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CURTIS & COBB'S 



Gourd, angoria^ Beautiful creeper ; showy fruit . . . ■ / '•' i' .KJ 

 " bottle. Well known and very useful . . . . . . .05 



" apple-Striped. Very ornamental . . . . . . .10 



" egg-shaped. Closely resembling an egg 10 



" gooseberry. Small fruit ; very pretty xo 



" Hercules'S elubi Club-shaped ; curious 10 



" new miniature. Orange and green striped ; very ornamental ; 



one of the best 10 



" long-fruited (cucurbita leucantha). Very singular . . .10 

 " orange. Very ornamental ; fruit resembling an orange . - . .05 



" pear-shaped 05 



** trichasanthes COlubrina. True serpent-gourd ; very hand- 

 some 10 



IPOMEA (Convolvulus). Nat. Ord., Convolvulacece. 



A genus of beautiful climbing plants, for the conservatory and green- 

 house, or warm, sheltered situations out of doors ; are pre-eminently beau- 

 tiful, many of them combining marvellously brilliant colors with pure white 

 margins, and varying in shade from the most intense violet-blue to the most 

 delicate cerulean. All the varieties are splendid, and should be extensively 

 cultivated. Tender annuals. 



Ipomea hederaeea alba, grandiflora, intus rosea. New; hand- 

 some white flowers, with dark-rose throat . . .50 

 " *' alba grandiflora, intus rosea, semi-plena. 



New ; of the form and color of the foregoing ; 

 a few petals, tongue-shaped, which appear from 

 the corolla to transform the flower into a semi- 



double . . .50 



atrooarminea, grandiflora, alba margi- 



nata. New ; handsome variety ; with brilliant- 

 carmine flowers, edged with pure white .. . .50 



atrooarminea, grandiflora, azurea mar- 



ginata. New; with brilliant-carmine flowers, 

 edged with clear azure-blue . . . . . .50 



atrolilacea grandiflora, azurea margi- 



nata. New ; with dark-lilac flowers, edged with 

 . bright azure-blue . . . . . . . . .50 



NEW IPOMEAS. — With Variegated Foliage. 



We attach much importance to this new section. They are found to 

 come true from the seed : for this reason, as well as for the curious com- 

 bination and richness of color of their flowers, we have no hesitation in 

 placing them in the first rank of novelties. 



Ipomea grandiflora, alba, pieta, carminea. New; heart-shaped 

 leaves, largely marbled with silver-gray ; flowers white, dotted 



with brilliant carmine . . . 50 



grandiflora alba picta lilacina. New ; with golden-mar- 

 bled leaves ; white flowers, spotted with clear lilac . . . .50 



hederaeea grandiflora atrocarminea intus alba. New ; 



trilobed leaves, largely-marbled silver-gray ; flow- 

 ers, dark carmine, with large white throat . . .50 



