DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 



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foliage, but beautiful clusters of bri^^ht golden blossoms, 

 which, if plucked when on the point of opening, and 

 dried in the shade, will retain their beauty for years. 

 Good for forming winter lx>uquets, in conjunction with 

 other everlastings and grasses. Tender annual ; one 

 and a half feet hitrh. 

 Gnaphalium. foetidum . lo 



GODETEA. 



Beautiful garden plants, of easy cultivation in any 

 good garden soil, and remarkable for the delicacy of 

 their verj' line, large blossoms. Hardy annuals ; one to 

 one and a half feet high. 





God en a. 



Godetia. rubicunda splendens, a very showy, new- 

 variety. Rosy-lilac flowers, with purple stain 

 in the center 5 



" rosea alba (Tom Thumb), delicately blotched 

 blossoms, white at the outer portion, and rose 

 at the base of the petals 5 



" Whitneyi, flowers largest of the species, meas- 

 uring four inches across ; color crimson-blush ; 

 fine for pot plant, garden or rockery 10 



GOURDS. 



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

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

 cover old fences, trellises, stumps &c The foliage if 

 quite ornamental, and the markings of some of the fruit 



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Pear shaped, ringed, 

 quite extraordinary. Do not plant the seed till all dan- 

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

 Tender annual climbers ; ten to twenty feet h.gh. 



Corsican. 



Gourd, orange, the well known Mock Orange 5 



" ^7^ shaped, white ; fac-simile of an ^^ ; ele- 



it 10 



" apple shaped, yellow ; beautifully striped 10 



'* pear shaped, yellow and green, striped with 



cream color 10 



" pear shaped ( piri/ortnis atinulata), exceed- 

 ingly beautiful fruit, with rings running round 



it ; green ends. 10 



" bottle, han-dsome and useful 10 



" 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. ..10 

 " Hercules' club, the longest of all the varieties.io 

 " mixed, ornamental 10 



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, &c. The segments of the 

 corolla have the appearance of the letter V on them. 

 Give it a warm, sunny situation, and good, rich soil. 

 Tender annual ; six inches high. 

 Gramnnanthes, gentianoides, rich, orange-scarlet. 15 



'•'■ lutea, yellow 15 



" fine mixed 15 



GXJNNERA. 



A curious, herbaceous perennial, i^n'owing best in rich 

 mold kept moist. It is increased by seed and by divi- 

 sion of roots. Has curious, cone shaped blossoms. 

 Green-house plant. 



Gunnera. 

 Gunnera, scabra, large, rhubarb like leaves, aad 

 purple blossoms. One and a half feet high ; 

 curious I 



GYNERIUM— (See Pampas Grass). 



