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WM. ELLIOTT & SONS' RELIABLE FLOWER SEEDS 



Gourds, Ornamental 



GOURD, ORNAMENTAL 



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

 etc. The fruits are curiously shaped, and often very highly col- 

 ored. 10 to 20 feet. Pkt. 



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 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 



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, p kt- 

 charming for borders. Annual. 1J^ feet SO. 05 



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

 Annual. 2 feet 05 



Briza maxima (Quaking Grass) . Very prettv. Annual. 1J^ 

 feet 05 



Briza gracilis (Small Quaking Grass). Very delicate and 

 graceful. Annual. 1 foot 05 



Bromus brizaeformis. An elegant Briza-like grass 05 



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



Eragrostis elegans (Love-Grass). Very graceful and beautiful. 

 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 tall-grow- 

 ing grasses. 5 feet 10 



Gymnothrix latifolia. Splendid ornamental grass. Half- 

 hardy perennial. 10 feet 10 



Gynerium argenteum (Pampas Grass) . The finest ornamen- 

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



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



1 foot. 



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

 interesting. Perennial. 2 feet 



Collection of twelve varieties of Ornamental Grasses, 50c. 



.05 

 .10 



GREVILLEA robusta (Silk Oak). A very beautiful and Pkt. 

 graceful decorative plant, with fern-like foliage; excellent 



for table decoration. 3 to 5 feet $0.10 



HELIANTHUS. See Sunflower. 



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 05 



Red 05 



Yellow 05 



Mixed, l^feet 05 



Collection of twelve varieties, 50c. 



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 10 



King of Blacks. Very dark 10 



Finest Mixed 10 



HELIPTERUM Sandfordi. Very desirable dwarf everlast- 

 ing, bearing large clusters of golden yellow flowers. 1 foot. .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 



HIBISCUS (Marshmallow) 



Showy, ornamental, perennial plants of easy cultivation, having 

 large, beautifully colored flowers. 

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



IY2 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-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 10 



