94 JD. M. EEHHT & CO'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 



HYACINTH BEAN-(Dolichos). 



Splendid climber, with abundant clustered spikes of 

 purple and white flowers, which are followed by exceed- 

 ingly ornamental seed pods; of rapid growth, often run- 

 ning twenty feet in a season. After the weather has 

 become warm, plant where they are to remain, and culti- 

 vate like common beans, only give support for the vines 

 to run upon. Tender annual; ten to twenty feet high. 



Dolichos, lablab, purpurea, purple 10 



" " alba, white 10 



" " mixed, the above mixed 10 



" giganteus, tall growing variety, with large, 



purple flowers; fourteen feet; very fine 10 



IBERIS.-(See Candytuft). 

 ICE PI,ANT.-(See Mesembryanthemum). 



IMPATIENS SUI^TANI. 



Impatiens Sultani, one of the most distinct and 

 beautiful decorative plants for the hot-house, 

 green-house or summer bedding. The plant 

 is of compact growth. The flowers are gor- 



Impatiens Sultani. 



geously colored and are produced in great 

 profusion throughout the season. Although 

 a green-house plant, it does finely in open 

 border. If planted in open ground the seed 

 should be sown during latter part of June. 

 The flowers are a brilliant rosy-scarlet color, 

 one to one and one half inches in diameter.. .25 



INDIAN SHOT. — (See Canna Indica). 



IPOMEA. 



Beautiful climbers, and exceedingly attractive mixed 

 with other climbers. The flowers are of a variety of 

 shapes and sizes, and of an endless number of colors, 

 many being wondrously brilliant, and of graceful form. 

 They are alike good for green-house, for pots and bask- 

 ets, and for trellises, stumps, arbors, etc. They require 

 heat in starting, and some of the varieties will not suc- 

 ceed out of the green-house. Tender annual; five to 



ten feet high. 



Ipomea, coccinea (Star Ipomea), fine scarlet. .. 5 



" bona nox (Good Night), pure white 5 



44 limbata, elegantly blotched and margined with 

 white 5 



Ipomea, Limbata. 



Ipomea, limbata, elegantissima, large flowers, in 

 form of a five pointed star, with intense 



purple center, and pure white margin 5 



44 rubra ccerulea, immense flowers of bright celes- 

 tial blue; stove or green-house climber. ..... 10 



" fine mixed 5 



IPOMEA QUAMOCEIT.-(See Cypress 

 Vine). 



IPOMOPSIS.-(See Tree Cypress). 

 JACOB^EA-(Senecio). 



Remarkably pretty, free growing, profuse flowering 

 plants, almost unsurpassed for brilliancy and beauty. 

 Grow freely from seed, and are easily propagated from 

 cuttings, not one in fifty failing. The double are the 

 only ones worth cultivating. Hardy annuals in open 



border, biennial in green-house. Sow in loam mixed 

 with leaf mold. One foot high. 



Jacobaea. dwarf, double purple, fine 10 



" dwarf, double white, elegant 10 



44 blue, constant in height, pure 



in color, and double to the center 10 



44 41 mixed, above varieties mixed 10 



JASMINE. 



Hardy, deciduous, ornamental shrubs, growing three 

 feet high, and producing beautiful yellow flowers, which 

 are very fragrant, and much admired. The seeds re- 

 quire bottom heat to start. • 

 Jasminum, fruticans, yellow; fragrant 10 



JOB'S TEARS-(Coix). 



Curious, ornamental grass from the East Indies, with 

 broad, corn like leaves, and seeds of a light slate color, 

 wonderfully lustrous. Valuable for the formation of 

 winter bouquets, in connection with everlasting flowers, 

 and strings of handsome beads are formed from the 

 seeds. Plant in open ground, in hills three feet apart, 

 four or five seeds in a hill, and cover half an inch deep. 

 Hardy annual; three feet high. 



Coix, lachryma (Job's Tears) 5 



JOSEPH'S COAX.— (See Amaranthus 

 Tricolor). 



