House Plants and Bedding 
Dl JL POSTPAID 
B IdnikS Bargain Prices 
Our greenhouse dep.irtment offers you a very complete list 
of house plants that we can supply throughout the year. We 
exercise the greatest care in packing to insure against frost 
and breakage in transit. House plant orders are sometimes 
held up during sub-zero w’eather, but never for more than 
a few days. 
The low prices we charge for small house plants give our 
customers an opportunity of securing a nice lot of choice 
plants at very little expense. 
WE GUARANTEE ALL POT PLANTS TO REACH YOU IN GOOD 
GROWING CONDITION and will replace free of charge any that do not, 
provided we are notified vvitiiin ten days from date plants reach you. We 
do not, however, sliip house plants outside of the Continental United 
States except at customer’s risk. 
Unless otherwise in¬ 
structed, all house 
plants will be packed 
with damp moss on 
roots and delivered by 
parcel post, postpaid. 
We can send them with 
earth on roots, at the 
same prices, provided 
customers are willing 
to pay the express 
charges and will order 
in quantities of ten or 
more plants. We do not 
ship plants in pots. 
House Plant Seeds 
Some of our customers prefer 
starting house plants from seed. 
Much enjoyment can be had grow¬ 
ing some kinds in this waj’’, so we 
are offering seed of such varieties 
as we can supply and recommend. 
Our house plant seeds are fresh and 
of the very best strains, and we sell 
them at the lowest prices for which 
strictly high grade seeds can be 
produced. 
Beg 
onias 
25c Each; 
3 for 65c 
Beefsteak Begonia 
Rex Begonia (Lord Palmerson)—35c Each 
Giant Painted Leaf 
or Rex Begonias 
Few house plants are so entirely satisfactory in 
every way as the Rex Begonias. They are rich in 
color and beautiful in design and are easily han¬ 
dled under almost any condition. The large, broad 
leaves, high colorings and exiiuisite markings make 
them invaluable as decorative plants for house 
culture. Tliey make excellent plants for baskets 
and vases if given plenty of moisture and not ex¬ 
posed to the full rays of the sun. We can supply 
the following six varieties: 
LOUISE CLOSSON. A very odd combination of 
colors, being deep maroon, with broad band of 
silvery-rose, edged bronze. The most popular Rex. 
LORD PALMERSON. Leaves have dark bronze 
center, silver band and irregular bronze border, 
blotched and speckled into the silver. 
LESOUDSII. Beautifully marked bronze and 
red. The finest and largest of the Rex family. 
SPECULATA. Leaves bright green with a back¬ 
ground of chocolate and veins of light green, and 
the whole leaf spotted with silver. Individual 
white blossoms. 
(Angel Wing or Tree Bego- 
MrgenTia UfUTTara nia). Grows 3 to 4 feet tall. 
Purple-bronze leaves with silver markings; white flowers. 
PCCCCTCAI/ (Feastii). A low spreading Begonia, 
circular leaves, red beneath and 
dark glossy green above, and of lieavy texture. Dainty coral- 
red flowers. The finest pot Begonia for house culture. Grown 
as easily as a Geranium. 
B} ICTI^ A C DPR I*®®*- flowering Be- 
IVEft/ gonias. The flowers are bright 
cherry color, changing to corai-red. Foliage rich, glossy 
green, shaded deep bronze. The popularity of tliis Begonia 
is well deserved from the fact that it is easily grown and very 
satisfactory both as a winter house plant and for bedding 
purposes. 
WwS Ulllllt; kiiwci nc beautiful varieties. Blooms 
last from a month to six' weeks, borne in immense clusters 
12 to 18 inches across, almost hiding the plant. Color bright 
coral red, changing to delicate pink. 
Indian Maid f ““ 
metallic foliage and masses of 
scarlet flowers. Grows 10 inches 
high; blooms profusely. 
LIGHTNING 
liant, deep blood red flowers 
measuring 2 indies across. Fo¬ 
liage dark green, edged with 
liglit brown. Grows only 9 
inches high. 
DMISDA Rich coral-red 
flowers tliat hang 
in large, pendent clusters. One 
of the liest. 
HARDY BEGONIA 
(Evansiana). Here is one of the 
best house and garden plants; a 
rapid, healthy grower, very pro¬ 
fuse bloomer with beautiful fo¬ 
liage and clusters of large, waxy, 
pink flowers. The plant winters 
in the open ground as far north 
as Philadelphia, and farther 
north if mulched. 
Your choice of 
Begonias at 25c each ; 3 for 65c; 
6 tor $1.20. 
Curied leaf: red 
BEAUTY OF PEMBROKE. 
and bronze. 
PERLE DE PARIS. Large, light silvery foliage. 
Erect grower; pink flowers. 
ppi^ec Your choice of the above Rex or 
Painted Leaf Begonias at 35c each; 
3 for $1.00; or all six for $1.75, postpaid. 
Argentia Guttata Begonia 
Watermelon Begonia 
An excellent house plant for 
the window or table. The leaves 
withstand the dry air of rooms 
better than the majority of 
))lants. Leaves thick and waxy- 
like, are distinctly variegated 
white and green, and have the 
appearance of being powdered 
witii frosted silver. Plants, 30c 
each, postpaid. 
Westport Beauty Begonia 
Westport Beayty 
Such beauty and charm in a plant .so compact seems unbelievable. 
The Westport Beauty Begonia starts blooming when only a few inches 
high and continues to bloom proliflcally as long as it grows. Not just 
ordinary flowers either, 'fhese flowers are a rich, deep salmon-pink, 
glistening in the light, and so double they seem to fairly burst out from 
the center. It will prove a most satisfactory house plant, not only 
because of its lasting Qualities and neatness of habit, but also because 
of its ease of growth. 40c each; 3 for $1.00. 
Grow Them Indoors 
Most Comprehensive Book on House Plants Ever Published. 
Covers All Problems That Arise in the Successful Growing of 
House Plants. 
For years we looked for a book of this kind to meet the demands 
of our customers. At last we found it. In this book, explained in 
simple, non-technical language and clarifled by numerous drawings 
and photographs, are answers to the successful culture of plants 
indoors. Planting tables, directions for potting and soil mixiures, 
lighting, watering, feeding, ventilation, insect pest.s—all liouse 
plant problems are brought forth and discussed. Hundreds of 
plants from all corners of the earth are described; and there is 
a valuable chart of plants for interior decoration giving colors and 
flowering calendar. 221 pages. Price—$1.90 per copy, postpaid. 
Watermelon Begonia 
Begonia Seed 
SEMPERFLORENS HY¬ 
BRIDS. As a bedding plant, 
it ranks with Coleus and 
Geraniums. Of sturdy growth, 
about one foot high, form¬ 
ing dense bushes, which 
from May until frost are 
completely hidden with flow¬ 
ers. As a house plant, it 
blooms throughout the entire 
year. A fine mixture of col¬ 
ors, from pure white to 
deepest crimson. Pkt., lOc; 
1/32 oz., 65c. 
VERNON. Bright orange- 
carmine flowers; deep red 
foliage. A tine house plant 
and unsurpassed as a bed¬ 
ding variety. I’kt., lOc; 
1/64 oz., 75c. 
For Tuberous Roofed Begonias 
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