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2113 Beautiful Begonias 


























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2109 Bartonia to bloom indoors during 
Annual Gold Blazing Star winter. 
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Aurea. Large, showy, glistening, 5 F ° 
deep orange-yellow bicoien en- includes white, pink and 
hanced by conspicuous, large, red varieties with both 
thread-like stamens in the center. light green and bronze 
The flowers are 2% in. across and 
are carried on plants 18 in. tall. 
Blooms profusely all summer long. 
Pkt., 10 cts.; 44 0oz., 25c. 
foliage. Pkt., 25 cts. 

Amazing Bargain 
No. C-73—Your choice of any 6 
packets of Flower Seed listed on 
this page (excepting Begonias, 
Bird of Paradise and Calceolaria) 
Only 30c 





2108 Baleari or Lady Slipper 
Shumway’s Invincible Mixed. Camellia 
Flowered. Hardy annual. 18 inches. An 
old garden favorite producing a mass of 
peautiful, brilliantly colored, double flowers, 
nestling closely around a stiff stalk. Pre- 
fers a rich soil and plenty of moisture and 
sunlight but will grow in partial shade. 
The plants develop rapidly and will stand 
transplanting when of good size. Allow 
12 to 18 inches between plants. My mix- 
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BRACHYCOME 
PLANT A GARDEN THIS YEAR 
# colors. PEt., 10 cts.; %4 oz., 25 cts.; % oz., 
40 cts.; 0z., 65 cts. ae Swan River Daisy 
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. 2106 Briza (Annual) ae Choicest- - 
< Maxima (Quaking Grass). 12in. |) many colors. on Coma 2107 Balloon Vine 
(Annual Climber.) Love 
in a Puff. A clean, free- 
growing vine reaching 
10 to 15 feet, bearing del- 
icate clusters of blooms 
and numbers of large, 
round, inflated seed-pods 
resembling miniature bal- 
loons. The effect is odd 
and curious. Pkt., 10 cts.; 
0z., 25 cts. 
Valuable for winter bouquets and 
wreaths. The seed clusters are 
heart-shaped and seem almost con- 
stantly in motion. PkKt., 10 cts. 
plants growing about a foot tall. 
Blooms profusely throughout the 
summer. Pkt., 10 cts.; %4 OZs, 

























2114 Balsam Apple 
or Momordica 
Annual Climber—A rapid grow- 
ing vine bearing large bright col- 
ored fruits known as Balsam Apple 
and Balsam Pear. Foliage orna- 
mental, and fruits are golden yel- 
low, opening when ripe, showing a 
“+ bright carmine center. A fine vine 
(ee for trailing over stumps, rockeries, 
S etc. Pkt., 10 cts.; %4 0Z., 20 cts. 














2132 
Canary Bird Flower 
(Annual Climber). The 
popular name given this 
pretty annual alludes to its 
supposed resemblance to 
birds with wings expanded. 
Valuable trailer and climb- 
ing vine. Blooms all the 
summer and fall. It grows 
well in any warm sunny 
Situation. Easily trained to 
run in any direction you 
desire it. Pkt., 10 cts.; % 
0oz., 25 cts. 

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2112 Bird of Paradise 
House culture. The blossoms are of a 
rich golden yellow, about 2% inches in di- 
ameter, produced in large trusses, the most 
striking feature being the long, incurving 
stamens and pistils of a beautiful bright 
crimson color. If the seed is started early 
it will produce blooms in great profusion 
the first year. Pkt., 20 cts. 
2105 Burning Bush or Kochia 



(Annual). 
Summer 
Cypress. 
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resembles 
a close- 
elipped or- 
namental 
evergreen. 
The. pyra- 
= mid atl 
bushes are 
close and 
compact 
and of a 
pleasing 
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green, The 
plant may 
be grown 
singly or 
ion =et he 
form of a 
hedge or 
back - 
ground 
and may 
be clipped 
to form a perfect hedge, an excellent substi- 
ute for boxwood to edge beds. In early 
autumn the whole bush becomes carmine or 
jlood-red. Flowers small and numerous, but 
conspicuous. Pkt., 10 cts.; 02, 25 cts. 









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2119 Calliopsis 
(Annual). Shumway’s Supreme 
Single mixture. The calliopsis is 
very hardy and will thrive any- 
where. It makes a quick growth 
and produces beautiful foliage. 
It is one of our brightest and 
best summer bloomers. Gold 
and maroon of the most bril- 
liant hues are the prevailing 
colors. Excellent for cutting 
and massing. Pkt. 10 cts.; % oz., 
25 cts. 
2149 Cerastium (Perennial). Tomen- 
tosum (Snow in Summer). 4 in. A 
low, creeping plant with the upper 
surface of the leaves light in color 
and woolly; it bears a profusion of 
pretty white flowers. June and July. 
Pkt., 10 cts. 









2104 Beans. Scarlet Runner 
Annual climber. <A favorite 
old-fashioned climber. One of 
the very few beans that are 
both ornamental and useful. 
It grows to a height of 10 to 
12 feet, and is covered from 
July until heavy frost with 
clusters of beautiful scarlet 
flowers. PEt., 10 cts.; oz. 15 
cts.; 14 lb., 25 cts. 












2118 Calceolaria 
(Pouch Flower). (House culture.) A most in- 
teresting and beautiful pot-plant for the house. 
Some of the flowers are beautifully spotted and 
tigered, others are self-colored in yellow or red. 
They are greatly admired. HMybrida Grandifiora, 
finest mixed. Pkt., 25 cts. 








