LIST OF CHOICE FLOWER SEEDS FOR 1916. 



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GOURDS. 



Ornamental. 



Handsome climbers of rapid growth. Very useful for cov- 

 ering fences and other unsightly places, producing fruit of 

 peculiar and various forms which, if allowed to ripen on the 

 vines, can be kept for months as curiosities. Sow out doors 

 in middle of May. T. A. pkt 



Hercules Club—Long, club-shaped 5 



White Nest Egg 6 



Sugar Trough '...'. 5 



Turk's Turban 5 



Bottle Shaped . .!.!!!!!!, 5 



Calabush or Pipe Gourd — This is the Gourd from which 

 the famous calabash pipe is made. Fruits must lie on 



the ground to form the curved neck 10 



Dipper or Siphon 5 



Flexuosus (Snake Cucumber) 5 



Dish Rag or Chinese Loofa — An attractive variety, devel- 

 oping large green fruits, the inside of which, when 

 ripe, form a tough, fibrous mass, used as a bathing 



sponge by many 5 



Orange — Mock orange !....!.!!!! 5 



Fine Mixed — Per oz. 25c 5 



WILD CUCUMBER (Echinocystis Lobata) — Per' oz'. ' 25c! '. 5 

 Collection of Gourds, 11 varieties, 1 pkt. each, 45c. 



HELENIUM (Sneezewort) H. P. 

 Riverton Beauty — A beautiful daisy-like flower, blooming late 

 in the fall. The plants grow about 3 feet high, and are lit- 

 erally covered with brilliant flowers, of a rich lemon yel- 

 low surrounding a large cone of purplish black. Pkt. 10c. 



Helcnluin Riverton Gem — Flowers opening old gold, changing 



as they mature to a rich wallflower red Pkt. 10c. 



No perennial border Is complete without these two. 



HELIOTROPE. From Seed the First Year. 



Everyone loves the delightful fragrance of Heliotrope, but 

 very few are aware that they can be had in flower the first 

 season from Seed sown in the open ground. By sowing in 

 heat first and afterwards transplanting, an earlier and longer 

 supply of bloom can be had. 



Pkt. 



Finest Mixed ". 5 



GIANT FLOWERED HELIOTROPE. 

 Dwarf and compact in habit, bearing immense umbels of 



flowers which are twice the size of the older sorts 10 



King of the Blacks — A grand new mammoth flowering 

 Heliotrope. The flowers are deep purple, and fairly cover 

 the plant 15 



HEUCHERA. (Alum Root). H. P. 

 Sanguinea — Long spikes of dazzling crimson 10 



HIBISCUS. MARSH-MALLOWS. 



Large ornamental plants, with showy flowers, 3 to 4 inches 



across. 



Africanus — Cream yellow, purple center, brown edge. H. 

 P 5 



Crimson Eye — A robust grower, with dark stems and fol- 

 iage, flowers pure white, with deep, velvety-crimson 

 center. It is perfectly hardy, and will bloom first year 

 from Seed sown in open ground. H. P 5 



Pkt. 



CURRIES SUPERB 

 HOLLYHOCKS. 



The Seed we offer has been saved from 

 named varieties of every known shade of 

 color, and can be confidently recommended 

 Seed sown in June or July will produce 

 plants for blooming the next summer. H. P. 

 Double White, Red, Crimson, Maroon, Pink, 

 Salmon, Yellow, Black, Choice Double Mixed. 

 Any of the above, pkt. 10c; 3 pkts. 25c; % 

 oz. 80c. 



Fine Double Mixed, pkt. 5c; % oz. 40c. 



CHOICE SINGLE HOLLYHOCKS. 



Mixed colors; 3 pkts. 10c; % oz. 25c. 



MAMMOTH FRINGED ALLEGHENY 

 HOLLYHOCKS. 



The mammoth flowers are formed of 

 loosely arranged petals, which look as 

 if made from the finest China silk 

 The colors are shell pink, rose and 

 ruby red, shading off deeper at the 

 center and exquisitely tinted towards 

 the edges; 3 pkts. 25c 10 



HOLLYHOCKS, ANNUAL 

 HYBRIDS. 



«. T « es ? H y brid Hollyhocks can be flowered 

 the first season from Seed. Sown in the 

 house or hot-bed in March they will bloom 

 y J ," ly J, whlle sown outdoors in May they 

 can be flowered by August. 



Pkt 



Double— Mixed; 3 pkts. 25c 10 



Single — Mixed g 



. . Everblooming Annual Hollyhocks. 



rii^ Pr0V ^ ement , °y er the above in the continuance, va- 

 ™™t>, * Profusion of bloom. Plants flower in three 

 months from Seed and continue blooming until frost. 

 inVf^f "■ Is - en , tire] y free from disease. Mixed colors, 

 double and single, pkt. ... i \ 



Three Pkts. ...'.' .'.'.'.'.'.'.'.' .'.'." .'.'.'." 35 



Annual Hybrids — Double Fringed Mixed. 



The flowers are fringed and as double as the best of the 

 old-fashioned Hollyhocks. The colors range through 

 light and dark yellow, chamois, flesh, rose, dark red, 

 purple, lilac and black 10 



HUJIULUS. 



Japonlcus (Japan Hop) — A rapid growing climber with 

 luxuriant foliage, excellent for covering verandas, etc. 

 Withstands heat and drought well and is not troubled 

 by insects. H. A. % oz. 20c 5 



Japonlcus Variegatus (Variegated Japan Hop) — Like the 

 preceding, except that the foliage is beautifully 

 blotched 10 



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SINGLE HOLLYHOCKS. 



HYACINTH BEAN. (Dollchos). 



Rapid growing climbers, bearing a profusion of pea- 

 shaped blossoms; the seed pods are beautiful in fall. Sow -In 

 the open ground in April and May, against trellis, arbors, etc. 

 10 feet. H. H. A. pk t . 



Lablab, Mixed Colors, oz. 25c 5 



Soudanensis — Beans and foliage purple violet; V2 oz. 15c. 5 

 Giganteus, Giant Crimson — Color from light pink to deep 



maroon; seed pods of a deep purple color; % oz. 15c... 5 

 Daylight — Snow-white flowers followed by cream-colored 



pods; V 2 oz. 15c 5 



Bush Hyacinth Bean — Showy compact bushes bearing 



pure white flowers, which are succeeded by large 



creamy white pods 10 



IMPATIENS HOLSTII. 

 Dwarf Hybrids — An improvement on Impatiens Sultanl. 

 They form dwarf, compact plants about 8 in. height, freely 

 branched. The flowers, which vary in color from flesh-pink 

 through shades of blush-pink, rose and orange to scarlet and 

 vermilion and are unusually large; are produced in continu- 

 ous profusion all summer. Sow the seed indoors In March 

 and transplant to open ground in May. Packet 15c. 



