JAPANESE HOP. 



For any place where a rapid growing vine is 

 needed, nothing is l>etter than the Japan Hop. The 

 foliage is luxuriant, the leaves l^eing smaller and 

 more delicate than those of the common hop, and 

 curionsly marked ^vith silverv and yellcwlsh- white 

 streaks.' It is easily grown, and retains its pretty 

 appearance until 'killed by frosts. Twenty to 

 thirty feet. Pkt., 5u seeds, 4 cts. 



25 



JAPANESE IRIS 



llris Kaempferii. 



All know the beautv of the 

 Iris family. The Kaempferi 

 begins flowering in July and 

 continues for five or six 

 weeks, the blooms rivaling 

 the lily in stateliness and the 

 orchids in their rich color- 

 ings. One must "wait in rais- 

 ing them from seed, however, 

 as they do not bloom until 

 the second or third summer. 

 But they may be sown in 

 some out-of-tne-way place, 

 and will well repav waiting. 

 Mixed. Pkt., 30 seeds, 6 ct». 



Methnen, Miss., April, 1S9?.— "I 

 wiS very much pleased ■5viih mv first 

 order of seeds. The Cannas are'seven 

 inches tall now." Mrs. G. A. Marsh. 



KENILWORTH IVY. 



Nothing is much prettier for 



the 



hanging basket, -^vith its tiny blossoms 

 and delicate pendant foliage. It comes 

 quicklv from seed and is very liardy. 

 Pkt., 125 seeds, 3 cts. 



I M PAT! ENS SULTAN I. 



The Zanzibar Balsam, much prized 

 for the A\T.iidow or the summer gar- 

 den. The foliage is a waxy green, 

 and %vith the semi-transparent 

 branches makes the plant in itself 

 attractive. Then it is almost never 

 \%-ithout Its bright, rosy, carmine 

 flowers These are single and meas- 

 ure from one to one and one-half 

 inches in diameter and are very 

 delicate and pretty. Ko plant comes 

 nearer to being a perpetual bloomer, 

 and when raised in a window, it is 

 continually self-so'^ng in the potS 

 near it. Pkt., iJuseedsrs cte. 



