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Crnamental Gourds, Mixed Pkt. 10¢. 
Ornamental Gourds 3 
The ripened fruits are used for ornaments 
and in recent years have become extremely 
popular for home decoration. Grow as you 
would any vine crop in good garden soil. 
LARGE FRUITED 
2956 Calabash Used for making pipes. 
2937 Dipper oz Siphon ~ Hollowed fruits 
will hold about one quart. Well known. 
2938 Dishcloth (Luffa) When ripe, the 
interior resembles fibrous cloth; dried and 
the seeds removed, it may be used as a 
sponge. Plants make a good screen. 
2939 Hercules Club Enormous, club- 
shaped fruits which grow 3 to 4 ft. long. 
2948 Sugar Trough Bottle-shaped fruits. 
SMALL FRUITED 
2931 Apple Shaped like an apple, round, 
light yellow to white, without markings. 
2935 Nest Egg White, egg-shaped fruits 
easily dried and commonlyused for nest eggs. 
2932 Orange In color and shape they 
resemble an orange. Heavier than apple. 
2934 Pear Shaped Striped and splashed 
with irregular bands of green and yellow. 
Any of the above Gourds: 
Pkt. 10¢; 12 oz. 20¢; oz. 35¢. 
2933 Spoon Gourd Small, slender-necked, 
green truits, marked orange, white, and 
light green. Pkt. 10¢; 14 oz. 30¢; oz. 50¢. 
2953 Fine Mixed All the above large and 
small-fruited varieties and some other good 
ones in mixture. An interesting collection. 
Pkt. 10¢; 14 oz. 20¢; oz. 35¢. 

Pkt. 10¢. 
Gypsophila, King of the Market 
Gypsophila 
Annual Baby’s Breath 
Well-known, open, bell-shaped blooms used 
so much for mixing with other flowers in 
bouquets and vases. Easy to grow in any 
soil. Blooms quickly; make several sowings 
two weeks apart for continuous display. 
1929 King of the Market Plants are 
rugged and upright in growth, bearing 
many sprays filled with very large, pure 
white flowers. Early bloomer. 2 ft. tall. 
Pkt. 10¢; oz. 30¢; 4 ozs. 90¢. 
2093 Rose Pure bright rose. 1% ft. 
Pkt. 10¢; oz. 30¢; 4 ozs. 90¢. 
2111 Carmine Rich carmine. 1% ft. 
Pkt. 10¢; oz. 35¢; 4 ozs. $1.00. 
2359 Scarlet New and distinct color. 20 in. 
Mkt. 10¢; oz. 35¢; 4 ozs. $1.00. 
Perennial Gypsophila, see page 112. 
Heliophila Cape Stock OD 
1930 Mixed Colors Large, gypsophila- 
like, open flowers freely produced in long 
racemes throughout the summer. Lovely 
mixture of unusual shades from the deepest 
to the lightest blue, as well as lavender, 
mauve and white. In the center of each 
flower is a creamy white eye of varying 
sizes. Fine for edgings and cutting. 1 ft. 
Pkt. 15¢; 4% oz. 75¢; 14 oz. $1.25. 

Heliotrope, Mme. Bruant Pkt. 15¢. 
Heliotrope 
Everyone loves the fragrance and beauty 
of heliotrope. Excellent bedding plants in 
summer; desirable pot-plants during winter. 
2100 Black King Dark purple flowers. 
2 ft. Pkt. 15¢; 4% oz. 50¢; 14 oz. 85¢. 
2101 Mme. Bruant Dark violet-blue flor- 
ets with a contrasting white eye. 1% ft. 
Pkt. 15¢; 4 oz. 50¢; 14 oz. 85¢. 
2109 Giant Hybrids, Mixed Many shades 
ranging from pure white to violet-blue. 
Very large heads of rare beauty. 2 ft. 
Pkt. 15¢; 4 oz. 40¢; 14 oz. 70¢. 
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Heteropappus& 
2066 Blue Daisy Bushy plants of rather 
compact habit with many upright stems. 
Each stem bears a large number ot lavender- 
blue to azure-blue flowers, 1 to 1% in. 
across. The color of the blue petals is 
accentuated by the bright yellow center. 
Desirable for cutting. Of easy culture. 18 in. 
Pkt. 15¢; "%A6 oz. 35¢; Vg oz. 60¢. 
Honesty 
3867 (Lunaria biennis) Grown exten- 
sively for the silvery white, paper-like, flat- 
tened partitions of the round seed pods, 
which, when dried, make attractive winter 
decorations. While it is a biennial, it will 
flower the first year if seed is sown early. 
Flowers are purple. Easily grown. 4 ft. 
Pkt. 15¢; 4 oz. 60¢; 1% oz. $1.00. - 
Annual Hollyhock 
Named “Annual’’ because the plants will 
flower the first season from seed if sown 
early. While plants will bloom the first 
year, they will live over the winter and last 
for several years. Blooms for many weeks 
during the summer. Nice for backgrounds. 
2012 Indian Spring Semi-double fringed 
flowers in shades of pink from bright rose 
to rosy carmine. Grows 4 to 5 ft. high. 
Pkt. 15¢; 4% oz. 45¢; 14 oz. 75¢. 
2110 Mixed Single, semi-double and dou- 
ble flowers in a wide range of beautiful col- 
ors. 6 ft. tall. Valued for backgrounds. 
Pkt. 10¢; 14 oz. 30¢; 12 oz. 50¢. 
Perennial Hollyhocks, see page 113. 


Helichrysum, Fire Ball ‘Pkt. 10¢. 
Helichrysum 
Strawflowers—Everlasting 
Our improved strain produces large and 
fully double flowers, often 2% in. and more 
across; they are borne profusely from mid- 
summer until late fall. Helichrysums are 
the most widely grown of all Everlastings 
for winter bouquets. 2% ft. tall. 
2840 Fire Ball Brilliant metallic crimson. 
2842 Golden Ball Silky golden yellow. 
2847 Rose Queen Various shades of rose. 
2844 Snowball Glistening white; popular. 
2849 Violet Queen Deep purplish violet. 
2845 Canary Yellow Unusually rich color. 
Any of the above Helichrysums: 
Pkt. 10¢; 14 oz. 30¢; 12 oz. 50¢. 
2846 Mixed Colors Carefully blended 
mixture of the above and other colors. 
Pkt. 10¢; 14 oz. 25¢; oz. 75¢. 
7615 COLLECTION 
Six Pretty Strawflowers 
6 Pkts.—one each of the above 6 
named separate varieties 
(value 60¢) for only 40¢ 

Hunnemannia 
Santa Barbara Poppy 
Grows anywhere but does best in a well- 
limed, rather sandy soil. July until frost. 
The yellow poppy-like flowers are excellent 
for vases when cut while in bud. 2 ft. 
2112 Fumariaefolia Large golden yellow 
flowers with orange anthers. Very showy. 
Pkt. 10¢; 14 oz. 25¢; 14 oz. 40¢. 
2096 Sunlite Semi-double, canary-yellow 
blooms. The extra rows of short petals are 
on the outside of the tulip-shaped flowers. 
Pkt. 15¢; 14 oz. 50¢; 14 oz. 85¢. 
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Ice Plant, Crystallinum Pkt. 10¢. 
Ice Plant Mesembryanthemum RR) 
2116 Crystallinum (Fig Marigold) Dwart, 
trailing, succulent plants. Leaves are cov- 
ered with ice-like globules so that they 
glitter and sparkle as if frosted with ice. 
Small, pinkish white flowers. The plants 
make a wonderful ground cover. 6 in. 
Pkt. 10¢; 14 oz. 25¢; 2 oz. 40¢. 
Kochia 
2119 Giant Christmas Symmetrical oval 
plants, 3 ft. tall, resembling an ornamental 
evergreen. Fine for hedges. Light green 
foliage turns carmine in late fall. Easily 
grown. Pkt. 10¢;i1% oz. 25¢; oz. 40¢- 
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