Catalogue of High-Class Seeds. 



ORNAMENTAL GOURDS AND FRUIT-BEARING VINES AND PLANTS. 



NUMBER and NAME. 



•9&~ % oz. at oz. rate only on articles quoted at 

 $1 per oz. and ouer. 



General Observations. 



1964 Abobra viridiflora 



Balsam Pear and Apple . . . 



1966 Benincasa cerifera 



I.968 Bryonopsis laciniosa erythro- 



carpa 



Coccinia Indica 



1972 Cucumis erinaceus (Hedge-hog 



Gourd) 



$73 acutangulus (Rag Gourd) . . . 

 [974 flexuosus (Snake Cucumber) . . 

 [976 grossulariseformis (Gooseberry 



Gourd) ..*...' 



4978 odoratissimus (Pomegranate 



Melon) 



$80 perennis (very fine) 



Cucurbita 



1981 Cyclanthera explodens 



^981 a Echinocystis lobata 



19816 Epopepon vitifolius 



1982 

 1983 

 1984 

 1986 



^7 

 1988 



1989 

 1990 

 199i 

 1992 

 1993 

 1994 

 1996 

 1997 



5007 



5008 

 5010 

 5012 



5014 

 5018 



Gourds — 



Mock Orange ...... 



Egg-shaped 



Apple-shaped 



Pear-shaped 



Onion-shaped 



Hercules' Club 



Sugar Trough 



lagenaria (Bottle Gourd) 



—Miniature 



Powder-horn 



Dipper 



Melopepo (Miniature) . 



— Striped 



Mixed 



Collection, including— 



12 vars. Gourds, small 



Melothria scabra . . . 



Momordica balsamina . 



Charantia 



Elaterium 



Mukia scabrella . . . . 

 Phaseolus multiflorus 



5020 Scotantbus tubiflorus 



5022 

 5024 

 5025 

 5038 

 5040 

 5042 

 5046 

 5047 

 5°47« 



5048 

 5050 

 5052 



Solarium, White Egg-plant 



Scarlet Egg-plant .... 



Striped Egg-plant .... 



pseudo-capsicum nanum . 



Wetherill's Hybrid .... 



robustum 



capsicastrum 



Hendersoni 



Warscewiczioides .... 

 Collection, including— 



6 vars. Solanum .... 



Squirting- Cucumber 



Trichosanthes colubrina 



coccinea 



palmata 



Wild Cucumber .... 



2 



2 3 



tA 



2 



2 3 



2 3 



3 



2 3 



3 



2 3 

 3 



hhA 



hhP 



hhA 



hhP 

 tA 



hhA 



tA 

 tP 

 tA 



gP 

 tA 



gP 



green 



yel. 



red 



yel. 



green 

 white 



vel. 



1. b. 



yel. 



scar, 

 white 



strip. 



white 



bl. 



pur. 



yel. 



pur. 



white 



yel. 

 white 



15 



10 

 12 

 10-15 



15 



Pretty scarlet fruit. 

 See Momordica, below. 

 Black, wax-like gourd. 



Very ornamental. 



J Oblong fruit, marked with white- 

 I lines, turning scarlet. 



Of extremely rapid growth, and 

 bears curious fruits. 4973 is the 

 Rag or Dish-cloth Gourd, the 

 peculiar interior of which is use- 

 ful in the kitchen when properly 

 prepared. 



See Gourds. 

 Curious. 



(Wild Cucumber.) 

 Ornamental. 



Excellent for covering verandas 

 or trellis-work, and for training 

 over arbors, fences, etc. Of 

 very rapid growth, with curious 

 fruits and highly ornamental 

 foliage. Cultivate the same as 

 melons or squashes. 



J 



Tropical Vine. 



) The well-known Balsam Pear and 

 j Balsam Apple. * 

 (Squirting Cucumber.) 



Fruit reddish when ripe. 

 (Scarlet Runner Bean.) 

 Bears pretty fruit. 



The Solanums are very ornamen- 

 tal fruit - bearing plants, and 

 thrive best in light, rich soil. 

 All are worth cultivating. 



See Momordica Elaterium. 



I (Snake Gourd.) So called from 

 j the shape of its fruit. 



See Echinocystis lobata. 



