1939 gladiolus, hardy plants, bulbs, roots : Esther's Gourd House, gourds, decoratives / the Libis Gardens ; L.J. Libis.

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THE GLAb.r6i.us

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Large size bulbs quoted --l-^- inches in diameter and up. Quotations on
medium and small bulbs, and bulblets given on request. Bulbs priced per
12 and per 100; 6 sold at 12 rate, 50 at 100 rate.

Light Pink

BETTY CO-ED, medium sized florets

BREAK O’ DAY, very early

GIANT NYMPH, extra good commercial

MARIAN KOCH, original needlepoint variety

MATIN SONG, cameo pink

MRS. CALVIN COOLEDGE, medium florets

MRS. P. W. SISSON, charming cameo pink

MRS. T. E, LANGFORD, delicate pink, ruffled

REVERIE, pale shrimp pink, cream throat

ROSE MARIE PFITZER, very light creamy pink

Pink

BETTY -NUT HALL, orange pink
CATHERINE COLEMAN, coral pink
CORAL REEF, geranium pink
FRANK J. McCOY, two tone pink
GLORIANA, golden salmon pink
LONGFELLOW, pure pink

LOS ANGELES, good forcing variety, early
MRS. LEON DOUGLAS, very large, salmon pink
MILDRED LOUISE, extra good, salmon pink
OHIO STATE, oxtra early, lavender pink
OSALIN, deep coral

PICARDY, sensational, large salmon pink
SALBACH’S ORCHID, lavender rose pink
TYCKO ZA1JG, late deep pink, large bloom
WELCOME, coral pink

White and Cream White

ALBATROS, pure white

BRIDAL VEIL, ruffled bloom, greenish tinged
HELEN WILLS , chalk white, yellowish throat
JERSEY CREAM, real cream color (each .15)

MAID OF ORLEANS, most popular white
MAGNA BLANCA, extra tall, ivory color
MAMMOTH WHITE, large bloom, pure white
MARY ELIZABETH, ruffled white, canary yellow

throat

MILADY IMOGENE, early, small floret
STAR OF BETHLEHEM, largo snow white
WHITE BUTTERFLY, small decorative type

Blush White

BLEEDING HEART, white, tinted pink, rod blotch
OLIVE GOODRICH, tinted pink, darker edges

Price

Price

per 12

per 100

.50

$3.00

.50

3.00

.50

3.00

.50

3.00

.50

3.00

.50

3.00

.50

3.00

.60

.70

.80

.50

3.00

.50

3.00

.50

3.00

.50

3.00

.50

3.00

.50

3.00

.40

2.60

.50

3.00

.60

4.00

.50

.50

3.00

.50

3.60

.60

.40

2.60

.50

3.00

.60

4.00

.50

3.00

.60

4.00

.60

4.00

.70

.60

.60

4.00

.40

2.60

1.00

.40

2.60

.50

3.00

.50

3.00

THE LIB IS GARDENS
Lavenaer

per 12

ELIZABETH LIBIS, early, large, blooms, orchid

lavender, cream throat $ ,50

IDABELLE FIRESTONE, clear rose lavender (each .10)
MINUET, very popular lavender .60

REMINISCENCE, amaranth purple .50

THE ORCHID, small florets resembling an orchid .40

Purple ana Violet

AIDA, deep violet .60
AVE MARIA, light blue violet .60,
CHARLES DICKENS, pure purple ,50’
PELEGRINA, very dark blue violet .60
PRIM PURPLE, pure purple, small floret .40
ROSEWOOD, shades of maroon and purple .50
VEILCHENBLAU, medium blue violet .60
WEDGEWOOB, deep violet purple .60

Orange ana buff

APRICOT GLOW, pure buff apricot .40
HAPPY THOUGHT, ruffled, orange .60
LA PALOMA, vivid orange .50
OLIVE MARIE BROWN, buff (each f.10)

ORANGE BUTTERFLY, bronzy orange .60
ORANGE QUEEN, clear light orange .50
RADIANT ORANGE, clear apricot orange .50
SENORITA, orange .50
SPIRIT OF ST. LOUIS, burnt orange .50
WASAGA, buff .50
PARADISE, apricot buff .60

Ye j. low

GOLD EAGLE, early yellow .50
GOLDEN DREAM, late yellow .50
GOLDEN FRILLS, ruffled, red line on lower petal .40
GOLDEN SWALLOW, light yellow .40
LOYALTY, deep yellow ,50
PRIMROSE PRINCESS, light yellow .60
TOBERSUN, late yellow .50
BETSY BOB UP, very tall, light yellow .50

Red ana Scarlet

AFLAME, scarlet rose .50
COMMANDER KOEHL, rich deep red .60
CPIMSON GLOW, velvety red .50
DR. F. E. BENNETT, brilliant scarlet .50
PFITZER’S TRIUMPH, bright rose scarlet .50
RED RHIPPS, pure red .60
SOUTHERN CROSS, clear medium red .50
MOROCCO, maroon red .60

per 100

$3.00

4.00

3.00

2.60

4.00

4.00

4.00

2.60

2.60

3.00

3.00

3.00

3.00

3.00

3.00

2.60

2,60

3.00
4. '00
3.00

THE LIB IS GARDENS

ROSE RED

Price

Price

per 12

per 100

ORIENTAL SILK, deep, silky rose

$ ,40

$2.60

PRIDE OF WANAKAH, lavender rose

.50

3.00

RED LORY, carmine rose

.60

4.00

SMOKY

BAGDAD, old rose

.50

3.00

EMILE AUBRUN, coppery bronze

.50

MARMORA, lavender gray

.60

MOTHER MACHREE, pink, orange gray, violet .60

THE LI BIS GARDENS SUPERB COLLECTION,

large size bulbs

3.00

C A N N A S

Started plants of Cannas during May and early June of the following varities?
CITY OF PORTLAND, pink

KING HUMBERT, bronze leaves, scarlet flowers
RICHARD VfALLACE, yell#w

ROSEMOND COLES, reddish orange with yellow border
THE PRESIDENT, the best red

Each 15 cents, per hundred $12.50.

NARCISSUS, TULIPS, HYACINTHS, CROCUS AND SCILLA

Visit our gardens during blooming season to select varities for fall planting
of these bulbs. Our gardens contain many of the standard and new varities.

Vfe grow the following list of Tulips, mostly Darwin varities, and furnish them
also in imported stock, the best grade, top size bulbs. Fifty cents per dozen.

and up, and $3.00 per hundred and up.

AFTERGLOW, orange blend
BARTTGON, red
CLARA BUTT, pink
FANTASY, rose, parrot tulip
FAUST, purple
GLORIA SWANSON, red
INDIAN CHIEF, red copper
INGLESCOMBE YELLOW, yellow
LOUIE XIV, blue, violet blend
LA TULIFE NOIRE,- ' blackish maroon

LORD CARNAVON, pink, edged white
MRS. MOON, light yellow
PRINCESS ELIZABETH, deep pink
PRIDE OF HAARLEM, bright red
REV. EWBANR, lavender
WHITE CITY, white
WILLIAM PITT, red
YELLOW GIANT, yellow
ZWANENBURG , white

THE LIJ3IS GARDENS

HARDY PLANTS (PERENNIALS)

AJUGA Replans (clump)

ASTER FRIKARTI (Wonder of Staf'fa) Lavender biue flowers
ASTER STAR OF WARTBURG, Large, Spring Blooming, nlac flowers
ANTHEMIS, Hardy Marguerite (ciump)

ARTFJESIA, Lactifiora (clump)

.15 to

.25

.50

.25

.25

.25

AQUILEGIA (Columbine) WALLER-FRANKLI N STRAIN, blue shades
m ti " tt n pink shades

" tt it ir h hybrids

" "* CRIMSON STAR, (English Strain)

»»* »* White

" '» MRS* SCOTT ELLIOT* S HYBRIDS

.35

.35

.33

.33

.35

.25

BAPTIST A,
CARNATION)

dark biue flowers
Grenadine, Various colors

.13

.25

.25

.33

CERASTIUM, Tomentorum

.15 -

.25.

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Haray Garden Varieties, -Standard,

Korean,

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} and New Varieties

Plants ready for planting during May

and

eariy June.

ALADDIN, bronze

.13

MOONLIGHT, pale yellow

.15.

ALICE SELKIRD CLARK, orange

.33

MRS. HARRISON, light pink

.15

APOLLO, apricot

.13

MURCURY, bronze red

.15

ARGENTEUI LLAI S , deep red

.13

OURAY, bronze

.15

CERES, cnamois yellow

.13

PI NK LUSTRE, Orchid pink

.35

CHEERFULNESS, yellow button

.13

PROFUSION, bronzy gold

.25

DAPHNE, rose pink:

.13

PSYCHE, shell pink

.25

ENCHANTNESS, deep pink

.15

RAPTURE, orange carmine

.15

ENDEAVOR, -Light pink

.33

SAPPHO , yellow

.25

EXCELSIOR, yellow

.13

SUNBRIGHT, yellow

.15

GLORY OF SEVEN OAKS, yellow

.13

VESTA, golden orange

.25

KING MIDAS, extra good yellow

.33

WARRIOR, maroon

.15

LOUISE SCHLING, wine red

.15

WHITE DOTY

.15

MARS, deep wine red

.13

PINK CUSHION

.15

YELLOW CUSHION

.25

BRONZE CUSHION

.25.

ROSE CUSHION

.25

WHITE CUSHION

.23

DAISY, Hartje & Elder (clump)

.25

» Shasta, improved «

.35

»' silver Star, late blooming

(clump)

.35

DELPHINIUM- Engiisn Hybrids

.35 -

.50

11

11

New "pacific” Vatterie and Remelt Strain
Chinense

.73

-1.00

.33

THE LIB IS GARDENS

HARDY PLANTS (Cont'd)

DIANTHUS,

Plumarius

( Clove

Pinks )

Alb us Plenus

5 .35

u

11

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Spring Beauty

• 35

u

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Semper Florens

.35

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11

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Highland Rose Queen

.35

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11

Hybrids

- • 35

DORONICUM, yellow daisy like flowers *25 -.35

GRASSES- Hardy Oriental Plume, Erianthus Ravennae .75

n ” S1 n Eulalia, Japan Rush .35

15 H u u n Variegated Japan Rush .35

u w is u w Zabrina .50

GYPSOPHILA- Bristol Fairy (Baby's Breath) .35,

GEUM-Borisi, orange flowers
M Mrs. Bradshaw, red
n Mrs. Stratheden, yellow

clump .25 - *35

HEMEROC ALLIS (Day Lily)

APRICOT, apricot orange .50
ANNA BETS CHER, apricot yellow. 75
BAY STATE, yellow .35
CR’ESSIDA, early orange .50
D. I. WYMAN, twany yellow .35
DR. REGAL, orange, early .50
FLAVA, lemon .35
GOLDEN DREAM , orange .50
GOLDENI , orange .50
GYPSY, reddish orange .50
HESPERUS, largest apricot 4.50
KWANSO, coppery red .35
HYPERION, lemon yellow .75

J. A. CRAWFORD, golden yellow .50
J. R. MANN, apricot .50
LADY FERMOY HESKETH, apricot 3.00
LEMONA, lemon *50
MARGARET PERRY, orange red *75
MODESTY, lemon .50
MES. A. H. AUSTIN, orange .75
MRS. W. H. WYMAN, yellow .50
OPKIR, yellow 1.00
SUNNY WEST, canary yellow 3.00
SUNSET, copper red 1.00
WAUBUN, yellow flushed

terra-cotta 3.00

IRIS

Visit the Libis Gardens during blooming season and see the wonderful
new Irises, selecting varities for your own garden, if you so desire.

BEARDED IRIS

ALTA CALIFORNIA, yellow J . 50
BLUE HILL, blue 1 .25
BLUE VELVET, blue violet .35
BRUNO, violet and buff ,25
BUECKLEY’S GIANT, lavender

blue # 50
BUTO, deep violet .20
CLARA NOYES, yellow blend ,20
COPPERSMITH, reddish copper .^5
DAUNTLESS, deep rod .35
DEPUTE NOMBLOT, bronzo

purple .35
DESERT GOLD, yellow .35
DOGROSE, pink .35
DURE OF BEDFORD, dark violet .25
EL CAPITAN, lavender blue ,50
ELEANOR ROOSEVELT, dark

purple .25

EVOLUTION, blue blond $ .25
FREDA MOHR, lavender pink .25
GRACE S'TURTEVANT, bronze

purple *35
INDIAN CHIEF, red bicolor .20
LOS ANGELES, white pi i cat a .25
D1AGENTM, purple .25
MARY GEDDES, yellow blend 1.00
MELDORIC, black- purple 1.00
MIDGARD, pink blond .20
MORNING SPLENDOR, purple .25
MRS. MARION CRAN, pink .15
NEBRASKA, deep yellow .25
PAULETTE, light blue .50
PERSIA, blue blend .25
PKEBUS, yellow .35
PINK SATIN, pink .25

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HARDY PLANTS (Gont'd)

BEARDED IRIS (Cont'd)

PLUIE D»OR, yellow $ .20 SENSATION, light blue f .25

PRESIDENT PILKINGTON blue blend .25 SHASTA, white .15

FURI3SIMA, white .35 SIERRA BLUE, medium blue 1.00

RAMISES, pink blend .25 VENUS DE MILO, white .35

REALM, medium blue .15 W’aMLLISKa, white .25

SAN FRANCISCO, blue plicata .25 WINNESHIEK, deep blue violet .50

SikNTA BARBARA, medium blue .25 WILLIAM MOHR, lavender .20

SELENE, white .25

DWARF IRIS

PURPLL, PURPLE VIOLET, YELLOW, WHITE each large clump .25

JAPANESE IRIS

Fascination, mac

GEKKa-NO-NAMI, creamy white
ISO-NO-NaMI, rose anu blue over white
KUM0-N0-0BI, rose lavender
MAHOGANY, mahogany, red

Price of each of the above, good sized

SIBERIAN IRIS, deep blue

LIATRIS (Gay -feather)

LILIES -Madonna each .20 - .35

" Regal » .10 - .25

" " doz. 1.00 - 2.00

MERTEN SI a, blue boll ....

MATCHLESS, blue veined white
PURPLE aNL GOLD, violet purple

and gold

QUEEN OF THE BLUES, blue and gold

SHiiDOW, purple

SEa CRIST, white edged blue

clump $■ .50

large clump

.25

$.25

.35

TENUI FOLIUM

each

.15

TIGER

n

.15

.30

UMBELLaTDM

IT

.15

.30

.35

PEONIES

brand* s magnificent, late red .50

BELLE MAUVE, ueep pink .50
BaRONESS SCHROEDER, white .75
BENJ/iMIN FRiiNKLIN, red .50
CHARLES McKLLLIP, dark red .50
CHESTINE GOWDY, shell pink .50
EDULIS SUPERB*i, early pink ..50
FESTIVa MAXIM*!, popular white .50
FLASHLIGHT, ueep rose, Jap. single

1.00

JUBILEE, white 1.00
KARL ROSENFIELD, red .50
LAURii DESSERT, best yellow 1.00
LORa DEXHEIMER, red 1.00

LONGFELLOW, reu 1.00
MIKii.DC, crimson Jap. single 1.00
luvui aLEX. DUFF shell pink 1.00

Maude l. Richardson pink 1.00
MON 3 . JULES ELIE, pink .75
MiiRY BRaND, popular red .50
REINE HORTENSE, large pink .75
S.JRilH BERNHARDT, rose pink .75
oUSaN b. ANTHONY, blush white .50
3UZETTE DESSERT, rose red .50
THERESE, pink .75
TOURENGELLE, light pink 1.00
WALTER FiOCON , real pink 1.00
elNNEFRED DOME, bright red .50

THE LI BIS GARDENS

HARDY PLANTS (Cont'd)
PHLOX (Tall growing).

AFRICA, bright red fr

.25

E. J. FARRINGTON, pink

$ .25

AUGUSTA (Pat.) rose

• 50

FUERBRAND, orange scarlet

b- .25

B. COMPTE, purplish red, late

.25

IvLuRICHaL FRENCH, rea

•25

Caroline VaNDENBURG, lavender

MISS LlNGARD, white

.25

blue

.35

MRS. JENKINS, white

.25

COLUMBIA, (Pat) light pink

• 35

MRS. W. VAN BEUNINGEN, rose

.35

COUNT ZEPPELIN, white, red

.25

RIJNSTROOM, rose pink

.25

ENCHaNTNESS, salmon pink

.25

P. D. WILLIAMS, rose pink

.25

ETHEL PRITCHaRD, lavender

.25

PHLOX

SUBTIL ATA (Trailing)

ALBA, white; ATRO PURPUREA, red; BLUE HILL,

light blue; ROSEA, rose pink;

VIVID, pink

each large clump

.25

POPPIES -ORIENTAL

f

BEAUTY OF LIVERMORE, rod

»35

MRS. PERRY, pink

.25

CaVaLIER, scarlet red

.75

OLYMPIA (uouble) scarlet

.35

GOLD OF OPEIR, golden orange

.75

ORIENTALE, scarlet

.35

LULU A. NEELEY, ox-blood red

.35

PERRY’S A HITE

.35

MANDARIN, Chinese red

.75

SPLENDOR, large late pink

.75

MAY SADLER, pink

.35

NURTEMBERGlA, rose red

.35

PACHYSiiNDRA, evergreen ground cover

( perhunc .red)

5.00

PENSTEMON, Grandiflora

.35

" Pubescens

.35

PRIMULA (Primrose) white, cream, orange, red, blue

.15

.35

PULMONARIA,* blooms much like Mertensia, but earlier

.35

PYRETHRUM, shaues of pink, rose ariu rod

.35

RANUNCULUS, double buttercup

.15

.25

STaTICE, (sea. lavender)

.25

STOKESIA, blue

.35

SEDUMS, many varities of the various Sedums or Rock Plants, priced

according to size of the clump, mostly

.25

SEMPERV I VUM , Tectorum

clump

.25

THALICTRUM, in white ark. rose

.25

.50

THERMPOSIS, (Caroline Lupine) yellow flowers

.25

TROLLIUS, shades of lemon and orange

.35

VERONICA, Longii'olia Subsessilis,

clump

.35

" Blue Spire

it

.35

VIOLETS (Sweet) Prince of Wales

n

.25

" 11 Rosina

11

.35

YUCCA-ever green foliage, creamy white flowers, 4 year

plant

.75

THE LIB IS GARDENS

ROSES

Northern Ohio Field Grown Rose Bushes* Best No. 1 Plants.

HYBRID TEA

Alii QUINARD, blackish maro on $

.60

KAISERIN A. VICTORIA, white

§ .60

AUTUMN, burnt orange red

.60

LADY ASHTOWN, pink

.60

BETTY UP RICHARD, salmon pink

.60

LADY MARGARET STEWART, orange

.60

BETTER T IMES (Pat.) cerise red

1.00

MARGARET McGREDY, orange scarlet

.60

COLUMBIA, pink

.60

McGREDY1 S SCARLET, rose scarlet

.60,

CONDESA de S AST AGO, copper red

.75

MME. EDOUARD HERRIOT, coral red

.60

COUNTESS VANDAL (Pat.) pink

1.00

MME. JOSEPH PERRARD, coral

1.00

CUBA, orange, red

.75

MME. JULES BOUCHE, white

.60

DAINTY BESS, shell pink, single

*75

MRS. E. P. THOM, yellow"”

.60

DAME EDITH HELEN, pink

.60

MRS. HENRY BOWLES, pink

.60

EDITOR McFARLAND, deep pink

.60

MRS. SAM McGREDY, orange scarlet

,75

E. G. HILL, red

.60

MRS. W. C. MILLER, pink

.60

ETOILE de H OLLANDE, red

,60

RADIANCE, pink

.60

FEU PERNET-DTTCHER (Pat.) yellow

1.00

RED RADIANCE, rose red

.60

GOLDEN DAMN, light yellow

.60

ROME GLORY (Pat.) yellow

1.50

JOANNA HILL, orange yellow

.60

ROUGE MALLERIN, scarlet

.75

TALISMAN, red and gold

.60

HYBRID PERPETUAL ROSES

FRAU KARL DRUSCHKI, white

.60

MME. ALBERT BARRIER, light yellow

.60

GENERAL JACQUE MINOT, red

.60

MRS. JOHN LAING, pink

.60

GEORGE ARENDS, pink

,60

PAUL NEYRON , lilac rose

.60

POLY ANTHA ROSES

BELVEDERE, red

.60

GRUSS AN AACHEN, pink

.60

CAMEO, shell pink

.60

GRETA KLUIS , pink

.60

CECIL BRUNNER, light pink

.60

TRIUMPHE DE ORLEANS, cherry red

.60

GLORIA HAND I, orange scarlet

.60

VERDUN, red

.60

GOLDEN SALMON, orange

.60

HARDY CLIMBING ROSES

BLAZE (Pat.) everblooming

MARY WALLACE, rose pink

• .60

scarlet

1.00

NEW DAWN (Pat.) everblooming pink

1.50

DOUBLOONS (Pat.) yellow

1.50

Paul’s SCARLET

.60

DR. VAN FLEET, light pink ,

.60

SILVER MOON, white

.60

ANNUALS

For the spring planting season, during May and June, a full line of annual plants
including

SNAPDRAGONS PETUNIAS MARIGOLDS

VERBENAS AGERATUM ZINNIAS

SALVIA ALYSSUM ASTERS

MORNING GLORY VINES, etc.

THE LI BIS GARDENS

ESTHER’S GOURD HOUSE

GOURD DEPARTMENT AND DECORATIVE WOR£
Esther Libis Randers in charge

1.00

and

up.

1.00

tt

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.35

it

tt

1.00

to

$2.50

.65

tt

1.50

,25

tt

2.50

PATIO STRINGS- Mexican colors, pastel or any desired color combination,

Made up of Gourds, various imported pods, cones, etc. $1.50 and up.

Hand Wr ought Copper Dishes I

Hand Wrought Lead Dishes
Other Wooden and Clay Novelties
Ox-Carts
Sleds

Wooden Bowls or Plates

ORNAMENTAL GOURDS:- Crop of natural ornamentals ready each year by Octo¬
ber 15th. Only finest sorts offered, plain and shellaced at prices ranging
from $.05 to $.75.

DECORATED GOURDS: Hanging Bottles, Indian Water Bottles, Sewing Baskets,

Button Boxes, Bird Houses, Canteens, Bowls, otc. Needled, Painted in Oils,
or Indian dyes. $*75 to $10.00

INDIAN CORN: Seeds gathered from several Indian Reservations in West.

Colors are: Reds, Blues, Oranges, Black, Pinks, Purples, etc. pkt. $.25
DECORATIVES: Holly, Misletoe, Winter Foliages, Bittersweet, Red Oak

Leaves, White Oak Leaves, Dried Grasses, Winter Berries, Love Apples, forced
Pussywillows, Peach, Cut Tulips, Red Kale, Green Love Lies Bleeding, etc.
Standard prices,

SEED POD LIST:

Bottle Tree Pods each .50
Carab Pods (St. John’s Bread) .05
Eucalyptus Buds, per branch .10
Eucalyptus Bells each .05
Eucalyptus Nut M .20

Eucalyptus Star
Jacaranda Pods
Lotus Pods
Manolia Pods
Yucca Pods

each

n

i»

t!

per doz.

.20

.20

.05

.15

.15

PINE CONES:

Australian each .05
Coulter .50 to 1.00
Colorado Blue Spruce each .08
Jeffery each .05 .25
Long Needled Pine each .05

One Leaf Pinion
Ohio Cones
Rose Cones
Silver Tip
Spruce Cones

each

tt

ti

.05

.15 to .25
,05

per doz. .40

.10

.10 ,15

GOURD SEEDS:

Seeds hand picked, selected from choicest specimens. Separate or mixed pkts.
Decorative or Ornamental are day blooming, yellow blossom type. Lagenaria or
Utility are night blooming) white blossom type. Seeds $.10 per pkt. excepting
where noted.

DECORATIVE OR ORNAMENTAL (Cucurbia Pepo~Variety Ovifera)

Acorn

Chinese Lantern

Orange

Baseball

Chinese Rod

Ornamental Pomegranite

Bell

Choice Warted Hybrids

Pear

Bishop’s Mitre

Choico Whites

Queen’s Sweet Pocket Melon

" Buddha’s Finger

.50

Egg

Sugar Bowl per pkt. ^50

■Si -color Pear

Ostrich Egg

Turk’ s Turban

Crown of Thorns

.50

Onion

Turk’s Cap

THE LI BIS GARDENS
GOURD SEEDS (Cont’d)

UTILITY OR HARD SHELL (Lagenaria Vulgaris)

African Pipe
Bird House
Crane's Neck
Cave Man’s Club
Chinese Water Bottle
Corsican or Dish

Dipper

Hercule’s Club
Indian Water Bottle
Mate per pkt. .50
Miniature Bottle
Mexican Spoon

Mexican Marankas or

Dolphin per pkt. .25
Powder Horn
Sugar Trough
Surpentino
Siphon

LTJFFA: Luffa Fiber is used for dish cloths, sponges, etc. Seeds offered in the
following varieties: Acutangula, Cylindrica, Macrocapa, Sooly Qua, and Green Snake,
EDIBLE GOURDS: Malabar Melon, also called Angora Gourd or Siamese Globe; Benincase
Cerifera or the Wax Gourd of India; Guinea Bean

MINIATURES: Various Colors and Sizes, 1 inch to 2-ff inches. In mixture only, in¬
cluding Bottles, Gooseberry* Orange per pkt. .15

SPECIAL MIXTURES

No. 1 ORNAMENTALS, including Chinese Red Turk’s Cap 50 seeds .35

No. 2 LAGENARIES, 15 varieties including Bird House, Minature

Bottle, Dipper, Corsican Dish, etc. 50 seeds .25

No. 3 COLLECTIORS, finest assortment of ornamental and

warted hybrids, 100 seeds hand selected per pkt. .75

No. 4 GARDEN MIXTURE, finest assortment for small gardens per pkt. .25

TERMS OF SALE

GLADIOLUS orders are shipped usually during March and April. Bulb orders of $2.00
. nd over are prepaid; loss than $2.00 require 15% additional for postage.

ISCOUNT 10% discount given on orders for gladiolus bulbs of $3.00 or over if re¬
ceived before April 20, 1939.

HARDY PLANTS Bearded Iris dormant Oriental Poppies and Peonies shipped prepaid, in
orders of $2.00 or more; orders of less than $2.00 require 25% additional for postage
and packing* Other plants and clumps shipped collect because of their variable size
and weight, and because of the particular care necessary to pack for shipping; ex¬
cepting that locally, large orders may be delivered. When two or more prices are
given in this list, it refers to plants, clumps or bulbs of different lots, age or
size.

GUARANTEE All goods are guaranteed to reach you in good condition, true to name as
labelled. Replacement for any cause shall not exceed original purchase price of
products replaced.

NON-WARRANTY It is our concern that all stock we sell shall please the purchaser
and be entirely satisfactory. Howover, in common with other growers, we give no
warranty, expressed or implied, as to continued growth, or any other matter, of the
stock we sell. Orders for bulbs, plants or other stock subject to supply being
unsold .

SALES TAX Ohio customers must pay sales tax on flower plants and gourd house sales.
Bulbs and seeds exempt.

REMITTANCE should accompany your order, unless other arrangements are made.

THE LIBIS GARDENS

L. J. Libis

North Portage Path R. F. D. 7, Akron, Ohio

Telephone BLackstone 8631

THE LIB IS GARDENS

L. J. Libis

Forth Portage Path
R. D. No. 7 — ; .AKRON, OHIO

Gladiolus

and

Hardy Plants
Bulbs and Roots
Gourds
and

Decorat ives

RETURN POSTAGE GUARANTEED