ORNAMENTAL GOURDS 
ORNAMENTAL GOURDS 
Ornamental Gourds are easily grown in rich soil, where they 
will produce plenty of fruits. They may be trained on trellises 
and the ripened fruits used for ornaments. 
LARGE VARIETIES 
Calabash. Pipe, gourd. 
Cave Man’s Club. Knotty, club shaped. 
Dish Cloth. 
Turk’s Turban. Odd shape. 
Large Dipper. 
Bird Nest. Hour-glass shape. 
Giant Bottle or Chinese Water Jug. 
Hercules’ Club. 2 to 3 ft. long. 
Mixed. Large varieties. 
SMALL V.\RIETIES 
.Vpple. 
Bi-Color. Half green, half yellow, pear-shaped. 
Egg-shaped. Used as nest eggs. 
Spoon. Ball shaped, long, slender neck. 
Turk’s Turban. Bright colored. 
Orange. Color and shape. 
Pear. Striped green and white. 
Small Warted Mixed. 
Small Varieties Mixed. 
GRASSES, Ornamental 
Quaking Grass. Useful for everlasting bouquets. Cut before 
they are ripe. 
Coix-Lachrymae. See page 6. 
Pampas Grass. Large silvery plumes. 5 ft. 
GYPSOPHILA, Baby's Breath 
Pretty, free-flowering annuals and perennials. Their misty 
w’hite panicles are largely used for mixing with other cut 
flowers. 
Elegans grandiflora alba. This is an improved, large-flower¬ 
ing, pure white form of the annual Baby’s Breath. 
Elegans grandiflora rosea. Delicate rose. Annual. 
London Market. An improved, large flowering strain, easy 
growth. Make several sowings. 
Paniculata. Hardy perennial. White. Blooms first year if sowm 
early. Height, 2 feet. 
Paniculata Double. Improvement on single form. 
Oldhamiana. 3% ft. Fragrant pink flowers, %-inch diameter. 
Perennial. Pkt. 15c. 
Repens. 6 inches. Splendid for rockery. White, creeping. 
HELEN IUM, Sneezewort, P 
To register masses of color in the border background, the 
Heleniums and other members of the Sunflower family are 
most useful. They grow easily from seed, and spread rapidly. 
Autumnale Hybiidum Praecox. 3 ft. Remarkable early-bloom¬ 
ing hybrids in bronze and crimson-brown. July-Sept. Pkt. 15c. 
Riverton Gem. 2 to 4 feet. Covered from August to October with 
brilliant old gold flowers, changing to red. 
Riverton Beauty. Rich lemon-yellow with large purplish cone. 
August-September. 4 to 5 feet. 
HELIANTHEMUM, Rock or Sun Rose, PR 
Pretty evergreen plants, 12 inches, forming broad clumps, 
covered with blooms during June and July. For rockery, border 
or dry bank. Pastel Mixture. 
HELIOTROPE, P 
A well known and highly prized plant on account of the 
delightful fragrance of the flowers. Seed started indoors in 
the spring will make fine plants for summer blooming. Can 
also be sown outdoors in May. Excellent for pots, or for bed¬ 
ding. 18 inches. Not hardy. 
White Lady. Pure white. Fragrant. Pkt. 15c. 
King of the Blacks. Deep violet. Pkt. 15c. 
Mammoth Mixed. Large flowers from dark blue to lilac. 
Pkt. 10c. 
HELLEBORUS (Christmas Rose), RP 
Niger. 10 inches. Blooms in winter or early spring. White 
flowers 2 inches in diameter. Interesting. 
HELICHRYSUM, Straw Flower, AF 
The finest of all Everlastings for the home garden. They 
are very handsome when growing in the open and make 
unusually fine winter bouquets if cut when partially opened 
and dried slowly in a cool place, heads downward to keep the 
long stems straight. The centers of the double pompon-like 
flowers are nearly covered by the stiff overlapping petals. 
They come in a wide range of brilliant and soft colors. 
Canary Yellow. Finest Mixed. Silver Ball. White. 
Crimson. Rose Queen. Violet Queen. Salmon Queen. 
HEUCHERA, Coral Bells, RP 
A fine plant blooming from early summer until late in the 
fall. Excellent for cutting. Good for rockeries. 
Sanguinea Crimson. Pkt. 20c. 
Sanguinea Splendens. Vermilion red. Pkt. 20c. 
HIBISCUS, Mallow Marvels, P 
A wonderfully improved strain of our native Marshmallow 
with flowers frequently measuring 10 to 12 inches in diameter. 
Grows 4-5 feet tall and blooms from early July until late 
autumn. Finest mixed. 
HOLLYHOCK, PF 
One of the most popular of hardy garden plants. The beau¬ 
tiful color effects produced by the planting of these flowers, 
combined with their dignified and stately appearance, render 
them indispensable for either the old-fashioned garden or the 
well planned herbaceous border. Height, 5 to 8 feet. 
Chafer’s Double. (Chamois, Flesh, Crimson, Maroon, Newport 
Pink, Salmon. Scarlet, White, Yellow, and Mixed.) 
.4lso Single Mixed. 
Indian Spring. This attractive Hollyhock was winner of silver 
medal in the All-American Trials this year. Sown in early 
Spring and transplanted to open ground six weeks later, it will 
be in full bloom in ten weeks. Large individual flowers from 
pale pink to crimson rose. Pkt. 25c. (See Novelty List.) 
.Annual Hollyhock. Mixed colors. 
HUMULUS, Jap Hop 
A very rapid climber, foliage luxuriant, makes dense cover¬ 
ing for porches, trellises, etc. Easy to grow. Clear green 
foliage. 
HUNNEMANNIA 
HUNNEMANNIA, Yellow Tulip Poppy, A 
Seed sown early in May will, by the middle of July, produce 
plants covered with their large buttercup yellow, poppy-like 
blossoms, and are never out of flower until hard frost. The 
plants grow 2 feet high and are quite bushy, with beautiful 
feathery foliage. 
Sunlite. Award of Merit, All-America Selections. Semi-double, 
canary yellow. 
HYACINTH BEAN, Dolichos, A 
Rapid growing, ornamental, climbing annual, bearing clus¬ 
ters of beautiful purple and white flowers, followed by highly 
ornamental seed pods. Mixed. 
ICE PLANT, Mesembrianthemum Crystallinum, A 
Pretty summer trailing annual for vases and rock work; 
leaves covered with ice-like drops. Sow seeds early in boxes. 
INCARVILLEA (Hardy Gloxinia), P 
Delavoyi. 2 ft. June. Bright Rose, Gloxinia-like flowers. 
Suitable for greenhouses plant. Showy. Pkt. 15c. 
KENILWORTH IVY, P 
A hardy trailing plant with attractive bright green foliage, 
and graceful lavender and purple flowers. 
ALL PKTS. 10c EACH, 3 FOR 25c, 13 FOR $1.00, UNLESS NOTED OTHERWISE 
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