SPRING CATALOGUE OF SEEDS, BULBS AND PLANTS FOR 1901. 
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Moor^floWer. 
The most popular quick growing vine in cultivation. Its 
rapid, luxuriant growth, its thick, overlapping glossy foli¬ 
age, and its nightly scores of immense silky blooms or rare 
fragrance, are merits that cannot be over estimated, by 
actual count a strong vine will bear one Ip three thousand, 
of its superb blooms in a season. Yery line for piazzas, 
arbors, etc. 1,1 
Jpomoea Noctiphiton— Grand foliage and magnificent 
snow-white blooms, four or five inches across. Stands 
drouth like a Salamander. Give it rich soil if possible. 
Tine plants, 15c. each; 4 for 50c. Seed, 10c. per packet. 
Gpomoea Learei— A large vine, but not quite so rank grow¬ 
ing. Fowers of a lovely azure blue, with faint crimson 
bars. Texture almost as delicate as the spider s web. 
Lovely beyond description, 20c. each; 3 for 50c. Seed, 
10c- per packet. 
Pandurata, or Hardy Tuberous-Rooted WJoonflower— 
This will stand a year’s douth without a murmur. An 
immense subterranean root weighing sometimes a hun¬ 
dred pounds, snstains the vine through any vicissitude 
ofiweather, until frost kills the vine to the ground. Each 
year it springs up stronger than before, until it becomes 
a large, luxuriant vine, clothed with a luxuriant growth 
of pretty cordate leaves, and bearing great quantities, 
yes, thousands of large, thick-textured waxv flowers of 
a rich creamy-white, with a throat of violet-purple, it 
will grow in any soil, no matter how poor, and its blos¬ 
soms remain open all day, unlike other Ipomoeas. if is 
perfectly hardy in any climate, and a vine which will 
cover an enorous amount of space. 25c. each; 5 for $1.00. 
8pomcea Ch i id si Giant white Moonflower, mammoth in 
size and a strong grower. It is not uncommon for this 
to grow 30 to 40 feet in a season, and with a rapidity that 
is truly astonishing. Rather large and late for the North 
but a grand thing South. Seed, 20c. per packet. 
Mixed iWoonflower Seed-Fine mixed seed of all the Moon- 
flowers here offered. loc. per packet. 
Giant Pink H by rid— A Hybrid Pink Moonflower of mar- 
velous growth. Seeds germinate very Quick and plants 
begin to bloom early. Seed, 10 c. per packet. 
Japanese Yellow— A new sort bearing large golden-yellow 
blooms in abundance. It is a valuable novelty, and 
adds much to the beauty and ^variety of Moonflowers. 
Seed, 20c. per packet. 
I pom oca lexi¬ 
ca na-In a se¬ 
lected location 
the blossoms. 
' of this remain 
open all day. . 
Almostas large as Ipomoea 
Noctiphiton. It has a large, 
tuberous root that can be 
preserved over winter like 
the Dahlia, and it gives 
the plant a strong and early 
start each spring. Yery handsome, 
and graceful airy foliage, deep 
incised or palmated. The blos- 
■ soms are of an indescribable rosy 
crimson with a shadow of violet 
or blue, and very beautiful, re¬ 
sembling rich satin. A grand . 
vine for a conservatory in winter, as well 
as for open ground in summer. 20c. each; 
3 for 50c. 
SPECIAL OFFER —One plant each of Noetiphiton, Learei, 
■ Panduratd and Mexicana for 60c. 
“Paiqted” MoopflovCers. 
The grand new large flowering Japanese Imperial 
Morning Glories have been termed “Painted Moonflowers” 
on account of their large Moonflower-like blossoms, varied 
and unique colors. They are not however night bloomers, 
but equal in size. See page 60 for cut and full discription. 
Seed, 156 . per packet. 
