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FLOW E R S E ED S PECl ALT! E S 



Moon Flower Vine 



Giant- 



N c 



(Ipomcea Grandifiora Noctiflora,) 



JO one who has a trellis or arbor, 

 veranda, pergola or old tree 

 to cover should neglect to plant 

 The Moon Flower — the most 

 rapid-growing of all climbing 

 vines. Although a perennial 

 species in the tropics, with 

 us it is readily grown from 

 seed as any annual, at- 

 taining full perfection 

 during the summer. The 

 vines are literally cov- 

 ered with thousands of 

 immense, pure white 

 fragrant flowers, open- 

 ing in the evening and 

 remaining open until 

 noon the following day, 

 and if cloudy all day, 

 many of them measur- 

 ing over seven inches 

 across. Planted in rich 

 ground, in a sunny situa- 

 tion, and given plenty of 

 water, the vines attain a 

 height of seventy-five feet. 

 The leaves are large and 

 heart-shaped, of glossy dark 

 green, and are never troubled 

 with insects. (See cut.) Pkt.lOe 



Germination may be hastened 

 by notching the hard shell with file 

 or knife, or soaking two hours 

 warm water. 



"I must tell you of my success with the 

 Moon Flowers. By actual count 6 vines had 

 5,247 blossoms, and were admired by every one 

 who saw them." 



Mrs. R. M. COLVIN, Harrisburg 



THE BRAZILIAN MORNING GLORY. 



(Ipomcea Setosa.) 

 Magnificent summer climbing annual. It grows with the greatest vigor 

 and luxuriance. The leaves are 8 to 12 inches across, overlapping each other 

 and making a dense shade. The vine is covered with short reddish hairs which, 

 with its immense leaves and large clusters of curious seed capsules, render it 

 highly ornamental. We know of nothing better for quickly covering a piazza, 

 arbor or tree. The flowers are of a beautiful rose color, and are borne in large 

 clusters Pkt. 10c . 



flowering 



MAURANDIAS. 



These are grand improvements over the older well-known sorts. 

 The flowers are fully double the size, and the plants and 

 foliage are correspondingly larger and more robust. We had 

 a row of each of the rose, purple and white growing on 4-foot 

 pea trellis in our grounds the past summer, and they elicited 

 praise from all visitors; the vines quickly hid the trellis 

 from view and hung oyer three or four feet, searching 

 for something else to cling to, and were thickly studded 

 with flowers nearly as large as Gloxinias. The plants 

 from seed sown in spring will begin flowering by July 

 and continue until frost. 



Mixed Colors Pkt. 10c. 



Grandifiora Alba. Large pure white flowers. 10c. 



: :: :: JAPANESE :: :: :: 



MORNING GLORIES. 



The robust vines attain a height of from 30 to 50 feet. The foli- 

 age is luxuriant, distinct and varied, green, silvery and yellow 

 leaves; many are mottled light and dark green, white and gray. 

 But the surpassing charm of these "Giant Japanese Morning 

 Glories " lies in the entrancing beauty and large size of the 

 flowers; they measure from 3 to 4 inches across. The colors 

 of the flowers, shadings and markings are limitless. Some 

 flowers are of deep, rich, velvety colors, others daintily tinted 

 and shaded. _ There are reds from soft rose to crimson and 

 garnet; daintiest blue to purple; snow-white to silver-gray. 

 Some are striped, blotched and spotted; others have magnifi- 

 cent edges and throats. (See cut.) Mixed Colors. . .Pkt. 10c. 

 Emperor of Japan. Crimson, with white margin and blush 



throat 10c. 



Empress of Japan. Soft blue, with white margin and rose 



throat 10c. 



Count Ito. Cream dotted with pink, maroon and carmine; 



yellow throat 10c. 



Marquis Yamagata. Blush-pink, rose shadings; white mar- 

 gin 10c. 



NEW GIANT 

 :: Mikado Morning Glories. :: 



A greatly improved race, producing truly gigantic flowers, 4 

 to 5 inches across, and in a large variety of exquisite colors 

 and markings. Mixed Colors Pkt. 15c. 



"RUFFLED AND FRILLED" 

 :: Japanese Morning Glories. :: 



The perfection of Morning Glories. Immense flowers, often 

 as big as saucers, all wavy, ruffled and fluted from throat to 

 margin, like crumpled velvet. Thev are simply magnificent. 

 Mixed Colors Pkt. 15c. 



Double-flowering Morning Glories. 



These beautiful climbing annuals are of very rapid and luxu- 

 riant growth; the flowers will come double, semi-double and a 

 few, perhaps, single. The colors vary; there are various shades 

 of blue, white spotted with red, white marbled with purple and 

 lavender, crimson, pure white, etc. Mixed Colors. . .Pkt. 10c. 



