is THEODOSIA B. SHEPHERD COMPANY. 
Lovely Ipomoeas. 
“Heavenly Blue.” A beautiful annual morning glory. The flow- 
ers are in large airy clusters, and are of that indescribable heavenly blue 
so rarely seenin flowers. The throatis yellow inside, spreading softly 
into hlue. The flowers measure 4% to 5 inches across, and about 10 o’clock 
in the morning no lovelier sight can be imagined than this lovely vine; the 
great profusion of flowers almost rendering the foliage invisable. Every 
one who sees it for the first time is filled with delight at its beauty, ex- 
claiming: “‘That is the loveliest thing I ever saw.’ To enjoy the 
beauty of this plant in the east, 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, ( pot-bound ), they ought to be shifted to larger pots, using of 
course, the same light soil. In these pots the plants must remain until 
they show their flower buds, hardening them offin the meantime. Once 
they show these, the plants may be pianted outin the open ground, but 
also in light sandy soil, where they will continue to produce their flowers 
freely. 10c pkt. 
Learii. “Blue Dawn” flower. The flowers are of the most intense 
violet-blue, with reddish-purple rays, and are + inches across; there is 
nothing of its color that exceeds in richness the flowers of ““Ipomcea 
Learii.”’” A half hardy perennial. 10c pkt. 
White Tassel. ‘‘Double Morning Glory.’’ This might be called an 
**All Day Glory,’ as it remains open during the entire day. It is white, 
very doubleand fringed, with delicate purple marks in the center of the 
flower. Hardy annual. 10c pkt. 
Imperial Japanese. Ruffled and frilled. A bewitching new class 
of morning glories from Japan. Beautiful colors in great’variety. Hardy 
annual. 10c pkt. 
KENNEDYA Nigricans. A splendid climber from Australia. Its 
rapid growth and wonderful hardiness should give it a place wherever a 
good thick impenetrable evergreen screen is wanted. It will cover a 
screen 20 feet high in 2 or 3 years if well watered. The flowers are quite 
inconspicuous, being yellow and black. It will climb 40 to 30 feet if en- 
couraged. Soak seed in warm water over night and plant in good soil 
where wanted permanently, or sow in a box of fine soil with fibrous mat- 
ter in it, 3 or + inches apart so the seedlings can be taken up nearly whole 
and planted. 10c pkt. 
Monophylla Lilacina. This is alsoa native evergreen climber of 
Australia. The leaves are rather prettier thanthe K. Nigrican, but its 
great beauty consists in its perfect cloud of the loveliest lilac-blue flowers 
drooping gracefully, and covering the screen or pillar on which it is grow- 
ing with a lilac sheet. Though a lovely evergreen climber, it is not to be 
compared to Nigricans for making a dense growth. 10c pkt. 
Both stand heat and drouthsplendidly, One packet of each of these 
Kennedyas for 15c. Sow in autumn or spring. 
