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Perfection Brand Flowering Vines and Gourds 
Rapid Climbers are excellent to shade porches, cover stumps and hide unsightly places. Everyone who has a porch or room that is exposed to 
the hot sun all summer long will appreciate what it would mean to have a dense green vine for protection. 
BALSAM APPLE (Momordica Balsamina)— 
Very curious, rapid and dense climbers with 
ornamental foliage. Its large golden yellow 
fruit opens when ripe and displays its bril- 
liant blood-red inside. Hardy annual. 10 to 20 
feet. Pkt., 10c; oz., 30c. 
CARDINAL CLIMBER—A very attractive 
and graceful climber, developing to perfection 
in sandy soil. The leaves resemble those of a 
fine Japanese Maple, and the rich scarlet 
blooms cover the vines completely all during 
summer and fall. Plant in full sun. Pkt., 10c; 
Yq 0z., 25c. 
CYPRESS VINE (Ipomea Quamoelit)—A 
most beautiful climber with delicate dark 
green, feathery foliage and an abundance of 
bright flowers. Planted by the side of a ve- 
randa, tree or stakes, it attains a height of 
from 10 to 20 feet. Annual. 
Mixed—Pkt., 5c; %4 0z., 10c. Red—Pkt., 10c; 
% oz., 20c. 
HARDY SWEET PEAS (Lathyrus Latifol- 
ius)—Very decorative climbing vines of the Pea 
family. Flowers are similar to Sweet Peas and 
are even more showy, but are lacking in fra- 
grance. Mixed colors—Pkt., 10c; % oz., 40c; 
oz., 70c. 
MORNING GLORY CORNELL—This variety 
combines the brilliant coloring of Scarlett 
O’Hara with the size of bloom and robust habit 
of the Heavenly Blue Morning Glories. The 
blooms are large, 4 to 4% inches in diameter, 
in an intense shade of carnelian red with a 
border a little over an eighth of an inch wide 
of pure glistening white. The plants are thick 
growing, make a rather heavy growth of very 
attractive bright green foliage, commencing to 
flower when the vine is only 2 or 8 feet tall. 
Much more free blooming than its famous 
companion, Scarlett O’Hara. Pkt., 10c. 
MORNING GLORY SCARLETT O’HARA— 
An entirely new color in this popular garden 
flower, rich, dark wine red, or deep rosy crim- 
son. The flowers are of good size, about 344 
inches in diameter, freely produced on fast 
growing vines which start blooming within 65 
days after seed is sown. Pkt., 20c. 

Morning Glory—Heavenly Blue 
MORNING GLORY—Clark’s Earliest Heay- 
enly Blue—It is the earliest flowering variety, 
makes a sparse growth of foliage and is heav- 
ily covered with flowers. A beautiful sky blue 
color which shades at the center to a golden 
throat. Pkt., 10c; oz., 65c, postpaid. 
MORNING GLORY (Convolvulus Major)— 
One of the most free-flowering and rapid- 
growing annual climbers thriving in almost 
any situation. Height 10 to 15 feet. Japanese 
Imperial—Pkt., 10c; oz., 20c. 
ALAMO VINE —Sometimes called Mile-a- 
Minute Vine. Is all that the name implies, as it 
often grows 20 feet a year. Illustrated in full 
color on inside front cover. Pkt., 10c; 3 pkts., 
25c; oz., 40c, postpaid. 
JAPANESE HOP VINE (Humulus)—It is a 
rapid climber and one of the best for covering 
verandas, trellises, unsightly fences, etc. Makes 
a heavy growth and does well in shade. Pkt., 
5c; % oz., lic, postpaid. 
MADERIA VINE BULBS—One of the best 
and most popular Climbers for foliage effect. 
Increases very rapidly. Each, 10c; dozen, 90c, 
postpaid. 
MOONFLOWER (Evening-Glory Ipomoea)— 
Moonflowers are the most gorgeous and versa- 
tile of the climbing plants. It does well trained 
along the roof of a low house or veranda, and 
its blossoms are delightfully fragrant. If the 
seeds are notched they will bloom six weeks 
from sowing. Annual. Giant Pink or White— 
Pkt., 10c; % oz., 1l5c; 0z., 45c. 
HYACINTH BEAN (Dolichos Lablab)— 
(Commonly known as Jack Bean)—A splendid 
climber with hyacinth-like clusters of flowers 
which are followed by exceedingly orziamental 
seed pods. Is of rapid growth and stands heat 
well but not the cold. Half hardy annual, 10 
to 20 feet high. Pkt., 10c; oz., 25c. 
SCARLET RUNNER BEAN (Phaseolus Mul- 
tiflorus)—A tall twining plant, covered with 
crimson blossoms. As an ornamental vine over 
trellis, arbors, etc., very popular. Annual, 
growing 12 to 15 feet high. Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c. 
Gourds 
The dense foliage of the vigorous Gourd vine 
makes it useful for covering arbors, fences, 
slopes, or unsightly places. 
CAVE MAN’S CLUB—Knobby, club shaped, 
dark green. Pkt., 5c. 
DIPPER—Easily fashioned into a long han- 
dle dipper. Pkt., 5c. 
LARGE VARIETIES MIXED—Pkt., 5c. 
SMALL VARIETIES MIXED—PKt., ic. 

The ornamental gourds are a decorative feature 
of any garden, and can be varnished when dried 
tor indoor use. 

Summer flowering Bulbs fill Many Garden Roles 
Summer bulbs are taking a more important place in the garden each 
year. This is especially true of the gladiolus, everybody’s flower, which 
may make the garden gay from July to frost by planting a week or ten 
days apart starting in early May. 
ELEPHANT’S EAR (Caladium Esculentum)—Known to almost every- 
one. A number of stems come from a single bulb, growing 4 to 5 feet 
inches across. 
high, with a single leaf, 
MONTBRETIA—They produce narrow, 
sword-like leaves and slender spikes of small 
funnel-shaped flowers. Because of the perish- 
able nature of the blossoms, Montbretias are 
not good cut-flower subjects, but, grown in 
clumps or mass planting in the garden, each 
corm produces several flower spikes and pro- 
vides a wealth of beauty over a long period. 
Fire King Scarlet, 10c each; $1.00 doz. 
“Zepbyranthes 
which often measures 18 

Montbretia 
Caladiums require a lot of water, the more they get, the larger they 
grow. Large bulbs, each, 35c, postpaid. 
CRINUM (Wine and Milk Lily)—A fine bulbous plant which pro- 
duces flowers of great beauty: Usually two flower stalks are sent up at 
the same time, each bearing a large cluster of lily-like blooms. Flowers 










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Cover for Other 
Spring Flowering 
Bulbs Illustrated 
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are white with a lavender-pink of reddish purple stripe through the 
center of each petal. It is not hardy, so bulbs should not be left out- 
doors during the winter. Bulbs, each, 35c, postpaid. 
TIGRIDIA (Shell Flower of Mexico)—Red, 
spotted yellow and purple. Few flowers are 
more gorgeously colored or so beautiful. Plant 
in sunny positions in a well drained soil. Put a 
little sand under each bulb. They bloom from 
July until frost. Height, 3 feet. Each lic; doz., 
$1.50. 
ZEPHYRANTHES (Zephyr Lilies) (Rain 
Lily)—They produce narrow, strap-shaped 
leaves and funnel-shaped flowers borne erect on 
slender, hollow stems. The Zephyranthes is a 
beautiful and interesting subjects and deserves 
to be more popular, as it will be as more is 
learned regarding its habits. Pink, 15c each; 
$1.40 per dozen. 
HYACINHHUS CANDICANS (Summer Hya- 
cinths)—Stately plants, producing tall spikes 
of large, pure white pendent blooms during 
cae Height, 4 feet. Each, 15c; dozen, 
1.60. 
Amaryllis Bulbs 
JOHNSONII—Red. Blooming 
each, 35c. 
NEW HYBRID—Each, 55c. 
Tuberose Bulbs 
SINGLE MEXICAN—Dozen, 60c, postpaid. 
DWARF DOUBLE PEARL—Dozen, 80c, 
postpaid. 
size bulbs, 
