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[Image: Drawing of a single plant with branching leaves, Caption-Striped Japanese Maize.]
Striped Japanese Maize.
An ornamental foliaged plant of rapid growth, giving immediate effect, and one which would be attractive in any garden. Grows 5 to 6 feet high and has alternate foliage, the leaves being very long and 2 to 3 inches wide. The variegation does not begin to show until the fourth or fifth leaf, when the leaves become striped with broad bands of white, changing soon to narrow stripes or ribbons of alternate clear white and brightest green, occasionally showing faint tinges of pink or rose color at the edges. The leaves are waxy and gracefully recurved. Our illustration does not do it justice. Desirable for groups on the lawn, or in ribbon beds, or a back border to the lawn. Per pkt. 5c, oz. 20c.
Mignonette.
The delicious fragrance of the Mignonette makes it indispensable for bouquets and cutting. It is best to sow seed early in the garden, and they will commence blooming the first of June.
Elmwood Giant.- A special selection of a famous grower, whose mignonette spikes have always excited the wonder and envy of his competitors. The plants are of a robust pyramidal habit; fine, healthy growers. They throw up very large spikes of a reddish-tinted, deliciously fragrant flowers. Unsurpassed for pot and bench culture. Pkt. 6c.
Machet.-Distinct sort of great merit. It is of dwarf and vigorous growth, and throws up numerous stout flower stalks, terminated by massive spikes of deliciously scented red flowers. Pkt. 5c.
Golden Queen.-A very distinct new variety, with bright golden flowers. Pkt. 3c.
Sweet Scented.-The old favorite. Pkt. 2c, oz. 20c.
Miles' White Spiral.-Grows 2 or 3 feet high, perfectly erect, spikes of bloom often measure twelve inches long. It is very showy in growth, and the grand spikes of bloom can be seen for a long distance; attracts the attention of everyone. Pkt. 4c.
[Image: Drawing of a plant with tightly grouped blooms, Caption-Machet Mignonette.]
Mimulus.
Hybridus. - (Monkey Flower.) Very showy and free flowering. The hardy kinds are well suited for outdoor culture. Any common soil suits. Mixed varieties. Pkt. 10c.
Moschatus.-The well known musk plant, quite pretty and has a musk fragrance. Pkt. 10c.
[Image: drawing of a plant with tight, tall, cone-shaped blooms, Caption-Miles' White Spiral.]

Nigella.
(Love in Mist.)
Hardy annuals, about one foot in height, finely cut leaves and handsome flowers. Blooms early. A very pretty flower, and one all our customers should try. Double flowers, blue, white and purple. Pkt. 4c.

Mirabilis.
The Marvel of Peru, or Four o'clock, is the most brilliant and showy of annuals. Planted in beds or masses, their compact growth rich, glossy leaves, together with their profusion and diversity of bloom, presents a gorgeous sight during the afternoon.

Tom Thumb Mixed. Very handsome, compact, dwarf, bushy plants with elegant, golden-variegated foliage; numerous brilliant flowers, pure yellow, deep red, and striped and blotched. Pkt. 5c.
Mixed Colors And Varieties.-Pkt. 3c.
[Image: Drawing of a large, full plant, loaded with blooms, Caption-Tom thumb Mirabilis.]

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[Image: Drawing of a vine climbing a trellis with two children picking the blooms.]

Morning Glory (Convolvulus Major.)
Improved Climbing.- Everybody knows the common Morning Glory, but many of the choice new varieties contained in this mixture are indeed rare. It will be found to include the marbled and striped sorts, varieties with marbled and laciniated foliage, the ivy-leaved kinds-in short, the largest variety of Morning Glories ever offered in one package. Flowers of large size, and plants climb to a height of twenty to forty feet in one season from seed, producing thousands of flowers. Pkt. 5c, oz. 30c.
Imperial Japanese[.]-Most magnificently large flowers of exquisite new colors which are rich and velvety; single and double mixed. Pkt. 8c.
Fine Mixed.- A mixture of the old varieties. Pkt. 2c, oz. 10c.
Brazilian.-(Ipomoea Setosa.)-One of the grandest and most luxuriant plants ever grown, very showy and graceful, with rose-colored flowers from three to four inches in diameter and a huge leaf ten to twelve inches across. The density of the shade is remarkable, as the leaves overlap each other like the shingles on a roof. Large seed pods, with the short reddish hairs on the stems, make it unusually ornamental and attractive. Pkt. 10c.
[Image: Drawing of a single bloom in front of a trellis, Caption-Double Flowering Morning Glory.]
New Double-Flowering.- A splendid novelty of rapid growth, and produces its double flowers very freely. They are white with a slight spot of red or blue at the base of the larger petals. About 80 per cent of the seedlings will reproduce themselves true from seed; when sown early in spring, along [a long] season of beautiful flowers will repay you. Per pkt. 10c[.]
Moonflower.
White. -(Ipomoea Grandiflora.)-One of the grandest of summer climbers, growing 25 to 40 feet high, and covered nightly and on dull days with beautiful white, moon-like flowers from five to six inches in diameter. It has a rich jessamine-like odor. Pkt. of 10 seeds 7c.
Blue Flowering.-(Ipomoea Leari.)-This distinct and charming novelty is valuable on account of being in beautiful and striking contrast with the true White Moon Flower described above; habit of growth and flowering the same. The color is exquisite, clear, satiny blue, with well-defined crimson bars; very distinct. We recommend planting the Blue Moon Flower along with the White one, as the effect will be novel and attractive. Pkt. 10c.
[Image: Drawing of a single bloom on a stem with buds, Caption-Moonflower.]