10 
- Alba fl. pi. Pure white double Daisy.10 
- Rubra fl. pi. Double red quilled.25 
- Longfellow. A fine large flowering double Daisy, 
with dark rose flowers.15 
BRYONOPSIS. 
A pretty climber, with ivy-like foliage and beautifully 
marked green fruit, which changes to bright scarlet 
marbled white. Half-hardy annual. 
Bryonopsis Erythrocarpa. 10 ft...10 
CALCEOLARIA. 
A favorite and universally admired genus, remarkable for 
their large, beautifully spotted blossoms, which are 
very showy. They are perennial. a»*e grown in pots in 
