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cumber, and train against a 'wall or trellis, or in any way that may be desired. 

 Cucumus Flexuosus, commonly known as the Snake Cucumber, is most singularly 

 interesting in its fruit. Half-hardy annuals. 



784 Cucumis Acutangulus. Curious forms .\0 



785 Flexuosus (Snake Cucumber). Very peculiar, growing three feet long . .10 



786 Melochito. Variegated ; brown and yellow 10 



787 Meduliferus. Scarlet and thorny 10 



\\ 788 — 



Mixed. The above mixed 



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CYCLANTHERA. Nat. Ord., Cucurbitncece. 

 Curious bird-shaped gourds, of a very ornamental character; rapid climbers; 

 thrives in any rich soil in a warm situation. Very desirable for covering arbors, 

 trellis-work, &c. Half-hardy annuals. 



789 Cyclanthera Explodens. An elegant climber;' as fast a grower as the Pedata, 



with handsome foliage, and pretty oval-shaped fruits, exploding with a 

 loud noise when ripe . ... . 



790 Pedata. Graceful, slender-habited climbing-plants, with pendant branches 



of elegant balloon-like seed-pods ; a novel plant, of easy culture. 15 feet . 



CYPRESS VINE (Ipomea Quamoclit). Nat. Ord., Convolvulacece. 



791 Cypress Vine, Scarlet. A tender, climbing annual, with graceful foliage and 



scarlet flowers; seed should not be planted in open ground before the last 

 of May or first of June. 15 feet 



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White. 

 Rosea. 



Variety of the preceding 

 Rose-color 



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DOLICHOS (Hyacinth Bean). Nat. Ord., Leguminosce. 

 Beautiful climbing plants; flowers in clusters; treatment much the same as the 

 common bean. Tender annuals. 



794 Dolichos Lablab, Mixed. The finest varieties mixed 05 



795 Giganteus. A hardy ornamental climber; from the East Indies . . .10 



GOURDS. Nat. Ord., Cucurbitacea. 

 The tribe of Gourds is known as producing some of the most curiously shaped of 

 all fruits, and, being of extremely rapid growth, are very desirable for covering 

 the trellis-work of arbors, &c; the varied and fantastic forms of the fruit adding a 

 peculiar charm to the luxuriance of the foliage. Tender annual. 



796 Gourds, Bottle. A very useful variety 05 



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 800 

 801 

 802 

 803 

 804 



Pear-shaped. Two-colored *. 05 



■ Apple-striped. Very ornamental 10 



■Egg-shaped. Resembling an egg .10 



• Hercules' Club. Club-shaped; curious 10 



- Long-fruited. Some very fine ones 10 



- Powder-horn 10 



- Orange. In the form of an orange 10 



- Mixed. The above mixed 10 



IPOMiEA (Convolvulus). Nat. Ord., Conrolvulacea. 

 A genus sf beautiful climbing plants, which, for the adornment of the conserva- 

 tory and greenhouse, or for warm sheltered situations out of doors, are pre-emi- 

 nently beautiful, many of them combining marvellously brilliant colors with pure 

 white margin^, and varying in shade from the most intense violet-blue to the most 

 delicate cerulean. The perennial species are invaluable for greenhouse decoration 



805 Ipomxa Bona Nox ( Good-night). 'White ; from West Indies. From 10 to 15 ft 



806 Coccinea (Star Ijxmuzn). Fine scarlet 



807 Burridge's (Morning Glory). 'With large, bright crimson flowers. 15 feet 



Dickson's. A splendid Morning Glory, with large blue flowers . 

 Ilederacea Superba Grandiflora. A large sky-blue flower, elegantly 



bordered with pure white; exceedingly beautiful. 12 feet 

 Limbata. Rosy-violet, elegantly blotched with white. 10 to 15 feet 



Elegantlssima. One of the finest of all the Ipomsea; blue, with in 



tense purple centre in the form of a star, with pure white margin . 

 Purpuraea ( Morning Glory). Mixed 



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