THEY GROW BETTER 
THEY YIELD BETTER 
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Calabash Gourds Decorated as Penguins 
Gourds 
It is now a very popular pastime to decorate with various 
colored paints, in artistic ways, all the different ornamental 
Gourds, as birds, animals, and toy characters. Some of our 
customers have found it profitable to grow quantities to sell 
for this purpose. 
Hardy Annual. (Ger. 12 to 15 days.) Vines grow 15 to 20 
feet. They may be grown in the garden or field as squash or 
pumpkins are grown, or they may be trained on trellises, fences, 
stone walls, or arbors. Easy to grow. 
We have all the following separate kinds and a mixture of all. 
Calabash (also called Pipe Gourd, and Powder Horn); 
Large Acorn; Large Dipper; Large Bird’s Nest (hour-glass 
shape); Giant Bottle (or Chinese Water-Jug); Hercules’ 
Club (2 to 3 feet long); Melon (this is edible); Small Apple; 
Miniature Bottle; Egg-shaped (white); Orange (color and 
shape); Pear (green and white); Pear (yellow and green); Pear 
(white); Spoon (ball shaped with slender neck); Turk’s 
Turban (brightly colored). 
Special Mixture of Large and Small sorts. 
Separate kinds or Mixture. Each, pkt. 10 cts.; 3 pkts. 25 
cts.; Xoz. 40 cts. 
DAHLIA. Half-hardy Perennial. If the seed of the double 
varieties is started before April 1, and the single varieties 
by the middle of May, both will bloom abundantly the 
first year. 
Double Mixed. Pkt. 10 cts.; Xoz. 60 cts. 
Single Mixed. Pkt. xo cts.; Xoz. 25 cts. 
For Dahlia Roots, see index. 
DIANTHUS. See Pinks, page 49. 
DIDISCUS cseruleus (Blue Lace Flower). Be sure to include 
this lovely flower in your order. It is a hardy annual. The 
plants grow about iX feet high and are a constant mass of 
bloom from July until November, as many as 50 flowers 
open at one time. The color is an exquisite pale lavender. 
Wonderful for cut-flowers. Pkt. 10 cts.; Xoz. 50 cts.; 
Xoz. 90 cts. 
DIMORPHOTHECA aurantiaca (African Golden Daisy). 
Hardy Annual. A very beautiful and showy annual Daisy 
from South Africa. The plants grow 15 inches high. The 
flowers are 2X inches in diameter and are a rich, glossy 
orange-red with a dark disc in center. They surely do 
make a magnificent sight when in full bloom, and con¬ 
tinue to bloom from early summer to late fall. Pkt. 
10 cts.; 3 pkts. 25 cts.; Xoz. 40 cts.; Xoz. 75 cts. 
Aurantiaca hybrida, Mixed. Colors vary from the purest 
white through the various shades of yellow and orange to 
rich salmon shades. Pkt. 10 Cts.; 3 pkts. 25 cts.; Xoz. 
40 cts.; Xoz. 75 cts. 
ESCHSCHOLTZIA (California Poppy). Hardy Annual. Very 
showy, bright-colored flowers. The plants grow a foot high 
and bloom profusely all summer. Very attractive when 
grown alone or with other flowers. 
Golden West. Bright yellow. Pkt. 5 cts.; Xoz. 30 cts. 
Scarlet Beauty. Bright scarlet flowers. They resemble a 
bed of scarlet tulips. Pkt. 10 cts.; Xoz. 50 cts. 
Schell’s Best Single Mixed. All shades mixed. Pkt. 5 cts.; 
Xoz. 25 cts. 
Ramona. A new compact and erect strain with flowers 
beautifully frilled and incurved. Ramona Hybrids, Fin¬ 
est Mixed. Pkt. 15 cts.; 2 pkts. 25 cts. 
Bush Eschscholtzia. See Hunnemannia. 
EUPHORBIA variegata (Snow-on-the-Mountain). Hardy 
Annual. (Ger. xo to 12 days.) Very attractive ornamental 
foliage, veined and margined with white. Its flowers are 
inconspicuous and it is liked for its very pretty foliage. 
The plants grow 2 feet tall. Pkt. 10 cts.; Xoz. 25 cts. 
FEVERFEW. See Matricaria. 
FORGET-ME-NOT ( Myosotis ). See page 46. 
FOUR-O’CLOCK (Marvel of Peru). Hardy Annual. (Ger. 
8 to 20 days.) One of the best blooms of all the favorite 
summer garden flowers. They grow quickly from seed, 
and are one gorgeous mass of bloom all summer. 2 feet 
high. Have the plants 12 to 15 inches apart. Pkt. 5 cts.; 
Xoz. 15 cts.; oz. 25 cts. 
GLOBE AMARANTH (Gomphrena). See page 61. 
GYPSOPHILA. See Baby’s Breath, page 60. 
HELICHRYSUM (Straw Flower; Everlasting). See page 61. 
HOLLYHOCKS. Hardy Perennial. (Ger. 10 to 30 days.) 
Beautiful hardy garden flowers. A clump or line of them 
as a background or along a fence gives a fine effect. Tall 
and stately. Colors are gorgeous. Chater’s Superb, 
Double Deep Rose, Newport Pink, Scarlet, Yellow, 
and Finest Mixed. Each, pkt. 10 cts.; X° z * 5 ° cts.; 
Xoz. 90 cts.; oz. $1.75. 
HUMULUS japonicus variegatus (Japanese Hop Vine). 
Hardy Annual. A very fast-growing vine, with dense foli¬ 
age. The leaves are beautifully marbled and splashed with 
silvery white, light and dark green; very effective for 
screens, arbors, trellises, etc. It is never injured by insects 
or affected by the heat, but retains its bright, variegated 
foliage until frost. Pkt. 10 cts.; Xoz. 40 cts. 
HELIOTROPE. The beautiful and graceful Heliotrope, with 
its delightful perfume, is a very fine flower for bouquets 
and is excellent also for bedding. A mass carpet effect 
is beautiful beyond description. It is a half-hardy perennial 
and if the seed is sown indoors in the spring, the plants, 
when set out, will bloom throughout the summer. (Ger. 30 
days.) 
Choicest Mixed. Pkt. 10 cts.; 3 pkts. 25 cts.; Xoz. 45 cts.; 
Xoz. 80 cts.; oz. $3. 
HUNNEMANNIA fumariselolia (Bush Eschscholtzia; Giant 
Yellow Tulip Poppy). Hardy Annual. (Ger. 5 to 10 days.) 
Plants 2 feet high and very bushy, covered with flowers 
from July until frost. This is the best Poppy for cutting 
and will retain its form in fine condition for several 
days. Flowers are large, poppy - shaped and yellow. 
Pkt. 5 cts.; Xoz. 25 cts.; Xoz. 40 cts.; oz. 75 cts. 
Dimorphotheca aurantiaca (African Golden Daisy) 
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