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RELIABLE FLOWER SEEDS. 



I 



89 



PER PKT. 



25 cts $0 OS 



Globe Amaranth (Gomphrena) 



Popularly known as "Bachelor's Button," a first-rate bedding plant; the flowers 

 resemble clover heads and can be dried and used in winter bouquets. Cornflowers 

 and a number of other flowers are also known as Bachelor's Buttons, and in order- 

 ing it is well to order by number to prevent mistakes, 



2570 Mixed. 2 feet. J 



Gloxinia 



A superb genus of greenhouse plants, producing magnificent flowers 

 of the richest colors; thrives best in an equal mixture of peat, loam 

 and sand. Sow in March. 



2578 Hybrida Grandiflora. An unsurpassed strain, con- 

 taining the spotted hybrids as well as the finest self- 

 colored sorts $0 50 



Godetia 



2590 Mixed. Attractive, hardy annuals, deserving more ex- 

 tensive cultivation, especially in the cooler parts of the 

 country. The plants bloom profusely, and bear showy 

 flowers, not unlike an Azalea, of satiny texture in many 

 rich and varied colors. 

 They do best in a rather 

 poor soil; 1 foot. (See 

 cut.) i oz., 20 cts $0 OS ^^ ■* 



Long - spu rred 

 Columbines 



This is one of our Specialties ani, 

 can be supplied both in seed and in 

 plants. Seed is offered on 

 page 66, while the plants 

 are listed and illustrated ^ 

 in colors on page 176. ' 



Single Annual 

 Chrysanthe- 

 mums or 

 Painted Daisies 



We hope that the showing of these 

 in colors on the plate facing page 

 57 will induce our patrons to include 

 them in their plantings. 



s -•" X Globe Amaranth 



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Ornamental 

 '' Ji Gourds 



'^^^r '. J Rapid growing, interesting annual 

 climbers, with ornamental foliage and 

 ^/ "'. ' , -^ singular shaped fruit; 15 to 20 feet. 



SH^Jl^ per PKT. 



^^■it 2606 African Pipe. The stem 



L^^^HP ^, ends of the fruits are much 



^^^Kf-]^^jj§^ •' \ss,tA in making pipes $0 05 



■^^^^^Bfe 2612 Dipper, or Calabash 5 



^V^I^^^B 2^^^ ^S^'^^^P®*^- Fruit white like 

 Y^^HF_ — * an egg S 



2614 Hercules' Club. Club- 

 shaped ; 4 feet long 5 



2615 Lufia (Dish-rag, Sponge or 

 Bonnet Gourd) S 



1 I 2617 Pear-shaped. Striped; very 



showy S 



Godetia 2619 Spoon. A very odd variety. . 5 



2621 Knob Eerrie. A very ornamental variety, bearing 

 fruit having a slender stem 3 to 5 feet long, with a round 

 knob or ball on the end 5 



2629 Collection of the above 8 varieties, 30 cts. 



2630 Mixed Varieties. All kinds. Per oz., 25 cts 5 



Grevillea (siikoak) 



2681 Robusta. A very beautiful and graceful decorative plant 

 with fern-like foliage; excellent for table decoration; ea.sily 

 raised from seed; producing good sized plants in a short 

 time; hardy in Florida and California, where it is popular 

 as an ornamental tree 10 



Ornamental Gourds 



Books on Horticulture 



We offer on the inside of the back cover of this 

 catalog^ue a very complete line of the best and most 

 helpful books on horticultural and kindred subjects. 



Cornflowers and Painted Daisies deserve a place in every garden. See Color Plates, pages 56 and 97 



