STRAW-FLOWERS or EVERLASTINGS 
Helichrysum is perhaps the most used of the flowers for 
winter bouquets, and very good it is. There are, though, many 
others with flowers, fruits or foliage that may be dried for 
winter decorations. See also, then, Acroclinium, Gomphrena, 
Statice, Limonium, Gypsophila, Belamcanda, Pampas Grass, 
Cacalia, Proboscidea (pods), Cytisus, Eulalia Grass, Artemisia, 
Santolina, Solanum (Love Apples), Hibiscus Manihot (pods), 
Datura (seed capsules), Celosia, Dipsacus, Iris pods, Cen- 
taurea seed heads Ammobium, Briza, Xeranthemum, Rhod- 
anthe, Bells of Ireland, Gladwyn Iris, Littonia seed pods, 
Echinops, Eryngium, Lunaria (Honesty), Eryngium, etc. 
Look them up in this catalog. 
5 HELICHRYSUM BLEND—k(3)35. Strawflower. Perhaps 
most desirable of the “Everlastings,” drying well for winter 
bouquets, beautiful, too, in the garden, or as a fresh cut flow- 
er. Scarlet, canary, rose, salmon, silvery white, soft pink, 
violet, in mixture. Pkt. 15c; % oz. 85c; % oz. 50e. 
2 THE BEST IN BEGONIAS 
He must indeed be hard to serve who cannot find delight 
among the Begonias. For other kinds, see also pages 2 and 4. 
2 BEGONIA EVERBLOOMING BLEND—vw. It may be kept 
in bloom as a pot plant pretty much the year through. Blos- 
soms will be white, pale pink, rose, scarlet or crimson, the 
foliage sometimes bronzed or red-tinted. A wonderful pot 
plant. Desirable, too, for porch box or bedding. Illustrated 
below. Pkt. 25c; 8 pkts. for 70c; 10 pkts. for $2.00. 
BEGONIA EVERBLOOMING VARIETIES—Seeds of the fol- 
lowing are available at 35¢ the packet, any 3 pkts. for $1.00. 
ADELINE, pink; CARMEN, rose with bronzed foliage; 
CHRISTMAS CHEER, large-flowered crimson; INDIAN 
MAID, salmon scarlet over mahogany foliage; DWARF 
- LUMINOSA, scarlet, over red-brown 
foliage; PRIMA. DONNA, rosy car- 
mine; KING OF THE REDS: MAS- 
TERPIECH, large-flowered rose pink; 
WHITE PEARL; SCANDINAVIAN 
PINK, large-flowered; SCANDINAV- 
IAN RED, large-flowered. FIRE SEA, 
bright red; ENCHANTRESS, soft 
rose. 
“7 THE FERN BEGONIA—Begonia 
4 foliosa. Unique, fern-like species with 
multitudes of minute leaves, and 
showers of little, snowflake blossoms. 
| Most attractive. Each 90c. 
REGONIA REICHENHEIMI—One of 
: our own particular favorites. The 
deeply cut, star-like leaves of emerald green, carry rich 
mahogany markings. Bright pink flowers. Each $1.10. 
BEGONIA INDRA—Semi-trailer with light green, wax- 
glossy, rippled foliage. Sprays of white flowers. Each $1.00. 
BEGONIA BUNCHI—Big, glossy leaves of burnished bronze- 
green, are intensely frilled, ruffled and crested at the margins. 
Pretty pink flowers. Plants, each $1.65. 
BEGONIA UNDULATA—Compact plants with undulate 
leaves of shining, light green. White flowers. Each 80c. 
BEGONIA ALLERYI—tThis fine French hybrid has coppery 
green leaves, set with glistening white hairs, and attractive 
white flowers that are veiled in an alluring diaphany of pink 
down. Plants, each 90c. 
BEGONIA STRIGILLOSA—A unique beauty with its great, 
olive-green leaves all marked and marbled with splashes of 
chocolate coloring that seem to be clear through the leaf, 
same contrasting marblings in reverse. 
Well-zgrown, it is on the spectacular 
side. Plants, each $1.60. 
THE WINTER-HARDY BEGONIA 
—(Begonia Evansiana). A _ beautiful 
Begonia for either pot culture or the 
year-around open garden. It is winter- 
hardy, surviving most northern win- 
ters in the open ground if given pro- 
tection of straw or leaves. Pure pink 
flowers of large size. Big, attractive, 
green leaves, red-netted below. Tuber- 
ous roots, winter-dormant. Seeds, pkt. 
35c; 3 for $1.00. Plants, each 70c; 3 
for $1.90; 10 for $5.60. 
BEGONIA DIGSWELLIANA—Glossy, waxy green leaves 
with hairline edging of red. Many, long-stemmed, nodding 
flowers of bright scarlet. Each 90c. 
WINTER*HARDY: BEGONIA 
DOUBLE-FLOWERED OR ROSE BEGONIAS—Pretty much 
continuous bloomers the year through. The flowers are in- 
tensely double. None more beautiful. CARLTON DELIGHT 
—Our own particular favorite. The graceful 
double blossoms in purest, truest ; 
pink, carry a suggestion of the 
Sweetheart Floribunda Rose. 
Rich, mahogany red foliage. 
Each 95c, 3 for $2.70. GENEVA 
SCARLET—A beauty. Densely 
double flowers in vivid, scarlet- 
toned red. Bright green foliage. 
Each 85c; 8 for $2.40. CARLTON | 
BIZARRE—Big clusters of & 
flowers with wide guard petals } 
of deep pink that carry many 
high-piled rosettes in rose-flushed 
lemon yellow, often with trace 
of orange. Foliage of bronzed red. Hess 
Each 95c; 3 for $2.70. GENEVA WHITE—Here the flowers 
remind of little, clustered, white roses. Soft green foliage. 
Each 85c; 3 for $2.40. CARLTON FLAME—tThe blossoms are 
double pompons in flame shades, above lustrous, dark red, 
foliage. Each 95c; 3 for $2.70. OFFER 120AN—One plant 
each of the five, for $4.25. 
BEGONIA SWEET SCANDENT—For hanging baskets. 
Polished, dark green leaves, red-tinged below. Sprays of 
little white blossoms, sweetly fragrant. Each $1.10. 
BEGONIA PREUSSEN—Well-branched plants, filled with a 
profusion of large pink blossoms for about nine months of 
the year. Plants, each 90c. 
THE FUCHSIA BEGONIA— 
Very Fuchsia-like in graceful 
form and foliage, and in the 
long, pendant, ‘‘ear-drop”’ blos- 
soms of rose-scarlet. Begonia 
fuchsioides. Plants, each 90c. 
THESTITCH-LEAF BEGONIA 
—tThe edges of the quite large, 
scalloped green leaves are bor- 
dered all around with brown 
marks, like a decorative stitch- 
ing. Easily handled, and good. 
eee pink blossoms. Each 
10. 
BEGONIA CORALLINA DE 
LUCERNE—Graceful angel- 
wing leaves of silver-spotted, 
rose-tinged green. Coral flowers 
in handsome, pendant clusters. 
Plants, each 80c. 
BEGONIA ANGULARIS— 
Handsome Brazilian with 
elongated leaves of satiny dark 
green, silvery on the veins, 
and rose-tinged in reverse. White flowers. Plants, each $1.00. 
BEGONIA ORANGE RUBRA—Seed-grown. Flowers true 
orange, through orange-toned rose to orange scarlet. Silver- 
spotted, rose-tinted, angel-wing foliage. Mixed. Each $1.25. 
BEGONIA SUTHERLANDI—A graceful species for pots or 
hanging baskets. Profuse showers of little blossoms in an 
unusual coppery orange. Dormant in winter. Supplied as 
plants or as tubers, according to season. Easy to handle. 
Each 80c. 
BEGONIA THURSTONI—Big, glossy, bronze-burnished leaves. 
Clusters of pink flowers. Make handsome specimens. Plants, 
each $1.10. 
THE TROUT BEGONIA—The decorative, bronzed leaves, red 
below, are brightly silver-spotted. Creamy flowers. Begonia 
argentea-guttata. Plants, each 75c. 
RARE BEGONIA SPECIES—Seeds of the following are ex- 
pected. Priced at 40c the packet, any 10 pkts. for $3.70. 
Alto de Serra, Acetosa (Cantareira), Andersoni, Bowingiana, 
Cathayana, Cathcarti, Coccinea (Rubra), Cypraea, Deliciosa, 
Dichroa, ‘Fleece Alba’, Gigantea, Griffithi, Handleyi, Her- 
acleifolia, Josephi, Kellermanni, Laciniata, Lutea, Macro- 
carpa, Malabarica dipetala, (Mrs. W. S. Kimball), Megaptera, 
Picta, Poponoei, Roxburghi, Rubro-venia, Scabidra, Sikki- 
mensis, Wallichiana, Woolly Bear (Manda), Xanthina. .Give 
alternate choice, please. Seeds of most of above, with others, 
can also be supplied in one general blend of beautiful 
diversities. Try it for pleasant surprises. Order as BEGONIA 
SPECIES BLEND, at 40c the pkt., 3 pkts. for $1.10. 
