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BARR & SUGDEN'S COMPENDIUM 



ENGLISH-GROWN GOURDS. 



These were Exhibited at all the London Fruit Shows, and were awarded the principal prizes. 



We have not enumerated the varieties contained in our extensive and magnificent English 

 collection ; it embraces every shape and colour found amongst this most curious, interesting, and 

 now popular fruit, in weight the smallest being under half an ounce, and the largest over 172 lbs. 

 At the Great Fruit Shows, where this collection has been exhibited in whole or in part, the highest 

 awards have been given to it ; and on all hands it has been spoken of as the most extensive and 

 beautiful ever got together in this country. We have arranged the collection in classes, according to 

 the weight of the fruit, feeling certain that this will be the most acceptable mode of offering it. Each 

 packet will contain a description of the fruit, colour, and shape. 



487 Class No. 1, Miniature Gourds, fruit weighing from £ oz. to 8 oz., 10 packets, 2/6 ; 15 ditto, 



3/6 ; 20 ditto, 5/6. 



488 Class No. 2, Small Gourds, fruit weighing from 10 oz. to 20 oz., 10 packets, 2/6; 15 ditto, 3/6; 



20 ditto, 5/6. 



489 Class No. 3, Medium Gourds, fruit weighing from 2 lbs. to 4lbs., 10 packets, 2/6; 15 ditto, 3/6; 



20 ditto, 5/6. 



490 Class No. 4, Large and Mammoth Gourds, fruit weighing from 5 lbs. to 172 lbs., 10 packets, 



2/6; 15 ditto, 3/6 ; 20 ditto 5/6. 



491 Class No. 5, Turk's Cap Gourds, fruit weighing from 2 lbs. to 10 lbs., 6d. to 1/ per packet. 



492 100 packets, embracing the 5 classes, 21/. 



493 200 „ „ „ 42/. 



494 Mixed varieties, including all sorts, 1/, 2/6, 3/6 and 5/6. 



The following New Foreign Gourds are highly recommended. Pe * pk ^' 



495 Cucurbita argyrosperma. This species is recommended for its large beautiful white 



seeds, the flavour of a filbert, and suggested as an addition to the dessert table 0 6 



496 Cucurbita maxima verrucosa, A fine ornamental species ; fruit of a dark green colour, 



warted ; when young excellent for the table . - • 0 6 



497 Lagenaria angolensis. The flowers of this species are large and white ; the fruit, size 



and shape of an orange ; green, blotched white, very pretty 0 6 



498 Lagenaria natalensis. Very much like the foregoing, but with dark green shiny fruit, 



blotched white 0 6 



499 Lagenaria sphserica. Flowers snowy white ; fruit the size of an orange ; dark green, 



marbled white ■ 0 6 



500 Melothria Cucumerina. A pretty species of cucumber ; the fruit smooth, about an inch 



and a-half long, and slender ; "can be pickled like ghirkins 0 6 



ORNAMENTAL GRASSES, 



For Winter-Bouquets, Dinner-Table Decorations, Edgings, Ribbons, Centres of Eeds, Sub-tropical 

 Gardens, Islands, Select Plantations, Shrubberies, for the Sides of Rivulets, Ravines, Lakes, &c. 



It is scarcely possible to over-estimate the decorative qualities of Ornamental Grasses, for the 

 flower-garden and shrubberies ; some are exceeding graceful, others neat and compact in growth ; 

 some again curious, while there are others stately and majestic in appearance, the Holcus for example. 



In their cultivation the plants should be so thinned out as to allow for individual development. 



All the grasses may be gathered and dried for winter decoration ; but as some are better adapted 

 for that purpose than others, we recommend the collection for " Winter Bouquets." 



501 Collections suitable for Flower Border Decoration, 30 varieties, 7/6; 20 ditto, 5/6; 15 ditto, 3/6; 



10 ditto, for 2/6. 



502 „ „ for Edgings, 10 varieties, 2/6 ; 6 ditto, 1/6. 



503 „ „ for Shrubberies, &c, 30 varieties for 7/6 ; 20 for 5/6 ; 1 5 for 3/6 ; 10 for 2/6. 



504 „ „ for Winter Bouquets, 30 packets, 7/6 ; 20 for 5/6 ; 15 for 3/6 ; 10 for 2/6. 



505 „ „ for Sub-tropical Gardens, 15 packets, 4/6 ; 10 packets, 3/6. 



All the grasses flower the first season, and most of them continue for two or more years. They 

 may either be sown where intended to bloom, or in pots, and transplanted when about two inches high. 



1st Section. — The following are effective in mixed borders, and most of them contribute considerably 



to the elegance of table bouquets. 



Per pkt. 

 s. d. 



506 Achnodonton Bellardii, fine for bou- 

 quets, I ft 0 3 



Per pkt. 

 s. d. 



510 Agrostis elegans, very beautiful .... 0 3 



511 „ laxiflora, most graceful . . 0 4 



507 .ffigilops cylindrica, knotted, 1 ft 0 3 512 „ nebulosa, most graceful . . 0 3 



Agrostis. These are admirably suited 513 „ plumosa, flowers in plumes 0 3 



for bouquets, green or 514 „ verticillata, fine for edgings 0 3 



dried, 1 to 1| ft. 515 Anthoxanthum gracile, graceful, ± ft. 0 3 



508 „ argentea, silvery plumes ..0 4 516 Briza major (quaking grass), 1 ft. . . 0 3 



509 „ dulcis, for edgings 0 3 517 „ geniculata, for bouquets, | ft. 0 3 



