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THE LIBIS GARDENS 
GOURDS 
ESTHERMS GOURD HOUSE 
Gifts for all occasions and holiday seasons, A 
distinct lino of center pieces, favors, novelty 
pottery, hamnerod load and copper dishes, trays, etc. 
It is the house of original gifts. 
Seine of the different selections are: 
ORIVJIENTAL GOURDS: Crop of natural ornamentals ready 
each yeo.r by October 15, 
DECORATED GOURDS: Hanging Bottles, Indio.n ^''ater 
Bottles, Seviing Baskets, Bird Houses, Boinls, etc* 
DECORATIVES: Holly, Histletoe, V'inter Foliages, 
BittcrsY/ect, Red Oak Loaves, RJhite Oak Leaves, ■ 
Dried Grasses, TJintcr Berries, Love Apples, 
Forced Pussy Willovis, Peach, Forsythia, Cut 
Tulips• 
PATIO STRI1''GS: Mexican or pastel colors, ma.do up of 
Gourds, various imported pods, cones, etc. 
INDI/J'I CORN: Seeds gathered from several Indian 
Reservations in Vfest, Colors arc: Reds, Blues, 
Oranges, Black, Pinks, Purples, etc.' 
SEED PODS: From California: 
Bottle Tree, Carab (St, John’s Bread) pods. 
Eucalyptus bolls, nuts and stars, Jacaranda, 
Lotus, Magnolia, Yucco., and various other pods. 
PINE CONES: From various parts of the United Sto^tes: 
Australian, Coulter, Colorado Blue Spruce, 
Douglas Sugar Fine, Jeffery, Long Needled Pine, 
One Leaf Pinion, Sequoia, Spruce Cones, etc. 
GOURD SEEDS: Selected from, choicest specimens, both 
decorative (or ornamental) and lagenaria (or 
utility or hard shell). 
If interested, please call Blackstone 8631 or visit 
Esther’s Gourd House on North Portage Path. 
Visitors are always welcome. 
