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MlMULUS, TlGRIDUS. 



MOMORDICA, CHARANTIA. 



MlMULUS (Monkey Flower) 

 Tender Perennial 



Showy plants with profuse bloom, bearing gloxinia-shaped flowers of 

 varied colors, including white, pink, yellow, crimson and maroon. 

 U76 TIGRIDUS. All colors and markings. Packet, 10 cents. 



MOMORDICA (Balsam Apple and Pear) 

 Hardy Annual Climber 



Very curious annual climbers with ornamental foliage; 10 to 12 

 feet. The large, golden yellow fruit is warted and roughened and is at- 

 tractive in appearance. It is made into a healing liniment and salve. 



1481 BALSAMISA. Apple-shaped. Packet, 10 cents. 



1482 CHARAKTIA. Pear-shaped. Packet, 10 cents. 



Our pansy bed from your seed gives us no end of joy. They are 

 simply grand. W. C. Steinhoff, Donalda, Alberta, Canada. 



MORNING GLORY 



Hardy Annual Climber 



Morning Glory seed can be sown out-doors as soon as the weather be- 

 comes warm; being of rapid growth they soon will cover walls, trellises, 

 stumps of trees, arbors, etc., for which purposes they are invaluable. 



Morning Glory, Mammoth Japanese, Mikado. 



1484 MAMMOTH JAPANESE, MIKADO. A giant type, with 

 peculiar and handsome colors, shapes and markings. It is a develop- 

 ment or evolution from the highest form of Japanese Morning 

 Glory, and represents the acme of beauty thus far secured in this 

 graceful and favorite flower. The colors are exceedingly rich, and the 

 texture of the blossom is thick and heavy, indicative of high breeding. 

 Flowers 4 to 5 inches across. Packet, 10 cents. 



1483 ROCHESTER. A new and magnificent morning glory. The 

 vines make a growth of 12 to 20 feet, with leaves 8 to 10 inches in size. 

 The splendid flowers are 4 to 5 inches across, of a deep violet blue, 

 shading to azure and edged with white. Borne in clusters of from three 

 to five, and are very showy. It is the greatest bloomer of all vineSj a 

 single plant producing hundreds of flowers each day. 



Packet, lO cents; % onnce, 35 cents; ounce, 40 cents. 



1485 IMPERIAL JAPANESE, DOUBLE MIXED. This is one 

 of the most beautiful of all the famous Japanese Morning Glories, and 

 offers a curious and pleasing contrast to the ordinary domestic sort so 

 common. A large percentage of the beautiful flowers are double and 



are charac- 

 terized by 

 peculiar col- 

 ors, shapes 

 and mark- 

 ings; some 

 colorings be- 

 yond descrip- 

 tion. The 

 vine is a 

 rapid grower 

 and in itself 

 makes an 

 ideal orna- 

 m e n t for 

 fence, portico 

 or trellis, 

 even before 

 flowering. It 

 produces 

 flowers in re- 

 markable 

 abundance 

 and of enor- 

 mous size. 

 Another cur- 

 ious feature 

 of this sort is 

 that the 

 leaves vary 

 in form, size and markings. 

 The self or solid colors of 

 the flowers range from 

 snow white to black pur- 

 ple, while there is an end- 

 less number of flowers 

 spotted, flaked, marbled, 

 striped, splashed, etc., and 

 margined in combinations 

 that would be thought im- 

 possible until seen. The sin- 



„ , gle flowers produced are 



Morning Glory, Imperial Japanese, b r 



Double Mixed. large and handsome. 



Packet, 10 cents; ^ onnce, 35 cents; ounce, 75 cents. 

 1487 DOUBLE SNOW FAIRY. (New.) A vigorous grower, at- 

 taining a -height of 12 to 15 feet, blooming early and producing its flowers 

 abundantly until frost. The beauty of the vine is in the flowers, which 

 appear like large white tassels curiously formed, for there is a large 

 single white morning glory in.the centre which is entirely surrounded 

 by many other white petals, making it very attractive. Pkt. 10 cts. 



1486 IMPERIAL JAPANESE, SINGLE MIXED. Our single 

 mixed has a 

 wide and truly 

 remarkable 

 range of mark- 

 ings, unex- 

 celled by any 

 other' strain. 

 The shades and 

 colors are var- 

 ious — white, 

 pink, lilac, 

 rose, bronze, 

 garnet, crim- 

 son, etc. There 

 is leaf varia- 

 tion that can- 

 not fail to 

 please. Many 

 of their leaves 

 are richly mar- 

 bled and varie- 

 gated white 

 and green, 

 which add to 

 their beauty. 

 Easily grown, 

 and quick to 

 come into 

 bloom. Some- 

 times the flow- Morning Glory, Imperial Japanese, Single Mixed. 



er comes in 3 weeks from sowing of seed. A rapid growing vine, pro- 

 ducing gigantic blooms as large as moonflowers. 



Packet, 5 cents; onnce, 30 cents; 3 ounces, 30 cents. 



