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Leaflet on making 



Calabash Pipes 

 sent free on request 



i GERBERA 



(Transvaal Daisy) 



A beautiful race of flowering plants 

 brought into prominence recently with the 

 introduction of an imprdved large-fiowering 

 scarlet type and the new various-colored 

 hybrids. They are half-hafdy perennials, 

 usually grown as greenhouse or window 

 plants, where they flower continuously. 

 The Daisy-like blossoms, 3 to 4 inches 

 across, being borne on 12 to 18-inch stems, 

 are unsurpassed as cut flowers, being of 

 splendid lasting substance. For garden 

 culture in cold climates the plants are 

 wintered over in cold frames like Pansies, 

 etc. They are easily grown froin seed and 

 will commence flowering the first year, al- 

 though older plants will produce the greater 

 abundance of bloom. 

 2265 Giant Scarlet Gerbera. Flowers 3 to 



4 inches across, on 2 to 3 foot stems; 



color intense scarlet. Pkt. 25c. 



2270 Adnet's New Hybrids. A French 



strain that has created a furore in the 



European floral world. _ The colors 



include a galaxy of incomparable 



delicacy and richness, in which an 



infinity of tints, from pure white 



through yellow, orange, salmon, rose, 



cerise and ruby-red to violet are 



represented. Sometimes the coloring 



of the disk differs from that of the 



I rays Pkt. 35o. 



i One packet each of the above two 



I Gerberas for 50c. ' 



GERANIUM— GIANT- 

 FLOWERING HYBRID 



The flowers are extra large, round, of the 

 most perfect form, borne in splendid trusses, ■ 

 some of them forming balls 10 incjies in cir- 

 cumference. The colors include shades of 

 scarlet and crimson, rose, pink, salmon, 

 cream-veined pink, blush, snowy-white and 

 all of the new auriole types. These stand 

 the hot sun, and, although perennials, they will produce nice, bushy plants and flower the game 

 season, if the seed is sown indoors early in the spring; 12 to 18 inches high. 

 2285 Single Giant-flowering Hybrids, Mixed Colors Pkt. 25e. 



• GLOBE AMARANTH (Bachelor's Buttons) Gomphrena Globosa 



2290 Bushy olants, about 2 feet high. The flowers are useful for dried winter bouquets. If cut before 

 they are fully ripe and allowed to dry in a dark, airy room, they will retain their color the whole 

 winter season. Mixed Colors Per 500 seeds, 2Sc., Pkt. 10c. 



GODETIA 



Showy garden annuals, of compact growth, about 1 foot high, bearing freely flowers 3 to 4 inches 

 across, of exquisite colors and shades that glisten in the sunlight like satin. Splendid either bedded 

 or grown in pots. (See engraving.) 



2312 Crimson Glow. Intense dazzling crimson Pkt. 10c. 



2314 Marchioness of Salisbury. Of compact bushy growth with exquisite rose-pink flowers edged 



with white • PU. 10c. 



2316 White Pearl. Large, glistening pure-white flowers 10c. 



2320 Finest Mixed Varieties Per 1,000 seeds, 25c., 10c. 



2321 Imported Collection of Godetia, 6 varieties 35c. 



ORNAMENTAL GOURDS 



Favorite annual climbers, of rapid growth, having hixuriant foliage and being immune 

 from insect pests. They bear fruits known as 'Ornamental Gourds", vine 20 to 30 feet. 



2332 African Pipe Gourd. The luxuriant, rapid-growing annual climber produces the 

 Ornamental Gourds from which are made the African Calabash pipes now so popular 

 on account of their lightness, grace and meerschaum coloring qualities. 



Directions for growing, curing and making pipes from these Gourds sent with 

 every package of seed. (See engraving.) Pkt. 10c. 



2334 Chinese Loofa."(Dish-rag Gourd,) The fibrous interior can be used as a sponge, Pht. 10c. 



2335 Dipper-shaped 10c. 



2337 Hercules' Club. Green fruit 2 to 5 feet long 10c. 



2338 Julius "Knob Kerrie." This new variety produces on each vine a number of fruits 

 or Gourds of fantastic shape. To the ball-like base, 3 to 4 inches in diameter, is 

 attached a slender handle or stem, 2 and often 3 feet in length. While developing 

 they are deep green in color, changing as they mature to a richly mottled yellow. 



Pkt. 10c. 



2342 Mock Orange. Golden orange , lOcI 



2344 Powder Horn. Green 10c. 



2346 Serpent. ( Trichosanthes.) Long red fruit lOc. 



2347 Spoon. Small, yellow with green ' 10c. 



2348 Turk's Turban. Red, lower portion green, striped white 10c. 



2349 Nest Egg. White egg-like fruits 10c. 



2350 Mixed Ornamental Varieties lOo. 



2351 Imported Collection of 12 Ornamental Gourds 60o. 



GYPSOPHILA 



"Baby's Breath" 



2362 Double-flowering. (G. paniculata 

 fl. pi.) A new hardy perennial type 

 bearing in profusion racemes of 

 double white flowers which last 

 long in perfection; 50 per cent may 

 be expected to come double, the 

 balance single-flowering plants. 



Pkt. 25c. 



2364 Paniculata. A favorite hardy peren- 

 nial, the feathery foliage and white 

 flowers are largely used in making 

 bouquets. (See engraving.) . Pkt. 10c. 



2336 "Paris Market." A pretty garden 

 annual, and of great value for 

 bouquets, vases, etc. This improved 

 large-flowering variety of G. elegans 

 forms branching plants about 2 feet 

 high, fairly smothered all summer 

 long with graceful clusters of snow- 

 white flowers half an inch across. 

 Per 1,000 seeds, 35c.; Pkt. 10c. 



GLOXINIA 



2300 Charming pot plants for conservatory, 

 greenhouse or window garden. They 

 flower in great profusion, having gor- 

 geous colors, many of which are mag- 

 nificently spotted and mottled; 1 foot. 

 Large-flowering, Mixed. From a 

 J choice collection Pkt. 50c. 



Gypsophila or **Baby*s Breath" 



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