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The Hercules' club must hang clear from obstruction Rustic supports are easily made from dead branches 



Tie the young gourd vine to its support 



Hercules' club must be grown so as to 

 hang clear, and when the fruit is well formed 

 the stems must be tied to some support. If 



The nest-egg gourd may fool the fowl 



you wait until it shows signs of breaking, the 

 stem is likely to crack lengthwise, causing 

 early decay. Large bottles and sugar-troughs 



must have a box to ;est on; or, if high up, a 

 rude stand can be placed to support them. 

 If this is not done, the first wind will undo all 

 your summer work, and your fruit, if large, 

 will be torn away from the parent vine. Dip- 

 per gourds need no such support, and if 

 trained high, will be very attractive. 



Gourds may be used in many ways. With 

 a little ingenuity many ornaments as well as 

 useful things can be made from them, and as 

 souvenirs of your garden work they are in- 

 teresting. The dipper gourd can be used as 

 its name suggests, when half the bowl is cut 

 away, or as a vase, or when, with a small 

 opening in it, it is hung up in the bushes near 

 your house, it will be sure to hold a blue 

 bird's nest in the spring. 



Sugar-troughs can be used as jardinieres 

 and as work-baskets. Nest-eggs will de- 

 ceive the old hen and the city boarders. 

 They can be used as ornaments, or to serve 

 as supports to the bottoms of the large, round 



varieties. Hercules' clubs, with their beau- 

 tiful pure-white blossoms, are the most 

 pleasing. If grown properly, the "clubs" 



but this is too much to swallow! 



will be from two to five feet long. The vine 

 grows to a great length, with a host of side 

 shoots bearing beautiful foliage. 



Large gourds must be supported from below 



The dipper gourd is ever useful 

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TurK's Turban is one of the flat type 



