CATALOGUE FOR THE SOUTH. 



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TAGETES Patula. — French or Dwarf 

 Marigold. — Covered with yellow and brown 

 flowers. One and a half feet high. Janu- 

 ary till April. 



VEBBENA. 



VEBBEN'A Candidissima. — White Ver- 

 bena. — Pure white Verbena of more or less 

 fragrance. One and a half feet high. 

 January till April. 



VERBENA Hy'orida. — (Mixed.) — Ver- 

 bena. — Their long flowering and great 

 diversity of color makes them valuable 

 for every garden, however small. All 

 colors mixed. 1^^ feet high. January till 

 April. 



VINCA Rosea and Alha. — Red and White 

 Periwinkle. — Plants of shining foliage, 

 with white and dark rose colored flowers. 

 Two feet high. February till April. 



VIOLETS AND PANSIES. 



VIOLA Odorata. — Sweet Violet. — Well 

 known edging plant. Half foot high. Sow 

 from January till March. 



VIOZiA Tricolor 3«axima, — Large Flow- 

 f-rinsT English Pansy. — This is one of the 

 finest little plants in cultivation for pots 

 or the open ground. They are of endless 

 colors and markings. Half foot high. 

 October till March. 



BUGNOT'S IMPROVED BLOTCHED 

 PANSY. — This variety is certainly the 

 handsomest of all the pansies, and, like 



the Odiers, are five blotched and generally 

 yellow or white edged. The flowers are 

 of the most perfect form and beautiful 

 coloring. October to March. Price, per 

 packet, 25 cents. 



LARGE TRIMARDEAU PANSY. — 

 (Mixed.) — This is the largest variety in 

 cultivation, the flov.-ers are well formed, 

 generally three-spotted, quite distinct; the 

 plants grow compact. October to March. 



2:iNNIAS. 



ZINNIA Eleg"ans Pumila, fl. pL — Dwarf 

 double mixed. A dv.'arf selection especial- 

 ly desirable. The compact, bushy plants 

 rarely grow over two feet high, and are 

 covered with large flowers of great 

 beautv. Februarv to August. 



ZINNIA Eleg-ans, fl. pi. — Tall Double 

 Zinnia. — Plants of very easy culture, flow- 

 ering very profusely through the whole 

 Summer and Fall; producing double flow- 

 ers of all colors, almost as large as the 

 flowers of a Dahlia. Three feet high. 

 Februarv to August. 



STECKLER'S GIANT ZINNIA. — This 

 Zinnia is without doubt the largest and 

 finest thus far introduced. It is a cross 

 between the Elegans Pumila, fl. pi., and 

 the Elegajis Grandiflora Robusta varieties. 

 The flowers measure from tip to tip fully 

 61/2 inches; half early; semi-high and 

 perfectly double. Each package contains a 

 fine selection of beautiful colors. Febru- 

 ary to August. 15 cents per packet. 



CLIMBING PLANTS. 



These Seeds are all put up in 10c Packag'es. 



ATH POTATO. — Discorea. — A plant of 

 easy culture and exceedingly rapid growth; 

 one of the quickest growing vines that we 

 know of, producing small tuber.s of conical 

 and round shape potatoes. The leaves are 

 glossy and have a white texture. The po- 

 tatoes are not edible, but the vine is used 

 to cover arbors, fences, sheds, etc., and is 

 ideal for that purpose. Bulbs, 25c. eacli, 

 postpaid. iMarch to June. 



ANTIGONON LEPTOPUS. — Rosa Mon- 

 tana, Mountain Vine. — One of the finest 

 perennial climbers of rapid growth with 

 long racemes of beautiful deep pink flow- 

 ers. Sow in February or IMarch in flower 

 pots, and transplant into the open ground 

 in May. Will flower freely the first year. 



CASA BANANA. — Wax Gourd.— A strong 

 growing vine with long shaped, dark crim- 

 son fruit, which looks very ornamental. 

 It is used for preserves. March to May. 



CONVOLVULUS MAJOR.— Morning 



Glory. (Mixed. A well known vine with 



various handsomely colored flowers of easy 

 culture. Grows almost anywhere. Ten 

 feet high. February till July. 



DOLICHOS LABLAB.— Hyacinth Beans 

 Free growing plant, with purole and white 

 flowers. March till April. 



IPOMAEA BONA NOX. — Large Flower- 

 ing Evening Glory. — (The White Moon- 

 flower.) — A vine of rapid growth with 

 beautiful white flowers which open in the 

 evening. Twenty feet high. February till 

 June. 



IPOMAEA QUAMOCLIT ROSEA.— Red 



Cypress Vine. — Very beautiful, delicate 

 foliage of rapid growth with scarlet Btar- 

 shaped flowers. February to June. 



IPOMAEA QUAMOCLIT ALBA— White 

 Cypress Vine. — The same as the Red 

 variety. February to June. 



IPOMAEA LAERI.— The Blue Moonflow- 

 er. This distinct and charming novelty 

 is valuable on account of being in beau- 

 tiful and striking contrast with the true 

 White :Moonflower. 



MAMORDICA BALSAMINA. — B a 1 s a m 

 Apple. — A climbing plant of very rapid 

 growth, producing Cucumber-like fruits, 

 with warts on them. They are believed 

 to contain medicinal virtues. They are put 

 in jars with alcphol and are used as a 

 dressing for cuts, bruises, etc. Februarv 

 till July. 



GIANT IMPERIAL JAPANESE MORN- 

 ING GLORY. — The vines are of robust 

 growth, attaining a height of from 30 to 

 40 feet. The foliage varies greatly, some 

 plants having yellow or silvery foliage, 

 while others are blotched and mottled. 

 February till July. 



WISTERIA. — Blue and White. — This is 

 one of the most popular of our hardy 

 vines, growing rapid; in bloom is truly 

 magnificent, bearing long pendulous clust- 

 ers of blue flowers; growing to height of 

 fifty feet or more. February to May. 



All of our Seeds are secured 

 from the most reliable sources 

 of supply and sire carefully 

 tested to insure proper growth. 



