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New Imperial Japanese 
jyjornifig 
glories 
(Ipomea Triloba.) 
The Most Beautiful Annual Flower In¬ 
troduced in 25 Years and One that 
Will Be the Most Popular. 
T! 
* HE great variety of rich and delicate 
colors, tints and markings of these 
flowers are wonderful and almost 
incredible. No other flower, not 
even the Pansy, equals them in this 
respect. They are of all shades of 
red, and from the most delicate pink to 
the most brilliant crimson and maroon, 
and innumerable shades of blue, from 
pale lavender to the richest indigo and 
royal purple; also white, yellow, brown, 
and many other odd shades. Many varie¬ 
ties have a distinct marginal band of a 
different color from the rest of the flower, 
and some are as elegantly spotted with 
pink, crimson, blue, brown, etc, as the 
finest Gloxinias ; others are striped, blotched, mottled, rayed 
and shaded in an indescribable manner, often having seven 
or eight colors and tints in one flower. Nearly all varieties 
have large pink or crimson centers. Many are of very odd 
and singular forms ; some have the petals separate and dis¬ 
tinct clear to the base and resemble large single Pinks more 
than Morning Glories; others have the tube of the flower 
bent down on itself at a sharp angle and then bent back 
again, as though Dame Nature had started to turn it inside 
oiit and then thought better of it. Many have scalloped, 
fringed, frilled, or ruffled edges, some with wide, aeep 
throats resembling choice Petunias. Many have magnificent 
double flowers of various colors, like double Petunias. The 
foliage of some of the varieties is almost as beautiful as the 
flowers, and they would be worthy of culture in any garden, even if they had no flowers. The leaves are 
of various forms, some ivy-like, smooth and glossy; others very hairy; some are green, splashed and 
variegated with white and silver gray. Many of the finest varieties have rich yellow or golden-bronze leaves, 
often splashed, marbled and mottled with white, gray, and green. In a good-sized planting thousands of 
flowers, expanded at onetime, make such an enchanting display of delicate and brilliant colors as to call 
forth exclamations of surprise and delight from all who see them. The vines of most varieties are of very 
vigorous and rapid growth, climbing from 15 to 30 feet. They branch freely near the ground and soon cover 
arbors, piazzas, trellises, fences, walls or buildings with a mass of rich foliage and flowers. They begin to 
flower in a few weeks after planting theseeds and continue in bloom until killed by frost. I have counted 
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mild 
Cucumber Uine. 
This is one of the most rapid-growdng and free- 
flowering annual climbers. It thrives even under 
the most unfavorable conditions. It is especially desirable for the small 
city yard where many climbers do not do well. It grows very rapidly and 
will cling or attach itself readily to strings, wire trellis, or other support, 
and the light-green foliage will ail'ord abundant shade when allowed to 
run over an arbor or screen. 
The vines attain a great height; growing quickly, they begin to bloom 
early in the season, and by mid-summer are covered with large sprays or 
panicles of small while flowers. The extremely rapid growth and free-flow r er- 
mg habit of this attractive climber will make it a great favorite in the cot¬ 
tage garden or anywhere that there is a screen, trellis, or arbor to be covered 
with foliage and flowers during the summer months. This vine is never af¬ 
fected by the heat of the hot summer days, but retains its fresh and lively 
green color right through the summer, and is never infested with insects of 
any kind. Alter being once sown it will come up every year in the same 
place. Per pkt. 10 cts.; 3 for 25 cts. 
All orders should be addressed to 
FRANK FINCH, Lock Box 2, Clyde, N. Y 
