IMPERIAL JAPANESE MORNING GLORIES 



The surpassing charm of these Imperial Japan- 

 ese Morning: Glories lies in tlie entrancing beauty 

 and gigantic size of tlie flowers; they measure from 

 four to six inches across, and their greater sub- 

 stance causes them to remain open much longer 

 than ordinary Morning Glories. The colors of the 

 flowers, shadings and markings are limitless, and 

 are really wonders of nature, of such incomparable 

 beauty that descriptions- are Inadequate. Some 

 flowers are of deep, rich, velvety tones, others more 

 daintily tinted and shaded than an artist's brush 

 could portray. The solid colors range through reds 

 from soft rose to crimson, bronze and garnet ma- 

 roon; from daintiest light blue to ultramarine, in- 

 digo and blackish purple ; from snow-white to cream 

 and silver gray. Some are striped, starred and spot- 

 ted; others have magnificent edges and throats. 

 The vines are of strong and robust growth, attain- 

 ing a height of from 30 to 50 feet. The foliage is 

 most luxuriant, distinct and varied— some vines 

 have rich vivid green leaves, others have silvery 

 leaves, some with yellow leaves and many produce 

 leaves mottlerl and checkered like rich mosaics of 

 light and dark green, white and gray. The inter- 

 Tuingling vines and brightly contrasting colored 

 leaves are wonderfully pretty and effective, even 

 ■when the flowers are not open. The Imperial Jap- 

 anese Morning: Glories are of the easiest culture. 

 Sow early in a warm, sunny position in good, rich 

 soil, and give plenty of water in dry weather. Pkt., 

 20 seeds, 6 cents. 



NEW DOUBLE MORNING GLORY. 



About 80 per cent of the seed may be expected to 

 produce double flowering plants as freely as the or- 

 dinary Morning Glory; the remainder will flower 

 semi-double or single. Flowers white, with a slight 

 spot of red or of blue at the base of the large pet- 

 als. Pkt., 14 seeds, 6 cents. 



MORNING GLORY. (Convolvulus Major.) 



All colors mixed. Pkt., 50 seeds, 3 cts.; oz., 8c. 



MOLUCCA BALM. (SHELL FLOWER.) 



Grows from two to three feet high^ sending up a 

 strong central stem, which is so completely sur- 

 rounded by flowers as to leave scarcely any room 

 for leaves. The flower is very curious. When cut 

 or broken it emits a strong fragrance of balm. 

 Pkt,, 25 seeds. 4 cts. 



Sara W. Davis, Clarendon Springs, Vt., Jan. 25, '95, writes: The Cobaea Scandens 

 was grand — the four seeds I planted grew and ran on a woven wire trellis to the top of 

 the house and were untouched by frost till Nov. 10th. Just before the freeze I cut back 

 one, took it up and potted it, and placed it in my sitting-room window. After a months 

 rest it began growing and looks now as if it might take a place outside in the spring. — 



Stella Wolf, 366 N. Alabama St., Indianapolis, Ind., Feby. 27, '95, writes: Strangers are 

 we, but friends, by the sweet tie of fragrant blossoms. Your tiny black seeds brought to 

 me with little labor and expense, such an abundance of lovely flowers, I must extend 

 you my sincere thanks. There were flowers to fill the home with their sweetness and 

 give a glad welcome to all— flowers to send as greetings to many that were ill, sorrowinr; 

 and heavily laden, and then you could not discern from where they had been gathered. 



