SPRING CATALOGUE OF SEEDS, BULBS AND PLANTS c OR 1899 
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SPECIAL OFFER. 
One plant each of Noctiphiton, Learei. Pandurata and 
Meriratm for Gnc. 
Moor*flo\Ver. 
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 of rare 
fragrance, are merits that cannot be over estimated. By 
actual count a strong vine will bear one to three thousand i 
of its superb blooms in a season. Very fine for piazzas, 
arbors, etc. 
Ipomcoa Noctiphiton —Grand foliage and magnificent 
snow-wiiite blooms, four or live inches across. Stands 
drouth like a Salamander. Give it rich soil if possible. 
Fine plants, 15c. each; 4 for 50c. Seed, 10c. per packet. 
1POMCEA MBXICANA. 
, |pomcen Learel —A large vine, but not quite so rank grow¬ 
ing Flowers of a lovely azure blue, with faint crimson 
bars Texture almost as delicate as the spider's web. 
Lovely beyond description. 30c. each; 3 for 60c. Seed. 
10c. per packet. 
PanduratcJ, or Hardy Tuberous-Rooted Moonflower 
This will stand a year’s drouth without a murmur. An 
•immense subterranean root weighing sometimes a hun¬ 
dred pounds, sustains the vine through any vicissitude 
of weather, 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 waxy 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 lpomoeas. It is 
perfectly hardy in any climate, and a vine which will 
cover an enormous amount of space. 35c. each; 5 for SI. 
Ipomcea Mexicana— In a sheltered location the blossoms 
of this remain open all day. Almost as large as Ipomcea 
Noctiphiton. It 1ms a large, tuberous root that, can l>e 
preserved over winter like the Dahlia and this gives the 
plant a strong and early start each spring. Very hand¬ 
some and graceful airy foliage, deeply incised or pal Mi¬ 
nted. The blossoms are of an indescribable rosy crim¬ 
son with a shade of violet or blue and are very beautiful, 
resembling rich satin. 20c. each. 
Giant Pink Hybrid—A Hybrid Pink Moonflower of mar¬ 
velous growth. Seeds germinate very quickly and plants 
begin to bloom about as soon as a Morning Glory. The 
blooms are produced by the thousand all summer ami 
fall. The vine makes a most rapid growth and covers 
more space than any other Moonflower, or other annual 
vine. It branches freely and its foliage is large, dense 
and luxuriant. The blossoms open about four o’clock in 
the afternoon and do not close until about noon the next 
day. Color, soft lilac-pink. Seed, 10c. per packet. 
Mixed Moonflower Seed—Fine mixed seed of all the 
Moonflowers here offered. 10c. per packet. 
