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evergreen, producing in the month of May large yellow trumpet- 

 like blossoms, of delicious fragrance. 



Gloxinia. A desirable herbaceous plant, of which there are 

 several varieties, yielding beautiful showy flowers ; colors, blue, 

 lilac, and white. 



Gnaphalium, Everlasting Flower. Of this plant there are 

 several species or varieties, some of which yield clusters of 

 yellow flowers, and others red, from March to June. 



Gnidia, Flax-leaved Gnidia. A dwarf shrub, of which there 

 are several varieties, furnishing pretty tubular and corymbose 

 straw-colored flowers in the winter and spring. 



Grevillea. There are several species of this evergreen dwarf 

 shrub, which are very handsome in flower and foliage. The 

 flowers of some grow in racemose spikes, and of others on 

 flowering branches ; the colors are white, rose, green, and straw 

 or light yellow. They yield seed, and are easily cultivated. 



Heliotropium, Peruvian Heliotrope. A species of soft 

 shrubby dwarf plants, which, when cultivated in a warm situa- 

 tion, will yield abundance of delicate blue or purple flowers 

 from January to September. 



Helychrysum, Eternal Flower. There are several species and 

 varieties of this plant, producing soft downy foliage and durable 

 flowers, which, if cut before they are too far advanced, will 

 retain their splendor several years. 



Hibbertia. A species of climbing evergreen shrubs, which 

 yield fine yellow flowers in succession from May to September, 

 under good culture. 



Hibiscus Chinensis. This half-hardy herbaceous* plant is 

 worthy of a place in the green-house, as some species will yield 

 flowers six inches in diameter, if well attended to and frequently 

 watered ; the colors are crimson and blush. 



Hovea. This is a pea-flowering evergreen shrub, of which 

 there are several species, natives of New South Wales. The 

 Hovea celsii is a beautiful runner, yielding numerous blue 

 flowers. 



Hoya, Wax Plant. A fine climbing species, adapted to the 



