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Giant Imperial Japanese Morning Glory. 



growing climber, the seeds of which are in 

 a pod, shaped like a miniature balloon, there- 

 fore the name. 



Cobaea Scandens. Climbing Cobaea. 

 Large purple bell-shaped flowers. Should be 

 sown in a hot-bed and not kept too moist. 

 Place the seed edgewise in the ground. 

 Twenty feet high. January till April. 



Convolvulus major. Morning Glory. Well 

 known vine with various handsomely colored 

 flowers of easy culture. Grows almost any- 

 where. Ten feet high. February till July. 



Balloon Vine. 



Cucurbita. Ornamental Gourd. Mixed 

 varieties of Ornamental Gourds of different 

 shapes and sizes. February till May. 



Cucurbita Lagenaria dulcis. Sweet 

 Gourd. A strong growing vine of which the 

 young fruits are used like squash. February 

 till April. 



Doiichos Lablab. Hyacinth Beans. Free 

 growing plant, with purple and white flowers. 

 March till April. 



Ipomaea Bona Nox. Large Flowering 

 Evening Glory. A vine of rapid growth with 

 beautiful white flowers which open in the 

 evening. Twenty feet high. February till 

 June. This is the Moon Flower advertised 

 in Northern catalogues as a novelty, notwith- 

 standing the fact that it has been known here 

 for the past century. 



Ipomaea Quamoclit rosea. Red Cypress 

 Vine. Very beautiful, delicate fohage of rapid 

 growth, with scarlet star-shaped flowers. 

 . Ipomaea Quamoclit alba. White Cypress 

 Vine. The same as the Red variety. 



Ipomaea Laeri. The Blue Moonflower. 

 This distinct and charming novelty is valuable 

 on account of being in beautiful and striking 



Mina Lobata. 



Climbing Cobaea. 



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