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ALNEER BROTHERS RELIABLE SEEDS, ROCKFORD, ILL. 
GOURDS 
Mixed Ornamental, fine and curious. Very valuable for covering old trees 
fences, etc. Mixed. Pkt. 5c, oz. 12c, i/ 4 lb. 40c. ’ 
Luffa or Dish Cloth The 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 yellow blossoms. Many ladies prefer this dish cloth to any other. Pkt. 5c. 
Sugar Trough or Bucket Gourd Useful and interesting. Makes desir¬ 
able buckets. Pkt. 5c, oz. 15c. 
True Japanese Nest Egg Gourd A valuable imitation and answers 
the purpose well; rapid grower. Pkt. 
5c, oz. 15c. 
Dipper Gourd A valuable household article. Train the vine on fence or 
trellis and necks grow straight. Pkt. 5c, oz. 15c. 
Calabash or Pipe Gourd Odd-shaped fruit which is used in making pipes. 
Pkt. 5c, oz. 15c. 
Annual Lupinus 
Hartwegi These are easily grown, free- 
° flowering annuals with long 
graceful spikes of richly colored, pea-shaped 
flowers. They are very valuable for the 
mixed border, beds, and for cutting. The 
plants grow 2 feet high and bloom profusely 
throughout the summer and fall. They pre- 
fer light shade and a rich soil. Pkt. 5c, 
72 oz. 25c. 
Perennial Lupinus 
Improved Hybrids Exquisite, tali, 
... , , , showy spikes 
with well-formed blooms in a wide range of 
the more delicate colors—creamy pink, 
orange,, salmon, chocolate, lavender, etc.; 
many delicately scented. Pkt. 10c, % oz.’ 
35c, i/ 2 oz. 60c. 
Heliotrope Heliotrope Wel1 known fragrant plant 
H C lf 11 h ent d f ° r bedding purposes or pot cultuL^Sow Le^n^h! house! 
Half hardy perennials. Pine mixed. Pkt. 5c, Vi oz. 75c. 
Lupinus, Mixed 
HIBISCUS 
Hollyhock 
These are majestic plants 5 to 7 feet 
high and a clump or line of them gives 
an effect not attainable with any other 
plant. Fine for background planting. 
Finest Double Mixed A 
splendid 
plant of stately appearance; flowers 
large and double as roses, of every 
shade and color. Sow seed out of doors 
in spring, where they are to bloom. 
Hardy perennials. Pkt. 5c, y 2 oz. 45c, 
oz. 80c. 
Allegheny (Mammoth Fringed.) 
. J The flowers, which are 
3 to 5 inches in diameter, and either 
double or half double, are finely 
fringed, cut and curled. The colors 
vary from palest pink to ruby red, 
which we offer in mixture. Pkt. 10c, 
y 2 oz. 50c. 
dnin^ S ho=i e • bord ® r plan *- succeeding in any sunny position, but 
foWp b pnrl i n a da r p pl S ce; grows 3 to 5 feet high, with large 
ing the entile summed fl ° wers of delicate coloring, produced dur- 
Mallow Marvels A robust type of upright habit, producing 
• oll n . , , , , ai } abundance of flowers of enormous size 
Pkt 10c riC ^ es ^ s “ a des °f crimson, pink and white; mixed colors. 
Hunnemannia 
Giant Yellow Tulip Poppy Seed sown outdoors in May 
• , +. !• iM a ... produces large quantities of 
giant, bu lip-like flowers during latter part of July and continuing for 
the rest of the season. 1 ft. 
Sunlite All-America winner. Semi-double ; bright canary-yellow. 
Gray-green foliage. Pkt. 10c. 
Handsome, free-flowering 
, , . _ , . plant with spikes of deepest 
orange and scarlet flowers. Mixed. Pkt. 5c. 
Free flowering, hand¬ 
some plant. The 
flowers are in verbena-like heads, color very 
brilliant and constantly changing in hue; very 
fine. Sow seed in house. Half hardy perennials. 
Mixed. Pkt. 5c. 
Ipomopsis (Tree Cypress) 
orange and scarlet flowers, 
Lantana Hybrida 
LARKSPUR 
Helianthus (Double Dwarf 
Sunflower) A dwarf variety, 
. , _ growing about 2% 
feet high: flqjvers very double, rich, 
golden yellow, 5 to 7 inches in dia¬ 
meter. Pkt. 5c. 
Lobelia Annual 
Dwarf plants, neat and compact 
in habit, for edgings, garden 
decoration, rock gardens, and pot 
culture. Plants are always a 
sheet of bloom. They grow and 
bloom quickly from seed. Their 
height, 4 to 6 in., makes them 
ideal subjects for cemetery use, 
especially as edgings to taller 
plants. 
Crystal Palace Com- 
pacta 
One of the most popular deep 
blue Lobelias. The foliage is 
quite dark. Pkt. 10c, Vs oz. 45c. 
Choice Varieties Mixed 
A very choice mixture of dwarf 
compact growing Lobelias; many 
varieties and shades. Pkt. 5c, 
Vs oz. 35c. 
Lilium Regale—The Regal Lily 
It is absolutely hardy, and is excellent for forcing. The 
flowers are white, slightly suffused with pink, with a 
beautiful shade of canary-yellow at the center, and ex¬ 
tending part way up the trumpet. It is delightfully 
perfumed, reminding one of the jasmine, and lacking 
the heavy, oppressive odor of most lilies. Blooms out 
of doors early in July, and seedling bulbs will flower 
the second year. Lift the bulblets in fall and replant to 
greater depth in their permanent location. Pkt. 10c. 
Linum (Flowering Flax) A fine > half 
. . , . . hardy annual 
with bright crimson flowers. Sow seed in the open 
ground. Pkt. 5c. 
Lychnis Very handsome, useful perennials o 
easy culture. Sow seed in March, trans 
plant in open ground in May in partial shade. Choie 
mixed. Pkt. 5c. 
Larkspur 
Giant Imperial 
One of the most beautiful and desirable Annuals 
for the garden and cutting. Easily raised, quick 
growers, and very free flowering; produce a 
wealth of large double blooms on long, attractive 
spikes. Even the deep green, finely divided foliage 
is beautiful. 
The culture of Annual Larkspur is quite easy. 
They do best in a sunny position, in rich, well- 
drained garden soil, free from fresh manure. As 
they like cool weather in which to germinate and 
to grow best, seed should be sown as soon as the 
frost is out of the ground. Do not sow in cold, 
wet ground, however. We suggest sowing seed where plants are to bloom 
as they sometimes resent being transplanted. When seedlings are large 
enough to handle, thin tall varieties to stand 2 ft. apart, the dwarfer 
varieties, 1 ft. apart. 
New Giant Imperial Annual Larkspurs These new up- 
branching Larkspurs with long straight upright flower spikes (2”to S 4 
teet) are much superior to all others for cut-flowers. All colors. Mixed 
Fkt. 10c, Vi oz. 30c. 
Tall Double Stock-flowered Plants branch freely, bearing 
flower,, ! 5 ft. Mixed. All color,. Pk,. KVtVcf be, ' ,llt “ 1 dmbl « 
Mesembryanthemum 
Criniflorum (Livingstone Daisy) A profusion of fluffy 
o . , . daisy-like flowers, 2 to at t • • ^ . 
3 inches across, in every imaginable shade and color. Height, 8 inches. Pkt. 10c. ,he New Llvln &stone Daisy 
Crystallinum. (Ice plant). Height's ^nvhes^Hpkt* Yo^ 6 ' Folia S e covered with ice-like, glittering globules 
