. Barnard's seeds. Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs. BALSAM Lady Slipper, or Touch-Me-Not One of the oldest and best known summer-blooming an- nuals of easy culture. Desirable for garden or pot culture. Balsams need rich soil, hot sun, and plenty of water. Sow the seed half an inch deep in window boxes or hot- beds early, or in the open air in May, and transplant when two or three inches in height. Stimulate by weekly appli- cations of liquid manure. The delicate flowers of waxy texture are borne along the stem


. Barnard's seeds. Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs. BALSAM Lady Slipper, or Touch-Me-Not One of the oldest and best known summer-blooming an- nuals of easy culture. Desirable for garden or pot culture. Balsams need rich soil, hot sun, and plenty of water. Sow the seed half an inch deep in window boxes or hot- beds early, or in the open air in May, and transplant when two or three inches in height. Stimulate by weekly appli- cations of liquid manure. The delicate flowers of waxy texture are borne along the stems among the leives. The seed we offer cannot be ex- celled for quality. Double Camelia-Plowered Varieties Separate Colors or Mixed 10c pkt. 2410—Scarlet. 2426—Yellow. 2415—Crimson. 2427—Wlute. 2425—Pink. 2428— Mixed Camelia-Flowered. 2429— Solferino. White, with scarlet npots ajyi stripes. 10c 2430— White Perfection. 2431— Carnation Extremely large white . flowers. 10c Striped. White, striped with purple or scarlet ;10o 2432— ^Rose-Flowered, finest mixed. lOo 2433— Double Balsam, Camelia and Rose Flowered, Mixed. A good strain. 1/2 oz., 20c. 5c Balsam Apple and Pear Very curious climbing vine, with ornamental foliage, fruit golden yellow, warted,, and when ripe opens, showing the seed and its brilliant carmine interior; annuals; ten feet. 3337— Balsam Pear. (Momordica Charantia.) Pear-shaped fruit: the fruits are long- and used medicinally. 10c pkt. 3338— Balsam Apple. (Momordica Balsamina.) Round apple-shaped fruit with very fine glossy green foliage. lOc pkt. Balloon Vine (IiOve-in-a-Puff) (Cardiospermum) 2404—A rapid-growing annual climber;; succeeds best in light soil and warm situation; flowers white; seed vessels look like miniature balloons and are of great interest to children. 100 Beans—ornamental A great favorite in Europe, not only as an ornamental clim- ber, but for the delicious edible pods which succeed the bright scarlet sprays


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