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scalloped edges and plain, altogether, the most fantastic, original, dainty , 

 brilliant and interesting flowers that have made their appearance for many a 

 day. The constant wonder is, as each flower opens, what combination further 

 can be developed. Every one can grow them, and those who want something 

 charming and new to anticipate through the blooming season should have them. 

 10 cts. pkt. 



Double Morning Glory, " White Tassel." This might be called an "All-day 

 Glory," as it remains open during the entire day. It is white, very double 

 and fringed, wiih delicate purple marks in the center of the flower. Sometimes 

 there are several rows of fringed petals outside of the flower. In other flowers 

 the center is very double. It is a charming thing, and resembles a dainty white 

 tassel. Plants from seed give a large percentage of double flowers. 10 cts. pkt. 



HIBISCUS, "Sunset." A splendid, showy Hibiscus, that blooms from seed the 

 first year. It grows to the height of four feet, and sends up spikes of gorgeous, 

 light-yellow flowers, with a dark-red velvety throat. These beautiful blossoms 

 measure six inches across, It blooms about the middle of the summer, if 

 planted in early spring, and continues until late fall, when the tops die down. 

 If cut back, it will come up again, and begin growing in early spring. It is a 

 very striking and handsome plant. 10 cts. pkt. 



HARDENBERGIA Alba. This beautiful plant, though not new, is still rare. It 

 has handsome foliage and exquisite white flowers. It blooms from January till 

 the last of March. The flowers appear at the axils of the leaves, and the entire 

 plant is covered with spikes of small, round, snowy-white, pea-shaped blossoms. 

 The stems are very slender, and the spikes of bloom are from three to five inches 

 long. It is our loveliest white winter-blooming shrub, and would be invaluable 

 in the East for cut flowers. The seeds are slow to germinate and should be 

 soaked for twenty-four hours in water, with a few drops of camphor added 

 (which is said to hasten the germination of seeds). 15 cts. pkt. 



HELIOTROPE. Very few people know that Heliotrope is very easily raised from 

 seed and that young plants come into bloom very early. Those who grow 

 flowers should have the great pleasure of testing them. All varieties mixed, 

 5 cts. pkt. 



H. Lemoine's Hybrids. The flowers of these varieties are larger than the ordi- 

 nary Heliotrope; the foliage is also larger, and the trusses immense, often six 

 inches across, and very beautiful shades of purple. Splendid mixed, 10 cts. pkt. 



IPOMEA, "Heavenly Blue." A beautiful annual morning glory. The flowers are 

 in large airy clusters, and are of that indescribable heavenly blue so rarely seen 

 in flowers. The throat is yellow inside, spreading softly into blue; the flowers 

 measure four and one-half to five inches across, and about 10 o'clock in the 

 morning no lovelier sight can be imagined than this lovely vine, the great pro- 

 fusion of flowers almost rendering the foliage invisible. Every one who sees it 

 for the first time is filled with delight at its beauty, exclaiming: "That is the 

 loveliest thing I ever saw." In order to enjoy the beauty of this plant as early 

 in the season as possible, success depends on cultivating the seedlings in the 

 following manner: Having been potted off singly in small thumb-pots, in light, 

 sandy soil, and being well rooted through (pot-bound), they ought to be shifted 

 to large pots, using, of course, the same light soil. In these pots the plants 

 must remain until tney show their flower-buds, hardening them off in the mean- 

 time; once they show these, the plants may be planted out in the open ground, 

 but also in light, sandy soil, where they will continue to produce their flowers 

 freely. If the plants are cultivated in very rich soil they will attain enormous 

 dimensions and produce a most luxuriant foliage, but hardly any flowers until 

 very late. 10 cts. pkt. 



I. Learii. "Blue Dawn" flower. The flowers are of the most intense violet blue, 

 with reddish purple rays, and are six inches across; there is nothing of its color 

 that exceeds in richness the flowers of "Ipomea Iyeaiii." 10 cts. pkt. 



