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GERBERA or Transvaal Daisy 



GYPSOPHILA "Baby's Breath" 

 2362 Double-flowering. (G. paniculala 



ft. pi.) A new hardy perennial type bearing 

 in profusion racemes of double white 

 flowers which last long in perfection; 50 

 per cant, may be expected to come double, 

 the balance single-flowering plants. PH. 25c. 

 2304 Paniculata. A favorite hardy peren- 

 nial, the feathery foliage and white flowers 

 are largely used in making bouquets. 



Pkt. 10c. 

 2306 "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 Pkt. 10c. 



HELICHRYSUM or 

 "STRAWFLOWERS" 



Monstrosum. Thes ■ improved double ".Straw-flowers" 

 produce much larger and more double flowers than the old 

 varieties. They are showy garden annuals, of free growth, pro- 

 ducing abundantly during the summer their large flowers, full and 

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



A beautiful race of flowering plants brought into prominence recently with the in- 

 troduction of an improved large-flowering scarlet type and the new various-colored 

 hybrids. They are half-hardy 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 IS 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 from seed and 

 commence flowering the first year, although 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. j 



2270 Adnet's New Hybrids. A French strain that has created a furore in the Euro- 

 pean 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 rays Pkt. 35c. 



One packet each of the above two Gerberas for 50c. 



ORNAMENTAL GOURDS 



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

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

 vine 20 to 30 feet. 



AFRICAN PIPE GOURD 



2332 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 Pkt. 10c. 



2334 Chinese Loofa. (Dish-rag Gourd.) The fibrous 



interior can he used as a sponge Pkt. 5c. 



2335 Dipner-shaped 5c. 



2337 Hercules' Club. Green fruit 2 to 5 feet 



long 5c. , 



233S 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 han- 

 dle or stem, 2 and often 3 feet in 

 length. While developing they are 

 deep green in color, changing as 

 thev mature to a richly mottled 



yellow '.Pkt. 10c. 



2342 Mock Orange. Golden 



orange Pit. 5c. 



2344 Powder Hem. Green 5o. 



2346 Serpent. (Trickosanthes.) 

 Long red fruit Pkt. 5c. 



2347 Spoon. Small; yellow with 

 green Pkt. 10c. 



2348 Turk's Turban. Red, low- 

 er portion green, striped white. 



Pkt. 5c. 



2349 Nest Egg. White egg-like 

 fruits Pkt. 5c. 



2350 Mixed Ornamental Vari- 

 eties Pkt. 5c. 



2351 Imported Collection of 12 



Ornamental Gourds Pkt. 40c. 



A Wild Flower Garden may be made in 

 any suitable out-of-the-way place by sow- 

 ing broadcast and raking in Henderson's 

 Special Mixed Wild Flower Garden Seed. Sow 

 at the rate of 1 oz. per 100 square feet, mixed 

 sand for evenness of distribution. Price, 

 oz.; 50c. per J^ lb.; $1.50 per lb., postpaid. 



2382 Fireball. Scarlet Pkt. 5c. 



23S3 Golden Ball. Rich yellow 5c. 



2384 Rose Queen. Carmine-rose 5c. 



2385 Salmon Queen. Salmon-pink 5c. 



2386 Silver Ball. White 



23SS Violet Queen. Violet . 



2390 Mixed Colors. Rer oz., 



2391 Collection of above 6 v 

 each 



Pkt. 5c. 



5c. 



50c 5c. 



arieties, 1 pkt. 



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 bv frost, or may be grown in pots for winter flowers. 



2300 Lemoine's Giant Blue. Deep blue .' Pkt. 15c. 



2398 Lemoine's Giant White. Pearly- white 15c. 



2400 Lemoine's Giant Hybrid, Mixed Colors 10c. 



One packet 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. 



2400 Rose-pink. With white base Pkt. 10c. 



2408 Giant Yellow. Yellow, garnet throat • • 10c. 



2410 Giant Rainbow. A grand hardy perennial shrub, growing from 5 to 6 feet high, pro- 

 ducing beautiful single flowers 6 to 8 inches in diameter, the colors range from white and 

 pink to many shades of red and crimson, which we offer in mixture Pkt. 15c. 



"HONESTY" or LUNARIA 



2468 Biennis. Hardy biennial, thriving almost anywhere; especially useful 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. 10c. 



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Leaflet on making 

 Calabash Pipes 

 sentfre^, onrequest 



E Ztn"PICTURESQUE GARDENS" by Charles Henderson 



"I find this an extremely interesting <IM 00 Post- 

 and helpful work." IP- 1 -' paid 



CARLETOK R. BALL, Agrostologist, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. 



