

Indoor Planting: Do not use pots smaller than six inches in 
diameter. A compost of one part rotted cow manure to two parts 
loam and one part leaf mold avill give good results. Water sparingly 
until growth is started. At flowering period, applications of weak 
liquid manure are beneficial. 
HANGING BASKETS 
For flowering during late spring and summer. In sections where 
heavy frost is encountered, tubers must be carried over winter 
indoors. 
COLLECTION OF UNNAMED VARIETIES. Selected as to color in 
the following shades: rose, white, yellow, orange. $6.50 for 10; 
$62.50 per 100. (We can deliver these early enough to permit 
flowering from February on.) 
SEEECTEDE ASS IOMTY PRES 
DOUBLE CAMELLIA FLOWERED. A strain of camellia-flowered 
doubles developed through years of hybridization. A strain that 
cannot be equaled anywhere at any price. The colors are true and 
uniform with large flowers of the camellia type. Available in the 
following colors: dark red, pink, orange, salmon, yellow, white. 
Extra heavy tubers, $6.50 for 10; $62.50 per 100. 
CRISPA. A type producing large, profusely frilled and ruffled 
single flowers. This type is better adapted for bedding purposes 
than the ordinary single Begonias. Available in colors as above 
mentioned. Extra heavy tubers, $6.50 for 10; $62.50 per 100. 
CRISTATA. A type of single Begonia, slightly frilled, a coxcomb- 
like tuft or crest is borne on each petal. A very attractive and novel 
form. Available in colors as above mentioned. Extra heavy tubers, 
$6.50 for 10; $62.50 per 100. 
SINGLES. This type produces the largest flowers, specimens fre- 
quently measure ten inches across. Available in colors as above 
mentioned. Extra heavy tubers, $6.50 for 10; $62.50 per 100. 
CARNATION FLOWERED. This type is rapidly gaining in popu- 
larity. The petals are frilled with serrated edges, the entire flower 
closely resembling a carnation. Available in colors as above men- 
tioned. Extra heavy tubers, $6.50 for 10; $62.50 per 100. 
MARGINATA. A crispa type flower with a picotee edge. Available 
only in a mixture of the following colors: white with pink, red and 
copper edge, copper with red edge. Extra heavy tubers, $6.50 for 
10; $62.50 per 100. 
Since the above varieties and types of tuberous-rooted Begonias 
are so far superior, we do not offer the ordinary types. 

Begonia, Crispa Marginata Type 
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Begonia, Cristata Type 
NAMED VARIETIES 
FLAME. Large camellia type, double. Petals are compact and smooth. 
Brilliant orange-scarlet with a beautiful sheen or luster. Free flow- 
ering. Heavy tubers, each, $1.00; $9.00 for 10; $75.00 per 100. 
RED TRIUMPH. A ruffled camellia type, double, of a ruby-red with 
velvety texture. The flower has a definite center and is one of the 
largest of the double Begonias. Extra heavy tubers, each, $1.00; 
$9.00 for 10; $75.00 per 100. 
ROSE DAWN. A perfect camellia type, double. The petals are very 
long and even, of a rich, clear rose with a very symmetrical form. 
Extra heavy tubers, each, $1.00; $9.00 for 10; $75.00 per 100. 
AUTUMN GLOW. An extremely large cristata type, the crest being 
a deep copper, contrasting with the rest of the flower which is 
apricot. Blossoms often ten inches across. The foliage is very attrac- 
tive and much more luxuriant than any other tuberous-rooted Be- 
gonia. Extra heavy tubers, each, $1.00; $9.00 for 10; $75.00 per 100. 
SUNSET. A large crispa type. Very heavily and symmetrically 
frilled. The outer edge is of dark orange with apricot center. Extra 
heavy tubers, each, $1.00.; $9.00 for 10; $75.00 per 100. 
(Make your reservations early to assure delivery of selected 
Begonias.) 
BRODIAEA 10-4 
August Delivery 
A native of the Pacific coast, producing one or two long, slender 
leaves close to the ground and slender, stiff stems bearing a head 
of attractive flowers of great lasting quality. Require same treat- 
ment as freesias. The following varieties are nursery-grown, and are 
far superior to the wild collected bulbs. 
CALIFORNICA. A fine species and one of the largest. Stems are 
1% to 2% feet tall, bearing loose heads of from ten to twenty 
graceful flowers of a beautiful rose-purple. Each spreading funnel- 
shaped bloom is 1% inches long and same in width. Most attractive. 
$1.25 for 10; $10.00 per 100. 
CAPITATA. Commonly known as the “California Hyacinth.” Slen- 
der stems twelve to eighteen inches high with a close cluster of 
violet-blue flowers. Can be had in flower in October, six weeks 
after planting. It continues to send up flowering spikes over a 
period of five months, many times twenty spikes to one bulb. 
$1.25 for 10; $10.00 per 100. 
CORONARIA. Aptly called Harvest Brodiaea in California, as it is 
the last’ to flower. Pretty, light violet-blue flowers are borne on a 
rather loose head, six to fifteen blooms being held on a stiff, slender 
stem about eighteen inches tall. Blooms are about one inch long 
and the same width. Extra-fine. $1.25 for 10; $10.00 per 100. 
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