MINNEAPOLIS. MINN. 



Purdon, Tex.. Mar. 8, 1896.— "I received .me of your little 

 flower bouts, and I thought, you being a lady, we ought lo pat- 

 ronize you rather than some of the other firms. I have told 

 several "of my lady friends of you." Mas. Julia Wabbej. 



GILIA. 



Like so many others of our 

 choice annuals, the Gilia 

 conies from California. It 

 grows about a foot high, has 

 graceful, finely -cut foliage 

 and delicate flowers in rose, 

 blue or white. Suitable for 

 rock work and desirable for 

 cutting. Pkt., 3 cts. 



Grovelake. Minn.. Xov. 8, 1896.— "Ho one 



ever saw lovelier Petunias or Sweet Peas 

 than I had from the -eed I i.'"t of you." 

 Mas. R. S. Atrsrix. 



ORNAMENTAL 

 GOURDS. 



A distinct and interesting 

 family of tender, trailing or 

 climbing annuals, bearing 

 curiously-shaped fruit, still 

 more curiously marked and 

 striped. All know the var- 

 ious uses to which they are 

 often put. I offer a fine mixed 

 collection. Pkt., 5 cts. 



Montreal, Can., May 1, 1896.— "I am very 

 much pleased with my collection of flower 

 seeds, and also with vour prettv little cata- 

 logue. " Mrs. W. S. hVwfhbeys. 



GLADIOLUS LEMOINEI. 



The great variety of colors, odd and fan- 

 tastic markings of many of the blooms, 

 their long keeping and showy qualities, 

 make the Gladioli always favorites. It is 

 interesting to raise them from seed. The 

 seedlings come in a great variety of colors, 

 no two alike. No finer varieties are offered 

 than the Lemoinei, and they bloom two or 

 three weeks earlier than others. Pkt., 8c. 



GLOXINIA. 



Popular greenhouse and conservatory plant9 

 of dwarf habit and profuse flowering. The 

 handsome, bell-shaped flowers are of gor- 

 geously brilliantcolors, curiously spotted and 

 mottled, ranging from darkest, richest shades 

 of crimson, all through different shades of 

 red to pure white, and some appear in blue, 

 making as showy a plant as one can have in 

 the window. I can hardly imagine anything 

 more beautiful than well grown plants of 

 Gloxinia, except more of them. They come 

 into bloom in four of five months from plant- 

 ing, and under the commonest culture bloom 

 continuously for months. I offer the choicest 

 mixture of French hybrids, including the 

 Fire King, a handsome new scarlet, large- 

 leaved varietv. Pkt.. 10 cts. 



