Climbing and Trailing Plants, Trellis and Ground Cover 
No garden is complete without a few of the popular climbing and trailing plants. We have listed here the most pleasing sorts from 
among your favorites. 
PERUVIAN GOURDS 
It is a perpetual astoundment that these hard-shelled Gourds, 
so utterly diverse in color, form, and size, can still be made 
to look so beautiful when carved and painted. We have a 
collection of six varieties in mixture only that come from Peru 
and have a shell that is one-half inch thick and very hard. 
It can be carved to three distinct depths, especially the Nzele 
type. The carved Gourds have a sale value as high as $7.00 
to $10.00 each, according to the artistic carving of designs 
upon them. 
A Mixture of Six Varieties for Gourd Hobbyists, 50c Pkt. 
Morning Glory—Clark's Heavenly Blue 
Hardy Annual 
2849 Scarlet O'Hara. Red Morning Glory. Popular for trellis, 
arbors, fences and so forth. They should be planted where they 
are to grow, in April or May, in well-dug rich soil. If seeds 
are soaked in luke warm water several hours until they show 
signs of swelling before planting there will be a better germi¬ 
nation. Pkt. 25c. 
MADAME BUTTERFLY OR MIKADO 
2845 Madame Butterfly or Mikado. This mammoth-flowering 
Japanese Morning Glory often measures more than 4 inches 
across in innumerable different colors which are entirely dis¬ 
tinct from ordinary Morning Glories. For pot culture, if the 
runners are pinched two or three times the plant will form a 
dwarf and compact shape bearing many gigantic flowers. Ex¬ 
cellent for pot, window box and balcony. Pkt. 25c. 
2844 Clark's Heavenly Blue Giant Improved Early Flowering. 
(New.) This splendid Moonflower has glorious large blooms 
measuring 414 inches in diameter. They are an intense sky 
blue color shading to white in the throat. The blooms remain 
open until noon. Its extra early flowering habit makes it par¬ 
ticularly valuable in sections where other Moonflowers are too 
late. We feel sure that our customers will be most favorably 
impressed with it for it truly is lovely. Pkt. 25c; Vi oz. $1.00. 
2843 Fraser's Big Heavenly Blue. Luxurious grower. Bears 
enormous flowers of clear sky-blue with white throat and 
glossy green foliage. Flowers all summer. Pkt. 15c; Vi oz. $1.00. 
NEW AND RARE ORNAMENTAL GOURDS. IN 
MIXTURES AND SEPARATE VARIETIES 
Gourds grow in most every section of the world, and we have 
gone to great expense to give our customers very selected and 
new varieties. Gourds will grow in the poorer soils because 
they do not go so much to vine and more to the fruit. They 
may be trained on trellises as ornamentals or used as ground 
covers. The fruit should be allowed to become ripe and hard 
before picking. After picking, scrub thoroughly clean and 
cover with varnish. It is becoming a great hobby all over the 
world to decorate by hand the hard shelled types. 
2871 Salt and Pepper Gourd. This is a very small bottle 
gourd that can be used either for salt or pepper shakers. It 
is of the hard shelled variety. Grows about three inches in 
diameter, and four inches tall. Pkt. 15c. 
2863 J. Raymond's Warted Hybrids. This is a novelty mixture 
of the finest colored warted types. Pkt. 25c. 
2864 Crown of Thorns. (From Africa.) A most unusual gourd 
which needs no varnish. Has curved claws, not sharp, but 
very unusual. Pkt. 25c. 
2865 Green Muranca. (From Guatemala.) Resembles an In¬ 
dian war club. Pkt. 25c. 
2870 Penguin or Bottle Gourd. (From Egypt.) This is a hard 
shelled type and can be painted black and white to resemble 
a penguin. Pkt. 25c. 
2858 Turks Turban. (From Asia.) Very odd and ornamental. 
Top red and center portion cream with green and white stripes. 
Pkt. 15c. 
2856 Many Sorts Mixed. A good selection of all the best 
types of gourds. Pkt. 15c. 
2857 Small Decorative Types Mixed. The best of the small 
striped types, such as egg, spoon, pomegranate and pear- 
shaped. Pkt. 15c. 
2859 Giant Hard-Shelled Gourds. Mixed. These contain the 
large acorn, large bottle calabash, pipe gourd, dipper or 
syphone, and the Hercules club gourds. Pkt. 15c. 
ORNAMENTAL CORN 
2855 Navajo Indian Corn. The seed of this ornamental Indian 
corn on the cob is most exquisite. The kernels are agate-color 
pure white, jet blacka nd pink. When bunched with orna¬ 
mental hangings or in a bowl with Gourds it is most fascin¬ 
ating. Pkt. 15c. 
2854 Squaw's Indian Amber Gold Corn. Colors are colors, 
but the warm shade of these golden amber kernels is almost 
beyond description. Pkt. 15c. 
JAPANESE KUDZU VINE 
2886 Pueraria thunbergiana. Perennial climber starting new 
shoot each year from the root crown. Drought resistant. Makes 
40 to 50 feet of growth each season, once established, and 8 
to 10 feet the first year. Large bright green leaves and purple 
pea-shaped flowers borne in clusters add to its attractiveness. 
Pkt. 15c. 
COBAEA—Cathedral Bells 
Half-Hardy Perennial 
2535 Violet Blue. Half-hardy perennial. Foliage deep green 
and flowers large bell-shaped of greenish cast in the bud 
changing to a deep violet blue. Prefers wire netting or rough 
boards on which to climb. Hardy in California and mild sec¬ 
tions. Rapid grower. Pkt. 15c. 
2876 Humulus. Japanese Hop. Variegated. A rapid-growing, 
half hardy climbing annual with dense leaves. Will grow 20 
to 30 feet in a season. Sow in the open from March to May. 
Pkt. 15c. 
CARDINAL CLIMBER 
2841 Cardinal Climber. Grows rapidly when planted in rich 
soil and sunny location. About 15 feet in a season. Flowers 
are cardinal red, tubular-shaped, 1 to 1V 2 inches across and 
borne in many new clusters each morning. Pkt. 15c. 
2888 Scarlet Runner Bean. Fraser's Prizewinner. Pkt. 15c. 
2887 Mina Lobata (Flag of Spain). A beautiful free-blooming 
half hardy annual climber with scarlet and yellow flowers. 
Sow in the open in late spring after danger from frost. Pkt. 15c: 
*/$ oz. 50c; Vi oz. 85c. 
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