5 BARTONIA AUREA—x. Showy, 
easy annual. Fragrant golden blos- 
soms all summer. Mentzelia Lindleyi. 
Pkt. 15c. 
2 BELOPERONE GUTTATA—Shrimp 
Plant. An interesting, and pretty, win- 
dow pot plant with its many, grace- 
fully drooping, inbricated spikes of 
red-brown bracts. Little, lilac-tinted 
white flowers. Plants, each 60c; 3 for 
$1.60. 
5 BELLS OF IRELAND 
Delightful annual for unusual cut- 
flower arrangements. The several 
branching stems are set closely with 
big bell-calyces of pale, translucent 
green. Within each calyx is a little 
white flower. Illustrated opposite. It 
is both odd, and beautiful. An excellent 
cut flower when fresh; also it dries 
well, straw-flower fashion, for use in 
bouquets of Everlastings. Our firm 
introduced this curious, but attractive, 
flower to American gardens. Molucella 
anevis. Pkt. 20c; Wg oz. 50c; % oz. 
Cc. 
Fleeing cloud-shadows, wind-driven over plains; 
Deep peering shadows that reach on lakes at twilight; 
Fresh morning shadows drawn long on newest snow: 
Shadows that pass and leave no fear behind: 
Shadows that key to peace. 
1 BERKHEYA MACROCEPHALA — k(3)45. Enormous 
golden flowers with cushiony centers, above decorative 
“acanthus” foliage. Makes striking specimen plants. Rare. 
Pkt. 40c. 
1 BETONICA (Stachys)—x(3)25. Enduring perennials of 
much beauty. OFFICINALIS—Dense spikes of rich purple or 
soft pink, top tall stems. Pkt. 20c. Plants, each 65c; 3 for $1.75. 
GRANDIFLORA-Branching plants, set over with large and 
showy purple flowers. Pkt. 20c; 3 for 50c. 
4 BIXA ORELLANA—vw. The blush flowers remind of wild 
roses. Decorative seeds. Attractive pot plant. Pkt. 25c. 
Z BILLBERGIA 
These easily grown Bromeliads make dis- 
tinetive, and beautiful house plants. They 
like plenty of moisture while they are in 
active growth, and will thrive in an east 
or north window, but, at least in the winter, 
full sun will not harm them. 
BILLBERGIA NUTANS—Delightful pot 
| plant. Illustrated opposite. Pretty, pendant 
blossoms in tricolor effect, the bracts bright 
red, the petals green, edged with vivid blue. 
Plants, each 75c; 3 for $2.00. 
BILLBERGIA SAUNDERSII HYBRID— 
Unusual hybrid with colorful foliage, mar- 
bled bronzy red and cream over green. 
Flowers of deep blue, petals narrowly green- 
edged, the bracts a rich crimson. Plants, 
each $1.65. 
BLANDFORDIA FLAMMEA 
The pretty flowers, rather like narrowed bells, are carried 
in quite large, nodding clusters. Usually the bells are autumn 
brown to crimson at the base, becoming orange, then golden 
at the mouth of the bell, but the color applications are pleas- 
ingly variable. Garden hardy to Washington, or above, but 
perhaps best handled as a pot plant in the north. ‘“‘w’’ culture. 
This rare Australian beauty is in the far reaches of the Lily 
family, but it does not make a bulb. Pkt. 35c. 
BLANDFORDIA NOBILIS—w20. Brilliant crimson, some- 
times yellow tipped. Exceedingly showy. Pkt. 35c. 
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4 BLUEBERRIES FOR BEAUTY 
is VACCINIUM CORYMBOSUM, handsome shrub with 
a ahi blush-hinting spring blossoms, deliciously flavored 
fruits in summer, and scarlet foliage in autumn. Likes Azalea 
conditions. Dig peat into soil. Water in drought. Seeds from 
large-fruited, cultivated sorts. Slow germinating; ‘“‘y’’ culture. 
Pkt. 25c; 3 pkts. for 70c. 
3 AN EASIER ORCHID 
It is BLETILLA HYACINTHINA, easiest of Orchids, and 
one of the lovelier of them, with fairly large flowers of 
amethystine purple, or again of pure white. Fully winter- 
hardy in the garden at Philadelphia, or it will bloom well 
when grown in pots in window. Seeds, pkt. 35c; 3 for $1.00. 
Also available as dormant tubers or started plants, according 
to season, at, BLUE-PURPLE variety, each $1.00; 3 for 
$2.90, or WHITE variety at each $1.15; 3 for $3.25. 
2 THE REX BEGONIAS 
A beautiful, and intensely in- 
teresting Begonia group, with 
richly decorative foliage, orna- | 
mental in wide range of deep | 
and varied color applications. JI- | 
lustrated opposite. Many of them 
have pretty flowers, but they are f 
really grown for the magnificent :§ 
foliage. Our assortment includes | ' 
many of the newer kinds. We |g 
offer PLANTS at each $1.25; 3 
different for $3.50; 5 different 
for $5.60. 
REX BEGONIA SUPERBLEND—Seeds from the finer named 
sorts and crosses. Just the best. Pkt. $1.10; 3 pkts. for $3.00. 
REX GROUP MIXED —Includes seeds from both good hybrid 
varieties, and from the varied species in the general Rex com- 
plex. Will give interesting seedlings in wide variation. Pkt. 
60c; 3 pkts. for $1.60; 10 for $5.00. 
BOOKS ON BEGONIAS 
BEGONIAS AND HOW TO GROW THEM—Buxton. De- 
scribes some 200 kinds, with culture. Illustrated. $4.10. 
BEGONIAS FOR AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS— 
Kraus. Comprehensive. Very good. Illustrated. $3.65. 
TUBEROUS BEGONIAS—Worth Brown. Complete guide. 
Good. Many fine drawings. $3.60. 
3 THE GIANT TUBEROUS BEGONIAS 
Lovely camellia-like b‘os- 
soms of great size, see il- 
lustration opposite, in col- 
ors that include pink, sal- 
mon, orange, yellow, white 
and red. In bloom constant- 
ly from spring into latest 
autumn. Fine decorative pot 
plants for any use, or they 
are wonderful for continu- 
ous flowering display in 
window box, porch box, or 
directly in the garden, but 
give them always a partly 
shaded position. Tubers can 
be dug in autumn, anl car- 
ried over winter as one 
would Gladiolus bulbs. TU- : 
BERS, dormant, full color range in mixture, 3 for $1.15; 10 
for $3.50; 25 for $8.40. Or we can supply separate colors, as 
in above description, at each 45ce; 3 for $1.25; 10 for $3.75. 
(Smaller tubers are sometimes offered at lower prices, and 
they will bloom, but not as satisfactorily as the size we offer.) 
BEGONIA TUBEROUS-ROOTED DOUBLE MIXED—A 
peleoyd strain of seeds from England. Pkt. $1.00; 3 pkts. 
or $2.75. 
BEGONIA TUBEROUS BERTINI HYBRID—This strain will 
thrive in full sun, where other Tuberous Begonias often fail. 
Low, compact plants are filled until late autumn with multi- 
tudes of single, flame-colored blossoms. Pkt. 75c. 
