. Curtis, Cobb & Washburn's amateur cultivator's guide to the flower and kitchen garden for 1878. Nursery stock Massachusetts Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Kitchen gardens Catalogs. rOPHOSPERMUM SCANDENS. MACRANDTA BABCLAVANA. 10 MAURANDYA. Nat. Obd., Scmphulariacem. The most graceful and free-flowering of soft-wooded climbers, whether for the ornamentation of the conservatory and greenhouse, or for nillars, trellis-work, aud veranda-s in the flower-garden. The elTect produced by tne profusion of elegant and varied-colored flowers is strikingly beautiful. Blooms the firat season from s


. Curtis, Cobb & Washburn's amateur cultivator's guide to the flower and kitchen garden for 1878. Nursery stock Massachusetts Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Kitchen gardens Catalogs. rOPHOSPERMUM SCANDENS. MACRANDTA BABCLAVANA. 10 MAURANDYA. Nat. Obd., Scmphulariacem. The most graceful and free-flowering of soft-wooded climbers, whether for the ornamentation of the conservatory and greenhouse, or for nillars, trellis-work, aud veranda-s in the flower-garden. The elTect produced by tne profusion of elegant and varied-colored flowers is strikingly beautiful. Blooms the firat season from seed. Half-hardy perennial. 831 Maurandya Barclayana. Rich violet. 10 feet 832 Alba. White. 10 feet 10 833 Cocciiiea. Scarlet. 10 feet 10 834 Semperflorens, Alba. White. 10 feet 10 835 Rosea. Rose. 10 feet 10 830 Mixed. Above mixed 10 MORNING GLORY. Nat. Ord., Convdndacea. 837 Morning Glory^ Mixed. The finest varieties. 20 feet 05 MOMORDICA. Nat. Ord., Cucurbitacece. The Squirting Cucumber; an annual gourd-like plant, with woolly leaves and golden-yellow flowers, the fruit of which resembles a small cucumber, and, when ripe, bursts the moment it is touched, scattering its seeds, and the half-liquid pulpy matter in which they are contained, to a considerable distance. Half-hardy annual. 838 Momordicn Balsamlna (Balsam Apple). From East Indies. 10 feet . 839 Charauti (Balsam Pear). From East Indies. 10 feet .. .05 .06 PASSION-FLO tVER. Nat. Obd., Patsiflwacea. A splendid class of climbers, with curious flowers produced in great profusic; fine for conservatory, or will answer for the garden; flowering freely during the autumn. 840 Passiflora. Fine mixed 70. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Curtis, Cobb & Washburn Seed and Horticultural Warehouse; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog


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