. Compliments of the season. Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs. THE GOUTVD FAMI LCJ. The Gourds are a numerous fam- ily, and exceedingly dissimilar in character. Indeed, many members are not generally known as Gourds, so we give first a list of what we may call the Gourd proper, and then describe other members of the tribe. The Gourds are a vigorous class of plants, admired principally on account of their curiously- formed and often strangely-colored fruits; the foliage is abundant, and often very curious. Useful for covering old trees, arbors, fences, e
. Compliments of the season. Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs. THE GOUTVD FAMI LCJ. The Gourds are a numerous fam- ily, and exceedingly dissimilar in character. Indeed, many members are not generally known as Gourds, so we give first a list of what we may call the Gourd proper, and then describe other members of the tribe. The Gourds are a vigorous class of plants, admired principally on account of their curiously- formed and often strangely-colored fruits; the foliage is abundant, and often very curious. Useful for covering old trees, arbors, fences, etc. The culture is the same as re- quired for Squashes, Melons, etc. A collection of the leading sorts is very interesting. The following are some of the most valuable of the family: 9ourd, Hercules' Club, large, long, club-shaped 5 Smallest Lemon, 5 Pear-formed, yellow and green, cream striped _ 5 Gooseberry, small, bright green 5 Striped Apple, small, yellow, beautifully striped _. 5 Egg-formed, the true Nest Egg Gourd 5 Orange, the well-known Mock Orange 5 Calabash, the old fashioned Dipper Gourd 5 Sugar Trough, or Sap-bucket 5 The following are handsome plants, mostly with delicately-cut foliage, white, fringe-like flowers, and pretty, small fruits, some of them highly colored. Gourd, Abobra vi rid If I ora, a beautiful climber, with delicate foliage, and oval, scarlet fruit _ 5 Bryonopsis laciniosa, foliage elegant.; fruit scarlet, striped with white 5 Luffa /Egyptica (Dish-rag, or Sponge Gourd), when ripe, the inside resembles fibrous cloth, and is used for scouring. 5 Momordica Balsamina (Balsam Apple), orange and red. '. 5 Momordica charantia (Balsam Pear), 5 Tricosanthes Colubrina, true Serpent Gourd 5 Cucumis odoratissi m us, fruit orange yellow, sometimes spotted with red, varying from the size of a plum to that of an orange; very fragrant _ 5 Coccinea lndica, a handsome climber, with glossy foliage and scarlet fruit 5 BO LI CM OS. Plant Dolichos seed in the
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