The climbers are nature's drapery. Under the guiding hands of tasteful amateurs and gardeners, 
buildings, arbors, fences, or stumps, bloom with beauty; and in a short time are covered, giving shade and 
grace. As soon as plants show a disposition to grow, supply them with support. 
ADLUMIA CIRRHOSA. Wood Fringe. 
Biennial.10 
COBCEA SCANDENS. Annual. Very 
fine climber, with large, bell-shaped flow¬ 
ers, Purple, and White, each.io 
GOURD FAMILY. 
The following plants are prized mostly for their 
rapid growth, odd shapes, and often highly colored 
fruits. 
Dish-rag, or Sponge. When ripe resembles 
fibrous cloth ; used for scouring, etc ... 5 
Abobra viridiflora. Fine foliage; scarlet 
fruit . 5 
Balsam Apple. Orange and red . 5 
Serpent Gourd. 5 
Bryonopsis laciniosa. Foliage elegant ; 
fruit scarlet, striped with white . 5 
Echinocystis lobata. Wild Cucumber. 
White fragrant flowers . 5 
Gooseberry. Small, bright green . 5 
Hercules’ Club. 5 
Pear-formed. Yellow, cream striped ... 5 
Egg-f° rmc d. True Nest Egg Gourd ... 5 
Orange. Well-known Mock Orange .... 5 
Striped Apple. Yellow, beautifully striped 5 
Calabash. Old-fashioned Dipper Gourd . . 5 
Sugar Trough, or Sap Bucket. 5 
Mixed. Ounce, 30 cents; packet . 5 
IPOMGBA. Annual. It is best to start seeds 
in a hotbed. 
Bona Nox (Good Night, or Evening Glory, 
Moon Flower). Flowers large, white . . 10 
Giant Pink Hybrid. New. Of marvelous 
growth; abundant bloomer . 10 
grandiflora superba. Large flowers, sky- 
blue. bordered white . 5 
grandiflora superba (Carmen Sylva). 
New. Rose-colored flowers . 10 
Cypress Vine, Ipomcea Quamoclit. 
Scarlet, white, or mixed. Oz., 23c.; each 5 
HYACINTH BEAN (Dolichos). Beauti¬ 
ful; of quick growth ; foliage handsome ; 
the clustered spikes of light purple flowers 
borne in profusion . 
New Japan, flowers pure white . 
JAPANESEHOP. Annual. A rapid, strong 
grower. Plain-leaved . 
Variegated-leaved . 
MORNING GLORY (Convolvulus major). 
Annual. A well-known favorite, in white, 
white and violet striped, white striped 
with rose, lilac, light blue, dark blue, car¬ 
mine, bright red, dark red, each . 
All colors mixed ; oz., 15 cents . 
LA RGE-FLOWERING MORNING 
GLORY “ROCHESTER.” Remark¬ 
able for the large size and new color of the 
flower. Vines very strong ; foliage mag¬ 
nificent ; flowers four to five inches across, 
borne in clusters . 
BRAZILIAN MORNING GLORY. An¬ 
nual. Large, brilliant flowers. Mixed . 
JAPANESE MORNING GLORY. A 
strong grower; foliage beautiful; flowers 
very large. All colors mixed . 
THUNBERGIA. A pretty climber for 
baskets or vases. Flowers yellow and 
orange. Mixed varieties . 
5 
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SEEDS OF HARDY CLIMBERS. 
Sow very early in spring or autumn in drills, in 
well prepared beds. 
Ampelopsis quinquefolia. Virginia 
Creeper . 5 
Ampelopsis Veitchii. Good wall plant; ab¬ 
solutely the finest of the clinging climbers 
Bignonia radicans. Trumpet vine .... 
Celastrus scandens. Climbing Bitter-Sweet 
Clematis flammula. Fragrant; white . . . 
Clematis paniculata. Pure white; fragrant 10 
Clematis vitalba. White. 5 
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