
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. 25c, %4 Ib. 85c. 
“i 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 desire 
Sugar Trough or Bucket Gourd able buckets. Pkt. 5c, oz. 25c. 
A valuable imitation and answers 
True Japanese Nest Egg Gourd the purpose well; rapid grower. Pkt. 
5c, oz. 25c. 
7 A valuable household article. Train the vine on fence or 
Dipper Gourd trellis and necks grow straight. Pkt. 5c, oz. 25c. 
= Odd-shaped fruit which is used in making pipes. 
Calabash or Pipe Gourd 9fd-chanee osc. 


Annual Lupinus 
* ‘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; 
YY oz. ‘25c. 
Perennial Lupinus 
1 Exquisite, tall, 
Improved Hybrids Bxauisite, ome 
with well-formed blooms in a wide range of 
the more delicate colors—creamy pink, 
orange, salmon, chocolate, lavender, etc.; 





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\. K many delicately scented. Pkt. 10c, %4 oz. Ay 
1 35c, Ye oz. 60c. Pas Sie May Z 
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Heliotrope 1 Well known fragrant plant = 4 yx WA EWN: 
Heliotrope of profuse flowering habit; gm Dy ; N\ pe 
excellent for bedding purposes or pot culture. Sow seed in the house. 
Half hardy perennials. Fine mixed. Pkt. 5c. 
HIBISCUS Dwarf plants, neat and compact 
in’ habit, for edgings, garden 
A desirable border plant, succeeding in any sunny position, but decofation, rock gardens, and pot 

BS OSS WA 7 1G SH doing best in a damp place; grows 3 to 5 feet high, with large culture. Plants are always a 
= Mf foliage and large, showy flowers of delicate coloring, produced dur- sheet of bloom. They grow and 
THIN AF ing the entire summer. bloom quickly from seed. Their 
DOUBLE’ height, 4 to 6 in., makes them 
aia sk = ADS A robust type of upright habit, producing ideal subjects for cemetery use, 
OLLYHO 2S Mallow Marvels an abundance of flowers of enormous size especially as edgings to taller 
ib in all the richest shades of crimson, pink and white; mixed colors. Plants. 
2 Pkt. 10c. Crystal Palace Com- 
ras Hunnemannia pacta 
Hollyhock ahese are majestic One of the most popular deep 
plants.5 to 7 feet : 1 Seed sown outdoors in May i i i 
high. Fine for background planting. Giant Yellow Tulip Poppy produces large quantities of ae a ee yo ase. 
giant, tulip-like flowers during latter part of July and continuing for : ° ge * 
the rest of the season. 1 ft. Choice Varieties Mixed 
Finest Double Mixed blah ee All-American winner. Semi-double; bright canary-yel- Av ety choice. mixture oe maae 
large and ; 3 compact growing Lobelias; many 
double as roses, of every shade and Sunlite low gray-green foliage. Pkt. 10c. varieties and shades. Pkt. 5c, 
color. or seed ook of oe in spring, 1% oz. 35c. 
where they are to bloom. ardy peren- ° 
1 Helianthus (Double Dwarf Sun- “Te ° 
pide ok te, Seek a geome uoum a Se O°: fi A ee variety, growing about 2% Lilium Regale The Regal Lily ; 
ower) feet high; flowers very double, rich, It is absolutely hardy, and is excellent for forcing. The » 
A ld Now bitonanchestnidi ter. Pkt. 5c. flowers are white, slightly suffused with pink, with a 
Allegheny ee ee asce) pie eT o 7 inches in diameter. Pkt. 5c.) cautiful shade of canary-yellow at the center, and ex- 
3 to bo inches Gm diameter, and. either Lantana Hybrida Free flowering, hand- tending part way up the trumpet. It is delightfully 






double or half double, are_ finely some plant. The flow- perfumed, reminding one of the jasmine, and lacking 
fringed, cut and curled. Mixed pkt. 10c, ers are in verbena-like heads, color very bril- the heavy, oppressive odor of most lilies. Blooms out . 
VY oz. 50c. liant and constantly changing in hue; very fine. of doors early in July, and seedling bulbs will flower 
Sow seed in house. Half hardy perennials. Mixed. the second year. Lift the bulblets in fall and replant to 
Pkt. 5c. gréater depth in their permanent location. Pkt. 10c. 
i 1 If sown 
Annual Indian Spring {7 {iy Linum (Flowering Flax) fray” aul 
ruary it will bipam freely in early L RKSPUR mvith bright\crimsontaowereeneere eee rae | 
August, producing flowers of varying A : seed in e 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. < 3 : 
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 1 s easy culture. Sow seed in March, trans- 
medal in 1939 All-America trials. they like cool weather in which to germinate and aie Pkt. ground in May in partial shade. Choice 
Pkt. 5c. to grow best, seed should be sown as soon as the ae Oe t. Sc. 
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 TPes? , 7%, .°?: 
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, 1% oz. 30c. 
Tall Double Stock-flowered Plants branch freely, bearing 
long spikes of beautiful double 
flowers, 2% ft. Mixed. All colors. Pkt. 5c, Y%4 oz. 25c. 
Mesembryanthemum 
Criniflorum (Livingstone Daisy) ih ypremnsion...Ge pany 
8 inches across, in every imaginable shade and color. Height, 8 inches. 
. ai 9 The New Livingstone Daisy 
Larkspur Flowers, small, pinkish white. Pkt. 10c. 
Giant Imperial Crystallinum. (Ice plant) 2 Height 8 inches. Pkt. 10c. Foliage covered with ice-like, glittering globules. 

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