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WM. ELLIOTT & SONS, SEEDSMEN. NEW YORK. 



GAILLARDIA. 



Showy and universally admired perennials, flowering the 

 first year, and among the gayest ornaments of summer 

 flower beds. The Gaillardias make charming plants grown 

 in pots. 



Grandiflora Superba. Splendid new variety, dark red, 

 with bright yellow border Pkt. 10 



New Perennial Hybrids. Flowers much larger than the 



older sorts and colors more brillant and varied .... 10 

 Grandifloria Hybrida. Eieh crimson and yellow .... 5 

 Picta Lorenziana. One of the most useful annuals both 

 for bedding and cutting. Saved from the finest double 

 flowers of different shades varying from sulphur-yellow 

 to purple . 10 



GERANIU3I. 



(PELABGONIUM.) 



"Well-known favorites; indispensable for in-door and out-door 

 decoration. The seed we offer having been saved from first- 

 class varieties, the amateur has a fair chance of raising 

 many charming novelties. 



Large-flowered Pelargonium. Show varieties. Extra 



mixed Pkt. 25 



Apple-Scented. A favorite variety 25 



Double. Finest mixed 25 



Zonale. Finest mixed 10 



New Golden and Bronze. A prize strain 25 



GESNERIA. 



Beautiful greenhouse plants; remarkable for the beauty of 

 their foliage, which is singularly marked, and their long 

 spikes of brilliant colored flowers. Sow in a light compost, 

 and keep in a warm, moist atmosphere. 



Robusta Perfecta. An improved strain of Gesneria with 

 handsome foliage, remarkable for its free flowering 

 habit aud great diversity of colors Pkt. 50 



Choicest Varieties Mixed. Tender perennial. 1 ft . . 25 



GLAUCIUM. 



(HORNED POPPY.) 



Luteum. Silver leaved hardy perennial plant with remark- 

 ably bright yellow flowers produced in great abundance 

 all summer ; an excellent border plant 1 to 2 feet . . Pkt. 5 



GEUM. 



Free-blooming, handsome and showy plant for shrubbery bor- 

 ders. The double rich scarlet flowers are splendid for 

 bouquets. 

 Atrosanguineum fl. pi. Hardy perennial Pkt. 10 



GILIA. 



Pretty dwarf annuals ; may be sown at any time, and bloom in 

 any situation ; grow well in pots, and may he placed in a 

 rockery. 

 Tricolor. Choice mixed Pkt. 5 



GLOBE AMAKAJiTH. 



(GOMPHEENA GLOBOSA.) 



Very handsome, and showy everlastings, commonly known as 

 Bachelors' Buttons. Tlie seed of Gomphrena does not ger- 

 minate very well in the open ground, and it is best therefore 

 to sow it in a hot-bed, if possible. If the cottony coating 

 which surrounds it is removed, the seeds will be more certain 

 to grow. Annuals, 2 ft. 



White Pkt. 5 



Purple 5 



Variegated 5 



Nana Compacta. A dwarf variety of very compact habit ; 



flowersdeep violet red 10 



Mixed. All colors. Per oz. , 40 cts 5 



GLOXINIA. 



A superb genus of greenhouse plants, producing magnificent 

 flowers of the richest colors ; thrive best in an equal mixture 

 of peat, loam and sand. Sow in March, on the surface, in a 

 warm, moist atmosphere. When the second leaf appears, 

 transplant into shallow pots to grow through summer. 

 Allow them to rest through autumn, and keep in same pots 

 through winter, giving little water. In spring repot and 

 water freely ; will blossom second season. Stove perennial 

 bulbs. 



Hybrida Erecta. Erect large flowering varieties in 

 splendid mixture Pkt. 25 



Punctata. Tigered and spotted hybrids from a superb 

 collection 25 



Gouville's Strain. Flowers of immense size and beauti- 

 fully tigered and spotted, fine mixture ........ 75 



GNAPHALIUM LEONTOPODIUM. 



(edelweiss.) 



The flowers are pure white, star-shaped and of a downy tex- 

 ture. This is the true Edelweiss of the Alps, well-known 

 and so much prized by tourists in Switzerland . . . Pkt. 10 



