


Gourds, Ornamental 
GOURDS, ORNAMENTAL 
Rapid-growing annual climbers, very useful for covering verandas, 
ete. The fruits are curiously shaped, and often very highly colored. 
10 to 20 feet. Pkt. 
Hercules’ Club. Club-shaped green fruits. 2 to 4 feet lone, $0.05 
Loofa. Sponge or Dish Rag Gourds.......... ee 205 
Nest-Egg. White, shaped like an egg...................... .05 
Orange. The well-known Mock Orange................... 05 
Pear-Shaped. Striped fruits, very showy..................  .05 
Powder Horn. In the form of a powder horn.............. 05 
Siphon, or Dipper. Makes an excellent dipper............ 05 
Susar Trough.) Warge;roundsiruitstsecces sce) vase ote LOD 
Mixed Ornamental Varieties..................... Oz. 40c. .05 
GRASSES, ORNAMENTAL 
Ornamental Grasses serve the double purpose of rendering the 
mixed flower bed or border attractive during the Summer, and for 
the use of the spikes or panicles in a dried state in Winter bouquets. 
For large beds or groups on lawns nothing gives a finer effect. 
Agrostis nebulosa. <A _ very graceful and pretty grass, Pkt. 
charming for borders. Annual. 11% feet $0.0. 
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Avena sterilis (Animated Oats). Drooping, very graceful. 
Annual. 2iteet canes wera meee en ens 05 
Briza maxima (Quaking Grass). Very pretty. Annual. 1144 
PeCti ee iomiaswien & SalI Me eg Nae eR RE ME eS E Eos 05 
Briza gracilis (Small Quaking Grass). Very delicate and 
gracetuls  -Annualce Wootasce saree cer eine 05 
Bromus brizeformis. An elegant Briza-like grass......... 05 
Coix lachryma (Job’s Tears). 2 feet.......,....... @z525¢c; 205 
Eragrostis elegans (Love-Grass). Very graceful and beauti- 
Ik, Wawa | WiineaasaooaaunoG Goes buduboupoodupooode 05 
Erianthus Ravenne. A stately and picturesque grass, re- 
sembling the Pampas with its silvery white plumes. Half- 
hardy; perennials i cebs serene rere Cee ere heer 10 
Eulalia Japonica. One of the most beautiful of the tall- 
STOWINL PTASsess yr Os Lebar seen Gear ne enone 10 
Gymnothrix latifolia. Splendid ornamental grass. Half- 
hardyaperennial-e) Oiecethae reese eee ere eerie 10 
Gynerium argenteum (Pampas Grass). Thefinest ornamental | 
grass in cultivation. Half-hardy perennial. 10 feet....... 10 
Lagurus ovatus (Hare’s Tail). Small white plumes. Annual. 
TELOO bi. retin cute wletaterase sic fots eRe nner eR OE OE: 05 
Stipa pennata (Feather Grass). One of the prettiest and most 
interesting.” JPerennial) 2iteet. 1515. ene ee eee 10 
Collection of twelve varieties cf Ornamental Grasses, )50c. 
GREVILLEA robusta (Silk Oak). A very beautiful and 
graceful decorative plant, with Fern-like foliage; excellent 
for table decoration. 3 to 5 feet... ...5...00.cee eben .10 
HELICHRYSUM (Straw Flower). These everlastings are 
greatly admired for their beauty. The flowers are large 
and the colors bright. They are highly prized for Winter 
bouquets.’ Flowers intended for drying should be gathered 
when partially unfolded, and suspended with heads down- 
ward in-a cool place. Succeed best in rich, loamy soil. 
Double White... ..Pkt.$0.05 Wellowse ere Pkt.$0.05 
ARE etre eee es Pkt 2.05 Mixed. 114 feet..Pkt. .05 
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WM. ELLIOTT & SONS’ RELIABLE FLOWER SEEDS 



HELIANTHUS. See Sunflower. 
HELIOTROPE. Well-known favorites, highly valued for their 
delicious fragrance. Handsome plants when bedded out, 
and also very desirable for house culture, a single plant 
filling a whole room with perfume. Seed sown early in the 
Spring will produce large flowering plants the first Summer, 
Lemoine’s Giant. Immense clusters of flowers, double the 
size of older varieties; deliciously fragrant........... $0.10 
King of Blacks. Very darks <¢ 2 ea oes © mies 10 
Finest Mixed o.oo. cic ee ee hoe eee One 10 
HELIPTERUM Sandfordi. Very desirable dwarf everlasting, 
bearing large clusters of golden yellow flowers. lfoot.... .10 
HEUCHERA sanguinea (Scarlet Alum Root). Beautiful, 
hardy perennial. The plants grow about 2 feet high and 
produce their flowers in long trusses of rich, bright 
crimson. Valuable for cut flowers....................- 10 
Pkte 
HIBISCUS (Marshmallow) 
Showy, ornamental, perennia) plants of easy cultivation, having 
large, beautifully colored flowers. Pkt. 
Africanus. Large, cream-colored flowers, with brown center. 
TUE FeGt ee uch Sais LO oO ee i ie ORE ONE 
Coccineuss VBrichtiscarlethaceass eee eee eee 10 
Californicus. White, with deep carmine center............ 10 
Crimson Eye. Flowers of purest white, with a velvety 
crimson spot in the center of each flower................. 10 
HONESTY, or SATIN FLOWER _ (Lunaria Biennis). Early, 
free-flowering plants, interesting for the silver-like tissue 
of the seed pods in their matured state. The flower is 
purple, but not very conspicuous. The seed pods are fine 
for skeletonizing and working in with other everlasting 
flowers for Winter bouquets.) ansce ene eciee 10 

Eulalia Japonica 

