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PLANTING LIST 



Gaillardia, or Blanket-flower : It comes chiefly in yellow shades, 

 the centers dark brown. It is hardy, and is both annual and peren- 

 nial. The showy flowers, borne on long stems, are useful in masses 

 in the garden, or as cut flowers ; they bloom from midsummer till 

 frost. The annuals are easily grown. Sow under glass in April 



and set out in late 

 May; or since the 

 plants are hardy, sow 

 outdoors in late April. 

 Transplant to eighteen 

 inches apart . Keep the 

 faded flowers picked. 

 Treat perennials in 

 much the same way ; 

 protect in winter. 



Gilliflower, see Stock. 



Gladiolus : This 

 should not be grown 

 from seed, but from 

 corms which are cheap 

 except in the finest 

 varieties. The flowers 

 of the gladiolus are 

 handsome and even 

 showy, though of the 

 most delicate shades, 

 in all colors. The soil 

 should be light and quick. Set the corms at least four inches deep, 

 at distances six inches or more each way. Stake the plants as 

 they grow. If the flower spikes are cut when the lowest blossoms 

 open, and are kept in fresh water with their stems daily cut, the 

 buds will open one by one. Take up the corms as soon as their tops 

 are killed by frost ; take up also the little ones which have formed 

 from them. Store in a cool dry place. The young corms will 

 flower in the second year after resetting. 



FIG. 186. Gladioli are to be had in many 

 colors. 



