THE WINTER-HARDY BEGONIA 
In Begonia Evansiana we have a species that can be left 
outside over winter in the North, with still good hope of 
seeing its flowers again the following year. At Philadelphia 
it will usually carry over without any protection at all. With 
a covering of straw or leaves it will brave even Canadian 
winters. It is the only Begonia species that is thus hardy. 
The blossoms, in a most pleasing tone of ‘soft pink with hint 
of salmon, are carried well above the excellent foliage. Like 
all Begonias, it prefers some shade, and will suffer in 
drought. From mountains of Java, high enough up so that 
it knows ice and snow in winter, even under the equator. 
Illustrated page 12. Tubers only, March to May, 35c each; 
3 for $1.00; 10 for $2.90. Tubers are naturally smaller than 
those of other species, though plants are not. _ 
OTHER TUBEROUS BEGONIAS 
Begonias of this group are not winter-hardy out-of-doors 
in the North, but they make decorative, long-blooming pot 
plants, and they are excellent for garden effects, too. When 
hard freezes come in autumn, the tuberous roots may be 
dug, and stored over winter in a box of sand in a cellar 
or other cool: place. The Tuberous Begonias like some shade, 
and they should never be allowed to suffer from drought. 
BEGONIA SINGLE TUBEROUS-ROOTED—Seeds saved 
from large-flowered named varieties in full gorgeous color 
range, and that includes orange, pink, rose, salmon, scarlet, 
white and yellow. Pkt. 25c. (Tubers, mixed only, ready 
March to May, 8 for 50c; 10 for $1.50.) ~~ 
_ BEGONIA LLOYDI—tThe basket, porch-box or trailing type. 
Pendant tendencies. Free-blooming. Flowers large, mostly 
double, and in full Begonia colorings. Tubers only, March to 
May, 25c each; 3 for 60c; 10 for $1.75. 
BEGONIA DOUBLE TUBEROUS-ROOTED—Like single Tu- 
berous Begonias in every way except that flowers are double, 
intensely. Same extent of charming colorings. Pkt. 50c. 
(Tubers, mixed colors, each 25c; 3 for 60c; 10 for $1.75.) 
BEGONIA INVOLUCRATA—Rare tall growing species from 
Costa Rica,. making rhizomes, rather than tubers, but they 
can be ripened off and carried over winter in dormant state 
in same manner as the others. Attractive flowers of pure 
white. Pkt. 25c. 
THE BLACKBERRY LILIES 
Belamcanda..is the name, though once they were termed 
Pardanthus.. The Belamcandas are so very. bulb-like in many 
of their ways that they are usually classed and handled 
with the bulbs. They are rather close to Iris, flat fans of 
Iris-like foliage, roots rhizomatous. Will thrive in either 
partial shade or full sun. 
BELAMCANDA CHINENSIS—*ecbdk (3-4)48. The original 
Blackberry Lily. Showy orange-and-crimson blossoms, then 
glossy “‘blackberry’”’ seed-clusters that may be dried for win- 
ter bouquets. An excellent plant for the hardy border, 
ornamental, and decidedly different. It may also be induced 
to colonize in light woodland. For interesting and decora- 
tive succession effects, plant it with Iris dichotoma. TIIlus- 
trated page 60. Pkt. 10c; %4 oz. 35c; 1 oz. $1.25. (Roots, 
fall ag spring, each 20c; 3 for 55c; 10 for $1.60; 25 for 
$3.65. “ 
BELAMCANDA FLABELLATA—Butter-Iris. The flowers 
are very Iris-like, gathered closely, all of a soft primrose 
save that the petals are centered with wide stripes of shin- 
ing deeper yellow that is just the color of summer butter, 
this shade gradually lessening until it is lost in the softer 
tone of the petal margins. The compactly clustered blossoms 
just top the wide and twisted foot-high foliage fans. This 
rare and charming plant comes from mountain woods of 
the Orient. It makes a long and brilliant showing, mid- 
July to mid-September. Illustrated page 8. Plants only, 
limit of one to a customer, each $1.25. Available both fall 
and spring... 
BELAMCANDA AVALON HYBRIDS — It is Flabellata 
crossed on Chinensis, F2 generation, and wide breakings and 
new combinations of form and color characters may be ex- 
pected. In other words, you are likely to get almost any 
possible re-arrangement and blending of the two descrip- 
tions above, in the plants you grow from these seeds. Pkt. 
20c; 3 pkts. for 50c; 7 pkts. for $1.00. 
BELAMCANDA NEW DWARF—“*erdk(3-4)15. Dwarf and 
compact in every way, the close flower clusters just over the 
leaf-fans. Blossoms show ‘highly attractive colorings, pal- 
est buff-apricot, shot with madder red splashes. A _ highly 
distinct form, but exact botanical position remains unde- 
termined. Seeds only, 6 seeds for lic. -- 
Net 
BESSERA ELEGANS—rbkt(2-4)28. Lady’s Eardrop. Gar- 
den-easy bulb from Mexican highlands. Curiously formed 
blossoms’ of: bright coral with orange suffusion, striped 
creamy within, and with blue anthers, are carried in nod- 
ding, swaying umbels. Dig before the ground freezes, and 
store over winter in boxes of dry sand, in a fairly cool 
place. Pkt. 20c. (Bulbs, spring only, each 50c.) 
BESCHORNERIA YUCCOIDES—w (x) (3)59. Aberrant, odd- 
ly decorative Mexican Amarylliad. Tapering, semi-succulent 
leaves in rosette like a nest of aroused sword-blades, and 
rising from this a tall red-stemmed panicle of vivid green 
flowers with rosy bracts. Excellent large pot or tub plant, 
but in climates not more severe than that of Washington 
or Baltimore, may often be wintered with care and pro- 
tection in open. ‘Pkt. 20c; 3 for 50c. 
BLANDFORDIA FLAMMEA—w/(2)28. Australian Christ- 
mas: Bell. Handsome bulb-like plants in the Lily kinship, 
but;.closer to Tritoma and Hemerocallis. Ribbon-leaf foun- 
tains are centered with stems that carry each a rich cir- 
clet. a. coronet of near-pendant trumpet bells in a red that 
is near to mahogany, this lightening to orange and yellow 
as the bell-flare widens; but at times the blossoms may be 
all crimson, or all yellow. Delightful plants for pot cul- 
ture, easy to handle, save that one must have patience in 
germinating the seed, that being slow to start, and sprout- 
ing at irregular intervals over a period of weeks, some- 
times even of months. Pkt. 20c; 4 pkts. for 60c. 
AN EASIER ORCHID 
It is Bletilla hyacinthina, likely the easiest of all true 
Orehids to grow from seed, and the quickest to flower, 
three-year-old plants often blooming freely: Please note, 
_ though, that no Orchid is really easy from seed, at least in 
the sense in which we would use that word in referring 
to,.other. flowers. .They are always slow in germinating. 
They need patience and skillful attention. Nevertheless it 
is interesting to try, and many will succeed. Bletilla is an 
attractive Orchid, carrying several large flowers of ame- 
thystine purple on 15-inch stems. It may be grown under 
glass, but it is fairly winter-hardy outside in the north, and 
will, flourish wonderfully in any half-shady, not-too-dry posi- 
tion, making large clumps in time. Can be supplied in 
purple, in white, or in the two mixed. If you want seeds 
of either color alone, please say so; otherwise we shall send 
mixed. Pkt. 25c; 4 pkts. for 75c. (Bulbs, purple only, 
delivery when semi-dormant in late October, each 75c; 3 
for $2.00.) 

Say that you are going east often enough, forcefully 
enough, and you can go west with impunity, quite 
against the will (and the perception) of the majority. 
BOMAREA EDULIS—It is a sort of climbing Alstroemeria, 
with clusters of handsome flowers. Most often the blossoms 
are pink, tipped with green, the inner segments splashed 
with claret red, but there can be much variation of tone 
and color application. Tuberous roots. Must be handled 
altogether under glass. 6 seeds for 25c. 
BOMAREA CALDASIANA—One of those dazzlingly bright 
climbing Alstroemerias that tangle through and over brush 
and. coarse herbage at mid-heights on the western slopes of 
the. Andes. Flowers of that rich red-brown that glows all 
about. in autumn, but the inner segments are bright yellow. 
Many-flowered, large-clustered, greatly showy. Tuberous. 
To be grown under glass. 7 seeds for 25c; 50 seeds for $1.50. 
BRODIAEA FOR DELIGHT 
The rather tall and slender stems bear clusters of waxen 
flowers that vary from close trumpets to wide stars: in 
color from tinted white, to lilac, lavender and purple. Then 
there are others that are close to indigo, rosy pink, or yel- 
low- with salmon shadings. They are hardy and long-lived 
bulbs if planted fairly deeply in well drained soil, and given 
a bit of winter mulching in the way of straw or litter 
We offer here a splendid blend. ryt. Pkt. 15c; 1/16 oz. 30c; 
% oz. 50c. Illustrated page 5. (Bulbs, fall delivery, mixture 
of many fine kinds, 10 for 50c; 22 for $1.00; 50 for $2.00.) 
BRODIAEA SPECIES—Following supplied at uniform rate 
of 15¢ the pkt. Capitata, Coccinea, Grandiflora, Ixioides, 
Lactea, Laxa, Volubilis. One pkt. each of the 7, order as 
OFFER 44A22, for 90c. Others species may be available. 
Please inquire. 

ANNUAL FLOWERS start on page 21. 
