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46 ALNEER BROTHERS RELIABLE SEEDS, ROCKFORD, ILL. 
GOURDS 
Mixed Ornamental, fine and curious. Very valuable for covering old trees, 
. fences, etc. Mixed. Pkt. 5c, oz. 12c, 4% Ib. 40c. 
7 The peculiar lining of this fruit sponge-like, porous, 
Luffa OF Dish Cloth tough, elastic and durable, makes a natural dish 
cloth. Fruit grows about two feet long; the vine is very ornamental, with clusters 
of large yellow blossoms. Many ladies prefer this dish cloth to any other. Pkt. 5c. 
Useful and interesting. Makes desir- 
Sugar Trough oF Bucket Gourd able buckets. Pkt. 5c, oz. 15c. 
A valuable imitation and answers 
True Japanese Nest Egg Gourd the purpose well; rapid grower. Pkt. 
5c; oz. L5c. 
, A valuable household article. Train the vine on fence or 
Dipper Gourd trellis and necks grow straight. Pkt. 5c, oz. 15c. 
1 Odd-shaped fruit which is used in making pipes. 
Calabash or Pipe Gourd ?3¢ Seige Sea 

Annual Lupinus 
s . These are easily grown, free- 
Hartwegi flowering annuals with long 
graceful spikes of richly colored, pea-shaped 
flowers. They are very valuable for the 
mixed border, beds, and for cutting. The 
plants grow 2 feet high and bloom profusely 
throughout the summer and fall. They pre- 
fer light shade and a rich soil. Pkt. 5c, 
YW oz. 25c. 
Perennial Lupinus 
. Exquisite, tall, 
Improved Hybrids Ee ic PY 
with well-formed blooms in a wide range of y 
the more delicate colors—creamy pink, MEA SR WRAL) fae 
orange, salmon, chocolate, lavender, etc.; : ea hee ae 
many delicately scented. Pkt. 10c, %4 oz. paler 
35c, Yo oz. 60c. Nei ‘y 


Heliotrope 1 . Well known fragrant plant 
Heliotrope of profuse flowering habit; 
excellent for bedding purposes or pot culture. Sow seed in the house. 
Half hardy perennials. Fine mixed. Pkt. 5c, 4 oz. 75c. 
HIBISCUS Dwarf plants, neat and compact 
in habit, for edgings, garden 
decoration, rock gardens, and pot 
eulture. Plants are always a 
sheet of bloom. They grow and 
bloom quickly from seed. Their 
height, 4 to 6 in., makes them 
ideal subjects for cemetery use, 
A robust type of upright habit, producing jall . I 
Mallow Marvels an abundance of flowers of enormous size SlnEEA y as -edgings to tales 
c f é é ite ss mived-colors. 
Apes richest shades of crimson, pink and white; mixed color Crystal Palace Gomme 
ee « pacta 
Hollyhock Sir rahe nase pi Hunnemannia One of -the most popular deep 
e ~ ; i . Seed sown outdoors in May blue Lobelias. The foliage is 
Digbs bribe story backend (wae aga fe BO Tulip Poppy a a ere gaseliieere quite dark. Pkt. 10c, ¥ oz. 45c. 
giant, tulip-like flowers during latter part of July and continuing for ° . ° ° 
the rest of the season. 1 ft. Choice Varieties Mixed 

A desirable border plant, succeeding in any sunny position, but 
doing best in a damp place; grows 3 to 5 feet high, with large 
foliage and large, showy flowers of delicate coloring, produced dur- 
ing the entire summer. 

Finest Double Mixed F!°wers 
A very choice mixture of dwarf 
large and ° All-American winner. Semi-double; bright canary-yel- compact growing Lobelias; man 
double as roses, of every shade and Sunlite low Gray-green foliage. Pkt. 10c. varieties and shades. Pkt. Be, 
color. Sow seed out of doors in spring, Y% oz. 35c. 

where they are to bloom. Hardy peren- . 
nials. Pkt. 5c, Y/ 0z. 45c, oz. 80c. Helianthus (Double Dwarf Sun- Lilium Regale—The Regal Lily 
A dwarf variety, growing about 2% 
flower) feet high; flowers very double, rich, 
(Mammoth Fringed.) A : i 
Allegheny The flowers, which are golden yellow.) to T\inebes in diameteg eet ss. beautiful shade of canary-yellow at the center, and ex- 
3 to 5 inches in diameter, and either tending part way ‘up the trumpet. It is delightfully 
double or half double, are finely Lantana Hybrida ne ee ee hand: perfumed, reminding one of the jasmine, and lacking 

It is absolutely hardy, and is excellent for forcing. The 
flowers are white, slightly suffused with pink, with a 



fringed, cut and curled. Mixed pkt. 10c, ’ . “1 + the heavy, oppressive odor of most lilies. Blooms out 
Y% oz. 50c. SUE) ENS verbena-like heads, color very’ bril- of doors early in July, and seedling bulbs will flower 
jiant and constantly changing in hue; very fine. zs : 
Sewilkeed inl housemealinards pereaniaie: Mixed the second year. Lift the bulblets in fall and replant to 
& Pkt. 5c. 5 : greater depth in their permanent location. Pkt. 10c. 
Annual Indian Spring If sown 
; f in Feb- Li (Fl . Fl A fine, half 
ruary it will bloom freely in early ‘ inum owering ax) hardy — annual 
August, producing flowers of varying LARKSPUR with bright crimson flowers. Sow seed in the open 
attractive bright rose and rosy-carmine ground. Pkt. 5c. 
semi-double. It grows a central stem The culture of Annual Larkspur is quite easy. eR EE 
six feet in height. Both stem and They do best in a sunny position, in rich, well- Lychnis Very handsome, useful perennials of 
branches bear flowers. Awarded silver drained garden soil, free from fresh manure. As ‘ easy culture. Sow seed in March, trans- 
medal in 19389 All-America trials. they like cool weather in which to germinate and plant in open ground in May in partial shade. Choice 
Pkt. 5c. to grow best, seed should be sown as soon as the mixed. Pkt. 5c. 
frost is out of the ground. Do not sow in cold, 
wet ground, however. We suggest sowing seed where plants are to bloom, 
as they sometimes resent being transplanted. When seedlings are large 
enough to handle, thin tall varieties to stand 2 ft. apart, the dwarfer 
varieties, 1 ft. apart. 
New Giant Imperial Annual Larkspurs ope eer Noes 
branching Larkspurs with long straight upright flower spikes (2 to 4 
feet) are much superior to all others for cut-flowers. All colors, Mixed. 
Pkt. 10c, 4% oz. 30c. 
a Plants. branch freely, bearing 
Tall Double Stock flowered long spikes of beautiful double 
' flowers, 2% ft. Mixed. All colors. Pkt. 5c, Y oz. 25c. 
Mesembryanthemum 
Criniflorum (Livingstone Daisy) 4, proiusion of Aufly 
3 inches across, in every imaginable shade and color. Height, 8 inches. 
ews : The New Livingstone Dais 
Larkspur Flowers, small, pinkish white. Pkt. 10c. 2 © agra 
Giant Imperial Crystallinum. (Ice plant) : Height 8 inches. Pkt. 10c. Foliage covered with ice-like, glittering globules. 

