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Double Chrysanthemum-Flowered Sunflower 
ORNAMENTAL GOURDS 
Gourds grow luxuriantly and are useful for cover- 
ing arbors, fences, or stone walls. The fruits they 
bear are very ornamental, and keep well. They 
come in shapes of bottles, spoons, clubs, pears, dip- 
pers, and many other interesting forms. Many of 
them are beautifully marked. 
Mixed. Comprising the largest assortment of varie- 
ties. Pkt. 10 cts., oz. 40 cts. 
Collection containing one pkt. each of twelve named sorts, 50c. 
CREVILLEA 
Robusta. Really a greenhouse plant, but can be 
successfully grown as an annual. It is a neat little 
shrub, with delicate fernlikc foliage. Very useful for 
table decoration and in foliage groups. Pkt. 10 cts. 
GYPSOPHILA 
Annual Baby's Breath 
Feathery panicles of tiny star-shaped flowers, 
gracefully and daintily borne on slender stems. A 
charming effect may be had by mixing sprays of 
Baby's Breath with other long-stemmed cut-flowers, 
such as poppies, sweet peas, roses, or carnations. 
Elegans grandiflora alba. Pure white. Pkt. 10 cts., 
oz. 60 cts 
Elegans grandiflora rosea. Delicate pink. Pkt. 
10 cts., oz. 50 zts. 
For hardy varieties, see list of Perennials 
HELIANTHUS (Sunflower) 
All the varieties we list are useful for cutting 
especially the miniature sorts, which bear their flow- 
ers on slender stems, and form neat bushes about 
3 feet in height. Sow seeds directly in the garden 
where you want them to grow, in hills 2 feet apart 
allowing about three plants to grow in each hill' 
and you will have vigorous and very showy plants' 
Miniature Stella. Single, fairly large flowers, bright 
yellow with black center. Pkt. 10 cts., oz. 60 cts. 
Miniature Orion. Cactus-flowered, with pointed 
petals finely twisted and curled. Pkt. 10 cts., oz. 50 cts. 
New Annual Red Sunflower. Dark-centered bril- 
liant flowers, banded with bright chestnut-red, merging 
to yellow at the tips of the petals. 6 ft. Pkt. 15 cts 
Moz. 50 cts. 
Double Chrysanthemum-Flowered. Beautiful, 
large, finely fringed, yellow, ball-shaped flowers, grace- 
fully carried on long, wiry stems. 7 ft. Pkt. 10 cts., 
oz. 40 cts. 
Mammoth Russian. Our common Sunflower, with 
huge flower-heads, mostly grown for its seeds, which 
are fed to parrots and poultry. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts. 
HELICHRYSUM 
Straw-Flower 
Pretty everlasting flowers in beautiful colors and 
many soft and artistic shades. Splendid for winter 
bouquets. To preserve them, cut the flowers before 
they are fully expanded, and hang in a dry place. 
Double Fireball. Deep crimson. 
Double Silver Ball. Silvery white. 
Double Golden Ball. Golden yellow. 
Double Rose Queen. Old rose. 
Double Salmon Queen. Salmon-pink. 
Double Violet Queen. Violet; very attractive. 
Each of the above varieties, pkt. 10 cts. Collection — One pkt. 
each of the above six varieties, 50 cts. 
Double Mixed. All colors. Pkt. 10 cts., J^oz. 25 cts., 
oz. 75 cts. 
HIBISCUS 
Mallow Marvels 
New large-flowering hybrids. Although they are 
perennials they flower the first year from seed. The 
blooms arc wonderfully large, 6 to 7 inches across, and 
the whole plant is extremely showy. Pkt. 10 cts., 
14,02,. 50 cts. 
HOLLYHOCKS 
Annual Everblooming 
A new strain which flowers the first year from seed. 
In every way the same as the hardy varieties with the 
additional advantage of a longer blooming period. The 
plants branch freely and continue to flower throughout 
the summer. Pkt. 15 cts., J^oz. 50 cts. 
HONESTY 
Lunaria biennis 
Really a biennial, but best treated as an annual. 
Chiefly grown for its shiny, silvery seed-pods, which 
make a useful winter decoration, arranged with 
flowers in baskets and bouquets. When the seed- 
pods are perfected, cut the stalks bearing them, and 
store away in dry places for future use. 2 ft. 
Crimson. Pkt, 10 cts., }4oz. 30 cts. 
Purple. Pkt. 10 cts., Moz. 25 cts. 
White. Pkt. 10 cts., J^oz. 30 cts. 
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