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beautiful climb' 



irOBIEA. 



nd exceedingly attractive mixed 

 with other 

 climbers. The 

 flowers are of a 

 variety of shapes 

 and sizes, and of 

 an endless num- 

 b e r of colors, 

 many being won- 

 drously brilliant, 

 and of graceful 

 form. They are 

 alike good for 

 green-house, for 

 pots and baskets, 

 and for t r el 1 i s, 

 stumps, arbors, 

 etc. They require 

 heat in starting, 

 and some of the 

 varieties will not 

 Ipomea, bona nox. succeeed out of 



the green-house. Tender annual ; 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 



white 10 



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

 " " elegantissima, large flowers, in form 



of a five pointed star, with intense purple 



center, and pure white margin 10 



" rubra ccerulea, immense flowers of bright ce- 

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

 " fine mixed 10 



IPOMEA QUAMOCI^IX-(See Cypress Vine) 



II»OMOI»SIS— (See Tree Cypress). 



JACOB^^EA- 



iSenecio). 



Remarkably pretty, 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. The double are 

 the only ones worth culti- 

 vating. Hardy annuals"" 

 in open border, biennial in 

 green-house. Sow in loam 

 Jacobaea, double. mixed with leaf mold. One 



foot high. 



Jacobaea, double crimson, extra fine 10 



" double white, elegant 10 



' double dwarf blue, constant in height, pure 



in color, and double to the center xo 



" mixed, above varieties mixed 10 



JASMIP^K. 



Hardy, deciduous, ornamental shrubs, growing three 

 feet high, and producing beautiful yellow flowers, which 

 are very fragrant, and much admired. The seeds re- 

 quire bottom heat to start. 



Jastninum, fruticans, yellow; fragrant 10 



JOB'S TEARS-(Coix). 



Curious, ornamental grass from East Indies, with 

 broad, corn-like leaves, and seeds of a light slate color, 

 wonderfully lustrous. Valuable for the formation of 



Job's Tears. 



winter bouquets, in connection with everlasting flowers, 

 and strings of handsome beads are formed from the 

 seeds. Plant in open ground, in hills three feet apart, 

 four or five seeds in a hill, and cover half an inch deep. 

 Hardy annual ; three feet high. 

 Coix, lachryma (Job's Tears) 5 



JOSEI»H*S COA'r-(See Amaranthus Tricolor). 



KAUI^KUSSIA. 



Beautiful, free blooming little plants of dwarf and 

 compact growth, somewhat resembling the single asters. 

 Flowers are light blue, pure white, and the most intense 

 violet-purple of any annual in cultivation — the richest 

 color imaginable. A good plant for mixed beds and 

 borders. Hardy annual ; six inches high. 

 Kaulfussia, fine mixed 5 



Kaulfussia. 



I^AI^XAT^A. 



These plants are rapid growers, forming small, hardy 

 shrubs; and producing their pink, yellow, orange, white, 

 constantly changing heads of flowers in great abund- 

 ance. They have an agreeable, aromatic perfume. Start 

 under glass. Any loamy soil suits them, and they are 

 readily increased by cuttings, in sand, in heat. 

 Lantana, finest French hybrids mixed, allcolors.io 

 alba magna, pure white ; one foot 15 



" Imperatrice Eugenie, rosy lilac; two feet. ..10 



I^ARKSPVTR— (Oelphinium). 



The Larkspur is one of the handsomest and most 

 useful of plants, and for large gardens is invaluable. 

 The leaves are much divided, flowers in terminal 

 spikes. The brilliancy of some of the colors is un- 



