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AFRICAN PIPE GOURD 



A luxuriant, rapid-growing annual 

 climber, adaptable to all purposes for 

 which climbing plants are used; and be- 

 sides, it produces the Ornamental Gourds 

 from which are made the African Cala- 

 bash pipes now so popular on account of 

 their lightness, grace and meerschaum 

 coloring qualities. 



When grown for the production of pipe 

 Gourds, the vines are usually allowed to 

 grow on the ground like Cucumbers, 

 Pumpkins, etc., so that the fruits in place 

 of hanging down and growing straight, 

 will take their natural pipe curve; though 

 if grown on trellis, the Gourds may be 

 shaped by tying up with cheese cloth or 

 by using perforated boards with pegs. 



Directions for growing, curing and mak- 

 ing pipes from these Gourds are sent with 

 every package of seed. (See cut.) 



Pkt. 15c. 



GODETIA 



Showj' 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 sun- 

 light like satin. 

 Sunset. New, brilliant carmine with white 



throat and edge Pkt. 10c. 



Crimson Glow. New, intense dazzling 



crimson Pkt. 10c. 



Finest Mixed Varieties 5c. 



Collection of 6 colors 25c. 



GLOBE AMARANTH 



These beautiful garden annuals form 

 bushy plants, about 2 feet high which, when 

 well grown, will often carry several hundred 

 flowers, thus making an effective display. 

 The flowers are also 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 season. 



Mixed. Purple, white, etc Pkt. Sc. 



NANA Compacta, Mixed. J4 foot high . . . Sc. 



GYPSOPHILA 



"Paris Market." An improved large- 

 flowering variety of G. paniculata. 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. (See cut.) Pkt. 10c. 



Double-flowering (G. paniculata fl. pi.) A 

 new type bearing in profusion racemes 



of double white flowers which last long in perfection; 50% may be ex- 

 pected to come double, the balance single-flowering plants . .Pkt. 25c. 



HELICHRYSUM or "Strawflowers" 



Monstrosum. These improved double "Strawflowers" produce 

 much larger and more double flowers than the old varieties. 

 They are showy garden annuals, of free growth, producing 

 abundantly during the summer their large flowers, fuU and 

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

 feet high. 



Silver Ball. White Pkt. 10c 



Fireball. Scarlet 10c. 



Golden Ball. Rich yellow 10c 



Rose Queen. Carmine-rose 10c. 



Salmon Queen. Salmon-pink 10c. 



Violet Queen. Violet 10c. 



Collection of above 6 varieties, 1 pkt. each 50c. 



Monstrosum, Mixed Colors 10c. 



ORNAMENTAL GOURDS 



The Ornamental Gourds are favorite annual 



climbers, being of rapid growth, having luxuriant 



foliage and being immune from insect pests. 



They bear fruits known as " Ornamental 



Gourds"; vine 10 to 30 feet. 



Julius' " Knob Kerrie" Gourd. This new va- 

 riety 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. (See cut.).. . Pkt. 15c. 



Dipper-shaped 5c. 



Nest Egg. White egg-like fruits 5c. 



Hercules' Club. Green fruit 2 to 5 feet long Sc. 



Chinese Loofa (Dish-rag Gourd). The fi- 

 brous interior can be used as a sponge.. 5c. 



Serpent (Trichosanthes). Long red fruit. 5c. 



Spoon. Small; yellow with green 10c. 



Pear-shaped. White Sc. 



Mock Orange. Golden-orange 5c. 



Powder Horn. Green 5c. 



Turk's Turban. Red, lower portion green, 

 striped white Sc. 



Mixed Ornamental Varieties Sc. 



Collection of 12 Ornamental Gourds 50c. 



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. 

 (See cut.) 



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



" " White. Pearly-white 15c. 



" " Hybrid, Mixed Colors 10c. 



Matilda Cremieux. A magnificent new variety, about 

 2 feet high, having immense leaves and enormous 

 heads of dark violet flowers. The largest and finest 

 Heliotrope we ever saw Pkt. 25c 



It is not enough to know that Seeds grow, sfSsTow.The vital point is, what will they produce ?f^^"fh%T"supel'r^'pro^cB! 



