38 ALNEER BROTHERS RELIABLE SEEDS, ROCKFORD, ILL. 


Bachelor Button GyesorHita Baby’s Breath 
Annual—Choicest Mixed Colors. This old fashioned Baby’ s Breath (Gypsoph- 
flower is a universal favorite and is always included The flowers are small, star- 
in any old fashioned garden. They make very at- ila) Hire a borne. Mas fae 
' tractive garden flowers for bouquet purposes. These erat hich hls Gabecnion for*. 
favorites come in an array of all colors, producing eat 46 25 eo the “iend 3 most 5 
large globular: heads on flowers filled right up to eenectal iedaat wiht combiieds ine! 
the center pee Corse Choicest mixed colors. Pkt. bouquets with Sweet Peas. Succes- 
10c; 7/2 0z. 30c3 oz. 50c. sive plantings of seed should be made | 
a few weeks apart to furnish a con- | 
tinuous supply of flowers. Pkt. 5c. — 
oz. 25c. . 4 
7 White flowers, fine 
Paniculata for bouquets; one of 
the favorite hardy perennials. Blooms 
first year if sown early; 3 feet. Pkt. 
nies 4, oz. 25c, Ye oz. 40c. aos 
CHOICE Double Mixed BALSAM 

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 
color. Sow in house in April, transplant in open 
ground in May. 
Double Camelia-Flowered }))" <5 mixed, 
Pkt. 5c, 
Choicest Double Mixed Colors 1," ¢2’ 
35c, oz. 60c. 
Gardenia: Flowered Mixed Colors—Flowers 
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, 1% oz. $1. 00, VY oz. $1.75. 

= 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. 

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 
jot queerly shaped blooms in various shades 
of blue, purple and pink, also some pure 
white. Annual. »Height, 14% feet. Pkt. 10c, 
4, oz. 40c. 





BLUE. DAISY (Agatha “ Coelestis) 8 
Grows about 1% feet high, of branching habit, ak oh 
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. 

Bartonia Aurea Very fine yellow flowers, 
thistle-like foliage; annual. 

Pkt. 5c. Blue Lace Flower 
Br owallia A handsome free blooming plant, Lp ee | pte Seerays This agora) prea 
covered withtbeautiful bluadowers, annual Lace ower grows into an upright, 
Siwaced in? in April, transplant in open ground very much branched plant of about 2 feet in an EE ire 
in May. Mixed. Pkt. 5c. : The as ee See = a an roe of z Burning Bush : 
ight sky-blue flowers which spread out in This annua ows 
Brach com (Ss . Ri D ) an umbrella-like fashion, crowning each shoot Burning Bush quickly from ated camnn 
y e wan iver aisy with a beautiful and delicate head of flowers. in the open ground. The stems are clothed 
Free flowering, dwarf growing annual, covered dur- The name Lace Flower is most appropriate with slender light green leaves. In the fall 
ing the greater part of the summer with a profusion since the blooms resemble in their quaint the ends of the shoots are set thickly with 
of pretty blue or white daweri: suitable for edgings, and artistic arrangement the most delicate scarlet flowers—the bushy plants resembling 
small beds or pot culture. Pkt. 5c. and dainty lace. Pkt. 10c. balls of fire. Pkt. 5c. 
