38 ALNEER BROTHERS RELIABLE SEEDS, ROCKFORD, ILL. s 

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 shee Sa t mixed. 
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, 
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. 14% to 2 
Pkt. 
Vo 
5c, 
oz. 


Bachelor Button 
Annual—Choicest Mixed Colors. 
in any old fashioned garden. 
tractive garden flowers for bouquet purposes. 
large globular heads on 
10c; Yo oz. 30c; 0z. 50c. 

ft. tall. Pkt. 10c, 4 oz. $1.00, 2 oz. $1.75. 
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' ‘Y p The Semperflorens varieties of 
2 Begonia fibrous rocted Begonias are ex- 
ceptionally desirable for edgings or border 
plants. They succeed equally well in either 





















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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. 
- Very fine yellow flowers, 
esa Aurea thistle-like foliage; annual. 
Pkt. 5c. 
= A handsome free blooming plant, 
Browallia covered with beautiful blue fiowers. 
Sow seed in house in April, transplant in open ground 
in May. Mixed. Pkt. 5c. 
Brachycome (Swan River Daisy) 
Free flowering, dwarf growing annual, covered dur- 
ing the greater part of the summer with a profusion 
of pretty blue or white flowers ; suitable for edgings, 
small beds or pot culture. Pkt. 5c. 
sunny or L 2 
continuously from early summer until fall. 
They are also very attractive as pot plants 
for winter flowering indoors. 
partly shaded locations and flower 
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 
favorites come in an array of all colors, producing 
flowers filled right up to 
the center with florets. Choicest mixed colors. Pkt. 



GYPsOPHILA 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 
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. : 
M4 White flowers, fine 
Paniculata for bouquets; one of 
- the favorite hardy perennials. Blooms 
_ first year if sown early; 3 feet. 
& 10c, 4 oz. 25c, Y2 oz. 40c. 
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, 114% feet. Pkt. 10c, 
Y/, oz. 40c. 
Burning Bush 
Burning Bush This annual grows 
2 quickly from seed sown 
in. the open ground.’ The stems gre clothed 
with slender light green leaves. In the fall 
the ends of the shoots are set thickly with 
scarlet flowers—the bushy plants resembling 
balls of fire. Pkt. 5c. 

