ALNEER BROTHERS RELIABLE SEEDS, ROCKFORD, ILL. 
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EUPHORBIA 
Heterophylla (Annual Poinsettia 
Mexican Fire Plant, Painted Leaf) 
An annual resembling in habit and color the 
beautiful hothouse Poinsettia. The plants grow 
2 to 3 feet high, of branching, bush-like form, 
with smooth, glossy-green leaves, which about 
midsummer become a beautiful orange-scarlet, 
presenting a striking and brilliant appearance. 
Gourds 
Mixed 
Ornamental, fine and curious. Very 
valuable for covering old trees, fences, 
etc. Pkt. 5c, oz. 12c, Y\ lb 40c. 
I iiffa or Dish Cloth The Peculiar lining of 
Lurra or L»isn ^totn this fruit> sp 0 nge-iike, 
porous, tough, elastic and durable, makes a natural 
dish cloth. Fruit grows about two feet long; the 
vine is very ornamental, with clusters of large yel¬ 
low blossoms. Many ladies prefer this dish cloth 
to any other. Pkt. 5c. 
GERANIUM 
Pkt. 10c. 
Variewata Snow on the Mountain. A showy 
*» border plant with foliage veined 
and margined with white; flowers white. 
Pkt. 10c. 
Sugar Trough or Bucket Gourd 
Useful and interesting. Makes desirable buck¬ 
ets. Pkt. 5c, oz. 15c. 
These well known favorites are 
indispensable for outdoor as well 
as indoor decorations. Sow seed in shallow 
boxes in March; when large enough transplant 
to similar boxes or small pots; plant out in 
May. Seeds, choice mixed. Pkt. 10c. 
Ffv«simnm Very showy, free-flowering 
pJant with ye iiow flowers; ef¬ 
fective in beds and mixed borders. Hardy an¬ 
nuals, 2 Vi feet high. Pkt. 5c. 
Echinocystis Lobeta (Wild Cu- Dipper Gourd 
Quick growing and pretty climber; 
' great favorite for covering trellis, 
stumps, etc. Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c. 
True Japanese Nest Egg Gourd 
A valuable imitation and answers the purpose 
well; rapid grower. Pkt. 5c, oz. 15c. 
A valuable household arti- 
ele. Train the vine on 
fence or trellis and necks grow straight. Pkt. 
5c, oz. 15c. 
Grasses ( Ornamental) 
' ' tal grasses are 
very showy and pretty, and when dried and ar¬ 
ranged in connection with everlasting flowers 
make very attractive winter bouquets. Sow in 
open ground in May. 
All Varieties Grasses p k l t x | c d- Large 
Feverfew, Improved Double White 
Feverfew Double White (Alba 
The finest pure white Fever¬ 
few. Pkt. 5c. 
Plenissima) 
Globe Amaranth 
Globe Amaranth (Gomphrena) 
Handsome, everlasting, with showy flowers. The 
flowers should be cut in summer and preserved 
for winter bouquets. Half hardy annuals. 
Pkt. 5c. 
Fountain of Gold 
GODETIA 
KfiVV BABY GOLDEN GLOW 
Baby Golden Glow (Golden 
A most charming annual, growing Frtiinfain rtf GnM The drooping branches 
"ueen ) about 15 to lg inches high _ bear _ roumain or i*oia are covered with deli _ 
ing scores of bright yellow double flowers. The cate sage-green foliage and every twig tipped 
plants begin to bloom almost as soon as set in with a long raceme of exquisite pea-shaped bios- _ . 
the open ground, affording an almost unlimited soms of a pure canary color. “Fountain of inches across, of exquisite colors that glisten in 
supply of cut flowers. Pkt. 10c. Gold.” Pkt. 10c. the sun like satin. Fine mixed. Pkt. 5c. 
Handsome and showy annuals, 
viuucua bearing freely large flowers 3 to 4 
