VICK'S FLORAL GUIDE. 
colored fruits ; the foliage abundant, often curious. Use¬ 
ful for covering old trees, fences, arbors, etc. The cul¬ 
ture is the same as required for squashes, melons, etc. 
1 don’t think any one would like to cultivate Gourds for 
Ipomoeas succeed best if started in the ^ot-bed. De¬ 
sirable for pots, baskets, etc., for the house, also for 
green-house decoration they are very good. 
Ipomcea limbata elegantissima, large, blossoms 
rich, mazarine blue, with a showy white margin 5 
grandiflora superba, fine large flowers, sky- 
blue, with broad border of white, . 5 
Bona Nox, (Good Night, or Evening Glory,; 
flowers large, white, . 10 
coccjnea, sometimes called Star Ipomcea, with 
small, scarlet flowers . 5 
Quamoclit, (Cypress Vine,} tender: flowers 
elegant; foliage beautiful; mixed colors, ... 5 
Scarlet, white, rose, each color,. = 
DOLICHOS. 
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Plant Dolichos seed in the garden where the plants are 
■desired, and in as warm and dry a spot as possible. 
Large varieties grow from six to twenty feet; the dwarf 
variety grows four or five feet in height. 
Dolichos Lablab, (Hyacinth Bean,) a fine 
climber, with purple and lilac flowers. 5 
albus nanus, white, dwarf,. 5 
spec, giganteus, large, free grower, .... 10 
THE GOURD FAMILY. 
a series of years, but a collection of the leading sorts for 
a season or two is very interesting, and has afforded us 
a good deal of pleasure. For cosey arbors there has 
been nothing better since the days of Jonah, and fortu¬ 
nately we do not olten get worms at the root. The fol¬ 
lowing are some of the most interesting and valuable of 
the family. 
Gourd, Hercules’ Club, large, long, club-shaped, : ■ 
Smallest Lemon, yellow. 10 
Pear-formed, yellow and green, cream striped, 10 
Gooseberry, small, bright green,. 10 
Striped Apple, small, yellow, beautifully striped, 10 
Egg-formed, like the fruit of White Egg Plant, 10 
Orange, the well known Mock Orange, .... 10 
Calabash, the old-fashioned Dipper Gourd, . . 10 
The following are handsome plants, mostly with deli¬ 
cate cut foliage, white, fringe-like flowers, and pretty 
small fruits, some of them highly colored. 
Gourd, Bryonopsis laciniosa, foliage elegant; 
fruit scarlet, striped with white,. 10 
Momordica Balsamina, orange and red. . . 10 
Tricosanthes Colubrina, true Serpent Gourd, 10 
Echinocystis lobata, very strong, free growing 
climber, with Ivy-like leaf, and small fruit, . . 10 
Cucumis dipsaceus, Teasel-like, yellow, ... to 
The Gourds area numerous family, and exceedingly 
dissimilar in character. Indeed, many members are not 
generally known as Gourds, so we give first a list of what 
we may call the Gourd proper, and then describe other 
members of the tribe. The Gourds are a vigorous 
class of plants, with curiously formed and often strangely 
Abobra viridifiora, a very beautiful climber, with deli¬ 
cate foliage, and oval, scarlet fruit. Plant and flower 
shown in the engraving. 
Abobra viridifiora, . 10 
IPOMCEA. 
