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IMPAXIENS (Sultan's or Zanzibar Balsam). 



Charming plants for the decoration of the greenhouse or dinner table, 

 producing their bright waxy-Jooking flowers profusely and almost con- 

 tinuously. The young seedlings should be very carefully handled, as 

 they are exceedingly brittle at the outset. per pkt. 



2842 Sultani. Flowers of a brilliant rosy -scarlet color 15 



2841 — Hybrida. Remarkal)ly be.uuiful hybrids, in varying 



shades of color, from delicate pink to the deepest red 25 



IPOMCEA. 



Climbers of rapid growth, witli beautikil and varied flowers; for cov- 

 ering walls, trellises, arbors, or stumps of trees, they are invaluable. 



Insp^ei'ial Japanese. Wherever climbers can be grown these should 

 have a prominent place. They are beyond question the handsomest of 

 all Morning Glories. Of the easiest culture; can be sown in the open 

 ground ill a sunny situation when the weather has become vs^arin and 

 settled ; they soon cover a large area, being of strong, rapid growth, and 

 even before flowering are decidedly novel and interesting on account of 

 the varied forms of the foliage and their markings. The flowers are of 

 gigantic size, of good substance, remaining open the greater part of the 

 day. The colormgs are beyond description ; the self or solid colors 

 range from snow-white to black-purple, with all the possible intermedi- 

 ate shades ; there is also an endless number having flowers spotted, 

 marbled, striped, llaked, splashed, etc. 



2880 nixed Imperial Japanese, saved from a grand collection, 

 which we feel sure will produce results more than equaling our 



description of this wonderful phint. Per oz., 30 cts 5 



2879 Collection of 9 distinct Imperial Japanese sorts 50 



2852 Coccinea (^Star Ipomcea). Small scarlet flowers in profusion. 5 

 2851 Bona Nox {Evening Glory). Violet, large, 



fragrant flowers, expanding in the evening,. 



2854 Rubra Coerulea(^<'<rat'«/)'i9//'f). Immense 

 flowers of bright sky-blue; very beautiful. . 



2853 QiV&\\^\l\QVdi{Moon Fb-Mcr). At night and 

 during dull days the plants 

 are covered with an abundance 

 of large, pure-white, fragrant 

 flowers, 5 to 6 inches in diam- 

 eter. It grows very rapidly, 

 and will cover a large surface. 

 (See cut.) Per oz., 75 cts. . . 10 



2855 SetOSa {Brazilian Morning 

 Glory). Flowers 3 inches or 

 more across, of a beautiful 

 rose color, borne very freely 

 in large clusters from July to 

 frost. As a quick-growing vine 

 it has no equal, covering an 

 enormous space in a short time. 5 



[For other varieties of Ipomceas see 

 Cypress Vine, Mina and Convolvulus ) 



Ipomcea Grandifloka (Moon Flower) 



IRIS. 



(Flowering Flag.) per pkt. 

 2890 Kaempferi (Japanese Iris). 

 This IS one of the showiest of the 

 " Flags," and now extensively 

 used in the hardy garden. The 

 seeds we offer have been saved 

 from our own unrivaled collec- 

 tion, and should produce only ' .. 

 varieties of the highest merit. 

 Blooms the second year from 

 seed 10 



(For immediate results it is necessary to 

 get roots of Japanese Iris. We have the 

 finest collection in the country. See list tin- 

 der the head of Hardy Perennial Plants.) 



Lantana. 



JACOBJEA (Senecio). 



2900 Elegans Fl, PI. A showy 

 free-Hovvering hardy annual. It 

 produces in great profusion 

 branching spikes of bright Cine- 

 raria-like double flowers, 1^- 

 iuches in diameter, from spring 

 until fall, and will bloom all 

 winter in a cool greenhouse. Ex- 

 cellent for bouquets. (See cut.) 

 Mixed colors 5 



KKMII.1VORTH ITY. 



(See l.inaria, page 79) 



I.A1STANA. 



2920 One of tlie most desirable liaif- 

 hardy perennial greenhouse or 

 bedding plants, conslanily in 

 bloom ; Verbena-like heads of 

 orange, white, rose and other 

 colored flowers; 2 to 5 feet. 

 Mixed colors. (See cut) 10 



Japanese Iris. 



Collections of quick-growing Annual Climbers are offered on page 56. 



