86 m IHWADRfflJ -PHILADftPIIIAfA^ RELIABLE fLOWERSEEDS 



ORNAMENTAL GOURDS. 



Rapid-growing, interesting annual climbers, with ornamental foliage 

 and singular shaped fruit; 15 to 20 feet. (See cut.) 



PER OZ PER PKT- 



2607 Apple-shaped 25 5 



2612 Dipper, or Calabash 25 5 



2614 Hercules' Club Club-shaped; 4 ft. long . 25 5 



2613 Egg-shaped. Fruit white like an egg. ... 25 5 



2616 Orange-shaped {Mock Orange) 25 5 



2611 Bottle-shaped 25 5 



2622 Turk's Turban. Red striped , 25 5 



2617 Pear-shaped. Striped; very showy 25 5 



2615 Luffa (Dish-rag, Sponge or Bonnet 



Gourd),....' 25 5 



2618 Serpent. Striped like a serpent; 5 feet in 



length 25 5 



2619 Spoon. A very odd variety 10 



2621 Sugar Trough 25 5 



2630 Mixed Varieties 20 5 



2620 Collection of the above 12 varieties 50 



Ornamental Gourds. 



GLOBE AMARANTH. 



(Goiuphrena.) 



Popularly known as "Bachelor's Buttons 

 also applied to the Cornflower, a 

 first-rate bedding plant; the flowers 

 resemble clover heads and can be 

 dried and used in winter bouquets. 

 (See cut. ) 



PER PKT. 



2566 Aurea Superba. Gol- 

 den yellow 5 



2567 Nana Compacta. Red; 

 1 foot. \ oz., 15 cts. ... 5 



2570 riixed. 2 feet. £ oz., 



15 cts 5 



this name being 



GYPSOPHILA .Baby's Breath). 



Pretty free-flowering 

 den soil. Their misty 



GNAPHALIUM 



(Edelweiss). 

 2581 Leontopodium. Prin- 

 cipally found on the Alps 

 of Switzerland. Seed 

 should be sown in a cold 

 frame or cool greenhouse 

 early in the spring in shal- 

 low pans in sandy soil and 

 leafmold, and kept cool 

 and moist; does best on a 

 rockery with northern ex- (j j|llT|A 



posure 15 



GODETIA. 



An attractive hardy annual, deserving more extensive cultivation. The plants 

 bloom profusely and bear showy flowers of satiny texture in many rich and varied 

 colors. They do best in a rather poor soil. 1 foot. (See cut.) 



2586 Duchess of Albany. Pure white, of compact growth ] oz., 15 cts... . 5 



2587 Glorlosa. Large, satinv, brilliant blood-red flowers; richest colored of 



10 



2588 Rosamond. A new sort, of dwarf 

 habit and large, glossy shell-pink flow- 

 ers; makes a beautiful border. 4; oz., 

 20 cts.. ... 10 



2590 Mixed. All colors. Per oz., 25 cts. 5 



GOLDEN ROD 



(Soli'ljijjn CatMidfn- isi. 



2601 The well-known golden-yellow favorite; 

 hardy perennial; 2 to 5 feet. \ oz., 



1 5 < ' - .... 5 



GREVILLEA rsiikOak) 



2681 Pobusta. A very beautiful and gra- 

 ceful decorative plant with fern-like 

 foliage; excellent for table decoration; 

 ( lasily raised from seed, producing good- 

 sized plants in a short time. J oz., 

 25 cts. 10 



elegant plants, succeeding in any gar- 

 white panicles of bloom are largely used 

 for mixing with other cut flowers. (See 

 cut.) 



2691 Elegans alba grandiflora. 

 Ttiis is an improved large- 

 flowering, pure white form of 

 the annual Baby's Breath, of 

 free, easy growth, and grown 

 by the acre in the suburbs of 

 Paris and London for use with 

 other cut flowers. Several 

 sowings should be made dur- 

 ing the season to keep up a 

 supply. Per oz., 30 cts . . 5 



2694 fluralis. An annual sort 

 which forms mounds of green 

 8 to 10 inches high, thickly 

 studded with little pink flowers 

 from early in the season till 

 frost, fine for edging. Per J 

 oz., 15 cts 5 



2692 Paniculata. White flowers, 

 fine for bouquets; one of the 

 favorite hardy perennials ; 

 blooms first year if sown early. 



2 feet. Per' \ oz., 15 cts 5 



2693 Acutifolia. A strong-grow- 

 ing hardy perennial sort, 3 to 

 4 feet high, with large panicles 

 of small white flowers in Julv. 5 



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For Novelties and Specialties in Flower Seeds see pages 54 to 62. 



