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GOURDS (Ornamental). 

 A valuable and highly interesting class of climbing plants, 

 both on account of their beautiful foliage and their singu- 

 lar shaped and curiously marked fruit. The smaller 

 fruited varieties are the most neat and ornamental, and 

 are eminently adapted for screens and trellis work. In 



flower July to October. Tender annuals. p KT . 0 z. 



217. Gourd Bottle, useful and ornamental . $.05 $.75 



218. — Bottle, miniature, very ornamental . .10 .75 



219. — Dipper, a favorite variety 05 .75 



220. —Pear shape 05 .75 



221. — Snake cucumber, very curious . . . .10 1.00 



222. —Apple striped 05 .75 



223. —Gooseberry, very pretty 05 .75 



224. —Hercules' club, curious, large variety, .05 .75 



225. — Orange, fruit resembles an orange . . .05 .75 



226. — fine mixed, ornamental varieties . . .05 .75 



Snake Cucumber. 

 GREVILLEA. 



A handsome plant for house culture, useful for table and 

 other decorations. Greenhouse perennial. 



227. Grevillea Bobusta 10 



GYPSOPHILA. 



A pretty, free-flowering little plant, adapted for rock-work, 

 baskets, or edgings. Hardy annual. 1% foot. 



228. Gypsophila elegans, white and pink . . .05 .50 



GYNERIUM (Pampas Grass). 



Magnificent, ornamental grass, producing numerous flower- 

 stems, surmounted by plumes of silvery inflorescence. 

 Half-hardy perennial. 7 feet. 



229. Gynerium argenteum ...... .05 



Helichrysum. 



HELICHRYSUM (Everlasting Flowers). 

 These are beautiful plants for the mixed border, and the 

 flowers are very much admired for winter bouquets, for 

 which they should be cut as soon as they begin to expand, 

 and care-fully dried in the shade. In flower July to Octo- 



ber. Hardy annuals. 



230. Helichrysum, fine mixed, all colors . . .05 .75 



231. —Fireball, beautiful, double, crimson 



maroon 10 1.50 



282. — double, crimson °5 -75 



283. — double, white 05 .75 



284. — double, yellow . 05 .75 



t HELIOTROPE. 



Well-known and highly valuable plants, both for the green- 

 house and the open border, producing an abundance of 

 delightfully fragrant blossoms from May to October. For 

 autumn flowering, seeds may be sown in spring. Half* 

 hardy perennials. 2 feet. 



fkt. oz. 



235. Heliotrope, finest mixed $.10 $2.00 



t HOLLYHOCK (ALthea). 

 This is one of the finest ornamental plants. It has been 

 much improved of late, and now produces beautiful 

 double flowers of almost every shade of color. If sown 

 early in heat, the plants may be had in bloom the first 

 year. In flower July to September. Hardy perennial. 



236. Hollyhock, double, fine mixed. 6 ft. . . .0.5 1.50 



237. — double, extra mixed, from prize flowers, .10 2.00 



238. — Chater's prize varieties ..... .25 



t HONESTY (Lunar ia). 

 Early summer free-flowering plants, with silvery seed-pods, 

 useful for winter decoration with ornamental grasses, etc. 

 Hardy biennial. 2 feet. 



239. Honesty, purple .05 .50- 



t HUMEA. 



A remarkable, handsome plant for decorative purposes. 

 Leaves very fragrant when slightly rubbed. Succeeds 

 best in light, rich soil. Half-hardy biennial. 6 feet. 



240. Humea elegans, red ....... .10 3.00 



IBERIS. 



(See Candytuft, No. 91.) 



ICE PLANT (Mesembryanthemum Crystallinum). 



A pretty trailing-plant much used for garnishing; the leaves 

 being covered with crystalline globules, giving it the ap- 

 pearance of being coated with ice. In flower July to 

 September. Half-hardy annual. % foot. 



241. Ice plant, white 05 



I POME A (Convolvulus). 

 These beautiful climbers are well known and much admired. 

 All the species delight in a light soil, well manured with 

 decayed leaves or well-rotted manure, but will grow in 

 almost any soil or situation, and produce an abundance of 

 beautiful blossoms. They should be started under glass, 

 and afterwards planted in warm, sheltered locations. 

 Tender annuals. 10 feet. ' 



Ipomea Coccinea. 



242. Ipomea coccinea (Star Ipomea), scar- 



let .. . 05 .50 



243. —Bona Nox {Evening Glory), pure 



white, fragrant ; expands in the even- 

 ing 05 .50 



