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CHOICE Double 
Balsam (Lady’s Slipper, Touch-Me- 
Not) An old favorite, producing gorgeous masses of 
beautiful brilliant colored flowers in the great- 
est profusion, double as roses and in every shade of 
eolor. Sow in house in April, transplant in open 
ground in May. 

Double Camelia-Flowered Finest mixed. 
Choicest Double Mixed Colors [X* 5° 
35c, oz. 60c. é 
Gardenia-Flowered Mixed Colors—F lowers 
are produced in clusters 
at the top of the branches, where they are in full view, 
instead of being hidden on side of stems. The large 
double flowers have a marked resemblance to Gardenia 
blooms. In addition to white, shades of red and rose 
will be found in this mixture. Bushy plants. 1% to 2 
ft. tall, Pkt. 10c, 4% oz. 70c, 4% oz. $1.25. 
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BLUE DAISY (Agathea Coelestis) 
Grows about 1% feet high, of branching habit, 
producing an abundance of clear, sky-blue flowers. - 
Very pretty for summer decoration in the garden, 
and equally desirable for winter blooming. Seed 
may be started in the house in shallow boxes con- 
taining rich garden soil, covered with sand and 
kept moist. Packet, 10c. 









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Very fine yellow flowers, 
Bartonia Aurea thistle-like foliage; annual. 
Pkt. 5c. 
7 A handsome free blooming plant, 
Browallia covered with beautiful blue flowers. 
Sow seed in house in April, transplant in open ground 
in May. Mixed. Pkt. 5c. 
ree flowering, dwarf growing annual, covered dur- 
g the greater part of the summer with a profusion 
of pretty blue or white flowers; suitable for edgings, 
mall beds or pot culture. Pkt. 5c. 

lesi) 
are produced in very large trusses. 
bright crimson color. 
the first year. Pkt. 10c. 

1 The Semperfiorens varieties of 
Begonia fibrous rooted Begonias are ex- 
“eeptionally desirable for edgings or border 
plants. They succeed equally well in either 
sunny or partly shaded locations and flower 
continuously from early summer until fall. 
They are also very attractive as pot plants 
for winter flowering indoors. Pkt. 15c. 

Blue Lace Flower 
(Didiscus caerulea) This beautiful Australian 
annual Lace Flower grows into an upright, 
very much branched plant of about 2 feet in 
height. Each branch ends in an umbel of 
light sky-blue flowers which spread out in 
an umbrella-like fashion, crowning each shoot 
with a beautiful and delicate head of flowers. 
The name Lace Flower is most appropriate 
since the blooms resemble in their quaint 
and artistic arrangement the most delicate 
and dainty lace. Pkt. 10c. 
The color of the flower is a golden yel- 
low, measuring 2% inches across, and 
The most 
beautiful part of the flower is the large pestils, 
which are spread out in fan-like form, and are of 
If the seeds are started 
early it will produce blooms in great profusion 
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Gyesorpuita Baby’s Breath 
Baby’s Breath (Gypsoph- 
lla The flowers are small, star- 
like, and borne in feathery 
sprays which are highly esteemed for 
cut flowers, as they lend a most 
graceful effect when combined in 
bouquets with Sweet Peas. Succes- 
sive plantings of seed should be made 
a few weeks apart to furnish a con- 
tinuous supply of flowers. Pkt. 5c. 
oz. 25c. 
Paniculata White flowers, fine 
for bouquets; one of 
the favorite hardy perennials. Blooms 
first year if sown early; 3 feet. Pkt. 
10c, 4 oz. 25c, Ye oz. 40c. 




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Butterfly Flower—Schizanthus 
MIXED. Sometimes called the “Poor Man’s 
Orchid.” It grows with fine fern-like foliage, 
begins to flower early and produces masses 
of queerly shaped blooms in various shades 
of blue, purple and pink, also some pure 
white. Annual. Height, 14% feet. Pkt. 10c, 
Y, oz. 40c. 

2 Burning Bush 
Burning Bush Tis 
in the open ground. 
‘with slender light green leaves. 
annual 
quickly from seed sown 
The stems are clothed 
In the fall 
the ends of the shoots are set thickly with 
scarlet flowers—the bushy plants resembling 
balls of fire. Pkt. 5c. 
grows 
