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RELIABLE FLOWER SEEDS 



ORNAMENTAL GOURDS. 



Rapid glowing, interesting annual climbers, with ornamental foli- 

 age and singular shaped fruit; 15 to 20 feet. (See cut.) 



PER OZ. PHR PKT. 



2612 



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 2613 

 ■2616 

 2611 

 2622 

 2617 

 2615 

 2618 



2621 

 2630 

 2629 



Dipper, or Calabash 



Hercules' Club. Club-shaped ; 4 ft. long. 

 Egg-shaped. Fruit white like an egg. . . . 



Orange=shaped [Mock Omng-e) 



liottle-shaped 



Turk's Turban. Red striped . . ! 



Pear=shaped. Sniped; very showy 



Luffa ( Dish-rag^ sponge or Bonnet Gomii') 

 Serpent. Striped like a serpent ; 5 feel in 



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Sugar Trough 



Mixed Varieties 



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GYPSOPHILA (Baby's Breath). 



Pretty free-flowering, elegant planis, succeeding in any garden 

 Their mi-ty white panicles of bloom are largely used for mix- 



ing with other cut flower:^. (.See cut.) 



2691 Elegans alba grandiflora. This is an improved, 

 large-tlowering, pure white form of the .nnnual Baby's 

 Breath, of free, easy growth, and grown by the acre in 

 the suburbs of Paris and Lon- 

 .don for use with other cut 

 .flowers. Several sowings 

 should be made during the 

 season to keep up a supply. 

 Per OZ , 30 ct^ 5 



2692 Panlculata. White flowers, 

 fine lor bouquets ; one of the ' 

 favorite hardy perennials ; 

 2 feet. Per \ oz., 15 cts 5 



2693 Acutifolia. A strong-grow- 

 ing hardy perennial sort, 3 to 

 4 feet high, with large pani- 

 cles of small w'hite flowers in 



July 5 



HeleniUm (Sneeze-Wort). 



Strong-growing, hardy perennials, 

 succeeding in any kind of soil, and 

 useful in any hardy border, giving an 

 enormous crop of flowers in the late 

 summer. 



2711 Autumna^e Superbum. 

 Lirge heads of goKlen-yeilow 



flowers during the late summer and fall months ; 5 to 

 6 feet 



2712 Qrandicephalum Striatum. Flowers borne in 

 large heads; color deep orange, irregularly streaked 

 with crimson ; 3 feet 10 





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Ornamental Gofrds. 



ORNAMENTAL GRASSES. 



Tlie Ornamental Grasses serve the double purpose of render- 

 ing the mixed flower-bed or border attractive during the sum- 

 mer, and for the use of the spikes or 

 ]ianicles in a dried state in wia-ter 

 liouquets. For large beds or groups- 

 on law ns nothing gives a finer eflfect,. 

 and they are now largely used in promi- 

 nent posilions in many of the finest pub- 

 lic parks, etc. The following are the- 

 most: popular varieties : bbr pkt.. 



2640 Arnndo Donax {Great 

 Keed ). Magnificent hardy 

 perennial son 10i 



2641 Briza Maxima (Qtiakiug 

 Grass). In grent demand for 

 gmss bouquets _. . 5- 



2642 Bromus Brizaeformis. A 

 gracelul vaiiety, with droop- 

 ing pianicles ; perennial g, 



2644 Coix Lachrymae iiJoi^s^ 

 Tears) . Broad, corn-like 

 'laves and hard,, shining,, 

 pearly seeds ; aniaual. Per 



oz., 15 cts 5 



Pe.n.set^, RtrHPPHTTANUM. ^646 Eriaiithiis R a ve a a a e 



\nardy Faiiipas). J erennial ; 

 exquisite plumes resembling the I'ampas ; flowers 

 first seasim il sown early • . . 5 



2647 Eulalia Zebrina [Zebra Grass). Light green, barred 

 with cieamv white. Variegalion runs across foliage. . 10 



2648 — Variegata. Long, narrow, green leaves, striped 

 with white : fine feai hery plumes ; very ornamental 10 



2651 Qynerlum Argenteum {Patnpas Grass). White silvery plumes; peren- 

 nial ; blooms the second season 10 



2658 Lagurus OvatUS [Hare's Tail Grass). Beautiful .small white heads or 



stakes of bloom, excellent for bouquets ' 5 



2654 Pennisetura-LongiS^tyAum. Extremely graceful greenish-white plumes ; 

 excellent f >r beds ; annual ; 2 feet. J oz., 15 cts • 5 



2655 — Rueppelianura [ParpU Fountain Grass). Beautiful aijd graceful green 

 foliage and i u plish plumes, and unequalled as an edging to a bed of Cannas 



or other tall p'ants ; annual ; 3 feet. (See cut.) Per J oz., 25 cts 10 



2658 Stipa Pennata [Feather Grass). Perennial, beautiful, delicate while, fenth- 



ei y bio. mi ; flowering the second season ; 2 feet 5 



2669 Collection of Grasses. 12 varieties £0 



HEEIOPSIS (Orange Sunflower). 



2731 Pitcheriana. A desirable hardy herbaceous plant, growing from 3 to 4 

 feet high, beginning to flower early in the season, and continuing the entire 

 summer. The flowers are of a beautiful deep golden yellow color, about 2 inches 

 in di.imeler. of very thick texture, and very graceful for cutting. \ oz., 20 cts. 10 



2733 — Semi-plena. A new semi-double flowering form of this fine hardy 



perennial.. 15 



2~32 Scaber Flajor. Very similar to Pitcheriana, but with much larger flowers. 



J oz., 20 cts 10 



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for Novelties and Specialties in Flower Seeds see pages 70 to 78. 



