PASADENA, CALIFORNIA 
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AUSTRALIAN PEA VINE (Dolichos lignosus). Per. 
Rose - pin.k, small, pea - shaped flowers on rapid 
evergreen vine; sow November to March. Germi¬ 
nation period 12 days. Pkt., 10c. 
BABY BLUE EYES. (See N emophila.) 
BABY'S BREATH. (See Gypsophila.) 
BACHELOR'S BUTTON. (See Centaurea cyanus.) 
BALLOON VINE (Cardiospermum). Vine. 
White, small flowers; inflated seed-pods resemble 
balloons; rapid climber; sow March to May. Ger¬ 
mination period 14 to 40 days. Pkt., 10c. 
BALSAM VINES. (Momordica). Vine. 
Yellow flowers on good foliage vines, with showy 
fruits; sow March to May, Germination period 30 
days. Apple, scarlet fruit; Pear, orange fruit. 
Pkt., 10 c. 
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Bush-Flowered Balsam, Torch 
BALSAM (Lady's Slipper). 
Pink, salmon, red, white, double camellia-like 
flowers on bushy plants, thriving in hot sun and 
rich soil, copiously watered; 18 inch; sow March 
to May. Germination period 10 to 14 days. 
Giant Camellia-flowered. Mixed. Pkt., 10c. 
Bush-flowered type. Torch, glistening Vermil¬ 
lion red flowers freely produced at the ends 
of the stems, rather than half-hidden in the 
foliage along them. Pkt., 15c. 
BAPTISIA australis (False Indigo). Per. 
Deep blue. Lupin-like flowers on attractive bushy 
plants with bluish-green leaves; 3 feet; sow Feb¬ 
ruary to August. Entirely dormant in winter. 
Pkt., 10c. 
BARTONIA (Mentzelia) (Blazing Star). 
Golden yellow, large silken-petalled flowers with 
many stamens; Calif, native, for sun and dry 
soil; 2 feet; sow November to April. Germina¬ 
tion period 5 to 10 days. Pkt., 10c. 
BEGONIA. Per. 
Useful bedding and pot plants, for full or partial 
shade; sow January to May. 
Fihrous-rooted: 
Luminosa, scarlet, brown foliage. 
Prima Donna, rose-pink, green foliage. 
Christmas Cheer, darkest scarlet; large. 
Christmas Pink, large rosy pink. 
Vernon, orange-carmine, red foliage. 
Carmen, salmon-rose, bronze foliage. Pkts., 15c. 
Tausendschoen (New), vivid rose-pink, com¬ 
pact green-foliaged plants. Pkt., 50c. 
Snow (New), giant-flowered. White. Pkt., 50c. 
Tuberous-rooted: 
Single Mixed. 
Single Frilled Mixed. 
Giant Double Mix^^d. Pkt.. 50c. 
