PECIALTIES AND 



THE JAPANESE KUDZU VINE. 



The wonderful, rapid growing vine from the land of the Hikado. %This is the most remarkable climbing 

 vine of the age and one that should be planted by everyone desiring a dense shade. It comes from 

 Japan, the land so prodactiTe of curious and ornamental flowers. It is a beautiftil climber, remark- 

 able for its great vigor of growth and its handsome flowers. The blossoms are large and in panicles 

 somewhat like Wistaria but much larger in size and better clusters. The color is of a pleasing shade 

 of purple. The foliage is large, shaped somewhat like the leaf of a bean; the vine is extremely rapid 

 and dense in growth, making the Japanese Kudzu Vine of great value where a qnicklj'- prodtxced 

 shade is wanted. An eminent horticulturist and prominent landscape designer has it growing over 

 the front of his house, and pronouncesit a veritable "Jack and theBeanStalkVine,"having reference to 

 its quick growth. Unlike many of our climbing vines it requires little or no care, commences growth 

 so early in the spring and is so full of life and vigor that it will cover a wall or trellis before a 

 Clematis or Wistaria would hardly get started. Its handsome blossoms are most attractive and 

 its hardy nature commends it to everyone. It can be used to advantage in a great variety of places; 

 on trellises, arbors, verandas, brick walls, stumps, fences, slopes, rockeries, or to cover any or all 

 unsightly nooks and corners. Droiith does not aflect it, water will not kill it, it deliglits in great 

 heat and the roots withstand the severest cold. It certainly surpasses anything in this line ever 

 introduced and is the greatest climbing plant in existence. Strong roots loc each, $1.00 per 

 doz., postpaid, $5.00 per 100, by express. Seed, loc per pkt. 



THP OrSinikTP riAI^V Thlslsahardy herbaceous plant from the land of 



' IJ'AI'VL- M^r^lAj I . ice and snow. It grows very luxuriantly and pro- 



duces from the beginning of May to the itiiddle of June, a great quantity' of branching flower stems 

 of a height of 15 to 20 inches. On the single wiry little flower stems the elegant-shaped, graceful 

 flowers are produced in great abundance. The blossoms are of large size, pure white, and retain 

 their form and freshness a long time after cutting. Pkt. isc 



IMPERIAL GERMAN NASTURTIUMS. 



This rare and beautiful strain, introduced by us for the 

 first time, possesses so many points of exceptional merit 

 that we offer them to our customers and friends with the 

 positive knowledge that they will give entire satisfaction 

 under the most exacting circumstances. They are not 

 untried novelties, neither are they time-worn sorts, which 

 every seedsman ofters. They are the results of years of 

 painstaking hybridizing and careful selection on the part 

 of one of Europe's leading specialists, who has made a 

 life-long study of this class of flowers. The colors range 

 from creamy white through the various shades of yellow, 

 orange, pink, red and scarlet, to tlie deepest crimson, 

 giving the widest possible range of tints. All lovers of these 

 beautiful flowers will find in this strain the largest, finest 

 and best flowers ever grown. They are marvels of beawty 

 and productiveness. 



rixx/^lff MlYtf^fl These are extremly florife^ous, 

 1^ Weill iTllA«:^«J. producing the greatest profusion 

 of bloom in all the exquisite tints common to this strain 

 only. Their exti-eme height is from 8 to 12 inclics, thev 

 occupy but little room and require no supports. Pkt. loc, 

 oz. 15c, V4. lb. 40c. lb. $1.00. 



TTjiII IVI lYf^ri These are very useful for covering 

 .tail XTllW«:;u. banks, trellises, arbors, etc., and are 

 even more prolific in bloom than the d warffloweHngsorts. 

 To obtain the best show of flowers they should not be 

 allowed to go to seed. These are sometimes allowed to 

 grow without supports and are very pretty as tliey run and 

 bloom aniongthegrass. Pkt. loc, oz. 15c, ^Ib. 40c, lb. Si.oo. 



JAPANESE KUDZU VINE. 



RAINBOW NASTURTIUMS. 



Among the many new varieties of these 

 beautiful flowers there is none to surpass 

 ±lais unique and pleasing sort. The blooms 

 are of large size, of various colorings and 

 markings and of most attractive appearance 

 at all times. The distinguishing feature of 

 these flowers, however, is the great variety 

 of blossoms grown on the same plant. Some 

 *are light cream, others dark orange, still 

 others crimson and scarlet, all overlaid and 

 suffused with dark velvety tints, rendering 

 them especially attractive. One plant may 

 liave as many as many as tea or twelve 

 different colored flowers. These are tall or 

 climbing sorts but are just as pretty grown 

 as trailers or creepers on the ground, their 

 rainbow colors contrasting nicely with their 

 lieavy dark green foliage and the grass. 

 Pkt. loc, oz. 25c. 



STOKESIA CYANEA. 



The Cornflower or Stokes' Aster. 



This is one of our most charming and beau- 

 tiful native hardy plants. The plant grows 

 from 18 to 24 inches high, bearing freely, 

 from early July until frost, its handsome 



lavender-blue Centaurea-Hke blossoms, each measuring from 4' to 5 inches across. 

 It is of the easiest cultiire, succeeding in any open sunny position, and is not only 

 desirable as a single plant in the mixed hardy border but can be used with fine 

 eifect in masses or beds of any size. Pkt. loc. 



SWEET PEA NOVELTIES. 



New sweet peas are offered each year with such clock-like regularity, that but 

 few persons outside of specialists pay any attention to them. While it is true that 

 improved varieties are being constantly added to the list of good sorts, it is 

 equally true that not ten per cent of the annual introductions show any improve- 



KLONDIKE DAISY, 



ment over existing sor 

 name. It has never bi 

 assurances or proof ofi 

 curtailed, for we havc[ 

 never knowina:ly off« 

 kinds. This year, ho 

 varieties of sweet pe 



DOROTHV ECKFORD SWEET PEA. 



In fact, many of them are only old varieties with a new 

 'policy to offer new varieties unless we had positive 

 \i\ue, and our list of novelties has consequently been 

 ; interests of our customers at heart, always and 

 ing not possessed of some particular merit over old 

 nr representative secured at great expense two new 

 he saw growing and flowering -with the introducers 

 and which w^e know are Well worth a trial by 

 our Sweet Pea friends and customers. 



King Edward VII. ^^IZu'^Z 



ed beauty. large size and great productiveness. 



This is the largest .scarlet ever introduced and 

 assttmes the same place in the reds that Dor- 

 othy Eckford does in the whites. Its color is 

 an intense scarlet, its form most pleasing, its 

 size enormous, four blooms to a steth being 

 not uncommon, while the plant is at all 

 times clean and vigorous in growth. Pkt. loc, 

 oz. 15c, 14 lb. 30c, lb. S 1.00. 



Dorothy Eckford. ^aru^yV^i 



large size, great vigor of plant, intense beauty 

 and marvelous productiveness. This is the 

 largest free flowering white ever introduced. 

 The bloorns' are extra large, borne 3 to 5 on 

 a stein, coming in early. It is a pure white, 

 larger by 1-3 than Grace May or any other 

 whiter Pktl loc, oz. isc, 1=4 lb. 3sc, lb. $t.oo. 



IMPERIAL GERMAN NASTURTIUMS, 



