DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 



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Honesty. Ho 



hrg\j ornamental seed pods ; of rapid growth, often run- 

 ning twenty feet in a season. Plant where they are to 

 remain, after the weather has become warm, 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 lo 



" " alba, white lo 



" " mixed, the above mixed lo 



"■ giganteus, tall-growing variety, with large, 

 purple flowers ; fourteen feet ; ver>- fine lo 



IBERIS— ''See Candytuft.) 



ICE PLANT— (Mesembryanthemum). 



Mesembryanthemum, crystallinum (Ice Plant). 

 Handsome and curious plant for hanging 

 baskets, rock work, vases, and edgings. The 

 leaves and stems are succulent and fleshy, and 

 appear as though covered with ice crj-stals, 

 and look like rock candy. The whole plant is 

 peculiarly brilliant in the sunshine. The flower 

 is white, and not conspicuous. Succeeds best 

 in dr^', sandy loam, and in a warm situation. 

 Can be grown in pots or open border, the 

 former having preference. Tender annual 



trailer ; six inches high 5 



" cardifolium variegatum, the leaves are 

 blotched with light yellow and cream-colored 

 spots. Fine for hanging baskets or dwarf 

 masses. Hardy annual ; six inches high 10 



INDIAN SHOT— See Canna Indica.) 



rdeum 



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 trellis, stumps, arbors, &c. They require 

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

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

 ten feet high. 



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



" bona nox (Good Night), pure white 10 



•' limbata, elegantly blotched and margined with 



■hite. 



" limbata hybinda, great variety of colors ; fine. 10 



" " elegantissima, large flowers, in form 

 of a five-pointed star, with intense purple cen- 

 ter, and pure white margin 10 



'• rubra ccerulea, immense flowers of bright 



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



" fine mixed i« 



IPOMEA aUAMOCLIT-(See Cypress Vine.) 

 IPOMOPSIS-(See Tree Cypress.; 



JACOB-ffiA— fSenecio). 



Remarkably prettj-, 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. T/te double are the 



Hyacinth Bean. 



Ice Plant. 



Variegated Ice Plant. 



