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Balloon Vine—Love in a Puff. 
Yii^e, 
LioYe-in-a- 
Pu if. 
Balloon 
Vine — One of 
the most rapid 
growing climb¬ 
ers; white flow¬ 
ers. Sow the 
seed in a box in 
the house and 
transplant when 
the soil and 
weather are 
warm. Three 
packets, 12 cts.; 
packet, 5 cents. 
Balsaip, or Rady’s Slipper. 
ToueH-JVIe^^ot. 
It is not neeessary to sow Balsam Seed in a hot-bed. An 
abundance of fine plants can be grown by sowing the 
seed in the garden. The plants should be about 15 inches 
apart each way. If the plants come up too thick thin them 
out and set them where wanted. They can be transplanted 
with perfect safety. 
We give some illus¬ 
trations showing Bal¬ 
sam plants that have 
been trained by prun¬ 
ing or pinching in the 
branches. This work 
should be done while 
the plant is young and 
growing vigorously. 
The Balsam flowers 
make a beautiful 
show when gathered 
and placed on a _ ___ 
in water or sand. Balsam plants, pinched in. 
Our Balsam Seed is imported from 
Germany, and is of the very choicest 
kind, and of the best varieties. 
Dwarf Double Wliite Balsam 
A beautiful variety, particularly useful 
for florists. Two packets, 25 cents; 
packet, 15 cents. 
Double Camellia Flowered 
Balsam— A profuse bloomer; large 
flowers, resembling a Camellia; various colors; very beau¬ 
tiful. Three packets, 25 cents; packet, 10 cents. 
Bose Flowered Balsam. 
Double Flowered. 
Bose Flowered—A beautiful rose-like flower; mixed 
colors; nearly all 
the flowers per¬ 
fectly double. C 
packets, 20 cents; 
packet, 8 cents. 
Improved 
Double Cam¬ 
ellia Flower¬ 
ed— The largest 
and most beauti¬ 
ful of all the Bal¬ 
sams. The seed is 
very high. We sell 
it as low as possi¬ 
ble, in hopes that 
our customers will 
try it. 3 packets, 55 
cts.; packet, 20 cts. 
Fine Double 
Mixed Balsam 
—R o s e flowered 
and spotted. Large 
beautiful flowers. 
Three packets,20c; 
packet, 8 cents. 
All tbe above 
five varieties 
Hire d— Three 
packets, 20 cents; 
packet, 8 cents. 
Bachelor’s B httop, G e P- 
tahrea. 
Bachelor’s Button- 
Hardy, easily grown, an'd a 
universal favorite. Does 
best on gravelly soil. Grows 
about two feet high. Mixed 
colors. Three packets, 12c. 5 
packet, 5 cents. 
EMPEROR WILLIAM 
A new variety, and a decided 
acquisition. Flowers large 
and exceedingly abundant, 
and they continue late in the 
season, even after we have 
had several sharp frosts and 
when nearly all other flowers 
have disappeared. 3 packets, 
12 cents; packet, 5 cents. Bachelor’s Button. 
Gappa.—Ipdiap Shot. 
The Canna is a superb plant and should have a place in 
every garden. Send for three packets of seed. Sow one 
packet in a box in the house the first week in April, and 
another packet two or three weeks later. The third packet 
sow out of doors in nice, fine soil, about the time you plant 
Indian Corn. The latter may not grow very large the first 
summer, but will give good bulbs and fine plants the next 
year. We usually soak the seed in warm water two or 
three days before planting. The" plants started in the 
house should beset out in the open ground as soon as the 
weather and soil are quite warm. They should be set out 
in the best of soil two or thee feet apart. In the autumn 
take up the bulbs and keep them in sand in the cellar 
during the winter, and set them out the next spring. 
Canna Indica— A beautiful variety from India; red 
color; grows about two feet high. Three packets, 20 cts.. 
packet, 8 cents. 
Canna, Splendid Mixed Varieties-Extra good 
seed of all the best dark-leaved and splendid mixed varie¬ 
ties. Three packets, 20 cents; packet, 8 cents. 
