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THE PRIZE MINIATURE GOURDS. 



B. d. B. d. 



444 30 Packets, beautiful varieties 7 6 I 446 15 Packets, beautiful varieties 3 6 



445 20 ,, ,, S 6 I 447 10 ,, ,, 2 6 



448 Splendid mixed, is. and 2j. td. per packet. 



The names contained in the above collections will be found in previous editions of our Catalogue. 

 Many of our customers who for years back have been growing our Prize Collections will, no doubt, liail with 

 satisfaction the following selection, which have been arranged in botanical classes, and under botanical names, 

 some of them being offered by us for the first time : — 



The following are all ^d. per packet, ivith the exception of those marked with an *, which are 6d. per packet. 



449 Benincasa cerlfera. 



450 Cucumls Arada. 

 461 „ dlpsaceus. 



452 „ Figarei, 



453 „ flexuosus (Serpent Gourd). 



454 „ grossularia (Gooseberry Gourd). 



455 „ melo chito. 



456 „ „ large fruited. 



457 „ ,, odoratlsslmu?. 



458 „ metuliferus. 



459 ,, pancherlanus globosus. 



460 „ „ longus. 

 461* Cucurblta moschata argyrosperma. 



462* „ ,, ,, green-fruited. 



463* „ de la Hoiide. 



464* „ maxima verrucosa. 



465* ,, Melopepo Hectoriana. 



466 „ Pepo aiirantliformis. 



467 ,, „ pyiifomiis. 



468 „ „ vtridi aimulata. 

 469* „ „ „ Mariana variegata. 



470 „ „ rouge de Crimea. 



471 peremiis. 

 472* radicans. 



473* „ turbaniformis, \s. 



474* Involucrarla Lepiniana. 



475* Lagenaria angolensis. 



476* „ enormls. 



477* „ gigantea. 



478 „ grosse pelerine. 



479* Lagenaria hou-lo de Chine. 



480 „ Latior. 



481 ,, leucantha depresea. 



482 „ „ minima. 



483 „ ,, longisslma. 



484 „ longa. 



485 „ massue. 



486* „ maxima (Jerusalem Bottle Gourd). 

 487* „ Natalensis. 



488 „ plate de Corse. 



489 poire k poudre. 

 490* „ sphasrica. 



491 ,, Biphon. 



492 „ „ i\ ecu contonmf?. 



493 „ ,, a ecu court. 



494 „ vxilgaris (Miniature Chinese Bottle 



Gourd). 



495* „ „ (Cannon Ball Gourd). 



496* „ „ var. spliaBrocarpa. 



497 LufTa acutangula. 



498 „ amara. 



499* „ Plukenetlana. 

 500* Melotliria cucumerina. 

 601* „ pendula. 

 502* ,, scabra. 



603* Momordlca Balsamina leucantha. 



604* Trichosanthes cucumerina fructu longo. 



505* „ palmata fructu longo. 



506* ,, „ fructu ovata acuminata. 



507* „ „ fructu sphserica oblonga. 



508 Palmated-leaved Melon, an exceedingly handsome foliage plant for Sub-tropical gardening, used either 

 as an under-gnnvth to taller gro^uing foliage plants, or to form distinct clumps of green; also 



valuable for covering stumps or falling over rock formations \s. and 2 



See Cucurbitacece section of climbers for the more slender growing gourds. 



ORNAMENTAL GRASSES, 



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

 Gardens, Islands, Select Plantations, Slirubberies, the Sides of Kivulets, Ravines, Lakes, etc. 



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

 and shrubberies ; some of them are curious-looking plants, others exceedingly graceful ; some are neat and 

 compact, while others are stately and majestic. 



In their cultivation the plants should be so thinned out as to allotti 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 we offer for "Winter Bouquets." 



The varieties enumerated have been flowered in our Experimental Grounds, and are those which we have 

 selected as most desirable for the purposes above named. 



In some establishments a special piece of ground is devoted to Ornamental Grasses, and we have known in 

 such places these GRASS GARDENS to be a source of greater interest to visitors than the flower garden with all 

 its charms. 



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



10 ditto, 2/6. 



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



511 „ „ for Shrubberies, etc., 30 varieties, 7/6 ; 20 ditto, 5/6 ; 15 ditto, 3/6; to ditto, 2/6. 

 513 „ „ for Winter Bouquets, 30 varieties, 7/6 ; 20 ditto, 5/6 ; 15 ditto, 3/6; 10 ditto, 2/6. 



513 „ „ for Sub-tropical Gardens, 15 varieties, 4/6 ; 10 ditto, 3/6. 



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

 be soivn where intended to blooin, or in pots, and transplanted when about two inches high. 



First Section. — Most of this section are useful for bouquets, and all are suitable for the flcrwer border. 



The price of the following is ^d. per packet, except those marked *, which are 6d. : — 



514 Achnodonton BeUardU, charming, \ ft. 524 Beckmannia erucseformls, very curious, 2J fs. 



Agrostis. All fine graceful bouquet grasses. 



615 „ alba gigantea, graceful, ft. 



516 ,, argentea, silvery, ft. 



617 „ elegans, exquisitely graceful, 1 ft. 



518 „ laxiflora, very graceful, 1^ ft. 



519 „ nebulosa, the perfection of grace, \\ ft. 



520 „ *Stevenli, graceful, i ft. 



521 „ verticiUata, elegant, i ft. 



622 Andropogon Ischsemum, slender groxuing, i ft. 



523 Anthoxanthum ovatum, very distinct, ^ ft. 



Briza, charming varieties of Quaking Grass. 



525 ,, compacta, vejy charming, i ft, 



526 ,, major, large Quaking Grass, i ft. 



527 „ geniculata, spreading. 



628 ,, gracilis, small Quaking Grass, i ft. 



529 Brizopyrum Siculum, small and elegant, | ft. 



530 Bromus macrostachys, fine Border Grass, ih ft. 



531 Cenchrus laevigatus, crimpled bearded ears. 



632 Ceratochloa pendula, graceful, i ft. 



633 *Chascolytrum erectumj///? Briza-like spikes, 2 ft. 



