. Bliss and Sons' illustrated hand-book for the farm and garden for 1883 : containing a list of the best known and most poplular varieties of garden, field & flower seeds, with directions for their culture : also, a large assortment of plants, gladiolus, lilies, horticultural requisites, &c. Nursery stock New York (State) Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Seeds Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Agricultural implements Catalogs; Gardening Catalogs. 24 B. K. Bliss & Sons' Catalogue. No. 1141.— Cucumis Dipsaceus. No. a-or)ETi^. Price. A very desi
. Bliss and Sons' illustrated hand-book for the farm and garden for 1883 : containing a list of the best known and most poplular varieties of garden, field & flower seeds, with directions for their culture : also, a large assortment of plants, gladiolus, lilies, horticultural requisites, &c. Nursery stock New York (State) Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Seeds Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Agricultural implements Catalogs; Gardening Catalogs. 24 B. K. Bliss & Sons' Catalogue. No. 1141.— Cucumis Dipsaceus. No. a-or)ETi^. Price. A very desirable, free-flowering genus, attractive in beds, itiixed borders, and : ibbons; hardy annuals. 1122 Godetia alba, pure white; l^ft -§0,05 1123 — Jjady Albemarle, intense carmine crimson, compact habit, very beautiful; 1 ft. .15 1124 — fl. pi., purple; IJj ft 05 1125 — Tbe Britle, white, with a rich car- mine center; IVi ft 05 1126 — Whitneyil, pearly satin white; 1?6 ft .05 1130 — fine mixed 05 G-OXJRDS (Ornamental). (Includinrj Cucumis and Cucurhita.) The varieties in this collection have been selected either for the ornamental character of their foli- age, the singularity or symmetry of their fruit, or the variety and peculiarity of their coloring; some are of very large size and of curious form, while others areminlatures of various forms. The growth is as diversified as the fruit; some are vig- orous growers, others slender and delicate. Wher- ever grown they never fail to excite admiration. Cultivation the same as for squashes or melons. 1140 Cucumis Angaria, small yellow fruit, growing in iiairs 10 1141 — dipsaceus, yellow, teasel-like 10 1142 — flexuosiis, snake cucumber 10 1143 — mcdulliferus, scarlet, thorny 10 1144 — Melo Chito, variegated, brown and yellow, small oval fruit, very pretty 10 1145 — percnnis, foliage highly ornamental .10 1150 Cucurbita argyrosperma, fruits large and finely striped or mottled 10 1151 — digitata, foli
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