. Ely's catalogue of flower seeds. Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Commercial catalogs Pennsylvania Philadelphia. TUBEROUS-ROOTED BEGONIAS. BALSAM- BEGONIAS. HhA. (Impatiens. Lady's Slipper, Touch-Me-Xot, etc.) Perhaps no annual in cultivation is so easy to grow, or gives so many and such fine flowers for so little care. The plants usually average about two feet in height, but transplanting two or three times seems to dwarf them and make the flowers more double. Some of them are as perfect as Camellias in form, and they have a ^vide range of brilliant and del
. Ely's catalogue of flower seeds. Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Commercial catalogs Pennsylvania Philadelphia. TUBEROUS-ROOTED BEGONIAS. BALSAM- BEGONIAS. HhA. (Impatiens. Lady's Slipper, Touch-Me-Xot, etc.) Perhaps no annual in cultivation is so easy to grow, or gives so many and such fine flowers for so little care. The plants usually average about two feet in height, but transplanting two or three times seems to dwarf them and make the flowers more double. Some of them are as perfect as Camellias in form, and they have a ^vide range of brilliant and delicate colors. rkt. 2952 Balsam, Double "White. A select strain of pure white, very double and per- fectly formed flowers . oz. § . $0 10 2955 Scarlet 10 2957 Pink 10 2960 Solferino. Striped and splashed; many colors 10 2962 —Improved Camellia-flowered. Extra-dou- ble, large flowers resembling a Camel- lia. Finest mixed, all colors . oz. $1 . 10 2964 —Fine Mixed. All kinds and colors .... oz. 75 cts. 5 Any 3 pkts. for 25 cts., 8 for 50 cts. BAPTISIA. HP. {False Indigo.) The Baptisias produce pretty, pea shaped flowers on long slender spikes. They bloom in June and throughout mid-summer, growing from two to four feet tall, and thriving best in loamv soil. Pki. 2970 Baptisia australis. Bright blue flowers . $0 05 BARTON! A. HA. A showy spe:-ies, with very fragrant white or yellow flowers, which open in the evening. The plants grow well in any soil; may be sown in the open border in April. pj.^ 2973 Bartonia anrea. Bright golden yellow; one foot tall $0 05 BEET. HA. (Beta.) Chilian Beets have no tubers, but their leaves are oddly and richly colored, and for this reason they are very popular just now as bedding- plants. Seed may be sown where the plants are to stand, and the young plants thinned as they grow: or they be sown in a reserve bed and trans- planted. Full sunlight gives the leaves rich colors. Pkt. 2975 Beet, Dracaena-Leaved. Rich, dark red foli- ase 80
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