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JAPANESE HOP. 
MINNKAPOUS, MINN. 
LANTANA. 
An ornamental plant suitable for the. open bed in 
summer, and always a favorite tor the winter window 
garden. It blossoms in verbena-like clusters m 
orange, white or pink shades. 1 ofler a strain of the 
latest improved varieties. Mixed. Pkt., 40 seeds, 4c. 
JAPANESE MAIZE- 
A highly decorative ornamental com. In some 
the leaves are variegated like those of the stnped 
grass, while in others they are striped with pmic and 
other rainlxjw colors. Pretty for the center of a 
tropical bed, or as a screen against the fence, rtt., 
35 seeds, 4 eta. 
For a rapid growing vine, 
nothing is better than the 
Japan Hop. The foliage is 
luxuriant, Ihc leaves being 
smaller and more delicate 
than those oC the common 
hop, and curiously marked 
with silvcr>' and yellowish- 
white streaks. Hardy peren 
mal. Pkt., 40 seeds, 5 cts. 
JAPANESE IRIS. 
The beauty of ihe Iris fam- 
ily is well known, the blooms 
rivaling the lily in stateli- 
ncss and the orchids in rich 
color. I ufTcr a particularly 
fine strain of newest Japanese 
varieties. "Hardy perennial. 
Mixed. Pkt., 25 seeds. Sc. 
JAPANESE KUDZU VINE. 
A fast-growing. h,irdy climbing plant. 
The first season it grows Icn feet, and 
after becoming established it oiten makes 
a growth of fifty feet in a season. The 
flowers arc rosy-purple and pea-shaped. 
For vigorous growth and fine shade it is 
unsurpassed. Pkt., 20 seeds, S cts. 
JOB'S PEARLY TEARS. 
Since Cuba has been better known by 
us collectors have discovered there a 
5 early-seeded variety of the old familiar 
ob's Tears, but far surpassing it in 
beauty and luster. The seeds are half 
again as large, and of a light fjlossy pearl 
color. They arc lovely (or necklacea, 
basket and raphia work, and very 
beautiful hanging porticrs arc made of 
them. The plants, too. are highly dec- 
orative. They were effectively used in 
the Minneapolis parks this summer. Pkt., 
10 seeds, 5 cts.; oz., IS cts. 
KENILWORTH IVY. 
Nothing is much prettier for the hang- 
ing basket. It comes quickly from seed, 
is very hardy, and grows under severest 
neglect. Pkt., 300 seeds. 4 cts. 
IMPATIENS SULTANi. 
Or the Zanzibar Balsam, much 
prized for the window or summer gar- 
den. The foliage is a waxy green, and 
with the semi-transparent branches 
makes the plant in itself allractivc. 
Thun. it is almost never without its 
bright, rosy flowers. These arc single, 
and mca.surc from 1 to IJ inches in 
diameter and arc very delicate and 
pretty. No plant comes nearer to 
being a perpetual bloomer. New hy- 
brids mixed. Pkt., 50 seeds, S cts. 
ICE PLANT. 
A trailing plant, with curious foli- 
age, covcrccl with glossy globules, 
looking like minute drops of dew. 
Pkt. 30O seeds. 3 cts. 
