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The Conard & Jones Company, West Grove, Pa,
CIT I Superb
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BALSAnS
WE WANT ALL OUR FRIENDS TO TRY OUR SUPERB DOUBLE ROSE BALSAMS.
\Ve recommend our superb Double Rose Balsams as the grandest and most beautiful Balsams ever
seen. The plants grow about eighteen inches high, nicely branched, compact and regular, the flowers
are extra large, frequently more than two inches in
diameter, perfectly double, like the finest roses, and
borne so thickly on the branches that the whole plant
seems a mass of bloom. Our seed is the very best
and contains the following lovely colors in splendid
mixture ; snow-white, rose-pink, rich maroon, white-
tinted flesh, scarlet, spotted, crimson, lilac, canary-
yellow, violet, solferino, etc. For best effects start m
seed-bed and transplant in rich ground at least two
feet apart. Splendid mixed pkt. 6 cts. Also follow-
ing colors separate : Double Wliite, Pink aud
Scarlet, each 8 cts. per pkt.
DOUBLE BALSAM -Choice mixed colors. An excellent
strain, very different from the common usually sold ; large,
double flowers, clear bright colors— not equal to the double
rose, but verv^ handsome and good. Pkt. -1 cts.
BROWALLIA -A beautiful plant with shining green foliage
and bearing an endless profusion of charming sky-blue and
white flowers all Summer; an excellent Winter bloomer for
pots and window-boxes ; grows anvwhere and sure to bloom.
Pkt. 3 cts.
BRACHYCOME (Swan River Daisy^— A ver^- pretty and
desirable annual ; grows about eight inches high and
bears an endless profusion of single Daisy-like flowers,
white and blue ; excellent for beds, edging and»borders.
Pkt. 3 CIS.
CACTUS— Choice mixed seeds saved from the best cultivated
varieties. It is an interesting experience watching these curi-
ous and weird plants develop from the tiny seed. Sow in
shallow saucers of clear, coarse sand, keep moist but not too
wet, cover with glass, and pot the voung plants in x&vy small
pots. Pkt. 10 cts.
CENTAUREA (Dusty Miller)— Leaves silver white, valuable
for beds and edgings. Pkt. 4 cts.
CALIFORNIA POPPY— The old favorite kind, fine for beds
and borders : one foot high, brilliant orange, j-ellow and
white flowers all the season. Verj- grand and showy. Pkt. 3
cts.; oz. 30 cts.
CLARKIA — A well known favorite annual, grows nicely and
produces an abundance of cheerful white and rose-colored
flowers all through the season ; quite hardy. Sow early in
Spring. Pkt. 4 cts.
NEW SWEET WILLIAM (DianthusBarbatus)— These are
exceedingly beautiful, twice as large as they used to be,
and of many rich and brilliant colors ; they deser\-e a place
in ever.- garden, but do not always bloom'the first season ;
immense clusters of flowers, very sweet. Single and
double, finest mixed. Pkt. 4 cts.
Double Rose Balsam.
BARTONIA AUREA, GOLDEN BELLS, grows only
about one foot high, but is one of the showiest and
brightest of garden flowers ; large golden blossoms, borne
in great profusion all Summer. Fine for beds and bor-
ders. Pkt. 5 cts., 3 pkts. for 12 cts.
BEGONIA. REX— The finest ornamental foliage plant
known ; large brilliantly colored leaves, elegantly banded and
tinted with rich metallic'shades of indescribable beautj-. _ Highly
valued for house culture. conser\-atories, etc. Our seed is saved
from the finest-named sorts. Pkt. 10 cts.
BEGONIA. TUBEROUS-ROOTED, Single— The large-flowering
kind ; flowers three to four inches in diameter ; many brilliant
colors, crimson, orange, rose, pink, yellow, etc. Seed saved from
thoroughlv acclimated plants of the finest-named varieties. Finest
mixed. Pkt. 10 cts.
BEGONIA, TUBEROUS-ROOTED, Double— Same as above, but
Giant Double Flowers of gorgeous and brilliant colors. Finest
mixed, Pkt. 12 cts.
FERNS — These are greatly ad-
mired for window and house deco-
rations, and, when established,
are very easily managed, and
more hardy than most other house
plants. The seeds are ver\' small
and fine ; sow in shallow boxes of
light, peaty soil, and keep moist
by covering with fine moss. A
temperature of 60 degrees is about
right. Pkt. 6 cts.
CAMPANULA, CANTERBURY
BELLS— Beautiful plants for beds
and borders, large bell-shaped
flowers, very bright and attrac-
tive. Sow the seeds early in the
open ground, cover lightly and
then transplant to stand twelve
inches apart. Fine mixed colors,
double and single. Pkt. 4 cts.
Begosla Rejt,