1 BARBAREA RUPICOLA—erx(2)6. “Cheiranthus” flowers 
- brightest yellow. A pretty rock garden perennial. Pkt. 
c. 
bd BARTONIA AUREA — eodx(2-4)24. Sweet Stargold 
(botanically Mentzelia Lindleyi). Showy annual with big, 
glistening golden flowers all summer. Pkt. 10c. 
BEGONIA 
_ Handsome, long-blooming window, conservatory, or out- 
side bedding plants, decorative in flower and foliage. They 
mostly like, or will at least tolerate, a bit of shade. 
2 BEGONIA EVERBLOOMING BLEND—w. It may be kept 
in bloom as a pot plant pretty much the year through. It 
was so, indeed, that it earned its old name of Blossom-fool. 
for as long as there is life in it there are flowers on it. 
Blossoms will be white, pale pink, rose, scarlet or crimson, 
the foliage sometimes bronzed or red-tinted. A wonderful 
pot plant in window or conservatory, but much used, too, 
for summer bedding. This is a mixture of the better sorts 
of the semperflorens and gracilis sections. We produce our 
own seed. Pkt. 20c; 3 pkts. for 50c; 10 pkts. for $1.50. 
2 BEGONIA INDIAN MAID—A most handsome variety, al- 
ways in bloom. Fine flowers of deep salmon pink, carried 
over foliage of rich bronze-mahogany. Plants only, each 
35c; 3 for $1.00. 
2 BEGONIA LUXI PILOSIOR—Low-growing species with 
ornamental foliage. Pretty pink flowers. Pkt. 25c. 
4 BEGONIA INVOLUCRATA—w. Large corymbs of fine 
white flowers. Leaves decorative, large and succulent. Root 
a rhizome. A strong grower. Pkt. 20c. 
2 BEGONIA MULTINERVA—w. Pale pink or white waxy 
flowers in big, showy clusters. A well-shaped bushy plant. 
Will endure sun if kept watered. Pkt. 20c. 
4 BEGONIA TUBEROUS SINGLE MIXED—w. Flowers of 
great size, in gorgeous color range, and that includes orange, 
pink, rose, salmon, scarlet, white and yellow. Makes an 
exceedingly attractive pot plant, or may be used effectively 
for outside bedding in a shady place if kept well-watered. 
Tubers may be stored over winter in dry sand. Pkt. 35c. 
4 BEGONIA TUBEROUS DOUBLE MIXED—Flowers large, 
fully double. Same inclusive color range as the Single 
Tuberous. Highest quality mixture. Tubers only, February, 
through May, but early orders are advisable this year., each 
80c; 3 for 75c; 10 for $2.25. 
3 BEGONIA EVANSIANA—w. This is the winter-hardy 
Begonia, surviving most northern winters, even as far up 
as Ottawa, if given protection of leaves or litter. Pure 
pink blossoms are carried well above the leaves, over a 
long season. Good glossy foliage, red-netted below. 24 
inches. Pkt. 20c; 3 pkts, for 50c. Illustrated page 49. 
OTHER BEGONIA SPECIES—Several in Treasure Chest. 
* BELLS OF IRELAND—edx(3-4)30. It 
is that odd Syrian beauty, Molucella 
laevis, called so because that name so 
descriptively suggests itself to those who 
see it. The several branching stems are 
closely set with big bell-calyces of pale, 
translucent green. Within each calyx 
lies a curiously formed little white 
flower. Illustrated opposite. Molucella 
cuts well as a fresh flower, also the 
spikes may be dried for winter decora- 
tion as a straw-flower. Pkt. 15c. 
1 BETONICA GRANDIFLORA—Beauti- 
ful, long-blooming perennial for rock 
garden or border. Rather large and 
showy blossoms of rich purple-violet, 
carried in loose spikes. Good foliage. 18 
inches. Plants only, each 40c. 
1 BETONICA OFFICINALIS—ebx (8) 28. 
Dense spikes in vivid purple or soft rose pink top the 
Many tall stems. Showy. Both this and the preceeding, 
are technically of Stachys. Pkt. 15c. (Plants, each 35c). 
* BIDENS—Here are golden-flowered annuals just over the 
border from Cosmos, edging toward Coreopsis. Quick and 
easy from seed. HUMILIS—Ecuador or Miniature Cosmos. 
Starry flowers of rich yellow, carried in massed profusion. 
18 inches. It cuts. Pkt. 15¢c. XINVOLUCRATA—Showy 
native wild-flower of late summer. Large blossoms of deep 
yellow, sometimes near orange at petal base. Will naturalize. 
Pkt. 10c; yy oz. 20c. 
* BELLIS PERENNIS FINE MIXED—erkt(1-2)6. English 
Daisy. Desired for spring bedding, edgings, porch boxes. 
Double, in blend of red, rose and white. Offered subject 
arrival. Pkt. 20c; 3 pkts. for 50c. 

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1] THE BLACKBERRY LILIES 3 
Here are enduring 
perennials for sun 
or shade, good cut 
flowers, desirable, 
too, in the mixed 
border. Easy from 
seed, often blooming 
first year if sown 
early. Botanically 
BELAMCANDA 
(syn. Pardanthus). 
BELAMCANDA 
CHINENSIS— 
Fecbstk(3-4)48. Pret- 
ty orange-and-crim- 
son blossoms, then 
glossy “blackberry” 
seed-clusters that 
may be dried for 
winter bouquets. IJ1- 
lustrated page 9. 
Gives interesting ef- 
fects planted in as- 
sociation with Iris 
dichotoma, the Ves- 
per Iris, which see. 
Pkt. 15¢; %4 oz. 40c; 
1 oz. $1.40. (Plants, 
each 30c; 3 for 80c; 
10 for $2.40). 
BELAMCANDA AVALON HYBRIDS—Surprising variations 
of color, form and height will show in this wonderful new 
strain, the result of Old Orchard hybridization, Flabellata 
crossed on Chinensis. Flowers may be pale, unmarked yel- 
low, bright yellow with orange dots, orange alone, yellow 
dotted with crimson, roseate ,orange, apricot with darker 
spotting, creamy yellow with deep yellow center stripe. The 
height may be anything from 12 inches (the Flabellata par- 
ent being dwarf and compact) up to four feet, and the 
blossoms may be carried in tight, close clusters or in 
widely panicled open sprays. Always the flowers are fol- 
lowed by the showy and interesting “Blackberry” fruit- 
clusters. Pkt. 20c; x oz. 35c. (Plants, each 40c). Illus- 
trated above. 
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2 BELOPERONE GUTTATA—*ex(8)15. Shrimp Plant or 
Dwarf Chuperosa. Little lilac-tinted white flowers peer from 
showy red-brown bracts, these closely imbricated in grace- 
fully drooping form. Makes an interesting pot plant for 
window garden or greenhouse. Also, handled in manner 
of Scarlet Sage, may be effectively used for summer garden 
planting. Pkt. 20c. (Plants, each 35c). 
5 BERBERIS THUNBERGI ATROPURPUREA—True Red- 
leaf Barberry, the brilliantly colored foliage varying from 
bright red to black-maroon, always richest in sun. It comes 
true from _seed, germinating with fair ease from early 
spring sowings. Splendid for informal hedges, for founda- 
tion plantings, or as specimens for accent. The shining 
red berries make long, gay showing. Note, please, that this 
Barberry species is not a host for wheat rust. Pkt. l5c; 
1g oz. 80c; % oz. 50c. 
BERBERIS SPECIES—For seeds of other 
Barberries, see our TREASURE CHEST 
folder, sent on request. 
2 BESCHORNERIA YUCCOIDES — w(x) 
(3) 50. Decorative Amarylliad, usually 
grown as a large pot plant. Red-stemmed 
panicles of rose-bracted flowers rise from 
leaf-rosettes that are like nests of aroused 
sword blades. Pkt. 20c. 
8 BESSERA ELEGANS—Lady’s Eardrop. 
A garden-easy bulb of considerable charm. 
Intricately formed blossoms of bright 
coral with orange  suffusions, striped 
creamy within, and with blue anthers, are 
carried in nodding, swaying umbels on 
slender 20-inch stems. It cuts. Illus- 
trated opposite, Give bulbs gladiolus 
handling throughout, save that a covering of dry sand is 
advisable while they are in winter storage. Bulbs, spring 
delivery, each 40c; 3 for $1.10; 10 for $3.10. 
*BLUE LACE FLOWER —ex(3)20. Didiscus. Pretty 
clusters of exquisite blue lace. Pkt. 10c; 14 oz. 20c. 

