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ERYSIMUM. 



Erysimum peroffskianum. Palestine Mustard. This is 

 a hardy annual, having some resemblance to the Wall-flower. 

 The plant is erect; one foot to one and a half high; bearing 

 racemes or spikes of deep-orange blossoms from June to Sep- 

 tember : a mass of it is very showy. 



GAILLARDIA. , 



Gaillardia picta. Painted Gaillardia. A very handsome 

 plant, naturally a perennial, but produces its flowers the first 

 year from seed, if started early. It does not stand the winter 

 without protection. It has large, beautiful crimson and yellow 

 flowers in August; one to two feet high. 



G. bicolor. Two-colored Gaillardia. This variety ap- 

 pears identical with Gaillardia picta, excepting all the leaves 

 being entire. The fine large blossoms, more than two inches 

 across, the large crimson disk, surrounded by a ray of fine yel- 

 low, produce a very showy appearance, and render the plant 

 well deserving a place in every flower-garden. Gaillardia, in 

 compliment to M. Gaillard de Marentonneau, an amateur 

 botanist. 



GILIA. 



Gilia tricolor. Three-colored Gilia. This pretty annual, 

 originally from California, has found its way into most of our 

 gardens. 



" This is one among the prettiest hardy annuals, not only of 

 recent introduction into the country, but that is known in our 

 gardens. It is, too, the more pleasing from the variation of 

 tint seen among its delicate flowers, some of them being white." 



Pretty as this flower is, we fear it will not find favor with 

 most cultivators ; something more showy is wanted to suit the 

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