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ImpaticnS (Sultan's or Zanzibar Balsam) 



Charming plants for the decoration of the greenhouse or dinner 

 table, producing bright, waxy-looking flowers profusely and almost 

 continuously. The young seedlings should be carefully handled, 

 as they are exceedingly brittle at the outset. 



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2842 Sultani. Flowers of brilliant rosy-scarlet color $0 25 



2845 Holstii Hybrids. Forms strong bushy plants about 

 2 feet high, covered with attractive flowers; when 

 grown as pot plants, they bloom the year round. 

 Choice mixed, all colors 25 



Ipomoea 



Climbers of rapid growth, with beautiful and varied flowers; 

 for covering waUs, trellises, arbors, or stumps of trees they are 

 invaluable; it is well to soak the seed in warm water over night 

 to assist in rapid germination. 



2853 Grandiflora {Moon Flower). At night and during 

 dull days the plants are covered with an abundance of 

 large, pure white, fragrant flowers, 5 to 6 inches in 

 diameter. It grows very rapidly and wQl cover a large 

 surface. 30 cts. per J oz.; 50 cts. per oz $0 10 



2158 Quamoclit Hybrida {The Cardinal Climber). See 



Specialties, pages 52 to 62. 2 pkts.. 25 cts IS 



2854 Rubro Coerulea {Heavenly Blue). Immense flowers 



of bright sky blue; very beautiful. J oz., 30 cts IS 



2855 Setosa (Brazilian Morning Glory) . Flowers of pleas- 

 ing rose color, borne very freely in large clusters. As a 

 quick growing vine it has no equal, covering an enor- 

 mous space in a short time. Per oz., 30 cts 10 



Imperial Japanese Ipomoeas 



A Line of Kochia 



PER PKT. 



2880 Mixed Imperial Japanese {Emperor Morning Glories). These 

 are beyond question the handsomest of all Morning Glories. Of the 

 easiest culture, can be sown in the open ground in a sunny situation 

 when the weather has become warm and settled; they soon cover a 

 large area, and even before flowering are decidedly interesting on 

 account of the varied forms of the foliage and their markings. The 

 flowers are of gigantic size and their colorings beyond description; 

 the self or solid colors range from snow-white to black-purple, with 

 all the possible intermediate shades; there is also an endless number 

 having flowers spotted, marbled, striped, flaked, splashed, etc. 

 Oz., 30 cts $0 10 



Iris (Flowering Flag) 



2888 Germanica (German Iris). One of the most popular 



hardy spring flowering plants. Mixed colors. \ oz., 30 cts. 10 



2890 Kaempferi (Japanese Iris). The seeds we offer have 

 been saved from an unrivalled collection, and should 

 produce only varieties of the highest merit. Blooms the 

 second year from seed, i oz., 30 cts 10 



ICochicl (Standing Cypress, or Belvedere) 



2011 Improved Trichophylla. An easily-grown annual, 

 which, sown thinly in spring, soon forms a cypress-like 

 hedge of the most lively green and of perfect symmetry, 

 by mid-summer it attains a height of about 3 feet, and late in the au- 

 tumn the whole plant becomes a deep red; a splendid plant to divide 

 the vegetable from the flower garden, or for forming a hedge for the 

 summer for any purpose. (See cut.) j oz., 20 cts 10 



Lantana 



2920 One of the most desirable half-hardy perennial greenhouse or bedding 

 plants, constantly in bloom; Verbena-like heads of orange, white, rose 

 and other colored flowers; 2 to 3 feet. Mixed colors, i oz., 30 cts. . . 10 



Do not fail to include Marigolds and Zinnias in your garden this season, see pages 56 and 57 



