
GROW THEM INDOORS 
Most Comprehensive Bookeon House Plants Ever 
Published. Covers All Problems That Arise in the 
Successful Growing of House Planis. 
For years we looked for a book of this kind to 
meet the demands of our customers. At last we 
found it. In this book, explained in simple, non- 
technical language and clarified by numerous draw- 
ings and -photographs, are answers to the successful 
culture of plants indoors. Planting tables, direc- 
tions for potting and soil mixtures, lighting, water- 
ing, feeding, ventilation, insect pests—all house 
plant problems are brought forth and discussed. 
Hundreds of plants from all corners of the earth 
are described; and there is a valuable chart of 
plants for interior decoration giving colors and flow- 
House Plant 
Seeds 
Much enjoyment can 
be had growing House 
Plants from seed. We_ 
are offering seed of 
such varieties as we can 
supply and recommend. 
Our house plant seeds 
are fresth and of the 
very best strains, and 
we sell them at the low- 
est prices for which 


prices quoted. 
WE GUARANTEE ALL POT PLANTS TO REACH YOU IN GOOD GROW- [ 
ING CONDITION and will replace free of charge any that do not, provided 
we are notified within ten days from date plants reach you. 
ship house plants outside of the Continental United States, _ : see 
Our greenhouse department offers you a list of house plants most of which 
we can supply throughout the year. 
varieties may vary a few weeks, depending on growing conditions, and if no 
dates are given we can usually ship throughout the year. 
greatest care in packing to insure against frost and breakage in transit. 
House plant orders are sometimes held up during sub-zero winter weather,. 
and extreme heat of mid-summer, but never for more than a week or two. 
PLANTS IN POTS. Unless otherwise instructed, all house plants will be f 
packed with damp moss around the roots and delivered postpaid at the — ~— 
Because of packing problems, it is impossible for us to ship J 
plants in clay pots but if you prefer them shipped in paper pots, we can — 


We can not 




Shipping dates given for individual. 



We exercise the 








ering calendar. 221 pages. 
postpaid. 


Watermelon Begonia 
WATERMELON BEGONIA 
An excellent house plant for the window or 
table. The leaves withstand the dry air of rooms 
better than the majority of plants. Leaves thick 
and waxy-like, are distinctly variegated white 
and green, and have the appearance of being 
powdered with frosted silver. Plants 5@c each; 
3 for $1.25, postpaid. 
BEEFSTEAK BEGONIA 
A low spreading Begonia, with circu- 
lar leaves, red beneath and dark glossy 
green above, 
and of heavy 
16 Sap eT. 
Dian i ne try: 
coralred 
flowers. The 
finest pot 
Begonia for 
house cul- 
ture, Grown 
as easily as 
a geranium. 
50c each; 
3 tor :$1.25; F 
postpaid. 
——s 
Beefsteak Begonia 
TRAILING 
BLOOD LEAF BEGONIA 
5 . . . . * 
The Blood Leaf Begonia is not a true Begonia but is known 
It so closely resembles the Begonias 
We know of no 
botanically as Irisine. 
in habit that it is often mistaken for one. 
Price—$2.75 per copy, 

strictly high grade seeds 
can be produced. 

and packing. 



Painted Leaf Begonia 
PAINTED LEAF BEGONIA 
Few house plants are so entirely satisfactory in every 
way as the Painted Leaf or Rex Begonias. They are rich 
in color and beautiful in design and are easily handled 
under almost any Gondition. The large, broad leaves, 
high colorings and exquisite markings make them in- 
valuable as decorative plants for house culture. They 
make excellent plants for baskets and vases if -given 
plenty of moisture and not exposed to the full rays of 
the sun. We can supply a fine assortment of varieties, 
all beautifully marked, some with broad bands and borders, some 
Many odd combinations of colors, some 
with markings of deep maroon, various shades of red, silvery-rose, 
blotched and speckled. 
silver, bronze, etc. 
We cannot fill orders for special colors or varieties but each 
Delivered from 
plant on your order will be a different variety. 
September until June. ; 
Fach Plant a Different Variety $1.00 each; 3 for $2.50, postpaid. 
BEGONIA SEED 
SEMPERFLORENS HYBRIDS. 
ranks with Coleus and Geraniums. 
frost are completely hidden with flowers. 
it blooms throughout the entire year. 
ors, from pure white to deepest crimson. Pkt., 35c. 
BRAZILIAN 
PLUME PLANT 
A native of Brazil. It 
is of the easiest possible 
culture, and seems to do 
As a bedding plant, 
Of sturdy growth, about 
one foot high, forming dense bushes, which from May until 
As a house plant, 
A fine mixture of col- 
do so if you add 10¢ per plant to your remittance to cover the extra postage 
, 

Blooms both 



Giant Angel's Trumpet ps 
The Giant 
Angel’s Trum- 
pet (Brugman- 
sia) is a mag- 
nificent’ plant. 
Hardy outside 
in the South. 
In the North- 
ern States it 
can be kept in- 
doors in winter 
and on the 
poreh or gar- 
denin summer. 
winter and 
summer. Large 
tropical 
leaves ; beauti- 
ful trumpet- 
shaped f lo w- 
ers nearly a 
foot long, pure 
white, and as 
fragrant as the 
Jasmine. One 
of the most 
gorgeous of all 
b Lovo, ma nee 
plants. Seeds, 
25¢ per packet. 
Blooming age 
plants, $1.00 
each 5 °3) for 
$2.50, post- 
paid. 
it 

Calceolaria 
CALCEOLARIA — 
Rich and Varied Colors 
An ornamental house plant, produeing 
amass of beautiful pocket-like flowers _ 




























plant that is easier to grow, thriving under conditions so 
poor that most plants will die. The oval shaped leaves up 
to 2 inches long are blood red in color with darker blotches. 
They are produced the entire length of long drooping branch- 
es that hang over the edge of the pot. An excellent plant 
for urns, hanging baskets and ferneries. 50c each; 3 for 
$1.25, postpaid. 
For Tuberous Rooted Begenias 
see page 52 

well everywhere, requir- 
ing but little attention. 
It issars th ron e. yarapid 
grower, throwing many 
shoots, each of which is 
tipped with beautiful pink, 
plume-like flowers. Plants, 
60c each; 3 for $1.50, 
postpaid. 

Brazilian Plume Plant 
florists. The Calcecolaria is grown from 
seed. Our select strain of seed is, we b 
lieve, the finest in cultivation; flowers 
large in size and beautifully spotted 
and blotched in exceedingly rich an 
varied colors; very free flowering. 
plants to offer. Seed, Pkt. 35c. 






