﻿September, 
  1907 
  

  

  AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

  339 
  

  

  The 
  Golf-Stick 
  Gourd 
  Has 
  a 
  Practical 
  Utility 
  

  

  The 
  Dipper 
  Gourd 
  as 
  Flower 
  Vase 
  

  

  The 
  Drum- 
  Major 
  Gourd 
  

  

  to 
  grow, 
  beautiful 
  to 
  see, 
  

   and 
  fascinating 
  in 
  the 
  op- 
  

   portunities 
  it 
  yields 
  to 
  

   home-made 
  decoration. 
  

  

  Of 
  the 
  peculiar 
  shapes 
  

   in 
  my 
  collection 
  the 
  most 
  

   singular 
  is 
  the 
  hybrid 
  re- 
  

   sembling 
  a 
  golf 
  stick. 
  It 
  

   is 
  as 
  perfect 
  as 
  though 
  

   made 
  mechanically. 
  The 
  

   fruit 
  grew 
  with 
  a 
  handle 
  

   as 
  straight 
  as 
  an 
  arrow, 
  

   with 
  the 
  bulb 
  part 
  curved, 
  

   the 
  whole 
  measuring 
  four 
  

   feet 
  in 
  length. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  

   novelty 
  quite 
  unknown 
  to 
  

   the 
  Department 
  of 
  Agri- 
  

   culture 
  at 
  Washington. 
  

   The 
  drum-major's 
  stick 
  

   comes 
  next 
  in 
  novelty. 
  Of 
  

   smaller 
  varieties, 
  one 
  of 
  

   the 
  most 
  striking 
  is 
  the 
  

   egg 
  gourd, 
  which 
  so 
  

  

  A 
  Late 
  Season 
  Growth 
  of 
  Gourds 
  

  

  closely 
  resembles 
  an 
  egg 
  

   that 
  an 
  unexpected 
  fall 
  to 
  

   the 
  ground 
  invariably 
  

   draws 
  a 
  scream 
  from 
  the 
  

   unsuspecting. 
  The 
  small 
  

   varieties, 
  however, 
  do 
  not, 
  

   as 
  a 
  rule, 
  dry 
  well. 
  

  

  There 
  is 
  no 
  labor 
  in- 
  

   volved 
  in 
  raising 
  gourds 
  

   that 
  can 
  not 
  be 
  performed 
  

   with 
  the 
  utmost 
  ease. 
  And 
  

   the 
  interest 
  they 
  yield 
  is 
  

   immense. 
  Seeds 
  grown 
  

   from 
  one 
  hybridization 
  

   one 
  year, 
  may 
  he 
  hy- 
  

   bridized 
  again 
  the 
  next, 
  

   with 
  stranger 
  still 
  results. 
  

   The 
  foliage 
  is 
  always 
  

   beautiful, 
  and 
  the 
  vines, 
  

   quite 
  apart 
  from 
  their 
  

   fruit, 
  are 
  of 
  real 
  decora- 
  

   tive 
  value. 
  I 
  cordially 
  

   commend 
  this 
  vine. 
  

  

  The 
  Strangest 
  of 
  All 
  Gourds 
  Is-'the 
  Golf 
  Stick 
  

  

  Decorating 
  the 
  Gourds 
  Affords 
  Endless 
  Occupation 
  

  

  