B. plicata 
Large wide-open flowers with an interesting 
color combination of cream and la\’ender. 
Blooms early, is low growing and has a strong, 
pleasant freesia-like fragrance. 
$8.00 per 100 $1.00 per 12 
B. rubro-cvanea 
Flowers blue with bright red centers. 
$10.00 per 100 $1.35 per 12 
B. sulphurea 
Low growing cream and yellow flowers with 
bright blue stamens. Blooms early and has 
a strong spicy fragrance. 
$10.00 per 100^ $1.35 per 12 
13ESSERA ELECAXS 
BESSERA ELEGANS 
New introduction from Mexico. Dainty bell- 
shaped flowers, orange red outside, creamy white 
with orange stripe inside, with blue stamens, 
hanging in an interesting umbel from the tip of 
a graceful wiry stem 18 to 24 inches tall. Foliage 
inconspicuous. Blooms freely from July to last of 
September. Cuts well and is exceptionally interest¬ 
ing in flower arrangements. A striking addition to 
the summer garden, suggesting as it does, the 
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