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WM. ELLIOTT & SONS' RELIABLE FLOWER SEEDS 



Gourds, Ornamental 



GOURDS, ORNAMENTAL 



Rapid-growing annual climbers, very useful for covering verandas, 

 etc. The fruits are curiously shaped, and often verj^ highly colored. 

 10 to 20 feet. Ptt. 



Hercules' Club. Club-shaped green fruits. 2 to 4 feet long.. §0.05 



Loofa. Sponge or Dish Rag Gourds 05 



Nest-Egg. White, shaped like an egg 05 



Orange. The weU-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 



Sugar Trough. Large, round fruits 05 



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. XYi feet $0.05 



Avena sterilis (Animated Oats). Drooping, very graceful. 

 Annual. 2 feet 05 



Briza maxima (Quaking Grass). Very prett3\ Annual. 13^ 

 feet 05 



Briza gracilis (Small Quaking Grass). Very delicate and 

 graceful. Annual. 1 foot 05 



Bromus brizseformis. An elegant Briza-Uke grass 05 



Coix lachryma (.Job's Tears). 2 feet Oz. 25c. .05 



^Eragrostis elegans (Love-Grass). Very graceful and beauti- 

 ful. Annual. 1 foot 05 



Erianthus Ravennae. A stately and picturesque grass, re- 

 sembling the Pampas with its silvery white plumes. Half- 

 hardy perennial. 7 feet 10 



Eulalia Japonica. One of the most beautiful of the taU- 

 growing grasses. 5 feet , 10 



Gymnothrix latifolia. Splendid ornamental grass. Half- 

 hardy perennial. 10 feet 10 



Gynerium argenteum (Pampas Grass) . The finest ornamental fl 

 grass in cultivation. Half-hardy perennial. 10 feet 10 



Lagurus ova tus (Hare's Tail). Small white plumes. Annual. 

 1 foot 05 



Stipa pennata (Feather Grass) . One of the prettiest and most 



interesting. Perennial. 2 feet 10 



Collection of twelve varieties of Ornamental Grasses,i'50c. 



GREVILLEA robusta (Silk Oak). A very beautiful and 

 graceful decorative plant, with Fern-like foliage; excellent 

 for table decoration. 3 to 5 feet 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 I Yellow Pkt..! 



Red .-.Pkt. .05 | Mixed. IK feet.. Pkt. 



.05 

 .05 



HELIANTHUS. See Sunflower. ■ pkt. 



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 

 fiUing a whole room with perfume. Seed sown early in the 

 Spring wiU produce large flowering plants the first Summer. 

 Lemoine's Giant. Immense clusters of flowers, double the 



size of older varieties; deUciously fragrant $0.10 



King of Blacks. Very dark 10 



Finest Mixed 10 



HELIPTERUM Sandf ordi. Very desirable dwarf everlasting, 



bearing large clusters of golden yellow flowers. 1 foot 10 



HEUGHERA 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 



HIBISCUS (Marshmallow) 



Showy, ornamental, perennialJplantsLof easy cultivation, having 

 large, beautifully colored flowers.^" Pkt. 



Africanus. Large, cream-colored flowers, with brown center. 



V/i feet ; $0.05 



Coccineus. Bright scarlet 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-Hke 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 10 



Eulalia Japonica 



