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MISS EMMA V. WHITE. 



ICE PLANT. 



A dwarf trailing plant, with suc- 

 culent, almost transparent foliage, 

 giving it both a curious and hand- 

 some appearance. Suitable for 

 hanging baskets, vases and rock- 

 work. The leaves are light green, 

 covered with glossy-like globules, 

 making them look, in the sunshine, 

 as though they were covered with 

 minute drops of dew. Though 

 grown more especially for its foli- 

 age, it bears also a pretty pink 

 flower. Pkt., 3 cts. 



Secor, 111., Oct. 29, 1896.— "My Pansies are of al- 

 most every color you can think of. and some smell 

 as sweet as violets. They are just lovely." 



Mas. Salika F. Kindio. 



Winnecome, Wis., Nov, 16, 1896.— "My Carnations 

 and Pansies were just fine, and all my neighbors 

 thought the same." Mas. Mattie Eastman. 



JAPANESE HOP. 



For any place where a rapid grow- 

 ing vine is needed, nothing is bet- 

 ter than the Japan Hop, as in three 

 or four weeks from planting it will 

 attain a height of 20 to 30 feet. The 

 foliage is luxuriant, the leaves be- 

 ing smaller and more delicate than 

 those of the common hop, and cur- 

 iously marked with silvery and yel- 

 lowish-white streaks. It is easily 

 grown, and withstands heat and 

 drouth and insects better than al- 

 most any other vine, and retains its 

 pretty appearance until killed by 

 frosts. Pkt., 5 cts. 



SEE MY PANSY PRIZES ON PAGE 5. 



IMPAT1ENS SULTANI. 



Ladies prize this very much for the window, 

 but is very fine also for the summer garden. 

 It is a perennial balsam, called also the Zan- 

 zibar Balsam. The foliage, something like 

 that of the balsam though not so coarse, is a 

 waxy green, and with the semi-transparent 

 branches makes the plant in itself attractive. 

 But, best of all, it is almost never without its 

 bright, rosy carmine flowers, being an almost 

 perpetual bloomer. The flowers are single 

 and from 1 to 1% inches in diameter and very 

 delicate and pretty. It grows easily from 

 seed, and where raised in the window is con- 

 tinually self -sowing in the pots near it. 

 Pkt., 6 cts. 



