V. White! 
IMPROVED ROSE BALSAM* 
Berkley, Va., Feb. 24, 1899—“Your evident love 
for the work has attracted me more to your circu¬ 
lars than to any others.” Mrs. E. P. Brown. 
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IMPROVED 
ROSE BALSAM. 
A splendid strain of 
largest size and. ex¬ 
treme doubleness, in¬ 
cluding only named 
varieties, selected to 
give a great variety 
of beautiful shades, 
viz., in solid colors, 
crimson, flesh, lilac, 
rose, scarlet, violet, 
white, etc., including 
also the Camellia, or 
spotted Balsams, the 
blossom s being on 
white ground, mottled 
in many shades. Give 
the plants sun, good 
soil—not too rich — 
and plenty of room. 
If they branch freely, 
prune them out. The 
fewer the branches the 
larger the blossoms. 
Mixed. Pkt., 5 cts. 
Good Mixed Bal¬ 
sam. A good mixture 
of choice double Bal¬ 
sams. Pkt.. 3 cts. 
CMiIFOUfllfl 
FIBROUS BEGONIA. 
A new California strain 
which will yield many new 
and charming sorts, with 
beautiful foliage and splen- 
. did large flowers. The seed 
is saved from grand new Begonias and 
from hybridized flowers of the best 
named varieties. Pkt., 6 cts. 
Rex Begonia. Beautiful large-leaved 
varieties, with handsome variegated 
foliage. Pkt., 8 cts. 
Golden-Variegated Vernon Be¬ 
gonia. Choice new Vernon variety,with 
yellow variegated foliage. Pkt., 7 cts. 
Begonia, 
Cnberous-Rooted. 
The Tuberous-Rooted Begonias have gained 
great notoriety for their large and showy blos¬ 
soms. Blooming only in the summer time, they 
are fine for bedding, or for making brilliant the 
conservatory window at a time when most house 
plants are resting. For bedding, select a shady 
situation, making the bed rich with well rotted 
manure and leaf mould, if obtainable. If plant¬ 
ed in a favorable location, they will give a mag¬ 
nificent display throughout the summer. Mixed, 
double and single. Pkt., 7 cts. 
Begonia, mixed. All my four varieties mixed. 
Pkt., 6 cts. 
