MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. 
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BACHELOR’S BUTTON 
(Centaurea Cyanus). 
The flower of many names. In Ger¬ 
many, where it is the national flower, it 
is known as the “Corn Flower.” or 
“Kaiser Blumeu.” Others call it “Bine 
Bottle” or “Ragged Sailor.” Though an 
old fashioned flower, it has been much 
prized of late; artists are painting it, 
ladies are wearing it for the corsage or 
using it for cut flowers, and it is every¬ 
where very popular. 
Single, mixed. A splendid mixture. 
Pkt., & cts 
Double, mixed. Though hardly so 
double as in the illustration, yet the in¬ 
involucre is much more full and com¬ 
pact,making this by far more showy and 
desirable than the single. Pkt., Ac. 
IMPROVED ROSE BALSAM. 
A splendid strain of largest size and extreme 
doubleness,—as large and beautiful as any Balsam 
anywhere offered. I have taken great pains to make 
this a very desirable mixture, including only named 
varieties, selected to give a great variety of beauti¬ 
ful shades, viz., in solid colors, crimson, flesh, lilac, 
rose, scarlet, violet, white, etc., including also the 
Camellia, or spotted, Balsams, the blossoms being on 
white ground, mottled in many shades of flesh color, 
crimson, rose-carmine, coppery-scarlet, lilac, ana 
others. Give the plants sun, good soil—not too rich 
—and plenty of room, and you cannot fail to be 
pleased with this mixture. If they branch very 
freely, prune them out considerably. The fewer the 
branches, the larger the blossoms. 'Mixed. Pkt., 5c. 
Good Mixed Balsam. A good mixture of 
choice, double Balsams. Pkt., 3 cts. 
were gruml, and were very much admired." 
I 
Mahy I. awi.uk. 
Bachelor's Button. 
Uushford, Minn., Sept. 25, 
1S97. — "My Pansies and 
Bachelor’s Buttons wore the 
llnest grown in the city and 
were much admired. And my 
friends said my Asters woro 
the most beautiful they over 
saw. I lmvo recommended 
your seeds to all niyfriends." 
Mas. E. A. Sykks. 
Camden, Mich., May 2, 
1897. —“The seeds that 1 
r limited In boxes in tho 
louse aro all up. 1 have 
compared your prices with 
thoso of many other cata¬ 
logues, and 1 find that yours 
aro cheaper, yet tho hocus aro 
just as fresh." 
Mas. Nkttik llniaas. 
BABY ROSE. 
The “Baby Rose,” or “Little Midget,” is 
a charming little plant, about ten inches 
high, bearing clusters of minute roses only 
an inch across, usually very double, but oc¬ 
casionally semi-double or single. The 
many-flowered clusters look like a mass of 
double crab apple blossoms, though they 
appear also in other rose shades. Too 
much cannot be claimed for the beauty and 
charm of these tiny roses. My floricul- 
turnl directions arc more explicit in regard 
to their care this year, and amateurs may 
expect good results. Pkt., 8 cts. 
