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(Useful as well as Ornamental) 
A great variety of curiously formed and marked fruit. The vines are of rapid growth and with lux- 
uriant foliage; adapted for covering screens, arbors, etc. Height 10 to 20 feet. Tender annual. 
DIPPER AND SIPHON. 
Useful for dipper. 
Pkt. 10c; oz. 15c 
JAPANESE NEST EGG. White like eggs, does 
not crack, and is not injured by heat or cold. 
Pkt. 10c; oz. 25c 
SUGAB THOUGH. With thick tough shell and 
of great durability. Makes dishes and other 
utensils for various purposes. . . .Pkt, 10c; oz. 20c. 
DISH CLOTH OR LUFFA. A rapid plimber, 
having long green fruit, the inside of which is a 
fibrous mass, which, when shelled and seeds removed, 
makes an excellent substitute for a bath sponge. 
HE1CULES CLUB. 
The longest gourd grown. 
Pkt. 10c; oz. 25c 
CALABASH PIPE GOURD. See Novelties. 
MIXED GOURDS. All kinds mixed. 
Pkt. 10c; H-oz. 15c; oz. 25c 
HELIANTHUS GLOBOSUS. (Sunflower.) An 
exceedingly double variety of this well-known plant, 
adapted by its stately growth for a background to 
the lawn or a screen to hide unsightly places. It is 
also raised as an absorbent of miasma in damp or 
ill-drained situations, thus preventing fevers. The 
flowers are quite attractive. Hardy annual. 
Pistolosus Double, Globe or Dahlia. Sunflowers. 
Flowers large, double and of rich saffron color. 
Pkt. 10c; oz. 15c 
Stella, pure golden yellow with black disks. 
Pkt. 10c; oz. 15c 
Orion, same as above except petals are twisted 
like a cactus dahlia. Pkt. 10c; oz. 20c 
Mammoth Russian..... ....Pkt. 10c 
Red Sunflower. See Novelties. 
HELICHETSUM MONSTSOSUM. One of the 
best immortelles; good shape, size and variety of 
desirable colors — yellow, sulphur, cream, white, pink, 
rose, red and crimson. Retain their natural shape 
very perfectly when dried. In bloom from July 
until destroyed by frosts. Height 18 inches. 
Hardy annual. ■■• 
Many varieties mixed .Pkt. 10c 
HELIOTROPE. A well-known popular green- 
house plant, fine for bedding, vases or baskets and 
exquisite for pot culture in winter. Flowers purple, 
borne in clusters and exceedingly fragrant. Height 
1 foot - , 
Mixed colors Pkt. 10c 
Shrub-like plants growing from four to six feet 
high and bearing bright colored flowers varying 
from three to five inches in diameter. Very hardy 
and very effective for backgrounds. Hardj^ peren- 
nial . Pkt. 10c 
HIBISCUS AFRICANUS. A showy hardy .an- 
nual, cream color, with rich brown center. Height 
HOLLYHOCKS 
(Althea Rosea.) 
A great variety of brilliant colors, combining 
richness and delicacy in a remarkable degree; flowers 
large and densely double, remaining in bloom for a 
long time. It is one of the best and most ornamental 
of the perennials. Height 5 feet. Separate colors, 
double white, pink, maroon, each Pkt. 10c 
Finest prize mixture of double varieties. . .Pkt. 10c 
HOLLYHOCK ALLEGHENY. This is a species 
that will bloom the first year if started in the house 
in March and transplanted in May. The petals are 
fringed and the flowers of different colors. . . Pkt. 10c 
HOLLYHOCK ANNUAL. Will bloom in August 
or beginning of September if sown in April. Flowers 
are single, semi-double and double. Mixed colors. 
Pkt. 10c 
HYACINTH BEAN. (Dolichos Lablab.) Splen- 
did climbers with abundant clustered spikes of 
purple and white flowers, which are followed by 
exceedingly ornamental seed pods. It is of rapid 
growth and often runs 30 feet in a season. Height 
10 to 20 feet. Tender annual Pkt. 10c 
ICE PLANT. (Mesembryanthemum Crystalli- 
num.) Dwarf plant of procumbent or trailing habit, 
finely adapted for vases, rock work, etc. The sur- 
face of the foliage is covered with panicles, resembl- 
ing crystals of ice glistening in the sun, forming a 
curious and attractive display. Height 6 inches. 
Tender annual Pkt. 10c 
IPOMOEA QUAMOCLIT. See Cypress Vine. 
IPOMOEA MEXICANA. See Moonfiower. 
INSECT POWDER PLANT. See Pyrethrum. 
JAPANESE HOP. (Humulus japonicus.) A 
rapid-growing, perfectly hardy, annual climber of 
the hop family, of the easiest culture and indispens- 
able for covering unsightly objects, or verandas, 
trellises, etc. Sows itself after the first year. Va- 
riegated leaves Pkt. 10c 
JOB'S TEAR. (Coix Lachrymae.) Curious or- 
namental grass from East India with corn-like 
leaves and seeds of light slate color,, wonderfully 
lustrous. Valuable for the formation of bouquets, 
in connection with everlasting flowers and strings 
of handsome beads are formed from the seeds. 
Height 3 feet. Hardy annual Pkt. 10c 
IUDZU VINE. See Novelties. 
LANTANA. Rapid-growing plants; the flowers 
are borne in Verbena-like heads embracing every 
shade of pink, purple, orange and white. Half- 
Pkt. XOo 
