NEW IMPERIAL 



Japanese Morning Glories. 



SINGLE AND DOUBLE. 



These magniflceDt Japanese Morning Glories, beggar description 

 m their striking and brilliant color efl'ects. The eye is dazzled by 

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

 andM\id reds m 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 pi ice. They are entirely distinct from the common Morning 

 Glories, embratmg 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 difficult to describe, there often be- 

 ing three or four colors in one fl'ower, 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 whUe 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 ^few 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 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, 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 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. I can truly say 

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

 off'ered 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 offered the single and double separately, but as the double will only pro- 

 duce about 20 percent, of double floweis, I otTer the New Imperial Japanese Morning Glories this 

 year in one grand mixture of single and double, thus insuring a magniflcent 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, 10 cents; 3 packets, 25 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 fllled 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 off 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, 25 cents. 



CANNAS. New Large Flowering French and American. 



In this new class of Cannas we have something of pronounced merit for bed- 

 ding — either in rows or large clumps — and for winter flowering in pots they are 

 of scarcely less value. The foliage is luxuriant and the plants dwarf in habit. 

 Their great merit however, lies in the large size and brilliant hues of the flowers, 

 ranging through all shades of yellow and orange to the richest crimson, scarlet 

 and vermilion; some are also beautifully spotted. Seed sown in hot-bed, green- 

 house, or shallow boxes in the house, from January to April, will produce flower- 

 ing plants in July. My mixture contains the best of varieties of recent introduc- 

 tion botli at home and abroad, and is sure to afford the grower much pleasure. 

 Packet, 10 cents; 3 packets, 25 cents. 



THE BLUE DAISY. Agathaea Coelestis. 



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

 be found in every flower garden. The plants grow about ly, 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 cents) 3 packets, 25 eeuti. 



Tl 



mbrella Plant. 



The Blue Daisy. 



