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ALNEER SEED COMPANY—Established 1883. 


Bachelor Button 
Ultra-Double Cornflowers 
Blue Boy. Cornflower Blue. Pkt. 15c. 
Red Boy. The finest red. Pkt. 15c. 
Snow Man. Large white blooms. Pkt. 15c. 
Mixed. Pkt. 10c. 

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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 Fi" es * mixed, 
Pkt. 10c, 
Choicest Double Mixed Colors ‘y," ‘,7’ 
40c, oz. 75c. : 
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. 15c, ¥% oz. $1.00, 14% oz. $1.75. 
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7 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. 25c. 
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BLUE DAIS 
Grows about 1% feet high, of branching habit, 
producing an abundance of. clear, sky-blue fiowers. 
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. Pkt. 15c. 
; Very fine yellow flowers, 
SERN Aurea thistle-like foliage; annual. 
t. 10c. 

Blue Lace Flower 
(Didiscus caegulea) 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. 
7 A handsome free blooming plant, 
Browallia covered with beautiful blue flowers. 
Sow seed in house in April, transplant in open ground 
in May. Mixed. Pkt. 10c. 
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. 10c. 

GyesorHita Baby’s Breath 
Annual Baby’s Breath 
Dainty small bell - shaped blooms highly 
valued for mixing with other cut flowers. 
Blooms within six weeks after sowing: Pkt. 
10c, oz. 30c. 
Perennial Varieties 
Paniculata. Splendid white flowers of un- 
usual value for bouquets. Blooms the first 
year if seed is sown early. 3 feet tall. Pkt. 
10c; Y%4 oz. 25c. 
Double White. Lovely little double blooms 
in much-branched panicles. Easily dried for 
winter use. Pkt. 20c. 




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, 1% feet. Pkt. 10c, 
4 oz. 40c. 

Burning Bush 
; This annual grows 
Burning Bush quickly from seed sown 
in the open ground. The stems are clothed | a 
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. 10c. Saat. 4 





