Defiance 
Balsam. 
(LADY SLIPPER.) 
The most perfect iu form 
and lurgest double flow¬ 
ered Balsam yet developed 
and by careful growth and 
selection has attained a 
standard that will be found 
hard to improve. The 
Mixture, which we ofler, 
is composed in nearly 
equal proportions of eight 
colors. Rose, Rose White 
Spotted, Pink, Scarlet, 
White Tinted Violet,White 
Spotted, Scarlet White, 
Spotted and Purple; each 
having been grown separ¬ 
ately. Pkt., 50 seeds, 
4 cts. 
BALSAM.— Good Mixed. 
A splendid strain, good 
colors and large double 
flowers; not equal to “De¬ 
fiance,” but gives good 
satisfaction. Pkt., 50 
seeds, 3 cts. 
Balsam, Defiance. 
CHINESE LANTERN PLANT 
(PHYSALIS FRANCHETTI.) 
The plant produces numerous large, 
inflated husks, much the shape of Chinese 
lanterns, at first a beautiful green color, 
changing to a yellowish line and then to 
brightest scarlet. Treated like a tomato, 
it grows and fruits freely from seed the 
first season, yet the plants arc perennial 
and may be wintered in the cellar or 
grown in pots as a window plant. Pkt., 
30 seods, 4 cts. 
CALLIOPSIS, or Coreopsis 
Single. 
Very handsome and showy plants of 
the easiest culture; require no care and 
thrive in any garden. Produce flowers in 
nearly every shade of yellow, orange, 
crimson, red, brown. Mixed colors. Pkt., 
250 soods, 3 cts. 
CALLIOPSIS, New Double. 
A handsome double variety, flowers n 
rich golden yellow color, with wine-mar¬ 
oon spots. Pkt., 250 soods, 4 cts. 
COLEUS, Hybridus. 
One of the best known and most 
universally admired ornamental 
foliage plants, in an endless vari¬ 
ety of colors and shadings, indis¬ 
pensable for ribbon and carpet 
bedding, or as single specimens. 
Coleus seed germinates easily, and 
success is as sure as with an ordi¬ 
nary annual. Pkt., 150 seeds, 
4 cts. 
MAMMOTH RAINBOW 
COLEUS. 
The plants reach a height of 
from 2 to 3 feet; the leaves often 
measure 10 inches in length and 
8 inches in width, heart-shaped 
and handsomely crimped, toothed 
and frilled, their color combina¬ 
tions are remarkably rich, com¬ 
prising all the reds, metallic 
greensand yellow, in shades from 
the most delicate to nearly black. 
Pkt., 100 seeds, 6 cts. 
