The'se magnificent Japanese Morning Glories, beggar description 

 m their sinking and brilliant color eflects. The eye is dazzled by 

 tints of rose, shell pink, lilac and azure, and by the gorgeous purples 

 ind MMd reds in endless combination and variety. Each flaked, 

 clouded, stalled or striated flower seems more unique and beauti- 

 ful than the last, and one wonders how such marvels can be sold at 

 any puce They are entirely distinct from the common Morning 

 Glories, embiacing a far greater range of delicate tints and rich colors. 

 Indeed, the remarkable variety of tints and colors is almost endless. There are many extraordinary shades that 

 can scarcely be named, and many peculiar combinations and variegations dilBcult to describe, there often be- 

 ing three or four colors In one flower, while all have white, pink, crimson or lilac throats. The vines of the dif- 

 ferent varieties vary considerably in height, but most of them climb from twenty to thirty feet, branching in 

 all directions. The foliage also is very variable ; some varieties have plain green leaves, others of rich 

 golden bronze, many are blotched and variegated with creamy white and silver gray. They flower three 

 weeks after planting, and the seed can be sown in the open ground In May, or started earlier under glass, 

 or in the house. But above all, the surpassing feature of these New 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. Some flowers are of deep, rich velvety 

 tones, others more daintilytiuted and shaded than an artist's brush could portray. The solid 

 colors range through reds, from soft rose to crimson, bronze and garnet, from light blue to ultrama- 

 rine, indigo and purple; from snow white to cream and silver gray. Some are striped, starred and 

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

 broad white edge and a red throat, a blue with pink throat, a whit« 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. I can truly say 

 that the New Imperial Japanese Morning Glories are by all odds the grandest climbers ever 

 offered and you should include them in your order. The single flowers are larger than the 

 double, although the double ones embrace most of the charming colors and markings found in 

 the single. Last year I ottered the single and double separately, but as the double will only pro- 

 duce about 60 per cent, of double floweis, I ofler the New Imperial Japanese Morning Glorie's this 

 year in one grand mixture of single and double, thus insuring a magnificent display of single 

 flowers interspersed with a goodly number of handsome double flowers as well. My seed is 

 grown in Japan, and includes only.the very best of varieties in choice mixture. 

 Packet, 15 cents; H packets, 35 cents. 



UMBRELLA PLANT. Cyperus Alternifolia. 



For indoor decoration, few plants are more ornamental, growing rapidly in moist soil, and 

 will remain green the whole year round. The easiest and most useful plan for growing it is in a 

 bowl, dish or vase, half filled with rich soil, and then filled with water. In this *■ 



way it will grow luxuriantly, making a hundred or more flowering shoots in a 

 season, and requiring no other attention than the filling of the vase with water 

 when nearly dry. When the stem has reached a height of about 20 inches, it will 

 produce a dense tuft of small white flowers, followed by a miniature plant on the 

 top of each stem, which can be cut oflf and easily rooted by being laid in a bowl of 

 water. The plant grows elegantly in rooms, the water in' the bowl counteracting 

 the effect of the dry heat from furnace or stove. 



Packet, 10 cents; 3 packets, 35 cents. 



COSMOS. New California flonster Early Blooming. 



It is with great pride and pleasure that I offer this Grand New Fancy Cosmos 

 the result of seven years' careful selection. The flowers are surpassingly beautiful. 

 In the mixture are immense flowers, measuring from 414 to 5 inche's across, in 

 white, pink, mauve and crimson. Some are shaped like single Camellias, but 

 larger and more beautiful; some of the crimson ones could almost be taken for 

 single Dahlias; other white ones have plaited petals prettily fringed, and resemble 

 the Romnexia Omlierii, or California Tree Poppv. Some'are star-shaped. The 

 petals are plain in some flowers; in others pinked, or fringed, and beautifully 

 overlapping. The colors range from pure white through shades of pink and red. 

 Packet, 10 cents; 3 packets, !15 cents. 



THE BLUE DAISY. Agatheea Ccelestis. 



The Blue Daisy is one of those handsome herbaceous perennials that should 

 be found in every flower garden. The plants grow about i;.', feet high, of branching 

 habit, producing an abundance of clear sky blue flowers, the shape of which is ac- 

 curately shown in the illustration herewith. It makes a very pretty object for 

 summer decoration in the garden, and is equally desirable for the house In winter, 

 grown In pots or window boxes. The seed should be started in the house in 

 shallow boxes containing rich garden soil, covered with a sprinkling of sand 

 or leaf mould, kept moist and In a warm situation. 



Packet, 10 ccnts| 3 packets, 35 cents. 



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