New Floral Guide—Spring, 1905. 105 
A choice slender-growing climbing Vine, very desirable 
for porch or veranda, and also for window culture; has 
handsome foliage, begins to bloom quickly and continues 
loaded with beautiful bell-shaped flowers the whole season. 
The flowers are green at first, but quickly change to a 
beautiful deep violet blue. A well-established plant will run 
30 to 40 feet in a season. In planting place the seed edge- 
wise, cover lightly, and water sparingly until the plants are 
out of the seed leaf. Pkt. 12 seeds, 4 cts.; 4 oz., 15 cts. 
CENTROCEMA GRANDIFLORA: BUTTERFLY PEA—An en- 
tirely new climbing vine of great beauty; begins to bloom quickly and 
bears large clusters of pea-shaped flowers from early June till cut down 
by frost. The flowers are quite large, very fragrant, and borne in pro- 
fusion from June until October; the color is rosy purple and creamy 
white, very handsome and attractive, six to eight feet high. Seed 
should be soaked in water over night and planted early in Spring 
where it isto remain. Pkt. 4cts. 
CANARY BIRD FLOWER—A very pretty climbing vine belonging 
Re to the Nasturtium family. It is a quick, handsome grower of grace- 
\WS _ ful habit, has finely-cut leaves,and bears a profusion of levely golden 
j yellow, fragrant flowers, bearing a fancied resemblance to little canary 
birds Will grow ten ortwelve feet high and blooms all the time. 
Very nice for window garden, porch ortrellis. Pkt. 5cts.; oz., 35 cts. 
CYPRESS VINE—A well known and very beautiful vine, with delicate 
fern-like foliage and lovely star-shaped flowers, scarlet or white; plant 
when weather is warm. Pkt. 3cts.each; oz. 20cts. 
ABUTILON—Chinese Bell Flower or Flowering Maple, as it is 
sometimes called, is a beautiful plant for house or wiadow; may be 
bedded out in Summer and taken up in Winter ; grows easily from seed, 
and blooms very quickly. Lovely bell-shaped flowers, borne all the year. 
Colors: pink, yellow, orange, red, white, etc. The leaves are also 
beautifully mottled and variegated with green, white and yellow, and 
are almost as pretty as the flowers. It bears hard usage well and always 
looks bright and handsome. Fine mixed, pkt. 6 cts.; 3 pkts. for 15 cts. 
COBEA SCANDENS 
ACACIA FARNESIANA-—-A very beautiful easily 
grown plant that should be better known, delicate, fern- 
like foliage and charming tassel-like golden yellow 
flowers, deliciously fragrant; should be started early 
indoors. Pkt. 6cts. 
ALYSSUM, LITTLE GEM—Much larger and finer than 
the old kind; blooms constantly all Summer and Fall; 
a sheet of pure white flowers, deliciously sweet. Pkt.d 
ct.; %.oz. 20 cts. 
ALYSSUM, GOLDEN SAXATILE—PBrilliant yellow 
flowers, completely hiding the foliage; grows about one 
foot high; fine for rock work and quite showy in 
masses. Pkt. 5cts. 
ALYSSUM eda ae great peyote, very popwats oa Ee 
grows easily everywhere; covered with pure white fra- 
grant flowers the whole season. Pkt. 3cts.; oz. 25 cts. ALYSSUM, LITTLE GEM 
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i» SALVIA SPLENDENS 
“DROOPING SPIKES ” 
A splendid new large flowering Salvia 
y (Scarlet Sage); bears three times as many 
MWS flowers as the ordinary Salvia Splendens, the 
“iy, flower spikes being so heavily laden they droop 
WitgeWeee gracefully with their own weight. It is exceed- 
NS ingly handsome and desirable for lawn or gar- 
den, whether planted singly or in groups with 
other flowers. The flowers are intense 
dazzling scarlet, and are borne in endless 
profusion until late in the Fall—one of the most 
beautiful Autumn-blooming flowers you can 
plant. Pkt. 75 seeds, 8 cts.; % oz. 40 cts. 
LARGE-FLOWERING SCARLET SAGE (Salvia 
- ek pnt dae ca oares ig valued rig one of the psa nies 
j and most beautiful flowers of late Summer and Fa 
NEW SALVIA SP : when it surpasses everything else in brilliant color and 
SALVIA FARINACEA—This is the lovely blue salvia continuous bloom; grows easily and makes grand stately 
forming dense, bushy plants with long spikes of beautifu plants, 2 to 8 feet high, completely covered with intense bright 
blue ficwers, ae a charming contrast when grewn with | scarlet dewers—a sling mass ef celor when ether fewers 
acarlet variety 2 Red eakeve, Pkt. 6 ets, are gene, PEt. Gets, aed 10 cts.; ¥ oz, 46 ats. 
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