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ORNAMENTAL GOURDS 



Favorite 

 imniun 

 vine 



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 bed- 

 ded or grown in pots. 



Crimson Glow. Intense dazzling crimson. 



Pkl. 10c. 



Marchioness of Salisbury. Of compact, 

 bushy growth with exquisite rose-pink 

 flowers edged with white Pkl. 10c. 



White Pearl. Large glistening pure white 

 flowers Pkt. 10c. 



Finest Mixed Varieties. Per Oz., 25c., 



Pkt. 5c. 



Customer's CoUection of Godetia, any 

 three 10c. pkts. selected for 25c. 



Imported Collection of Godetia, 6 varie- 

 ties 2.5c. 



HELICHRYSUM or " STRAWFLOWERS " 



Monstrosum. These improved double "Strawflowers" pro- 

 duce much larger and more double flowers than the old varieties. 

 They are showy garden annuals, of free growth, producing abun- 

 dantly during the summer their large flowers, full and double, 

 valuable "Everlasting" for winter bouquets; 2 to 3 feet high. 

 Silver Ball. White. . F/fei. 5c. Rose Queen. Carmine-rose Pfet. .5c. 



Fireball. Scarlet 5c. Salmon Queen. Salmon-pink. . 5c. 



Golden Ball. Rich yellow 5c. Violet Queen. Violet 5c. 



Mixed Colors Per Oz., oOc; Pkt. 5c. 



Collection of above 6 varieties, 1 pkt. each Pkt. 25c. 



HELIOTROPE 



Giant-flowering. The heads of bloom of this new type 

 often measure a foot across; the plants 18 inches high, are 

 healthy, bushy and compact; the leaves are large and luxuriant. 

 Seed sown in the spring produces full-grown, profuse-flowering 

 plants by July, which flower in the garden until cut down by frost 

 or may be grown in pots for winter flowers. 



Lemoine's Giant Blue. Deep blue Pkl. 15c. 



Lemoine's Giant White. Pearly-white 15c, 



Lemoine's Giant Hybrid, Mixed Colors 10c. 



1 Pkt. each of blue and white Lemoine's Giant Heliotrope for 25c, 



HIRISCUS or MARSH MALLOWS 



These are showy hardy plants, forming bushes about 3 feet high, 

 bearing immense bowl-like flowers, often 6 inches across. 



Rose-pink. With white base Pkt. lOc. 



Giant Yellow. Yellow, garnet throat lOc. 



"HONESTY" or LUNARIA 



Biennis. Hardy biennial, thriving almost anywhere; especially use- 

 ful in shady, damp places; the flowers of purple, crimson or white are 

 followed by silvery transparent seed pods; prized for winter bouquets; 

 height, 2 feet. Mixed Colors Pkt. lOc. 



annual climbers, of rapid growth, having luxuriant foliage and being 

 e from insect pests. They bear fruits known as "Ornamental Gourds"; 

 20 to 30 feet. 



AFRICAN PIPE GOURD 



The luxuriant, rapid-growing annual climber produces the Orna- 

 mental 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 are sent with every package of seed Pkl. 10c. 



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. 



Dipper-shaped 5c. 



Nest Egg. White egg -like fruits. .. . 5c. 

 Hercules' Club. Green fruit 2 to 5 



feet long 5c. 



Chinese Loofa. (Dish-rag Gourd.) 

 The fibrous interior can be used as 



a sponge 5c. 



Serpent. {Trichosauthes.) Long red 



fruit 5c. 



Spoon. Small; yellow with green. . . 10c. 



Mock Orange. Golden-orange 5c. 



Powder Horn. Green 5c. 



Turk's Turban. Red, lower portion 



green, striped white 5c. 



Mixed Ornamental Varieties 5c. 



Customer's CoUection of Gourds, any 

 three 10c. pkts. selected for 2.5c. or any 

 si.x 5c. pkts. for 25c. 

 Imported Collection of 12 Ornamental 

 Gourds 40c. 



GYPSOPHILA 



"Paris Market." An impcoved large- 

 flowering variety of G. paniculala. It 

 forms branching plants about 2 feet 

 high, fairly smothered all summer long 

 with graceful clusters of snow-white 

 flowers half an inch across. A pretty 

 garden annual, and of great value for 



bouquets, vases, etc Pkt. 10c. 



Double-flowering. (G. paniculala jl. pi.) 

 A new type bearing in profusion ra- 

 cemes of double white flowers 

 which last long in perfec- 

 tion; 50 per cent, may 

 be expected to 

 come double, the 

 balance single- 

 flowering 

 plants. 

 Pkt. 25c. 



iS "PICTURESQUE GARDENS' 



By CHARLES "Your book 'Picturesque Gardens' is beautiful, admirablv edited, 

 HENDERSON and a credit to you in every way."— A. B. FARQUHAR, York, Pa. 



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