Farquhar's catalogue of seeds 1900 : plants, bulbs tools fertilizers, sundries . fruit, striped yellow and dark green 05 4025 Bottle-Shaped. Fruit yellowish white with circles of dark green 05 4035 Dipper-Shaped. The fruit is of slender neck-likeform for two-thirds of its length, widening at the apexin the form of a bowl. In tropical countries the pulpbeing removed, the shells are dried and used by thenatives as dippers. No. Pkt. GOURDS —Continued. 4040 Dish-Cloth. (Chinese Loofa, or SpongeGourd.) A very ornamental climberwith large, deep,golden yellow flowers extensively grown in China andJap
Farquhar's catalogue of seeds 1900 : plants, bulbs tools fertilizers, sundries . fruit, striped yellow and dark green 05 4025 Bottle-Shaped. Fruit yellowish white with circles of dark green 05 4035 Dipper-Shaped. The fruit is of slender neck-likeform for two-thirds of its length, widening at the apexin the form of a bowl. In tropical countries the pulpbeing removed, the shells are dried and used by thenatives as dippers. No. Pkt. GOURDS —Continued. 4040 Dish-Cloth. (Chinese Loofa, or SpongeGourd.) A very ornamental climberwith large, deep,golden yellow flowers extensively grown in China andJapan. Fruit large and elongated with a spongy net-work of tough fibre inside, which when dried is usedby the Japanese to form the soles of sandals. It isalso used like a sponge for bathing 05 4045 Egg-Shaped. A Japanese gourd with small, white fruit resembling an egg 05 4050 Gooseberry. Small, dark green fruit resembling gooseberries; fine climber 05 HerculesClub. Club-shaped fruit, four feet long. .05 Lemon-Shaped. Fruit small 05 Orange-Shaped. Small 05 ££> 405540604065. FAR-SHAPED GOURD. 4070 Pear-Shaped. Striped; very pretty 05 4075 Serpent-Shaped. Fruit striped like a serpent; threeto five feet in length and very slender; changing to carmine when ripe 05 4080 Sugar=Trough. Large pumpkin-shaped fruit; shells used as water calabashes. .05 4085 Teasel. Small fruit, covered with spines 05 4086 Turks Turban. Turban-shaped fruit, beautifully striped with red 05 GRASSES, Ornamental. See No. GREVILLEA Robusta. (Silk Oak.) This is oneof our most useful decorative plants easily raised fromseed and of remarkably rapid growth. Its gracefulevergreen fern-like foliage, combines admirably withpalms and other massive-leaved plants ; it is a charm-ing table plant and can be employed in many ways,either in the conservatory or summer garden 10 GYPSOPHILA. (Babys Breath.) Free flowering, hardy plants; extremely light and graceful, easy of cultivation, and most useful for bouquet
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