90 D. M. FERRY & CO'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 



Fuchsia, double, finest mixed, from the finest 



specimens 25 



" double, white corollas, very beautiful. 25 



GAIIXARDIA. 



Showy and universally admired perennials, flowering 

 the first year, and among the gayest ornaments of sum- 

 mer flowering beds. 



high; flowers crimson 



Gaillardi 

 Gaillardia, picta, 



and yellow 



" picta, Lorenziana, one of the most striking 

 and valuable of the annual novelties intro- 

 duced of late years. For general decorative 

 purposes, as well as for bouquets, it is in- 

 valuable, its gay colored flowers being 

 abundantly produced from July until frost 

 sets in. In a strict botanical sense, it is 

 not double, but 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 amar- 

 anth, and are produced quite as freely as 



any of the older sorts.. .• .10 



grandiflora, the largest and most beautiful 

 flowers of the species; blossoms scarlet 

 and orange 10 ' 



GERANIUM-(Pelargonium). 



Probably the Geranium is better known and more uni- 

 versally admired than any other plant grown. The con- 

 stant succession and durability of bloom till frost comes, 

 the brilliancy of the scarlet and other colors, and the 

 exquisite markings of the leaves of some of the varieties, 

 render them very desirable for pot culture and bedding. 

 No garden seems complete without a bed of them, and 

 in every collection of conservatory or parlor plants we 

 are sure to find the Geranium. Propagation by seed is 

 the only sure way to obtain new varieties. Sow in 

 March, in gentle heat, in well drained pots. Water 

 moderately, and as soon as the third leaf appears, pot 

 singly in two inch crocks, exchanging for larger ones 

 as the plants require. As soon as the weather will permit, 

 plunge the pots in open border, and on approach of frost, 



remove to cover. They will blossom in the succeeding 

 spring. The following are all very choice varieties, and 

 seed sparingly. 



Geranium (Pelargonium) diadematum, splendid 



variety 50 



(Pelargonium) Odier, five petals blotched. . .50 



" fancy, splendid mixed 25 



double, finest double varieties mixed 50 



Zonale, scarlet, mixed sorts 25 



" white leaved varieties, mixed 25 



" golden and bronze, magnificent. . . .25 

 apple scented, very fragrant 25 



GII^XA. 



Hardy annual, one to two feet high; grows in almost 

 any situation, in beds or in rockery. Delicate in leaf 

 and flower. 



Gilia, capitata, dense, globular heads of clustered 



blossoms of azure blue. Two feet high 5 



" capitata, tricolor, flowers blue, with yellow 

 and purple center. Sow in masses. One 

 foot high 5 



GLADIOI.UvS. 



Magnificent plants, with sword like leaves, and long 

 spikes of flowers, of every conceivable color and shade. 

 The varieties are now numbered almost by thousands, 

 each year bringing forth new and choice selections which 

 have been produced from seed, which is the only method 

 of obtaining new varieties. The plant and flower are 

 from a bulb. To produce from seed a bulb of sufficient 



Geranium, Zonalc. 



