Showy Vine, Delicious Fruit 
I offer a rare and handsome ornamental vine from 
Asia, grown largely in China for ornament and fruit. It 
is thrifty and vigorous, climbing over the ground or 
upon a strong trellis. The foliage, 8 or 10 inches across 
is attractive, the rich golden flowers 4in across, showy 
and freely produced, the large watermelon-shaped 
fruits, 12 to 16 inches in length, are pure white when 
ripe, being covered with a vegetable wax that is pe¬ 
culiar and interesting. The vines elicit much admira¬ 
tion and praise when properly trained, being something 
entirely new. The fruits are edible and used for pies, 
sauces, and are much prized for these uses. Plant the 
seeds edgewise in a deep rich sunny bed and water in 
time of drought. Treat about as you would watermelon. 
Packet 5ets. See page 51. Mrs. Jones of Illinois writes: 
Dear Mr. Park: My Benincasa Cerifera, or wax gourd, had 
many admirers for its flowers, foliage, and fruit. I made pre¬ 
serves from the fruit and they were delicious. My tree tomato, 
Cyphomandra, plants also had many admirers. Your seeds have 
aided many I know, and here is a prayer that you will long con¬ 
tinue actual supervision. Mrs. H. Jones, Lake Co., Ill., Feb. 1934. 
Beautiful Flowers 
AND 
Delicious Fruits 
Why not grow both on 
the same vine? You can do 
so by sowing seeds of Passi- 
flora Edulis, as shown in 
the illustration. The large, 
egg-shaped purple fruits 
are delicious as a dessert. 
The foliage is also charm¬ 
ing, and no vine will excite 
more admiration or praise, 
as well as curiosity or inter¬ 
est. Add it to your order. 
Seeds are large and plants 
of easy culture. 15seeds. 5c 
It is hard to give a reason for the 
neglect of this vine for its fruit, as 
it bears enormous crops of the mos 
luscious fruits, a valuable addition to 
the dessert. It’s culture is of the sim¬ 
plest, requires but little care, thrives 
and bears three crops a year. E. G 
THE GOLDEN THISTLE —A NEW VEGETABLE 
Scolymus Hispanica is the Golden Thistle, popular in Spain as a vegetable. Tko plants grow 2 ftJhigh, 
branch freely, the foliage variegated and spiny, the firs are thistle-like in form and golden yellow; the fleshy 
roots, lin. in diameter, are used like Salsify or Cardoon and can be dug and stored for Winter use, when so 
desired. They like a rich deep soil and sunny situation, and are of the easiest culture. The plant is rare in 
America, but might become popular as a vegetable when better known . Try it. 100 seeds 5 cts. 
Nierembergia Frutescens. — One of the most enduring and 
handsome of perennials is Nierembergia Frutescens, a shrubby 
species from Chili. Easily propagated from seeds, the little plants 
soon begin to bloom, and keep blooming and increasing all season. 
They grow two feet high, become a mass of slender, flax-like 
branches and foliage and produce lovely cup-like blue flowers an 
inch across, which at a distance appear as a fluttering swarm of 
pretty butterflies. In Winter the plants retain their handsome 
green color, and quite early they don their fresh foliage, and swing 
their exquisite chalices to the breeze. My friends, if you want a 
charming everblooming perennial for either house or garden, here 
it is. I am sure if you knew of its beauty and usefulness you would 
not be without it. It thrives in heat or cold, rain or drouth, sand 
or clay, cultivated or neglected, has no enemies, increases from 
self-sown seeds, and is always profusely in bloom. It never tires 
nor sulks, but greets you with a nodding, loving smile every time 
you come into it’s presence. Requires protection at the North. 
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