SPRING CATALOGUE OF SEEDS, BULBS AND PLANTS FOR 1899. 
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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 of rare 
fragrance, are merits that cannot be over estimated. By 
actual count a strong vine will bear one to three thousand 
of its superb blooms in a season. Very fine for piazzas, 
arbors, etc. 
Ipomcea Noctiphlton—Grand foliage and magnificent 
snow-white blooms, four or five inches across. Stands 
drouth like a Salamander. Give it rich soil if possible. 
Fine plants, 15c. each; 4 for 50c. Seed, 10c. per packet. 
Pandurata, or Hardy Tuberous-Rooted IWoonflower- 
This will stand a year’s drouth without a murmur. Aw. 
immense subterranean root weighing sometimes ^ bun 
dred pounds, sustains the vine through any vicissitude 
of weather, until frost kills the viee-to the ground. Each 
year it springs up stronger than before, until it beccmet 
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 o ' 
a rich creamv-white. with a throat of violet-purple. I ' 
will grow in any soil, no matter how poor, and its bios 
soms remain open all day, unlike other Inomoeas. It y 
perfectly hardy in any climate, and a vine which wil 
cover ani enormous amount of space. 25c. eaoli; 5 for $) 
Ipomcea Mexlcana —In a sheltered location the blossom 
of this remain open all day. Almost as large as Ipomcet 
Noctiphiton. It lias a large, tuberous root that can b< 
preserved over winter like the Dahlia, and this gives tin 
plant a strong and early start each spring Very hand 
some, and graceful airy foliage, deeply incised or palm 
ated. The blossoms are of an indescribable rosy crim 
son with a shade of violet or blue and are very beautilu 
resembling rich satin. 20c. each. 
blooms are produced Dy the thousand ail summer an 
fall. The vine makes a most rapid growth ana cove re 
IPOMCEA MEXIOANA. 
Ipomoea 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. 
h >vely beyond description. 20c. each; 3 for 50c. Seed, 
10c, per packet. 
the afternoon and do not close until about, noon the Dei 
day. Color, soft lilac-pink. Seed. 10c. per packet. 
Rfilxed Moonflower Seed— Fine mixed seed of ah It - 
Moon flowers here offered, 10c. per packet. 
SPECIAL OFFER, 
On# plant each of Noctiphiton , Learei Pandwrafa 
Mericana for GOc, 
