92 J>* M. FERRY & CO>S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 



Godetia.Whitneyi, Duchess of Albany, a magni- 

 ficent sort, producing a profusion of large, 

 rich, satiny-white flowers, measuring about 

 four inches across 



GOURDS. 



A tribe of climbers with curiously shaped fruit, in var- 

 ious colors. Being of rapid growth, they are fine to 

 cover old fences, trellises, stumps, etc. The foliage is 

 quite ornamental, and the markings of some of the fruit 

 quite extraordinary. Do not plant the seed till all 

 danger of frost is over, and select rich, mellow ground. 

 Tender annual climber; ten to twenty feet high. 



Gourd, Dipper. 



Gourd, orange, the well known Mock Orange 5 



" Japanese Nest Egg, white; fac-simile of an 

 egg; do not crack and are not injured by heat 



or cold. Very ornamental climbers 10 



" apple shaped, yellow; beautifully striped 10 



" pear shaped, yellow and green, striped with 



cream color 10 



" pear shaped, ringed {piriformis annulata), 

 exceedingly beautiful fruit, with rings run- 

 ning around it; green ends 10 



" bottle, handsome and useful 10 



u Corsican, elegant fruit and rapid climber 10 



!' siphon, or Dipper, long, slim handles, useful 



for dippers 10 



" powder horn, in the form of a powder horn.. to 

 " Hercules' Club, the longest of all the varieties. 10 

 " mixed, ornamental 10 



Gourd, Powder Hof 



Grammanthes. 



GRAMMANTHES. 



A charming little succulent plant, producing an abund- 

 ance of bright scarlet and orange-yellow blossoms in the 

 shape of a star. It is especially adapted for rock work, 

 hanging baskets, edgings, etc. Give it a warm, sunny 

 situation, and good, rich soil. Tender annual; six 

 inches high. 



Grammanthes, Gentianoides, rich orange-scarlet . 10 

 GYNERIUM.- (See Pampas Grass). 



GYPSOPHIIA, 



Delicate free flowering little plants, covered with a pro- 

 fusion of little star shaped, white blossoms. Well adapted 

 for hanging baskets and edgings, and valuable for mak- 

 ing bouquets. Make handsome specimens dried. 

 Gypsophila, elegans, white and pink flowers; hardy 



annual; one foot high 5 



" muralis, pink flowers; hardy annual; six inches. 10 



HEDYSARUM.-(See French Honeysuckle). 

 HEEIANTHUS.-(See Sun Flower). 



HEEICHRYSUM, 



Large, full, double flowers of various colors, from 

 bright yellow to scarlet, shaded and tipped. Peculiarly 

 desirable as dried specimens; exceedingly handsome 

 bouquets may be formed of them for winter, if blossoms 

 be gathered when on the point of expanding. Sow 

 early in spring, in any good garden soil, and thin the 

 plants to one foot apart each way. Hardy annual ; six 

 inches to two feet high. 



Helichrysum, bracteatum, (Golden Eternal 



Flower), bright yellow 5 



" nanum, atrosanguineum,fl. pi., deep crimson 5 

 " compositum, album, fl. pi. , flowers white. . . 5 

 " monstrosum, fl. pi., mixed, eight varieties 



of largest double flowers, mixed. 5 



" nanum, fl. pi., mixed, five dwarf growing, 



double flowering varieties mixed. 5 



41 minimum, fl. pi., mixed, four varieties of beau- 

 tiful little miniature double flowers; fine. 5 

 44 mixed 5 



