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PETER HENDERSON & CO.~F LOWER SEEDS. 



Gaillardia Lokenziana. 



Gloxinia. 



Godetia Bijou. 



FENZLIA. 



Per Phi. 

 A dwarf-growing plant, well suited for rustic baskets or vases; 

 flowers rosy lilac, with orange centre. Hardy Annual 15 



FEVERFEW. 

 (See Matricaria and Pyrethrum.) 



FORGET-ME-NOT. (See Myosotis.) 



FRENCH HONEYSUCKLE. 

 'See Hedysarum.) 



GAILLARDIA. 



A striking looking class, natives of this country, and present- 

 ing quite a diversity of color. Half-hardy Annuals. 

 Gaillardia Coccinea Nana. Dwarf scarlet, 1 ft 5 



Gran&ifiora Hybrida. Rich crimson and vellow, 



l 1 , ft 5 



Picta Nana. Crimson and yellow. 1 ft 5 



Alba Margrinata. White edged, I 1 , ft 5 



Fine Mixed Colors 5 



F.cta Lorenziana I Double Flowering). In a strict 



botanical sense, it is not double, bat it is so 

 entirely different from the old single Gaillardia, that 

 the blooms would scarcely be recognized as belonging 

 to the same species. The colors offered (in mixture) 

 are sulphur and golden yellow, orange, claret and 

 amaranth, and are produced quite as freely as any 

 of the older sorts. (See ait.) '.10 



GERANIUM Pelargonium). 



TTell known plants, beautiful alike for pot culture and in the 



flower garden. 

 Geranium Zonale. Extra fine mixed from " Sew Types. "..25 



Zonale. Fine mixed '. 10 



General Grant- Vivid scarlet 15 



Gold and Bronze. Sew varieties, mixed 25 



Double. Finest mixed from new varieties ..25 



Large Flowered. [Pelargonium.) "Lady Washing- 



I n" Geranium. From prize varieties 25 



Fancy Varieties. (Pelargonium.) •• Lady Washington" 



Geranium. Finestmixed 25 



Apple Scented (truej. Very fragrant foliage 25 



GEUM. 



G. Atrosang-uineuni fl. pi. An extremely handsome 

 and showy plant for shrubbery borders. The double 

 rich scarlet flowers are splendid for cutting. Hardy 

 Herbaceous Perennial. Hj. ft. (See cut.) 10 



GILIA. 



Very pretty dwarf plants: will bloom in almost any situation; 



admirably adapted for massing. Hardy Annuals. 

 Gilia Capitata Major. Sky blue, % ft 5 



Nivalis. Dwarf snow white, 3 4 ft 5 



— — Tricolor. White, lilac and purple. 1 ft 5 



Tricolor Eubra Violacea. 1 ears beautiful lilac 



flowers 5 



All Colors Mixed 5 



GLADIOLUS. 



Per Pht. 

 Showy summer and fall blooming bulbs, flowering the second 

 year from seed. 



Gladiolus, French Hybridized Seed 10 



Lenioinei Hybrids. (See Xovelties.) 25 



GLAUCIUM. 

 Horn Poppy.) 



A showy plant, with long, silvery leaves, gracefully recurved 

 and deeply cut and curled. Flowers bell-shaped, orange 

 yellow. 



Glaucivun Corniculatum. (Described above) 10 



GLOBE AMARANTHUS (Gomphrena). 

 'Bachelor's Buttons.) 



Remarkably handsome Everlastings. The flowers may be cut 

 in summer and preserved for winter bouquets. Half-hardy 

 Annuals. 



Globe Aniaranthus. White. 2ft 5 



Purple. 2 ft 5 



Varieg-ated. 2 ft 5 



Nana Conipacta. A dwarf variety of very com- 

 pact habit; flowers deep violet red K 



Mixed. All colors 5 



GLOXINIA. 



A superb genus of stove-house plants, profuse bloomers, 

 of great beauty and diversity of colors. Stove Perennial 

 Bulbs. 



Gloxinia, Finest Mixed. From a splendid collection of 



drooping and erect varieties, 1 ft. [See cut.) 50 



GODETIA. 



Well worthy extended cultivation; their delicate tints of pur- 

 ple and pink have long made them favorites in English gar- 

 dens, although natives of America. Hardy Annuals. 



Godetia, Lady Albemarle. Flowers large, measuring 

 over three inches across, are of an intense carmine-crim- 

 son shade, the edges of the petals being suffused with pale 

 lilac. Profuse bloomer, 1 ft 1C 



Whitneyi, " Brilliant." Rich carmine, shading off 



to light rose at the points of the petals. Plant dwarf 

 and compact, and exceedingly free flowering - . 10 



The Bride. White, with crimson centre 5- 



Duchess of Albany. A superb variety, with laige 



handsome satiny white flowers, the individual 

 blooms frequently measuring four inches across... 10 



Bijou. The flowers are snow white, with a bright pink 



spot at the base of each petal. The plant never ex- 

 ceeds 6 inches in height, and forms a dense bush a 

 foot through, covered with a mass of bloom . (See cut.) 15 



Fine Mixed 5 



GNAPHALIUM. 



(Edelweiss.) 



Gnaphalium Leontopodium. The famous and true 

 " Edelweiss" of the Alps. The flowers are of downy 

 texture, pure white and star-shaped. They are greatly 

 sought after as souvenirs, and are sold at a high price 

 in Switzerland 25 



I am very much pleased with the seeds as everything came up, not a thing missed. 



Olkev, III.. May2Sth. 1S85. 

 W. E VOX ALLMEX. 



