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MISS MARTHA HISBR, URBANA, OHIO, 



E GEM LOBELIA GRASTDIFLORA STTPERBA 



Heliotrope, Lady in White— This lovely variety is a fit- 

 ting- companion to the Black King-. The same vigorous, healthy 

 growth, while the superb large clusters of deliciously fragrant 

 flowers are of pure white, pkt 8 cts. 



Hibiscus Calif ornicus — Strong-growing- plants of very 

 easy culture -and exceedingly showy, the large cup-shaped 

 flowers frequently measuring six inches across. White flow- 

 ers with deep carmine center, pkt 8 cts. 



Hyacinthus Candicans — Giant Summer Flowering Hya- 

 cinth, of robust growth, producing spikes three feet long, of 

 white, bell-shaped flowers, bulbs keeping dry over "Winter like 

 a Gladiolus, pkt 5 cts. 



Iris Kaempferi— Japan Iris.) A perfectly hardy bulbous 

 plant, with large, showy flowers; pure white and of many 

 shades of blue and purple, pkt 5 cts. 



New Giant Imperial Japanese Ipomoeas, or Morning Glories — Here we liave 

 from Japan the new Imperial Morning Glory, a new mammoth class of flowers. The flower 

 garden will lack a beautiful spot if it is without a fence corner or trellis covered with these 

 glorious blossoms; plant attains a growth of twenty feet by Midsummer. The leaves are 

 large and heart-shaped, many of them a rich, dark color, marbled with silvery white or 

 yellow. The flowers are really gigantic, being double the size of the ordinary kind. Their 

 varieties of colors are infinite, running from snow white through all the possible shades of 

 blue, and of red from the palest pink to the darkest reds and purples. They are streaked, 

 mottled, striped, marbled and bordered in wonderful fashion. To gain time, start seeds in 

 small pots in the house in March or April and plant in a warm, sunny place, pkt 5 cts. 



Ipomoea Herderacea Grandiflora Superba Alba — Large, fragrant, pure white 

 flowers, pkt 5 cts. 



Ipomoea Coccinea, Star Ipomoea— Of wonderful rapid growth; dense foliage, cov- 

 ered with hundreds of the brightest scarlet flowers; very showy, pkt 3 cts. 



Ipomoea Grandiflora, Striped-Leaved Mixed— The leaves are green, marbled with 

 silver}- white; flowers fragrant and mostly of an intense ultramarine blue, edged with sky- 

 blue, and with a pink throat, pkt 3 cts. 



Ipomoea, "Heavenly Blue"— The vines are completely covered by its sky-blue flow- 

 ers, measuring four inches across; a lovely climber, pkt 5 cts. 



Ipomoea Noctiflora, Moonflower — It bears 

 lovely white flowers five to six inches in diameter, 

 wi + h a five-pointed star in the center; the flowers 

 open at dusk, or earlier on cloudy days, at which 

 time they are deliciously fragrant. Start the seed 

 in the house and set out as early as safe in the 

 Spring, pkt 5 cts. 



Ice Plant — Mesembryanthemum Crystallinum. 

 For vases; icy foliage, pkt 5 cts. 



Lathyrus— (Perennial Peas.) They are in full 

 bloom earl j- in the Spring before the others have 

 begun to- flower, bearing magnificent clusters of 

 flowers. Perfectly hardy; easily grown; mixed, 

 pkt 3 cts. 



Lavender — An ornamental hardy perennial, 

 bearing long spikes of fragrant blue flowers, pkt 

 3 cts. 



Lobelia— Elegant and useful, of easy culture, 

 and well adapted to bedding, edging pots or rocker- 

 ies. Fine mixed, pkt 3 cts. 



Lobelia White Gem— This lovely new com- 

 pact annual Lobelia grows only four to five inches 

 high, and is densely covered with pure white 

 flowers, pkt 5 cts. 



Lobelia Grandiflora Superba— A very dwarf, 

 erect growth, only four to six inches high, and 

 forming dense balls of charming blue flowers, 

 pkt 5 cts. 



Lynaria Cymbalaria — (Kenilworth Ivy.) A 

 hardy and perennial trailing variety, suitable for 

 baskets, vases, pots and rockwork. pkt 5 cts. 



Lantana, Finest Mixed — Well-known shrub- 

 bry plants, with clusters of Verbena-like flowers, 

 making a grand display the first season, pkt 

 8 cts. 



Mignonette, Large Flowering — The com- 

 mon Sweet Mignonette. Mixed colors. pkt. 



MIGNONETTE.. NEW GIANT RED 3 CtS. 



IilPERIAI, JAPANESE IPOMCEAS 



