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Ornamental Gourds 



Rapid growing, interesting annual climbers, with ornamental foliage 

 and singular shaped fruit; 15 to 20 feet. per pkt. 



2606 African Pipe. The stem ends of the fruits are much used 

 in making pipes. Oz., 30 cts '< 



2612 Dipper, or Calabash. Oz., 30 cts 



2613 Egg-shaped. Fruit white like an egg. Oz., 30 cts 



2614 Hercules' Club. Club-shaped; 4 feet long. Oz., 30 cts. 



2615 Luff a (Dish-rag, Sponge or Bonnet Gourd). Oz., 30 cts 



2617 Pear-shaped. Striped; very showy. Oz., 30 cts 



2619 Spoon. A very odd variety. Oz., 40 cts 



2621 Knob Kerrie. A very ornamental variety, bearing fruit 



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

 ball on the end. Oz., 40 cts 



2629 Collection of the above 8 varieties, 50 cts. 



2630 Mixed Varieties. Small and large kinds. Per oz., 25 cts. 5 



GypSOphila (Baby's Breath) 



Pretty free-flowering elegant plants, succeeding in any garden soil. 

 Their misty white panicles of bloom are largely used for mixing with 

 other cut flowers. per pkt. 

 2687 Elegans alba grandiflora. (Paris Market Strain). This 

 is an improved large flowering pure white form of the annual 

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

 the suburbs of Paris and London for use with other cut 

 flowers. Several sowings should be made during the season 

 to keep up a supply; 18 inches. (See cut.) Oz., 25 cts.; I lb., 

 75 cts $0 



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2690 Elegans Delicate Pink. A pretty blush pink form 

 of the above, and equally as valuable for cutting; 18 

 inches. Oz., 30 cts 



10 



2692 Muralis. An annual sort which forms mounds of 

 green 6 to 8 inches high, thickly studded, with little 

 pink flowers from early in the season till frost; fine 

 for edging, j oz., 30 cts 



2694 Paniculata. White flowers, fine for bouquets; one of 

 the favorite hardy perennials, blooms first year if 

 sown early; 3 feet, j oz., 25 cts 



2695 Paniculata Double Snow White. One of the 



most important hardy perennials of recent intro- 

 duction. The plant grows from 3 to 3j feet high, 

 bearing its pretty little double white flowers in much- 

 branched panicles which, when cut, can be used to 

 great advantage with other flowers or by themselves 

 as they retain their beauty for months. It is also a 

 most desirable addition to the hardy border 



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GypsopHiLA Eleg.\ns Alb.v Grandiflora 



Ornamental Grasses 



The ornamental Grasses serve the double purpose of rendering 



Pennisetum Rueppelianum 



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. Annual Varieties 



These are of the easiest culture, the seed may be sown where 

 they are intended to bloom as soon as danger from frost is passed. 

 2638 Agrostis Nebulosa (Cloud Grass). An airy and p^,^ 



graceful sort, 18 inches high and looks like a line of pkt. 



mist when in bloom $0 10 



2641 Briza Maxima (Quaking Grass). The pretty heads 



are in great demand for grass bouquets; 18 inches. .. . 10 



2644 Coix Lachrymae (Job's Tears). Broad, corn-like 

 leaves and hard, shining pearly seeds; 2 feet. Per oz., 

 20 cts 10 



2645 Eragrostis Elegans (Love Grass). Of erect growth 

 about 18 inches high. With feathery panicles, nice for 

 cutting 10 



2654 Pennisetum Longistylum. Extremely graceful 

 greenish-white plumes; excellent for bordering beds; 



2 feet, i oz., 30 cts 10 



— Rueppelianum (Purple Fountain Grass). Graceful green 

 foliage and purplish plumes, unequalled as an edging to a bed of 



Cannas or other tall plants; 3 feet. Per J oz., 30 cts 10 



2669 Collection of a packet each of above 6 Annual sorts, 50 cts. 

 Perennial Varieties 

 For large beds or groups on lawns nothing gives a finer effect than the Hardy 

 Grasses, and they are now largely used in prominent positions in many of the 

 finest public parks, etc. 

 2651 (jryneriuux Argenteum (Pampas Grais). White silvery plumes; 



blooms the second season; 5 feet $0 10 



2647 Eulalia Zebrina (Zebra Grass). Light green, barred with creamy 

 white across foliage; 6 feet 10 



2648 — Variegata. Long, narrow, green leaves, striped with white; 



fine feathery plumes; 6 feet 10 



2656 Pennisetum Japonicum. One of the most valuable for beds or 



specimens. Easily grown from seed, making nice plants the first 



year; 4 feet 10 



2658 Stipa Pennata (Feather Grass). Delicate white, feathery bloom; 



flowering the second season; 2 feet 25 



2661 Uniola Latifolia (Spike Grass). A native variety, with graceful 



drooping panicles; 3 feet 10 



2668 Collection of a packet each of above 6 Perennial sorts, 60 cts. 



Book of Bulbs (Rockwell) . Complete directions for the growing of all kinds of bulbs. $3.00 per copy, postpaid 



