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J. MANNS & CO.’S SELECT FLOWER SEEDS. 
Climbers and Gourds. 
Balsam Apple.— ( Momordica.) 
A very pretty vine. Grows rapidly and yields a hand- 
some yellow fruit, which is both ornamental and useful. 
Suitable for arbors or lattice work. Pkt., 5c. 
Balsam Pear.—-(Momoraica.) 
Fruits are six inches or more in length. Vines are 
highly ornamental when set with ripened fruits, the rich 
yellow skin and scarlet seeds contrasting nicely with the 
finely cut dark green foliage. It is this variety which is 
most frequently used medicinally. Pkt., 5c.; oz., 25c. 
Balloon Vine. Cardiosperum. ) 
A rapid growing, handsome summer climber, having 
small white flowers, which are foilowed by seed vessels 
shaped like small balloons; grows from ten to fifteen feet. 
Pkt., dc. 
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Canary Dird Plower.—(Tropeotum.) 
Well-known and desirable climbing plant of rapid 
growth, highly ornamental foliage and producing hundreds 
of its elegant, fringe-like, pale yellow flowers. Luxuriant 
aud rambling vine, and is easily trained, making a most 
pleasing effect. Pkt., 5c. 
Cobaea. 
A fine, rapid growing annual climber, with handsome 
foliage and large, beautiful bell shaped flowers. Seeds 
should be started in a hot bed or by a warm window in the 
house, in rather dry soil, as they are apt to rot in open 
ground. In sowing, place the seed edge down, and do not 
water unless in a warm place and the soil becomes very 
dry. A well established plant will run fifty feet in a season 
and cover a large veranda. Pkt., dc. 
Mixed Cypress. 
Delicate climbers and abundant bloomers for windows, 
baskets. vases and trellises, or for open grounds in summer. 
Should be in every collection. Pkt., ic. 
Nest-Egg Gourd.—( Gurcurbita. ) 
A very pretty vine, bearing fruit closely resembling a 
white egg, and is sometimes used as a nest egg. Pkt., 5c. 
Jowel Gourd, or Luffa. 
Many ladies prefer a dish-cloth made of this gourd to 
anything else, as it is always sweet and clean as long as any 
part of itis left. Pkt., dc. 
(Spourea. ) 
Gourd, Mixed. —(Cureurvita. 
Fine for screens, trellises or shading, being a 
Has curiously shaped fruit. 
rapid 
grower. Pkt., 5c. 
Mock Orange.-—(Phyladelprus.) 
_ This is one of the old standard vines, desirable for trel- 
ue shading, and produces a gourd resembling an orange. 
Pkt., 5c. = 
Moon Fi lower.—(Ipomea Mexicana Grandifiora.) 
Very pretty, rapid-growing vine, with handsome bright 
colored trumpet-shaped flowers. Excellent for covering 
walls, arbors or lattice work. Blooms at night. Pkt., 5c. 
Passion Flower. 
( Passiflora. ) 
\ (Passiflora. )—A most interesting 
: end well-known order of climbers, 
Bip AS, bearing singularly beautiful flow- 
HeOS Rers. Pkt., 5c. 
Coccinea. 
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Magnificent greenhouse climber. 
Pkt., 5c. 
Smilax. 
Z Charming tender perennial 
climber for greenhouse or window gardens; it forms 
“strings’’ six feet long which are extensively used for 
decorating, and is grown in immense quantities by. Ameri- 
can florists, the foliage and stems are of pretty light green; 
very graceful; delicate; remains fresh after being cut for 
several days. Pkt, 5c. 
Thunbergia,—( Black-Eyed Susan.) 
Mixed.—Free-flowering climbers of rapid growth. 
May be trained on a slender trellis or allowed to run freely 
over the ground. Flowers are very bright in coloring, 
coming in pure white, yellow, and deep orange, each dis- 
tinctly marked with a deep black eye in the center. They 
are very bright and showy. Seeds should be sown in open 
ground when trees are well out in leaf. Pkt., 5c.; 0z., 30c. 
New Climbing Nasturtium. 
“Hybrids of Madam Gunther.’’—An entirely 
new strain of French origin, most remarkable fortheir wide 
range of equisite colors, showing pink, purple, rose, salmon, 
light yellow, dark maroon, deep orange, etc., etc. Also 
striped and blotched, mottled and variegated in the most 
fantastic manner. They are strong growers, climbing 5 to 
7 feet, with rich dark foliage. Fine for porches, vases, or 
trailing on the ground. Half-hardy annual. Pkt., 5c.; 
0z., 20c. 
Scarlet Runners,—(Lathyrus Odoratus.) 
This bean produces a rapid-growing vine and makes 
clusters of showy bloom. Pkt., 5c. 
Jmperial Japanese Morning Glories. 
These are the greatest improvement that it is possible to 
imagine in the common Morning Glory. Not only are the flowers 
of greatly increased size and most distinct colorings, but the foliage 
is also wonderfully varied and attractive. See illustration of one 
type. The large leaves come in many distinct forms; in some 
cases the leaves are heavily marbled with white or golden yellow, 
while other plants have leaves of different types of a clear golden 
yellow. Our choice mixed strain embraces nearly thirty distinct 
shades and colorings, flowers ranging from deep rich purple to 
pure silvery white. In many the‘flowers are beautifully bordered 
in constrasting shades, while in others the coloring is diversified by 
rich tigered markings and spots of glowing color in the widely open 
throat as well as on the flaring corolla. Especially distinct are the 
shades of cinnamon-brown and faint creamy yellow. Pkt., 5c.; 4 
lb., 30c.; Ib., $1.00. 
Common Morning Glories. 
Convolvulus Majo.—The best known and most popular 
annual climber we possess, growing 30 to 50 feet. A splendid 
mixture of choicest kinds. Many bright colors. 
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For Dwarf or Bedding Morning Glories. See Convolvulus Minor. 
