GOURDS 
LAGENARIA. This species includes many varieties 
of hard-shell gourds of various shapes and sizes, 
the firs are v/hite, showy, fragrant and pretty. 
GIANT BOTTLE GOURD known as Chinese Water 
Jug. Large bottle-shaped with long neck. 
CORSICAN OR DISH, depressed fruit for recep- 
tctclss. 
CAVE MAN'S CLUB, knobby, long handle clubr 
shaped dark green variety. 
HERCULES CLUB, a vigorous vine with 
tendrils and broad leaves, the fruits are 
shaped; sometimes attains a length of 6 ft., an 
is used by some people as food, easily grown. 
PENGUIN, POWDER HORN, large and incurved 
like powder horn. 
SIPHON OR DIPPER, a handsome vine, fruits hav¬ 
ing a long neck; used for dippers, bird houses, 
©tc. 
SUGAR TROUGH, huge, used as troughs, 
tubs, etc. 
LUFFA, Dish-rag Gourd, hha, 15 ft. Very harid- 
some vine in foliage, firs, and fruit; easily 
grown. 
ACUTANGULA, golden firs and long showy fruits. 
15 s. 
CYLINDRICA, handsome kind, beautiful firs and 
fruit. 
OVIFERA GOURDS. These are vines with tendrils 
and yellow firs, bearing small fruits of various 
sizes, shapes, and colors. They are easily 
grown, will trail, and produce their little hard¬ 
shell^ gourds freely; called bitter-boxes; chil¬ 
dren's toys. 
APPLE GOURD, shape of an apple, creamy-white. 
BICOLOR, green and golden yellow, variegated, 
fine. _ 
MINIATURE BOTTLE, round, dark green, gold 
pnoir'P 
NEST^ EGG. the shape and color of an egg, 
useful. 
ORANGE, resembles an orange in size, shape, 
color. 
PEAR GOURD, pear-shaped, striped yellow and 
white. 
SPOON, 'small, ball-shaped with long slender 
n©ck. 
TURK'S TURBAN, small ornamental, brightly col¬ 
ored and pleasing. 
WARTED SORTS, small gourds in mixed colors 
and shapes. Novelty. 
Complete Mixture Ovifera Gourds.__ 
Cobaea Scandens, Cathedral Bells 
COBAEA SCANDENS, Cathedral Bells, hha, 30 ft. 
A beautiful, rapid-growing free-flowering vine 
too much neglected. It starts readily from seeds, 
planted edgewise, and will grow 30 ft. in a 
season, producing large graceful, showy purple 
and white bells throughout Summer and 
Autumn. Both foliage and firs are surpassingly 
attractive. This vine has no enemies, and will 
g row in the sun or shade. It is a perennial 
outh and will last for years. In the North it 
is grown as an annual. It also makes a fine 
pot plant for Winter-blooming when given a 
sunny window. Purple, White, Mixed. 
CONVOLVULUS Major. Morning Glory, ha. 30 ft. 
A rapid vine bearing freely large beautiful firs 
throughout the season; sow early where plants 
are to vine. This is an old vine but is easily 
grown, and no flower exceeds it in pleasing 
texture and charming beauty. We supply the 
large-flowered strains in all the splendid new 
and old colors. ; White, Pale Pink, Dark Red, 
Light Blue, Purpfe and mixed. loO seeds. 
Double-flow'd, 20 ft. Pretty dble and semi-dble 
firs. < 
Altheoides Floribunda, hp. A pretty vine with 
pink firs 2 in. across, blooms all season. 15 s. 
Aureus Superbus, hhp. A rapid vine with beauti¬ 
ful golden firs. 12 seeds. 
Mauritanicus, hhp. A lovely trailing vine for 
hanging baskets; rich blue firs. 25 seeds. 
CUCUMIS Flexuosa, hha, 20 ft. Snake Cucum¬ 
ber, firs yellow; fruits 3 ft. long, twisted and 
marked like a snake, when ripe they change to 
golden yellow. 
Dudain, 10 ft. Orange fruits, very sweet-scented. 
CUCURBITA , Ficifolia, the beautiful Malabar 
Melon, showy foliage and fine large striped 
edible fruits. 
CYCLANTHERA Explodens, hha, 10 ft. A grand 
vine of rapid growth with handsome foliage 
and egg-size fruits that explode when ripe. 25 
CYPRESS VINE, hha, 25 ft. Easily-grown, very 
beautiful vines in both foliage and firs, numer¬ 
ous bright firs that stay open all day and bloom 
from early Summer till frost. Scarlet, Rose, 
White, separate or mixed. 
DOLICHOS Lablab (Jack Bean), hha, 20 ft. A 
free-growing bean-like plant with purple firs in 
great abundance, followed by reddish-purple 
pods that are as attractive as the firs.. A pretty 
vine to cover stumps, old buildings, trellises, 
or for shade. We sjipply separate colors of the- 
following : 
Giganteus, 6 ft. Violet-red, resembles Sweet 
Pea. 12 s. 
Japonicus Albus, 2 ft. A fine variety, white 
firs. 12 s. 
Violaceus, 2 ft. Lovely violet-colored firs, fine. 
Special Mixture of Dolichos. 15 seeds. 
ECBALLIUM Elaterium, ha, 6 ft. A handsome 
trailing plant with cordate leaves and golden 
firs an inch across, followed by oblong hairy 
seed pods that when ripe detach from stem 
and violently eject the seeds from the stem end; 
curious and pretty. 
ECHINOCYSTIS Lobata, Wild Cucumber, ha, 30 
ft. Graceful rapid vine with inflated balloon-like 
fruit. 
GELSEMIUM Sempervirens (Yellow Jessamine). A 
beautiful evergreen vine running riotously in 
the woodlands, covered in early Spring with 
masses of golden bloom. Distinct and attrac¬ 
tive. Hardy as far as Virginia. Conservatory 
farther North. 
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