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R. &*/. FARQUHAR & CO.'S SEED CATALOGUE. 



GLOXIANA, FARQUHAR'S GIANT ERECT. 



No. Pkt. 



3820 GERANlUn Apple=Scented (Pelargonium 



Odoratissimum.) This sort is highly esteemed for 

 bouquets on account of its fernv, fragrant foliage. 



One foot 15 



3830 Ivy=Leaved. Splendid plants for hanging pots and 



vases 20 



3835 Show Pelargonium. Seed saved from the best 



sorts • . • 50 



3840 Zonale, Single Hixed. Splendid bedding and pot 



plants 10 



3845 — Double nixed. In great variety 25 



3850 — Gold and Bronze. Beautifully colored and 



variegated leaves 20 



3852 GERARDIA Hybrida Mixed. The seeds of this half- 

 hardy perennial should be sown early in heat and the 

 plants treated as annuals. They will bloom freely the 

 first season, growing two feet in height, and producing 

 handsome spikes of flowers varying from light pink to 



dark purple; splendid for cutting 15 



3855 GESNERIA, Finest nixed. Beautiful tuberous- 

 rooted greenhouse plants, with richly marked velvety 

 leaves and handsome long spikes of brilliant flowers, 



mostly shades of yellow and scarlet. One foot 25 



3800 GEUM Atrosanguineum, Flore Pleno. Beautiful 

 hardy perennial, with large, showy, double, scarlet 



flowers continuously produced. Two feet 05 



3865 Coccineum. Bright scarlet 05 



GI LI A. Elegant, early-blooming, hardy annuals. One 

 foot. 

 3875 Finest Mixed. Many colors, including white, lilac, 



rose, purple and violet Ounce, .30 05 



3880 Achillaefolia Major, blue " .30 .05 



3885 Tricolor. Lilac, purple and white flowers " .30 .05 

 3890 GLADIOLUS Gandavensis. Finest Mixed. The 



most beautiful sorts in great variety 05 



3895 Lemoine's Hybrids, Finest Mixed. Charming 



shades of yellow, pink, scarlet, crimson and purple . . .05 



No. Pkt. 



GLOXINIA. Beautiful greenhouse tuberous-rooted 

 plants of dwarf habit, producing a profusion of large 

 cup-shaped, gorgeous flowers, in great variety of bril- 

 liant colors, man}' of them charmingly spotted, veined 

 or variegated. 



Our Gloxinias are the finest in existence. 

 We are regularly supplied with seeds from 

 collections of the leading private specialists 

 in the world, as well as from the foremost 

 commercial hybridists of Europe. At the 

 World's Fair they received the highest 

 honors. 



3925 Farquhar's Erect Giant nixed. The finest type 

 of Gloxinia ; upright wide open flowers of enormous 

 size and of the most fascinating colors, embracing pure 

 white, shades of lilac, rose, scarlet, crimson, purple 

 and blue ; self-forms as well as the most charming 

 blendings of these colors 50 



3930 Grandiflora Avalanche. Large, pure white flowers 



of splendid'form and substance 50 



3935 — Coelestina. Beautiful sky-blue with white throat . .50 



3945 — Fire King. The most brilliant scarlet Gloxinia in 



existence; large and erect flowers 50 



3950 — Spotted and Striped Varieties. A very beau- 

 tiful class with large flowers exquisite in their varied 

 and delicate colors and markings 50 



3960 — Hybrids, Very Fine nixed 25 



3900 GLAUClUn Corniculatum. Hardy perennial with 



silvery foliage and red Poppy-like flowers. Three feet. .05 



GLOBE AMARANTH. (Gomphrena.) Showy annuals 

 with brilliant globe-shaped everlasting- flowers : useful 

 plants for bedding and for cut-flower work. One-and- 

 a-half feet. 



3905 Finest nixed Ounce, .30 .05 



3910 Reddish Purple " .30 .05 



