House Plants and Bedding Plants 
POSTPAID 
Bargain Prices 
Our greenhouse department 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 weather, 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 within ten days from date plants reach you. We 
do not, however, ship 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 way, 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. 
Begonias 
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 exquisite markings make 
them invaluable as decorative plants for house 
culture. They 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. 
BEAUTY OF PEMBROKE. Curled leaf; red 
and bronze. 
PERLE DE PARIS. Large, light silvery foliage. 
Erect grower; pink flowers. 
PDirtC Your choice of the above Rex or 
rnlvC9 Painted Leaf Begonias at 35c each; 
3 for $1.00; or all sLx for $1.75, postpaid. 
ArflAntlfl (Angel Wing or Tree Bego- 
Mrgunisa WSmOTa nia). Grows 3 to 4 feet tall. 
Purple-bronze' leaves with silver markings ; white flowers. 
DCECCTCAK (Feastii). A low spreading Begonia, 
1 EH l\ w itij circular leaves, red beneath and 
dark glossy green above, and of heavy texture. Dainty coral- 
red flowers. The finest pot Begonia for house culture. Grown 
as easily as a Geranium. 
rUDICTM AC Bert One of the best flowering Be- 
wni\ld I IWM3 RtU gonias. The flowers are bright 
cherry color, changing to coral-red. Foliage rich, glossy 
green, shaded deep bronze. The popularity of this 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., 
f'oixalliHn I noomn One of the finest and most 
coralline LUCGrn© 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. 
Endian Maid cr’fwm 
metallic foliage and masses of 
scarlet flowers. Grows 10 inches 
high; blooms profusely. 
LIGHTNIMG 
liant, deep blood red flowers 
measuring 2 inches across. Fo¬ 
liage dark green, edged with 
light brown. Grows only 9 
inches high. 
DIIRDA Bich coral-red 
flowers that hang 
in large, pendent clusters. One 
of the best. 
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 
rmvtj, the above eight 
Begonias at 25c each ; 3 for 65c; 
6 for $1.20. 
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 
plants. Leaves thick and waxy- 
like, are distinctly variegated 
white and green, and have the 
appearance of being powdered 
with frosted silver. Plants, 30c 
each, postpaid. 
4 SL Varieties of 
■ O House Plants 
c 
Begonia 
Calla 
Chrysanthemum 
Coleus 
Cyclamen 
Dracaena 
Asparagus Fern 
Heliotrope 
Cigar Plant 
Carnation 
Cactus 
Fan-Leaf Palm 
Geranium 
Lantana 
Periwinkle 
Jerusalem Cherry 
You can secure a nice collection of House Plants at practically no 
cost by sowing this seed in pots or boxes in the house. This collection 
contains 16 or more varieties that can be easily and successfully grown 
in the ordinary home. The seed is put up in mixture of varieties, a few 
seeds of each, and at our price of 25c a packet, a large assortment of 
plants can be grown for less money than you would pay a florist for one 
plant. Were you to buy these seeds in separate packets, they would 
cost you from $2.00 to $3.00. We have a good stock of these seeds and 
expect to be able to supply everyone who wants them, but should our 
supply of one or more varieties run short, we reserve the right to sub¬ 
stitute other choice varieties or return your money. This is a bargain 
package that will please the most critical lover of house plants. With 
each packet, we send full directions for planting the seed and caring for 
same. Pkt., 25c; 5 pkts., $1.00, postpaid. 
Westport Beauty 
DOUBLE BEGONIA 
Such beauty and charm in a plant so compact seems unbelievable. 
The Westport Beauty Begonia starts blooming when only a few inches 
high arid continues to bloom prolificalty as long as it grows. Not just 
ordinary flowers either. These 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 ,piant, 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. 
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., 15c. 
VERNON. Bright orange- 
carmine flowers; deep red 
foliage. A fine house plant 
and unsurpassed as a bed¬ 
ding variety. Pkt., 15c. 
GROW THEM INDOORS 
Most Comprehensive Book on House Plants Ever Published. 
Covers Alf 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 clarified by numerous drawings 
and photographs, are answers to the successful culture of plants 
indoors. Planting tables, directions for potting and soil mixtures, 
lighting, watering, feeding, ventilation, insect pests—all house 
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. 
For Tuberous Rooted Begonias 
see page 56 
