LIST OF FLOWER SEEDS. 



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G-RASSES— Ornamental. 



Effective for mixed flower borders and shrubberies ; when 

 ...<m» *. dried and tastefully arranged they 



make fine winter boquets, and are j 



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£f|- much used for this purpose. 



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Annual Sorts. 



|||f Agrostls Nebulosa. Light, 

 111 feathery and graceful ; 1 ft. 5 cts. 

 IP Avena Sterilis. (Animated 

 Oats.) Large droop-heads. 2 ft. 

 5 cts. 



Briza Maxima. (Quaking 

 Grass.) Large pendulous seeds. 1 

 ft. 5 cts. 



Bromus Brizaeformis. Large 

 drooping heads ; 1 ft. 5 cts. 



Chrysurus Aureus. Feathery 

 golden spikes ; J ft. 5 cts. 



(Job's Tears.) Numerous round 



(Love Grass.) Feathery and ele- 

 Woolly cone-shaped 



Coix Lachrymse. 

 drooping seeds. 5 cts. 



Eragrostis Elegans. 

 gant ; 1 ft. 5 cts. 



Lagurus Ovatus. (Hare's Tail.) 

 heads ; 1 ft. 5 cts. 



Panicum Salcatum. Feathery spikes ; 3 ft. 5 cts. 



Tricholaena Rosea. Rose colored ; 1 ft. 10 cts. 

 Perennial Varieties. 



Arundo Donax. (Giant Reed.) Resembles a small 

 bamboo; leaves green, margined 

 with white ; half hardy perennial ; 

 12 ft. 10 cts. 



Erianthus Ravennae. Fine 

 hardy variety — suitable for lawn 

 specimens ; 10 ft. 10 cts. 



Eulalia Zebrina. (Zebra Grass.) 

 Leaves striped across instead of 

 lengthwise ; fine for clumps or 

 lawns ; 7 ft. 10 cts. 



Gymnothrix Latifolia. Cane 

 or bamboo-like stalks ; handsome 

 for on lawns ; 10 ft. 10 cts. 



Gynerium Argenteum (Pam- 

 pas Grass.) Very fine for clumps 

 on lawn ; plumes silvery white and 

 very beautiful. 6 to 8 ft. 10 cts. 



Stipa Pinnata. (Feather Grass.) Long silvery white 

 feathers ; 2 ft. 10 cts. 



Assortment of twelve distinct varieties of grasses. 50 cts. 



Gymnerium. 



Dish Rag Gourd. 



GOURD3— Ornamental. 



The varieties in this collection have been selected either 

 for the ornamental character of their foliage, the singularity 

 or symmetry of their fruit, or the variety and peculiarity of 

 their coloring. These are picturesque, curious, interesting 

 and beautiful, when grown on mounds, sloping banks, 

 trained over arches, or planted in beds ; wherever grown 

 they never fail to excite admiration; cultivate in 1 the same 

 way as for melon. 



Nest Egg Gourd 



Sugar Trough Gourd. 



Argyrosperma. (Dish Rag or Bonnet Gourd.) 10 cts. 



Tricosanthes Oolubrina. (True Serpent Gourd.) 

 Striped like a serpent, changing to brilliant carmine when 

 ripe ; 5 feet in length. 10 cts. 



Augora. White spotted fruit. 5 cts. 



Bishop's Mitre Various colors. 5 cts. 



Double Bottle. 5 cts. 



Sugar Trough. 5 cts. 



Powder Horn. 5 cts. 



Gooseberry. Lrmon, Orange. Each 5 cts. 

 Snake Cucumber. 5 cts. 

 Calabash. The dipper gourd. 5 cts. 

 Hercules Club Club-shaped ; 4 ft. long. 5 cts. 

 Egg-Shape or Nest Egg Gourd. Fruit white, like an 

 egg. 5 cts. 



Orange-Shaped or Mock-Orange. 5 cts. 

 Bottle-Shaped. 5 cts. 

 Turk's Turban. Red striped, u 10 cts. 

 Pear- Shaped. Striped ; a very showy and ornamental 

 gourd. 10 cts. 



