Maurandia. 



Graceful climber for 

 green-house,parlor,bas- 

 kets, or out of door pur- 

 poses. Set out in the 

 border with a little 

 frame to which to at- 

 tach their tondrils they 

 will be loaded all the 

 season with rich i)urpie, 

 white and rose, fox- 

 glove shaped blossoms. 

 Quite tender perennial 

 climber, blooming first 

 season. Six feet high. 

 Choicest kinds mixed. 

 Pkt. 100 seeds .3c. 



MAURA.XDIA. 



Momqrdica. 



A very curious annual 

 climber, with yellow 

 blossoms and foliage 

 similar to the canary 

 bird flower. The fruit, 

 the chief curiosity, is 

 egg and pear shaped, 

 and covered with many excrescences, and when ripe bursts sud- 

 denly open, scattering its seed and showing a brilliant carmine 

 interior. Fine for trellises, fences, stumps, etc. Finest Mixed. 

 Pkt. 4c. 



MOON FLOWER. 



NEW CROSS-BRED OR HYBRID VARIETY. 



Of great value for the north, as 

 it is in full bloom one month before 

 the White Seeded. The flowers are 

 four to six inches across, and very 

 numerous. The foliage is of three 

 distinct types. This is one of the 

 most vigorous of all the summer 

 climbers. Will grow thirty, to forty 

 feet in a single season, and be cov- 

 ered with its large, white flowers 

 every evening and cloudy day. Com- 

 plaint is sometimes made that the 

 seed fails to grow satisfactorily. This 

 is entirely due to the method of 

 treatment. If the hard outer coat 

 of the seed is cut through ■svith a 

 sharp knife and the seed planted in a 



!■ I MM! jir»=~i «- j^^Ms»»a warm place and the soil kept moist, 



1^ ^£k-JB^»P*>^j{l|ljBfc germination will take place in ten 



days to two weeks. After the plants 

 are up, keep growing vigorously and 

 plant m rich soil after frosts are past. Pkt. Sc. 

 WHITE-SEEDED — This is the variety most generally grown, being 

 larger in flower, firmer in texture, and of sweeter odor than the 

 Black Seeded variety, which we have now discarded ; the vines 

 are almost covered with thousands of immense white flowers 

 many of them measuring over seven inches across. Pkt. 5c. 



THUNBERQIA, 



OR BLiACK-KYED-SUSAX. 



Very elegant, slender 

 growing Climbers, rap- 

 idly covering wire trel- 

 lises and also useful for 

 vases in the garden or 

 house. They can also 

 be grown without sup- 

 port, and one plant will 

 lorm a beautiful mat 

 three to four feet in di- 

 ameter. The colors are 

 pure wbite, light yel- 

 low and deep orange, 

 and of each color there 

 is a variety with white 

 eye and also with black 

 eye. They continue in 

 flower all summer. A 

 very pretty plant for 

 the garden. Choicest 

 mixed. Pkt. 15 seeds 

 3 cents. 



TROP^eOLUM, or Climbing Nasturtium. . 



See Page 7 8. 



TRUnPET CREEPER. 



Rapid growing, hardy climbing vine ; covered summer and fall 

 with charming and beautiful masses of bloom. Flowers are of 

 large size and exceedingly brilliant and showy. You can find noth- 

 ing in the wav of a climber more satisfactorv. Pkt. 4c. 



WILD 



CUCUMBER VINE. 



PASSION FLOWER -See Page 91. 



The quickest annual climber 

 for arbors, trellis, fences, etc.. 

 known. ■ Makes the most mosaic 

 covering. Never suffers from the 

 heat, but contains its fresh and 

 lively green color, and what is of 

 prime importance, hardly affected 

 by warm or cold, hot or dry 

 weather, and is never infested by 

 insects. Profuse in bloom. It will 

 sow itself every year and come 

 up in the same place. Sure to 

 please you. Pkt. 5c, oz. 25c. 



SPECIAL MIXTURES OF FLOWER SEEDS. 



Many persons derive pleasure from watching the 

 while others desire a much larger collection than their 



Flowers for Bouquets— The mixture 



embraces seeds of annuals produ- 

 -cing flowers suitable for cutting 



for vases or bouquets, nearly all of 



them bearing long stems. Planted 



in a part of the garden, this will 



furnish a constant supply of cut 



flowers. Liberal pkt. Sc. 



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Low-Growing Annuals — This mixture 

 □contains seeds of a great variety 

 of low growing annuals, few of 

 which exceed four to sis inches in 

 height, and which, sown in beds or 

 boi'ders, present the appearance of 

 Turkish rugs, carpeting the ground 

 in their wide range of colorings 

 * and forms. Liberal pkt. Sc. 



growth of a varied bed of flowers, entirely ou#of the usual trim garden style 

 means will permit. The following special mixtures will appeal to both: 



Tall-Growing Annuals — This mi^sture 

 embraces seed of many handsome, 

 tall growing annuals, none les^^ 

 than one foot and up to five feet . 

 Liberal pkt. Sc. 

 Mixture of Foliage Plants —This mi.x- 

 ture is maoe up entirely of those 

 annuals which are grown almosi 

 exclusively for their beautiful vari- 

 egated, silver, golden or bronzi- 

 foliage. Liberal pkt. Sc. 

 Mixture of Fragrant Annuals — Cai i - 

 fully made up from seeds of fra- 

 grant flowers only. Abed of the.'ie 

 will give rich perfume throughout 

 the day and evening, while many 

 of them are suitable for cuttinsr. 

 Liberal pkt. 8c. 



EVEXIXR BLOOMERS. 



Mixture of Evening Bloomers — This mixture does not contain seed of i All of the above mixtures are carefully prepared from choice, 

 the Moonflower or any other climbers, but is composed of annuals fresh seeds, and cannot fail to give satisfaction. The packets are 

 from six inches to two feet high, which bloom late in the after- liberally filled, and in no other manner can so many seeds be 

 noon and evening; a charming display. Liberal pkt. '^(^ i obtained for such small cost. 



