ALNEER BROTHERS RELIABLE SEEDS, ROCKFORD, ILL 
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Mixed Gourde 
Euphorbia 
EUPHORBIA 
Heterophylla (Annual Poinsettia 
Mexican Fire Plant, Painted Leaf) 
An annual resembling in habit and color the 
beautiful hothouse Poinsettia. The plants grow 
2 to 3 feet high, of branching, bush-like form, 
with smooth, glossy-green leaves, which about 
midsummer become a beautiful orange-scarlet, 
presenting a striking and brilliant appearance. 
Pkt. 10c. 
V a ri’pffala Snow on the Mountain. A showy 
® border plant with foliage veined 
and margined with white; flowers white. 
Pkt. 10c. 
HETEROPIIVJLLA 
GOURDS 
(TQijprlg Ornamental, fine and curious. Very 
valuable for covering old trees, fences, 
Mixed e * c * 5c, oz. 12c, Vi lb 40c. 
Luffa or Dish Cloth ™e peculiar lining of 
this fruit, sponge-like, 
porous, tough, elastic and durable, makes a natural 
dish cloth. Fruit grows about two feet long; the 
vine is very ornamental, with clusters of large yel¬ 
low blossoms. Many ladies prefer this dish cloth 
to any other. Pkt. 5c. 
GERANIUM 
Geranium These wel1 known favorites are 
Sugar Trough or Bucket Gourd as indoor de Jr a d ^ 
Useful and interesting, 
ets. Pkt. 5c, oz. 15c. 
Makes desirable buck- boxes in March; when large enough transplant 
to similar boxes or small pots; plant out in 
May. Seeds, choice mixed. Pkt. 10c. 
Erysimum 
Very showy, free-flowering 
plant with yellow flowers; ef¬ 
fective in beds and mixed borders. Hardy an¬ 
nuals, 2 Vi feet high. Pkt. 5c. 
True Japanese Nest Egg Gourd 
A valuable imitation and answers the purpose 
well; rapid grower. Pkt. 5c, oz. 15c. 
Echinocystis Lobeta (Wild Cu¬ 
cumber’) Quick growing and pretty climber; 
i,uiuuci / great favorite for covering trellis, 
stumps, etc. Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c. 
Feverfew Double White (Alba 
Plenissima) 
The finest pure white Fever¬ 
few. Pkt. 5c. 
MEW BA B Y GOLDEN GLOW 
Baby Golden Glow (Golden 
rVnppri i A most charming annual, growing 
' about 15 to 18 inches high, bear¬ 
ing scores of bright yellow double flowers. The 
plants begin to bVoom almost as soon as set in 
the open ground, affording an almost unlimited 
supply of cut flowers. Pkt. 10c. 
I linnAv A valuable household arti- 
uouru cle . Train the vine on 
fence or trellis and necks grow straight. Pkt. 
5c, oz. 15c. 
Grasses (Ornamental) The ornamen- 
' ' tal grasses are 
very showy and pretty, and when dried and ar¬ 
ranged in connection with everlasting flowers 
make very attractive winter bouquets. Sow in 
open ground in May. 
All Varieties Grasses M , i . x 5 d - Large 
pkt. 5c. 
MONEY SAVING 
FLOWER COLLECTIONS 
Six Long-Stemmed Annuals for Cut Flowers 
Aster, Giant Crego Larkspur, Giant Imperial 
Calendula, Double Sweet Sultans 
Giant Snapdragons Zinnias, Dahlia-Flowered 
-Collection of one pkt. each o a _ 
(value 45c) for only uUL 
Sixteen Showy and Easily Grown Annual Flowers 
Alyssum, Little Gem 
Aster, Perfection Mxd. 
Calendula, Double Mxd. 
Calliopsis, Tall Mixed 
Carnation, Marguerite 
Centaurea cyanus 
Cosmos, Early Single 
Four O’clock Tall 
Larkspur, Tall Double, Mxd. 
Marigold, Tall African Dbl. 
Pansy, Prize Collection Mxd. 
Petunia, Hybrida Mixed 
Phlox Drummondii, Mxd. 
Strawflowers (Helichrysum) 
Verbena, Bedding 
Zinnia, Choice Dbl. Mxd. 
Collection of one pkt. each 
(value $1.00) for 
60 c 
Four Annual Flowers Doing Well in Semi-Shade 
Clarkia, Double Mixed Myosotis 
Godetia, Mixed Snapdragons. Half-Dwarf 
Collection of one pkt. each 1 
(value 25c) for only 
Six Dwarf Annual Flowers for the Rock Garden 
Abronia umbellata Portulaca, Double, Mixed 
African Daisy Sweet Alyssum 
Ice Plant Schizanthus, Mxd. 
Collection of one pkt. each eyH n 
(value 35c) for only 
Four Showy Quick-Growing Annual Climbers 
Cardinal Climber, Cobaea Scandens, Cypress Vine. Mixed, 
and Moonflower, Henvenly Blue. 
Collection of one pkt. each oa 
(value 3(Jc) for only iS->OG 
Globe Amaranth 
Globe Amaranth (Gomphrena) 
Handsome, everlasting, with showy flowers. The 
flowers should be cut in summer and preserved 
for winter bouquets. Half hardy annuals. 
Pkt. 5c. 
GODETIA 
Handsome and showy annuals, 
bearing freely large flowers 3 to.4 
ches across, of exquisite colors that glisten in 
le sun like satin Fine mixed. Pkt. 5c. 
