Hercules Club Gourd Maurandya Vine 
King Theodore, rich blood-red with dark foliage. 
Princess Victoria Louise, cream-yellow, red spots. 
Ruby King, raspberry-red, dark foliage, charming. 
Schillingi, firs yellow spotted maroon, very pretty. 
Twilight, chamois tinted salmon-rose, charming. 
Complete Mixture above varieties, 50 s. oz 15cts. 
Golden Gleam, New Double, Sweet-scented. The 
most popular novelty of recent introductions, the 
plants are covered with a mass of large, double, 
deliciously sweet-scented, golden yellow flowers 
that are unexcelled for cutting. 20 seeds. 
OVIFERA GOURDS. These are vines with tendrils 
and yellow flowers, bearing small fruits of various 
sizes, shapes, and colors. They are easily grown, 
will trail, and produce their little hard-shelled 
gourds freely; called bitter-boxes; children's toys. 
Apple Gourd, shape of an apple, creamy-white. 
Bicolor, green and golden yellow, variegated, fine. 
Miniature, round, dark green, gold stripes, choice. 
Nest Egg, the shape and color of an egg, useful. 
Orange, resembles an orange in size, shape, color. 
Pear Gourd, pear shaped, striped yellow and white. 
SWEET PEA, Christmas Spencer. These are very 
large ruffled fragrant firs of all colors that develop 
from ten days to two weeks earlier than other va¬ 
rieties; this is their peculiar merit. 
Aviator, dazzling rich scarlet, showy and beautiful 
Blue Bird, rich azure blue faintly tinted violet. 
Giant Rose Pink, extremely large, handsome. 
Glitters, an attractive orange-scarlet shade. 
Harmony, beautiful clear lavender, much admired. 
Madonna, largest pure sparkling white. 
Warbler, rich purplish-mauve; large, fine. 
Yarrowa, rose pink with lighter wings; showy. 
Complete Special Mixture 60 seeds, oz 25ct3. 
Cupid or Dwarf. These are bushy varieties that do 
not need support; they bloom profusely and are 
fine for beds and cutting. All the choice colors in 
finest mixture. 75 seeds, oz. Sets. 
Giant Spencer. These have all the good qualities 
of a perfect annual for general cultivation. They 
are of easy culture, growing in almost any soil or 
sunny situation, begins to bloom when small, and 
if freely cut they will bloom for a long period. 
Avalanche, elegantly frilled, pure white giant firs. 
Bonfire, soft cherry-pink, white wings; huge frilled 
Corsican or Dish Gourd Ipomoea Coccinea 
flowers of great substance; very fine. 
Fortune, rich dark blue, large beautifully waved. 
Glen Eagles, true heavenly blue; very large grace¬ 
fully frilled flowers; Idng full stems. 
Grenadier, brilliant Geranium-red; intense large 
frilled flowers; sun-proof; very attractive. 
Huntsman, vivid scarlet, sun-proof; very large. 
Mary Pickford, cream-pink suffused salmon, very 
large frilled flowers, four to a stem; splendid. 
Olympia, rich vivid purple; glorious big firs. 
Pinkie, clear rose-pink; mammoth firs; long stems. 
Sunset, rose, amber and gold, the rich glow of sun¬ 
set beautiful large waved firs., choice variety. 
Supreme, soft clear pink, exquisite form and color* 
Tangerine Improved, rich orange-tangerine, fine. 
Warrior, rich velvety-maroon, large handsome. 
Wembly, rich lavender suffused plumbago-blue, a 
beautiful sort outstanding in size, form, and color. 
What Joy, rich deep Primrose yellow, large, exqui¬ 
sitely ruffled firs., best yellow, rare attractive. 
The Prince, bright clear crimson, intense color. 
Grandiflora. These are large-flowered and free* 
blooming sorts, and this splendid mixture I offer 
is a studied formula containing proportions of va¬ 
rious bright colors and shades. 75 s., oz. Sets. 
THUNBERGIA Alata, hha, 30ft. This is a beautiful 
eiasily-grown vine, blooming continuously from 
early Summer until severe frost, and if cut back 
and potted will bloom all Winter in the house. The 
firs are an inch across; colors from whit© to rich 
orange, some spotted and eyed with black and 
white. A desirable vine, should be better known. 
Alba Oculata, white with large dark eye, pleasing. 
Aurantiaca, beautiful deep orange, very pretty. 
Aurantiaca Oculata, rich orange, large dark eye. 
Bakeri, pure white firs attractive, fine for trellises. 
Nankeen or Buff, showy and beautiful, effective. 
Oculata, lovely yellow with black eye, beautiful. 
Complete Special Mixture above varieties. 25 s. 
Gibsoni, large orange firs, seeds germinate tardily. 
TRICHOSANTHES Colubrina, Serpant Gourd, hha, 
15ft. A handsome vine, flowers pur© white, pretty, 
fringed fruits 5ft. long, coiled like a serpant. 153. 
VICIA Gerardi, 4ft. Lovely climber, blue flowers. 
Snowdrift. A quick-growing beautiful climber with 
pretty foliage and superb white firs in abundance. 
Some Fine Easily-grown Palms 
The following splendid Palms are readily grown from fresh seeds, and are of the easiest culture. The 
seeds require from 2 to 6 months to germinate, so do not be impatient if the plants do not appear promptly. 
I offer the following splendid Palms separately or in complete special mixture. 
ARECA Lutescens, an elegant graceful Palm; leaves 
shining green with yellow stems; beautiful. 
BRAHEA Filifera, magnificent gray-green leaves 
with tiny thread-like filiments, robust growth. 
CHAMAEROPS Excelsa, a robust Palm with obicu- 
lar leaves at top of trunk, somewhat glaucous. 
: LATANIA Borbonica, splendid big leaves, spread¬ 
ing; popular, easily-grown fountain-like Palm. 
PHOENIX Canariensis, one of the best for house 
culture; leaves arched, giving a graceful effect. 
PHOENIX Robelina; very handsome, vigorous Palm 
with graceful recurved leaves, fine house plant. 
SABAL Palmetto, a beautiful native Palm of Florida, 
big honey-producing flower-clusters; almost hardy. 
SEAFORTHIA Elegans, a splendid palm from Aus¬ 
tralia; very graceful, likes heat, and fiberous loam. 
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