. The Geo. H. Mellen Co. : 1899. Nursery stock Ohio Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs. Grevillea. (The Silk Oak.) Ipomoea Pandurata, or Hardy Moonfiower—This Moon- flower is a hardy perennial tuberous-rooted twiner .which is perfectly hardy. The beautiful dark green foliage is so dense as to form a perfect screen, covering the vine completely from base to summit. The flowers are usu- ally four inches in diameter. They are pure satiny- white with purple throat and produced in the greatest ?rofusion ; open day and night from Ju
. The Geo. H. Mellen Co. : 1899. Nursery stock Ohio Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs. Grevillea. (The Silk Oak.) Ipomoea Pandurata, or Hardy Moonfiower—This Moon- flower is a hardy perennial tuberous-rooted twiner .which is perfectly hardy. The beautiful dark green foliage is so dense as to form a perfect screen, covering the vine completely from base to summit. The flowers are usu- ally four inches in diameter. They are pure satiny- white with purple throat and produced in the greatest ?rofusion ; open day and night from June until October, ubers, 20c each. Grrevillea Robtista. (The Silk Oak.) A magnificent plant for decorative pur- poses, of rapid, easy growth, fully cut foliage, rivaling a rare fern. The young growing leaves are a light brown color, the tips being covered with a soft down, closely resembling raw silk, hence the name of "Silk ; In its native place it attains magnificent proportions and produces an abundance of bright, orange-colored flowers. Nice plants, 10c each. Impatiens Sxaltanl. Unequalled as a Winter-blooming pot plant or for the border in Summer. The flowers are of a brilliant, rosy-scarlet color, of a peculiar distinct but most effective hue, about one and a •half inches in di- ameter, and are produced singly or in twos or threes from the axils of the leaves, especially to- ward the sum- mit of the stems, but so freely that a well-grown specimen ap- pears to be quite a ball of fire. Price, 10c each. Manettia Bicolor. A rapid and beautifu 1 climber. The flowers are from an inch to an inch and a half in length of a most in- tense bright scarlet, shad- ing into flame, tippt d with the deepest golden yellow, and covered with a thick scarlet moss. Price, 10c Before Sending Order, Please Make Your Selection of EXTRAS as Explained on Page Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for
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