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IPOM^A BONA NOX — Large Flowering- 

 Evening- G-lory. — (the White Moonflower,) 

 A vine of rapid growth with beautifm 

 white flowers which open in the evening. 

 Twenty feet high. February till June. 



IPOM^A QUAMOCLIT ROSEA —Red 



Cypress Vine. — Very beautiful, delicate 

 foliage of rapid growth with scarlet star- 

 shaped flowers. 



IPOM^A QUAMOCLIT ALBA — White 



Cypress Vine. — The same as the Red 

 variety. 



IFOM^A IiAERI. — The Blue Moonflower 



This distinct and charming novelty is 

 valuable on account of being in beautiful 

 and striking contrast with the true 'V\^hite 

 Moonflower. 



Sweet Feas. 



LATHYRUS ODOR ATUS— (Sweet Feas). 



Culture: Sweet Pea delights in a soil in- 

 clined to be clayey, and, as the little 

 beauty is a gross feeder, a good supply of 

 well-rotted manure should be mixed with 

 the ground. Fall is the best season to pre- 

 pare the soil. A good many failures are 

 caused by manuring in the Spring, for the 

 reason that all pea vines like a moist 

 ground, and the heat generated by the 

 manure combined with the heat from the 

 sun is too much for the young vines, 

 which turn yellow and die. The best 

 season to sow the seed is as soon in the 

 Spring as the ground can be worked. Late 

 sowing produces rank growth, but few 

 flowers. Dig a trench a foot deep by 16 or 

 18 inches wide and mix in it 6 inches of 

 top soil with old mianure. In this plant 

 your seed in two rows, dropping one every 

 inch or two; then cover with two inches of 

 soil, gradually filling the trench as they 

 grow. One side has to be a little lower 

 to allow the surplus water to drain off. 

 The flowers must be picked every day if 

 you want them to bloom through the 

 Summer. Bone dust and nitrate of soda 

 will hasten the time of flowering. 



Best Larg-e Flowering Mixed (All Grandi- 

 floras and Eckford Varieties). — This is the 

 best possible mixture that can be made 

 from existing grandiflora or Eckford vari- 

 eties. The colors are well proportioned, 

 and the amount of each variety is deter- 

 mined by a well studied and carefully ar- 

 ranged formula which has been tested and 

 Improved upon from time to time for 



many years. All the newer and best 

 grandiflora varieties are in this mixture. 

 Packet, 5c. and 10c. ; ounce, 20c.; i/4 pound, 

 60c.; 1 pound, $1.35. 



Spencer's Mixed. — Papers 5c. and 10c. ; 

 ounce, 40c.; % pound, 75c.; 1 pound, $2.00. 



Emily Henderson (Pure White). — An 

 early, profuse, and continuous bloomer. 

 Papers, 5c. and 10c. ; ounce, 25c.; i/4 pound, 

 75c.; 1 pound, $2.00. 



Winter Blooming* Sweet Feas. — Lavender. 

 Mrs. Chas. H. Totty. 1 ounce, 25c.; ^4 

 pound, 75c. 



Winter Blooming- Sweet Feas. — Light 

 Pink. Mrs. F. J. Dolansky. 1 ounce, 25c.; 

 14 pound, 75 c. 



Christmas Blooming- Sweet Feas. — White. 

 Mont Blanc. I ounce, 25c.; % pound, 75c.; 

 Lavender. Mrs. Alexander Wallace. 1 

 ounce, 25c.; 14 pound, 75c. 



MIXTA XOBATA. — A showy plant from 

 Mexico of the well known Ipomaea family, 

 witli beautiful spikes or racemes of yel- 

 lowisli white flowers. February till July. 



MAURANDIA BARCLAYANA— M i x e d 



Maurandia. — A slender growing vine of 

 rapid growth. Rose, purple and white 

 colors mixed. Ten feet high. February till 

 April. 



MAMORDICA BAZ.SAMIITA — B al s a m 



Apple. — A climbing plant of very rapid 

 ■growth, producing Cucumber-like fruits, 

 with warts on them. They are believed to 

 contain medicinal virtues. They are put in 

 jars with alcohol and are used as a 

 dressing for cuts, bruises, etc. February 

 till July. 



GIANT IMPERIAI. JAFANESE MORN- 

 ING GItORY. — The vines are of robust 

 growth, attaining a height of from 30 to 40 

 feet. The foliage varies greatly, some 

 plants having yellow or silvery foliage, 

 while others are blotched and mottled; 

 but the great charm of this wonderful in- 

 troduction lies in the great beauty and 

 gigantic size of the flowers, which often 

 measure six inches across, and their great 

 substance causes them to remain much 

 longer in perfection than the ordinary type. 

 Februarj- till July. 



THUNBERGIA— M i x e d ThunhergTia.— 



Vei-y ornamental vines, with yellow bell- 

 shaped flowers with dark eye. Six feet 

 high. February till July. 



WISTARIA. — This- is one of the most 

 popular of our hardy vines, growing rapid; 

 in bloom is truly magnificent, bearing long, 

 pendulous clusters of blue flowers; grow- 

 ing to height of fifty feet or more. 





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