©rnamental ©limbers. 



One of the most interesting and useful class of garden plants, and 

 this list I believe embraces the most popular and satisfactory va- 

 rieties Many a trellis, fence, tree-stump or veranda, otherwise 

 unattractive can be made beautiful by planting them. 

 A.\IPELOP!*IS.— ./ap'J'ie.?'- Ivy ur Miniature Virpinia Creeper. 



An introduction from Japan which has proven entirely hardy. 



It erows as rapidly as the old Virginia Creeper, and attains a 



height of Hfty feet. It clings Urmly to any wall, tree, etc. 



— Veltclil , „ , ., '•*"'• 



A.'B.lSTOliOCB.lA..— Dutchman's Pipe. A rapid growing 



climber with large heart-shaped foliage, and very curious 



flowers resemblint; a pipe. Grows 20 feet or more in a season. 



— Slpho. — Brownish purple. 10c 

 BALLOON VINE.— CarJiosp<;r;num. A rapid growing 



handsome climber, with inflated membranous capsules, from 

 which it derives its name. Grows and spreads very rapidly. 



— White. 16 feet. . 5c 

 CANARY BIRD FLOW^ER.— A very attractive creeper 



bearin" a neat yellow (lower, beauiifully fringed. lU feet. luc 

 CLEMATIS.— Rapid growing climbers, fine for arbors and 



verandas. Perfectly hardy, soak the seed 



in water 24 hours before sowing. 

 -Fine Mixed, ICC. 



COB.EA.— A rapid growing climber, bear- 

 ing an abundance of bell shaped flowers. 

 — Scandens. Rich purple. 1> feet. 10c. 



CONVOLVULUS.— -l/'<)Viiii.'7 aiory. A 



well-linown and beautiful free flowering 



class of climbers, with brilliant and varied 



colored flowers, growing in any situation. 



— Major. Very flne mixed. .5o. 

 DOLICHOS.— -Hi/aci«rft Bean. A French 



Hyacinth Bean, with beautiful clusters of 

 purple and white flowers. 15 feet. 



— Fine Mixed. 5c. 

 GOURD ORNAMENTAL.- A very 



useful and ornamental class of rapid- 

 growing climbers. The fruit is of various 

 shapes and colors, some very large and 

 others very small. All are hard-shelled 

 ? and will keep for vears. never decaying. 

 2 -Small Varieties Mixed. All sorts. .5c. 

 S — Larse Varieties Mixed. All sorts. 5c. 



IS IPOMfEA..— Cypress Vine. Fern-like foliage and scarlet flowers, decidedly 



S beautiful. I consider this one of the handsome'st of our climbing annuals. 15 feet, 



— Qnamnollt. Bright scarlet; the most showv variety. 5c. 



S MOMORDICA. Commonly known as Balsam Apple. No trailing plant can 



surpass this in striking beauty of fruit and foliage. 12 feet. 

 5 — Balsamlna.- Balsam Apple, .\pple-shaped fruit. 5c. 



i —Cbar-.intla.— Bnlmm Pear. Pear-shaped fruit. -^c. 



'* NASTURTIUM M \JV>i.— TaU Tiopcolum. Admirably adapted for rock 

 h work, banks, covering trellises, or rustic work. 10 feet. 



P —Spitfire. Brilliant scarlet, very showy. '"C- 



,s —Choice Tall Mixed. Embracing all the beat varieties. 5c. 



SWEET PEAS.— in^/iT/;-i(.s Oitoratns. Beautiful, fragrant, free-flowering 

 plants, thriving in any open situation; blooming all summer and autumn if the 

 flowers are cut freely, and the pods picked off as thev appear. 6 feet. 

 Fine Mixed. All colors, shades and markings. Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 

 10 cents; '4 lb., 2-5 cents; lb., 75 cents. For New Sweet Peas see page 67. 

 THUNBEROIA. — WacA; Eiied Suann. An ornamental, rapid-growing 

 climber. Fine for vases, rustic work or greenhouse decoration. 

 Fine Mixed. White, buff and orange. 5c. 



NEW YftRIECaTEO jaPflNESE H©P. 

 This charming annual climber is sure to create a lurore wherever grown. It !■* 

 a rapid grower, attaining a height of 20 to 25 feet in a few weeks time. The leaves 

 (averaging from 6 to 7 inches across) are beautifully and distinctively marked 

 with silvery white, yellowish green and dark green, partly regularly striped, as 

 ■= well as ma'rbled and blotched almost like crazy patchwork. It is not injured by 

 ** insects does not suffer from the heat, and it retains its lively variegated and 

 2, densely packed foliage until cut down bv frost. The plant is unusually vigorous, 

 if and will rapidlv cover porches, fences, summer houses, rustic arches or gateways. 

 £ Hardy; roots remain in ground all Winter. Packet, 10 cents; 3 packets, 2) cents. 



PORTULACA.-A favorite for beds, edgings, rock work, etc. Thrives beat In a rather rich, light loam, or 

 eandy soil. Bluom.-i profusely from early Summer until Autumn and only 6 inches high. 



-Larce Flowered Mixed. All colors; many striped and variegated. „„-^; 



-Orandlflora. H pi. JfouMe Fiouering Portutaca. Colors of most brilliant shadei. Seed saved from perrect 

 double flowers. These make perfectly gorgeous masses of color remaining open all day. j.,.. „k,'^" 



KICINUS.-^aC'-; './li Bmn. A iree-like plant effective at points where plants of stately growth are desirable. 

 -Fine Mixed. Embracing all the best plain and fancy leaved varieties, ti to 10 feet. . •><-■• 



SALPIGLOSSIS.-The salpiglossis has long been known as one of the most beautiful of our flowering annu- 

 als The plants grow about l>i inches high, wiih slender, grass like foliage, producing an abundance of orch.d- 

 like flowers measuring 2 to i'z in. across, manv odd and beautiful velvety colors, eAquisitely veined and marn.ed. 

 The colors range through a'll shades of red. pink, purple, blue, yellow, white, etc. The plants 

 are of graceful habit, fjearing their flowers high above the foliage, producing a most pleasing 

 effect, as thev nod to and fro with each passing breeze. As a bouquet flower they have no equal. 

 —New Hybrids Mixed. All colors, shades and markings. h'=- 



SXLVIA. An elegant bedding plant, with abundant spikes of flowers; blooms till frost; 



Succeeds in a light, rich soil, should Hnd a place in every flower garden. 



— Coecluea Splendens Scarlet. Ncarlet .Sape. Bright scarlet flowers. lOc. 



—Bonfire, New Dwarf. This variety is the finest Salvia lor bedding. The plants grow 



into very compict. oval bushes, about -i'A feet high, and produce long spikes of brilliant scarlet 



flowers; the spikes stand out stiff and erect; over 200 spikes to a plant is not unusual, and the 



spikes hear from 20 to :iO flowers each. 1-^c. 



S< -ABIOSA.— -V'/");/iH/7 Bride. One of the most desirable border plants; fragrant flowers. 



-Dwarf Double Mixed. 1 foot. ~.v'^' 



STOCKS. Nothing can excel these large double flowers of great beauty and fragrance. 1 hey 



flower most profuselv in from 10 to 12 weeks atter sowing. 



—Globe Pyramidal. Both the spikes and flowers are ver>- large, the individual blooms fre- 



qiinntly measuring from 2 to ih inches in diameter. The large double and perfect flowere are 



preduced in great profusion, the spikes being compactly pyramidal in shape, and the plants 



of neat habit of growth. Seed saved from named flowers. All colors in grand mixture. lOc. 



—German Ten Weeks. Fine.st double mi.xed. About twenty distinct colors. lOc. 



—Finest Varieties Mixed. Embracing all varieties. ^, ^ j'"^- 



, j4. |y, VERBENA.— An indispensable bedding 



•»fr jC .^ jfiil*^ |)'ant. Sown in the spring flowers quite 



(I* .» slt^ tlH^ earlv In the season. 



— lly'brida Scarlet. Various shades. lOc. 



— Ilvbrida ^Vhlte. Fine for bouquets. IOC. 

 -Hvbrjda Mixed. All colors. 10c. 

 ZINNIA ELEGANS.— I"ou?/i and OUt 



Aye. Produces handsome hemisphericai 

 flowers in great profusion. Suitable for 

 beds and groups. 



—Zebra. This strain presents a new de- 

 parture in Zinnias, bearing large, perlectly 

 double flowers as evenly imbricated as a 

 Camelha. The flowers are variously 

 striped and mottled, presenting all colore 

 and shades known in the Zinnia. 5c. 



—Curled and Crested. Large and full 

 flow ers, the petals being twisted, curled and 

 crested into the most fantastic and gracefal 

 forms; range of colors— orange, purple, 

 pink, deep rose, yellow, etc. The indi- 

 vidual plants form compact bushes about 

 2 feet high, and bear, well above the foliage^ 

 1-0 to aoo flowers each. loc 



—New Pompone. Flowers are remark- 

 ably fine, perfect in form and varied in 

 color, em bracing all the shades of crimson, 

 vellow, purple, white, rose and orange 

 found in the Zinnia. 5c 



—Double Mixed. Embracing all the va- 

 riouslv colored, tall and dwarf double. 

 varieties. Verv fine mixture. 5c. 



—Tom Thumb, Scarlet Gem. This 

 new zinnia forms compact bushes about 



covered all summer long with small intense 



SALVIA. COCCTNEA SPI-ENDKNS. 



12 inches hi 



scarlet flowers which are decidedly showy. ExceUeut for 

 bedding; being a good substitute for geraniums. 



lOc. 



Have you decided to make up a club order for 



MaULE*S SEEDS? 



If 80 do not forget that My Special Dlsconnt 

 on seeds In pachsts, applies to both Flowsr 

 and Vegetable Seeds. 



(See page 1, also 2u(i cover page of thi.> catalogue.) 



COB-EA 

 SCAN DENS. 



