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CALAMPELIS. 
Calampelis scabra 
is a very beautiful 
climber, foliage very 
pretty, with bright 
orange flowers, and 
produced in ra¬ 
cemes ; blooms pro¬ 
fusely the latter part 
of the season. Sow 
seed in the hot-bed 
or green-house. 
ture is the same*as required for Squashes, Melons, etc. 
A collection of the leading sorts is very interesting. 
The following are some of the most valuable of the 
family: 
Gourd, Hercules’ Club, large,long, club-shaped, io 
Smallest Lemon, yellow,. i0 
Pear-formed, yellow and green, cream-striped, 10 
Gooseberry, small, bright green,. 10 
Striped Apple, small, yellow, beautifully striped, id 
Egg-formed, like the fruit of White Egg Plant, io 
Orange, the well-known Mock Orange, .... io 
Calabash, the old-fashioned Dipper Gourd, . . io 
Calampelis scabra, (Eccremocarpus scaber), 5 
CARDIOSPERMUM. 
The Gourds arc a 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 arc a vigorous 
class of plants, admired principally on account of their 
curiously-formed and often strangely-colored fruits; the ' 
foliage is abundant, and often very curious. Useful : 
for covering old trees, fences, arbors, etc. The cul- ‘ 
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 
Cardiospermum Halicacabum is a curious, half-hardy 
annual. Sow seed under glass, and if planted in the gar¬ 
den, find it a sheltered situation. 
Cardiospermum Halicacabum,. 5 
THE GOURD FAMILY. 
The following are handsome plants, mostly with deli¬ 
cately cut foliage, white, fringe-like flowers, and pretty, 
small fruits, some of them highly colored. 
Abobra viridiflora, a beautiful climber, with 
delicate foliage, and oval, scarlet fruit, .... 10 
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 Cucumber-like leaf and small fruit, 10 
Cucumis odoratissimus, fruit orange-yellow, 
sometimes spotted with red, varying from the 
size of a plum to that of an orange; very 
fragrant,. IC 
Coccinea Indica, a handsome climber, with 
glossy foliage and scarlet fruit,. j C 
Cucumis dipsaceus, Teasel-like, yellow, . . ic 
DOLICHOS. 
