58 THE LIBIS GARDENS 
GouRDS 
ESTHER'S GOURD HOUSE 
Gifts for all occasions and holiday seasons. A dis= 
tinct line of center pieces, favors, novelty pottery, 
hammered lead and toppér dishes, trays, etc. It is 
the house of original pifts. 
Some of the different selections ares 
ORNAMENTAL GOURDS: Crop of natural ornamentals ready 
| each year by October 15. 
DECORATED GOURDS: Hanging Bottles, Indian Water Bot~- 
tles, Sewing Baskets, Bird Houses, Bowls, etc. 
DECORATIVES: Holly, Mistletoé, Winter Poliages, Bit-~ 
tersweet, Red Oak Leaves, White Oak Leaves, Dried 
Grasses, Winter Berries, Love Apples, Forced 
Pussy Willows, Peach, Forsythia. ; | 
PATIO STRINGS: Mexican or pastel colors, Water colored 
Vegetable Strings, Flowered Garland Strings, made 
up of Gourds, various imported pods, cones, etc. 
INDIANA CORN: Seeds gathered from several Indian 
Reservations in West. Colers ares: Reds, bluse 
- Oranges, Blacks, Pinks, Purples, CbCsn ns | 
SEED PODS: . From California: Bottle Tree, Cardb (Ste 
John's Bread) Pods, Eucalyptus bells,. nuts, and 
stars, Jacaranda, Lotus, Magnolia, Yucca, and 
various other pods. 
PINE CONES: From various parts of the United States: 
Australian, Coulter, Colorado Blue Spruce, 
Douglas Sugar Pine, Jeffery, Long Needled Pine, 
One leaf Finion, Sequoia, Spruce Cones, etce 
GOURD SEEDS: Selected from choicest specimens, both 
decorative (or ornamental) and lagenaria (or 
utility or hard shell). 


If interestedy please call Blackstone 8631 or-visit 
Esther's Gourd House, at the Lebis Gardens on 
North Portage Path. VISITORS ARE AIWAYS WELCOME. 
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