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Jieua Peruvian madeira 

 op Mignonette Vine. 



(Boussin gaultia cordaia.) 



A MAGNIFICENT climber from the mountains of Peru. It is far more 

 beautiful than the old and well-known Madeira Vine (B. baselloides). The 

 stems of this new variety are carmine red, against which the bright 

 green fleshy heart-shaped leaves contrast most effectively. The small white 

 flowers, which are borne in long clusters, although not showy, are deliciously 

 scented and contain much honey. This vine will grow 16 feet the first season 

 from seed, and if sown early will bloom from June until killed by frost. Price, 

 per packet, K cents. 



MINA SANGUINEA. 



^NE of the most beautiful annual climbers ever offered, and a great improve- 

 ment over Mina lobata, being much more profuse and commencing to 

 flower in early July ; and from August until frost the vines are fairly 

 loaded with flowers. The vines grow very luxuriantly and quickly to a height of 

 from 20 to 30 feet; the divided green leaves are somewhat like oak leaves; 

 the flowers are not large — about an inch across— but are borne in large clus- 

 ters. Color, deep blood-red with a yellowish throat. Price, per packet, 10 cents. 



flem Glimbing Nasturtiums. 



"Hybrids of Madame Gunter." 



NEW section obtained by a French specialist by artificial hybridizing, 

 and distinguished by dark-colored foliage and flowers of a richness and 

 variety of coloring not to be found in any of the different classes of 

 Nasturtiums heretofore grown. There have already been produced twenty-two 

 different colors or combinations of colors in these new hybrids, including 

 various shades of rose, salmon, bright red, pale yellow, etc., either self-colored 

 or spotted, mottled, striped and margined. For covering trellises, fences, 

 arbors, piazzas, trailing from vases, over rock work, etc., nothing can equal 

 the gorgeous effect produced by their marvelous quantities of bloom borne in 

 uninterrupted splendor from early summer until cut down by frost. Their 

 ease of culture and the few weeks of time required to bring them into bloom, 

 the rapidity of growth, luxuriant and dense, to a height of 12 to 15 feet, and 

 their freedom from insects, render them worthy of great popularity. (See cut.) 

 Price, per packet, 25 cents. 



■ IMPERIAL JAPANESE MORNING GLORIES. 



Gtfand " Imperial (Japanese *' 

 ]VIoi?ninct Glomes. 



GIGANTIC FLOWERS. # EXQUISITE NEW COLORS. # MAGNIFICENT FOLIAGE. 



NEW CLIMBING NASTURTIUMS, " HYBRIDS OP MADAME GUNTER 



KA ORNING GLORIES of the Convolvulus major type, though beautiful and popular 

 / I summer climbers with many people, yet by others are looked upon as "too com- 

 mon," and we are afraid that we. have felt a little like the "others," for we had not 

 given the Morning Glory family proper a showing in our trial grounds for some years until 

 the past season, when we skeptically grew some from seed sent us by the Director of an 

 Imperial Japanese Garden, with the assuranca that we would be surprised at their great 

 beauty and variety. And, indeed, we were surprised, for they proved a revelation to us. 

 The vines are of strong and robust growth, attaining a height of from 30 to 60 feet. The 

 foliage is most luxuriant, distinct and varied — some vines have rich vivid green leaves, 

 others have silvery leaves, some with yellow leaves, and many produce leaves mottled and 

 checkered like rich mosaics of light and dark green, white and gray. The intermingling 

 vines and brightly contrasting colored leaves are wonderfully pretty and effective even when 

 the flowers are not open. 



But the surpassing charm of these "Imperial Japanese Morning Glories" lies in the 

 entrancing beauty and gigantic size of the flowers ; they measure from 4 to 6 inches across, 

 and their greater substance causes them to remain open much longer than ordinary 

 Morning Glories. The colors of the flowers, shadings and markings are limitless, and are 

 really wonders of nature, of such incomparable beauty that descriptions are inadequate. 

 Some flowers are of deep, rich velvety tones, others more daintily tinted and shaded than 

 an artist's brush could portray. The solid colors range through reds from soft rose to 

 crimson, bronze and garnet maroon ; from daintiest light blue to ultramarine, indigo and 

 blackish purple ; from snow-white to cream and silver gray. Some'are striped, starred and 

 spotted ; others have magnificent edges and throats. We especially noted a royal purple 

 with broad white edge and a red throat, a blue with pink throat, a white flushed pink and a 

 wine-red throat, a crimson with white throat, a carmine with white edge and red shaded 

 throat, a claret purple with snow-white throat, copper color with white throat, etc., etc. 



The "Imperial Japanese Morning Glories" are of the easiest culture. Sow early in a 

 warm, sunny position in good, rich soil, and give plenty of water in dry weather. 



Price, per packet of mixed colors, 25c. 



