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begonia. 
All Selected Bulbs. 
TUBEROUS BEGONIAS. 
These are now among the most popular plants for beds of sum¬ 
mer flowers. Nothing can exceed the brilliancy and richness of 
their flowers. From the time the first blossoms appear until all 
growth is stopped by frost they are never out of bloom. (See cut.) 
Single Tuberous Begonias. 
Salmon. Price, dry bulbs, up to May 15th, 10c. each; set of six 
for 50c.; S6.00 per 100. Growing plants, ready May 1st, 20c. 
each set of six for SI.00. Dry bulbs mailed free at prices quoted 
Double Tuberous Begonias. 
Salmon. Price, 30c. each; set of six sorts, SI.50, for dry bulbs, 
up to May 15th. Growing plants, ready May 1st, 40c. each; 
set of four for $1.50. Dry bulbs mailed free at prices quoted. 
Rprmnia Rpy Valuable for the grand and varied markings of 
Dflyunm the leaves 15c each, S1 .50 per doz. 
ORNAMENTAL CLIMBING ASPARAGUS. 
Asparagus Sprengeri. A most desirable species, exceedingly useful and orna¬ 
mental as a pot plant to grow on a shelf in the window, or on a pedestal m 
the sitting room or to droop from baskets; the fronds are frequently 4 feet long. 
Asparagus' Plumosus Nanus. (Climbing Lace Fern.) Bright green leaves, 
gracefully arched, and as finely woven as silken mesh. Very ornamental. 
Asparagus Tenuissimus. Very fine, filmy foliage. 
Price for the above, 15c. each, $1.50 per doz.; set of three for 40c. 
SUPERB FANCY=LEAVED CALAD1UMS. 
Among ornamental foliage plants there are none more beautiful m design 
or gorgeous in coloring than the Fancy-Leaved Caladiums. They are simply 
wonderful in the colorings and markings of the leaves. Of special value for pot 
culture, window and piazza boxes. Most of the varieties planted about June 
1st in partially shaded borders succeed admirably as bedding plants. Y\e otter 
12 distinct sorts; the richness of coloring is bewildering and impossible to 
describe in our limited space. Brilliant red and green, green with spots and 
red veins, etc., etc. (See cut.) Price, 25c. each; set of 12 sorts for $2.50. 
BEGONIAS. Flowering Sorts. _ 
Exceedingly useful plants for the garden or pot culture in 
the house. For freedom of bloom they are unsurpassed. 
Alba Picta. Green leaves, silvery spots; white flowers. 
Argentea Guttata. Bronzy-green, silver spotted; white flowers. 
B. de Chateau Rocher. Rich waxy-red; very free blooming. 
Erfordia. A fine bedder; rich pink flowers. 
Margaritae. Bronzy-green leaves; rich salmon-pink flowers. 
Marjorie Daw. Flowers salmon pink; a tall-growing variety. 
Metallica. Bronzv-green foliage; pink and white flowers. 
Nitida. Large, grand panicles of rosy-pink, waxy flowers. 
Otto Hacker.' Immense pendant clusters of bright red flowers. 
Purity. Dwarf, compact habit; waxy-white flowers. 
Rubra. Dark coral color. Large clusters. The “Coral” Begonia. 
Saundersonii. Bright waxy-red; very free blooming. 
Thurstonii. Flowers rosy-white, foliage bronzy-green. 
Vernon. Rich crimson-scarlet. A splendid bedding variety. 
Price, 10c. each, $1.00 per doz.; set of 14 Begonias for $1.25. 
CALLA LILIES. 
LITTLE GEM Calla Lily. This variety rarely exceeds 12 inches 
in height. The flowers are correspondingly smaller than the 
tall-growing sort. Price, 15c. each, $1.50 per doz. 
White Calla Lily. Pure white, large, splendid flowers. Price, 
20c. each, $2.00 per doz. 
Spotted Leaf Calla. Dark green leaves, beautifully spotted 
with white; the flowers are white with a purple throat. Price, 
20c. each, $2.00 per doz.^ 
Black Calla 
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ilia. A remarkable species, producing large, purplish, 
velvety-black flowers, with coal-black spathe. The foliage is 
stately. Price, 30c. each, $3.00 per doz. 
New Yellow Calla “Canary Bird.” A free-blooming yellow 
Calla for summer flowers. Price, 40c. each, $4.00 per doz. 
CAJTELLIA JAPONICA. 
The varieties are the best extant, the pick of a Continental 
collection, and embrace double white, double pink, double red 
and double variegated. Fine, bushy plants. Price, $1.00 each, 
$9.00 per doz. 
We grow immense quantities of this 
____ _ class of (Stock, and we are in a posi¬ 
tion to execute the largest orders in a prompt, satisfactory manner. 
BEDDING PLANTS. 
Per 100 I 
Ageratum. Best white and blue..$4.00 
Altemanthera. Red, yellow... . 4.00 
Alyssum. Dwarf; white. 4.00 
Caladium Esculentum( Bulbs). 
Large foliage, $8.00, $16.00 and 25.00 
Cannas. Roots to April 1st. 5.00 
Cannas. Plants after April 1st. ...10.00 
Coleus. Bedding varieties. 4.00 
Geraniums. Double and single... 8.00 
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Geraniums. Silver and bronze. .$8.00 
Golden Feather. 3.00 
Heliotropes. Assorted. 6.00 
Lobelias. Best dwarf; blue. 4.00 
Pansies. Finest mixed. 4.00 
Petunias. Finest double (named) 8.00 
Petunias. Single flowering. 4.00 
Salvias. (“Scarlet Sage”). 6.00 
Verbenas. Red, white, blue, etc. 4.00 
FANCY CALADIUMS. 
