SPRING CATALOGUE OF SEEDS, BULBS AND PLANTS FOR 1898. 
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Childs’ Giant Imperial Japanese 
Morning Glories. 
No flower is more universally loved and cherished 
than the dear old Morning Glory, and we are proud to 
offer a new strain of it, with gigantic blooms as large 
as Moon flowers, with colors, markings and variega¬ 
tions never before seen, and of indescribable beauty. 
Some double, some with quilled and feathered petals 
and many with beautifully marbled and variegated 
leaves. Like all Morning Glories the seed germinates 
quickly and the vines grow rapidly and are soon in 
bloom, often before they reach a height of two feet. 
The flowers are borne by the hundreds, are of enor¬ 
mous size, like great Moonflowers, five or six inches 
across, and of the most delicate vivid and blending 
colors to be seen in any flower. Some will be pure 
white, others crimson, brick-red, light and dark 
blues, pinks, etc., while others show a rich and varied combination of colors blended together in a most enchanting^ way. 
Spotted, blotched, striped, stained, penciled, bordered, mottled and variegated in every conceivable 
be double and semi-double and others with quilled and feathered petals and grotesque forms, fl o add to their beauty, t e 
leaves of many of the varieties are richly marbled and variegated white and green. Nothing among flowers 
more beautiful sight than a screen, hedge or trellis of these Giant Morning Glories. T o secure the beautiful varieties wmc 
we here offer, our agent traveled in Japan from garden to garden, collecting a little seed at each one, as the best can o 
bought in quantity, and is not to be compared with any Japanese Morning Glory seed which may be put upon tno marKet. 
Mixed, All Colors and Varieties—More than 100 kinds. A grand strain, of endless variety of color and magnificent size, 
some having beautifully variegated foliage. 16c. per nkt.; 3 pkts. for 30c. _ . , , , ... .... 
(Seres —Extra line, of low growth, flowers appearing on plants scarcely a foot in height. Bright magenta with wide white 
border. Foliage elegantly marbled with white. Pkt.,20c. ^ ... 
Aurata— Elegant yellowish foliage, often marbled white; flowersof various colors. Perfectly exquisite. Pkt., <J0c. 
Antigone— Beautiful marbled foliage and large sky-blue blossoms. Pkt., 20c. One pht. each of the U sorts for 60c. 
