1 BARBAREA RUPICOLA—erx(2)6. ‘‘Cheiranthus’’ flowers 
in brightest yellow. A pretty rock garden perennial. Pkt. 20c. 
* BARTONIA AUREA — eodx(2-4)24. Sweet Stargold 
(botanically Mentzelia Lindleyi). Showy annual with big, 
glistening golden flowers all summer. Pkt. 10c. 
* BALSAM APPLE AND PEAR—ek(9)100. -Momordica, a 
decorative annual vine with yellow flowers and odd pear 
or apple-shaped fruits that split to show interestingly carved 
red seeds. Pkt. 10c. 
*BALSAM (Annual Impatiens) 
Oriental effects in. color massing. No easier annual flower. 
BALSAM AVALON BLEND—ecbx(8)30. Big flowers, well- 
doubled. There will be pure pinks, rose, salmon, vivid red, 
lilac and lavender, with whites, clear or with pink suffusion. 
Pkt. 10c; % oz. 25c. 
IMPATIENS ROYLEI—ebmtx(3-4)70. Mountain Jewel. From 
mountains of India comes this handsome, robust Balsam. 
Big, airy flowers, soft pink to deep purple. Pkt. 20c. 
BEGONIA 
Handsome, long-blooming window, conservatory, or outside 
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 section, with a bit of the gracilis group 
for good measure. We produce much of our own seed of this. 
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 40c; 
3 for $1.10, 
BEGONIA REX—Grown for the ornamental] foliage, the large 
leaves decorative in both form and widely varying colorations. 
Young plants, each 50c; 3 for $1.40. 
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 54. 
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 winter-stored in dry sand. Pkt. 60c. 
‘4 BEGONIA TUBEROUS DOUBLE: MIXED—Flowers large, 
fully double. - Same inclusive color range as the Single 
Tuberous: Highest -.quality mixture. Tubersonly, February. 
through May, but early orders are advisable this year. Each 
85c; 3 for 95c; 10 for $3.00. 
RARE BEGONIA SPECIES—Here are seeds of several of 
the rarer Begonia species, all worth growing, some of them 
exceedingly desirable. In certain instances stocks are small, 
80 we suggest giving alternate choice. LUXII PILOSIOR— 
Low growing, with ornamental] foliage. Pretty pink flowers. 
Pkt. 30c. INVOLUCRATA—Big corymbs of fine white flowers. 
Leaves large, decorative, succulent. Pkt. 25c. FUCHSIOID™S 
—Drooping, Fuchsia-like flowers of richest scarlet. Highly 
attractive. Pkt. 35c. CARPINIFOLIA—Strong grower with 
big clusters of pure white flowers. Excellent foliare. Likes 
shade and ample moisture. Pkt. 25c. ECHINOSEPALA— 
Pretty flowers of white or soft pink. Leaves serrate, green 
and glossy above, purple below. Pkt. 30c. PICTA—Desirable 
horticultural form of undetermined botanic standing. Foliage 
spotted white over green, flowers white or rose. Pkt. 35c. 
COCCINEA—Drooping clusters of large, wax-like flowers in 
brilliant coral] red. Blossoms are persistent. Pkt. 40c. 
MULTINERVA—Pale pink or white waxy flowers in bic, showy 
clusters. Makes bushy plants. Pkt. 30e. XANTHINA—Large 
flowers of golden yellow, tinged red in reverse. Big, decorative 
leaves of glossy green abeve. purple below. Pkt. 50c. 
ALNIFOLIA—Very good white-flowered species. though a bit 
tall and rampant in growth. Pkt: 30c. RUBRO-VENIA— 
Himalayan species with oblique. glossy green leaves, red below, 
and flowers of white and vink. Pkt. 30c. OFFER 33A36— 
One: pkt. each of the 11 for $3.40. 


* BELLIS PERENNIS FINE _ MIXED — 
erkt(1-2)6. English Daisy. Desired for 
spring bedding, edgings, porch boxes. Double, 
large-flowered, in mixture of rose, red and 
white. Pkt. 15c; 3 pkts. for 40c. 
* 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 decoration 
as a straw-flower. Pkt. 20c. 
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, 
eften blooming first year if sown early. Botanically 
BELAMCANDA (syn. Pardanthus). 
BELAMCANDA CHINENSIS—“*ecbstk (3-4) 48. Pretty orange- 
and-crimson blossoms, then glossy ‘“blackberry”’ seed clusters 
that may be dried for winter bouquets. Illustrated page 48. 
Plant with Vesper Iris (Iris dichotoma), for interesting effects. 
Pkt. 15¢e; % oz. 30c; 14 oz. 50c. Plants each 35c; 3 for $1.00; 
10 for $2.90. 
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 yellow, 
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 parent 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 followed by the showy and 
interesting “Blackberry” fruit-clusters. Illustrated on back 
cover. Pkt. 20c; 1/16 oz. 35c. 

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 Searlet Sage, may be effectively used for summer garden 
planting: Pkt. 20c. (Plants, each 35c.) 
5 BERBERIS THUNBERGI ATROPURPUREA—tTrue 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. The shining red berries make long, gay showing. 
Note, please,- that this. Barberry species, isnot a host. for 
wheat rust; Pkt. 15¢; % oz. 30e; %-oz.. 50c.>_ 
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. 
3 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. Jllustrated 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. 
1 BETONICA GRANDIFLORA—Beautiful, 
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 75c. 
1 BETONICA OFFICINALIS—ebx(3)28. Dense spikes in 
vivid purple or soft rose pink top the many tall stems. 

_ Showy. Both this and the preceding are technically Stachys. 
Pkt. 15¢c; 1/16 oz. 25c. Plants, each 40c; 3 for $1.10. 
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