ALNEER BROTHERS RELIABLE SEEDS, ROCKFORD, ILL. 
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color. Sow in house in April, transplant 
ground in May. 
Double Camelia-Flowered Zia CEN mixed, 
Pkt. 5c, 
oz. 
Choicest Double Mixed Colors 
35c, oz. 60c. 
Gardenia-Flowered Mixed Colors—Flowers 
are produced in clusters 
at the top of the branches, where they are in full view, 
The large 
double flowers have a marked resemblance to Gardenia 
In addition to white, shades of red and rose 
Bushy bf 1% to 2 
instead of being hidden on side of stems. 
blooms. 
will be found in this mixture. 
ft. tall. Pkt. 10c, 4% oz. $1.00, 4% oz. $1. 
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ixed BALSAM 
Balsam (Lady’s Slipper, Touch-Me- 
An old favorite, producing gorgeous masses of 
beautiful brilliant colored flowers in the great- 
est profusion, double as roses and in every shade of 
in open 
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gathea Coel 
feet high, of branching 





BLUE DAISY ( 
Grows about 1% 

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iv. 
estis ) 
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, 
kept moist. Packet, 10c. 
covered with sand and 
Bartonia Aurea V®ry. fine yellow flowers, 
Pkt. 5c. 
Bro ; A handsome free blooming 
wallia covered with beautiful blue fl 
Sow seed in house 
in May. Mixed. Pkt. 5c. 
thistle-like foliage; annual. 
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plant, 
owers. 
in April, transplant in open ground 
Brachycome (Swan River Daisy) 
Free flowering, dwarf growing annual, covered dur- 
eg the greater part of the summer with a pro 
° 
small beds or pot culture. Pkt. L You 
fusion 
pretty blue or white flowers: suitable for edgings, 


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Bachelor Button 
Annual—Choicest Mixed Colors. 
in any old fashioned garden. 
tractive garden flowers for bouquet purposes. 
favorites come in an array of all colors, producing 
large globular heads on flowers filled right up to 
Choicest mixed colors. 
the center with florets. 
10c; % oz. 30c; oz. 50c. 

1 The Semperflorens varieties of 
Begonia fibrous rooted Begonias are ex- 
ceptionally 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. 
This old fashioned 
flower is a universal favorite and is always included 
They make very at- 
These 
GvesoPuHita Baby’s Breath 
Baby’s Breath (Gypsoph- 
ila) The flowers are small, star- 
like, and borne in feathery 
sprays which are highly esteemed for 
cut flowers, as they lend a most 
Pkt 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. 
10c, % oz. 25c, 
Pkt. 



New Dwarf Butterfly Flower 
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, 1% feet. Pkt. 10c, 
i, oz. 40c. 

% Biraing Bush 
Burning Bush This 
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 
