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THE GARDEN CENTER — 53 LASALLE ROAD, WEST HARTFORD, CONN. — PHONE 32-4272 
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ACHIMENES A charming plant allied to the 
gloxinia, with flowers of soft lavender. 
each 15¢, doz. $1.50 
ACIDANTHERA MURIELAE THE ABYSSIN- 
IAN SWORD FLOWER White flowers 
with a magenta throat, similar to gladiolus 
in appearance, but more gracefully carried. 
each 15¢, doz. $1.50 
BEGONIAS (TUBEROUS-ROOTED) Among 
summer-fowering bulbs, TUBEROUS- 
ROOTED BEGONIAS are unexcelled in 
their amazing range of color and form. 
They are most useful as bedding plants in 
partial shade and make ideal pot plants for 
semi-shaded terraces and in window boxes 
along north walls. The finely textured flow- 
ers appear in crimson, scarlet, salmon, yel- 
low, copper, pink, and white. Some show 
shadings of two colors in the same flower. 
The following are offered in all of the seven 
colors separately: 
TRUE CAMELLIA-FLOWERED The most 
popular of all. 
GIANT SINGLE Huge striking 4-petalled 
flowers. All at: each 35¢, dozen $3.50 
The types listed below are offered in mixed 
colors only, unless otherwise specified: 
CRISTATA Large single frilled flowers 
with a cockscomb-like tuft on each petal. 
A) FIMBRIATA A double form with serrated 
petals, carnation-flowered. 
HOLLYHOCK The flowers are single and 
pink. They are produced along a main 
stalk like a hollyhock. 
LLOYDII for hanging pots. The flowers 
are in pendulous clusters. Great masses 
of double blooms are produced all sum- 
mer, 
MARGINATA A two-toned frilled single. 
We offer white with a pink edge, or sal- 
mon with a scarlet edge. 
MULTIFLORA Small flowers like tiny 
rose buds profusely produced. 
PICOTEE A double camellia type. The 
petal edges are a deeper shade of the 
color of the main flower. 
All at: each 50¢, dozen $5.00 
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The following named varieties are exeeptional 
from all angles — size, color and form. 
They are vegetatively propagated to pre- 
serve their distinctive character. 
FASCINATION Large single pure white 
flower with contrasting broad pink edge. 
Elegantly frilled. 
RED TRIUMPH Enormous rich velvety 
red double. 
SUNSET Clear light yellow, flushed sal- 
mon, with a contrasting scarlet edge. A 
beautifully frilled large single bloom. 
SANTA MARGARITA The purest shade 
of clear pink. Camellia flowered double. 
All at: each 75¢, dozen $7.50 
BEGONIA PLANTS We will have available 
during May and June seedling plants of the 
best camellia-flowered strains of tuberous- 
rooted begonias. These plants should flower 
from July on. We offer them in RED, YEL- 
LOW, WHITE, PINK, and SALMON. 
each 25¢, doz. $2.50, 100 $20.00 
>ALADIUM, FANCY LEAVED An exotic note 
when grown in pots or in shady borders. 
Handsome papery leaves with fantastic 
color patterns. WHITE and GREEN; PINK 
and WHITE; PINK, GREEN and WHITE. 
each 50¢, dozen $5.00 
