MAKE A MEME View Large Image Everything for the garden (16389202751).jpg R THE GAIRDEH - F <br> AFRICAN PIPE GOURD <br> A luxuriant rapid-growing annual <br> climber adaptable to all purposes for <br> which climbing plants are used ; and be- <br> sides it produces the ...
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Keywords: Everything for the garden (16389202751).jpg R THE GAIRDEH - F <br> AFRICAN PIPE GOURD <br> A luxuriant rapid-growing annual <br> climber adaptable to all purposes for <br> which climbing plants are used ; and be- <br> sides it produces the Ornamental Gourds <br> from which are made the African Cala- <br> bash pipes now so popular on account of <br> their lightness grace and meerschaum <br> coloring qualities <br> When grown for the production of Pipe <br> Gourds the vines are usually allowed to <br> grow on the ground like Cucumbers <br> Pumpkins etc so that the fruits in place <br> of hanging down and growing straight <br> will take their natural pipe curve; though <br> if grown on trellis the Gourds may be <br> shaped by tying up with cheese cloth or <br> by using perforated boards with pegs <br> Directions for growing curing and mak- <br> ing pipes from these Gourds are sent with <br> every package of seed See cut Pkt ISc <br> GODETIA <br> Showy garden annuals of compact <br> growth about 1 foot high bearing freely <br> flowers 3 to 4 inches across of exquisite <br> colors and shades that glisten in the sun- <br> light like satin Splendid either bedded or <br> grown in pots <br> Crimson Glow Intense dazzling crimson <br> Pkt 10c <br> Marchioness of Salisbury Of compact <br> bushy growth with exquisite rose-pink <br> flowers edged with white Pkt 10c <br> White Pearl Large glistening pure white <br> flowers Pkt 10c <br> Finest Mixed Varieties 5c <br> Collection of above 3 varieties 25c <br> GYPSOPHILA <br> Paris Market An improved large- <br> flowering variety of G -paniculate It <br> forms branching plants about 2 feet high <br> fairly smothered all summer long with <br> graceful clusters of snow-white flowers <br> half an inch across A pretty garden <br> annual and of great value for bouquets <br> vases etc See cut Pkt 10c <br> Double-flowering Cpaniculatafl pl A <br> new type bearing in profusion racemes <br> of double white flowers which last long in <br> perfection; 50 percent may be expected <br> to come double the balance single-flower- <br> ing plants Pkt 25c <br> HELICHRYSUM or STRAWFLOWERS <br> Monstrosum These improved double Strawflowers produce much <br> larger and more double flowers than the old varieties They are <br> showy garden annuals of free growth producing abundantly during <br> the summer their large flowers full and double valuable Everlast- <br> ing for winter bouquets; 2 to 3 feet high <br> Silver Ball White Pkt 10c <br> Fireball Scarlet 10c <br> Golden Ball Rich yellow 10c <br> Rose Queen Carmine-rose Pkt 10c <br> Salmon Queen Salmon-pink 10c <br> Violet Queen Violet 10c <br> Mixed Colors 10c <br> Collection of above 6 varieties 1 pkt each 50c <br> HELIOTROPE <br> Giant-flowering The heads of bloom of this new type often <br> measure a foot across; the plants 18 inches high are healthy bushy <br> and compact; the leaves are large and luxuriant Seed sown in the <br> spring produces full-grown profuse-flowering plants by July which <br> flower in the garden until cut down by frost or may be grown in pots <br> for winter flowers See cut <br> Lemoine's Giant Blue Deep blue Pkt 15c <br> Lemoine's Giant White Pearly-white 15c <br> Lemoine's Giant Hybrid Mixed Colors 10c <br> HIBISCUS or MARSH MALLOWS <br> These are showy hardy plants forming bushes about 3 feet high bearing <br> immense bowl-like flowers often 6 inches across <br> Rose-pink With white base Pkt 10c <br> Giant Yellow Yellow garnet throat 10c <br> HONESTY or LUNARIA <br> Biennis Hardy biennial thriving almost anywhere; especially useful in <br> shady damp places; the flowers of purple crimson or white are followed <br> by silvery transparent seed pods; prized for winter bouquets; height <br> 2 feet <br> Mixed Colors Pkt 10c <br> ORNAMENTAL GOURDS <br> Favorite annual climbers of rapid growth <br> having luxuriant foliage and being immune <br> from insect pests They bear fruits known as <br> Ornamental Gourds ; vine 10 to 30 feet <br> Julius' Knob Kerrie This new variety <br> produces on each vine a number of fruits <br> or Gourds of fantastic shape To the ball-like <br> base ” 3 to 4 inches in diameter ” is attached <br> a slender handle or stem 2 and often 3 feet <br> in length While developing they are deep <br> green in color changing as they mature to a <br> richly mottled yellow See cut Pkt 10c <br> Dipper-shaped 5c <br> Nest Egg White egg-like fruits 5c <br> Hercules' Club Green fruit 2 to 5 feet long 5c <br> Chinese Loofa Dish-rag Gourd The fi- <br> brous interior can be used as a sponge 5c <br> Serpent Trichosanthes Longredfruit 5c <br> Spoon Small; yellow with green 10c <br> Mock Orange Golden-orange 5c <br> Powder Horn Green 5c <br> Turk's Turban Red lower portion green <br> striped white 5c <br> Mixed Ornamental <br> Varieties 5c <br> Collection of <br> above 11 Or- <br> namental <br> Gourds <br> 60c <br> HENDERSON'S GARDEN GUIDE and RECORD <br> answers the 101 perplexing questions and <br> gives much information about gardening <br> FREE <br> with orders of 1 00 or over <br> if asked for See 2d page cover 43874886 149634 78295 Page 94 Text http //www biodiversitylibrary org/page/43874886 c1915 10 5962/bhl title 78295 Henry G Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection ; Peter Henderson Co NameFound G -paniculate NameFound Godetia NameConfirmed Godetia EOLID 5466836 NameBankID 3471363 NameFound Gypsophila NameConfirmed Gypsophila EOLID 59327 NameBankID 2646576 NameFound Helichrysum NameConfirmed Helichrysum EOLID 11269353 NameBankID 2576454 NameFound Hibiscus NameConfirmed Hibiscus L EOLID 60741 NameFound Julius NameConfirmed Julius NameBankID 4209283 NameFound Lunaria NameConfirmed Lunaria L EOLID 71299 NameFound Trichosanthes NameConfirmed Trichosanthes L EOLID 61242 Biodiversity Heritage Library Everything for the garden 1915 Garden Stories Books Bulbs Plants Catalogs Equipment and supplies Flowers Gardening Lawn mowers Seeds U S Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Library bhl page 43874886 dc identifier http //biodiversitylibrary org/page/43874886 bhlGardenStories BHLinbloom bulbs plants u s department of agriculture national agricultural library bhlgardenstories bhlinbloom Information field Flickr posted date ISOdate 2015-01-28 Check categories 2015 August 25 CC-BY-2 0 BioDivLibrary https //flickr com/photos/61021753 N02/16389202751 2015-08-25 02 53 07 cc-by-2 0 PD-old-70-1923 Everything for the garden 1915 Photos uploaded from Flickr by Fæ using a script
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