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GOUEDS.— (GncuBEiTA.) 



A tribe of climbers with curiously shaped fruit in various colors. Being 

 of rapid growth, they are fine to cover old fences, trellises, stumps, etc. 

 Tender annuals. 8 feet. 

 Gourd, orange, the well-known Mock Orange. 



'• white, egg-shaped, fac-simile of an egg; very beautiful. 



•' pear-shaped, yellow and green, striped with cream color. 



'' apple-shaped, small, yellow; beautifully striped. 



" mixed, the above varieties mixed. 



GEAMMANTHES. 



A fine, profuse-flowering class of miniature plants, with bright, star-shaped 

 flowers. Efiective in baskets, edgings or rock-work. Half-hardy annual. 



Gramraanthes gentianoides, rich orange scarlet: 3 inches. 

 •' lutea, yellow, 3 inches. 



" mixed, seeds of the above varieties mixed. 



• GYNERIUM. 



(See Pampas Grass.) 



GYPSOPHILA. 



A pretty, free-flowering plant, adapted to baskets and edgings. Hardy 



annual. 



Gysophila elegans, white and pink; from Crimea. 



" rauralis, covered with small pink flowers; extremely graceful 



" foliage, and suitable for rock-work. From Germany. 



HELIANTHUS. 



(See Sunflower.) 



HELIOHRYSUM.— (EvEELASTtNG.) 



These flowers are peculiarly interesting and desirable as dried specimens. 

 Handsome bouquets may be formed of them for winter, if the blossoms be 

 gathered when upon the point of opening. Treatment same as Calliopsis. 

 Hardy annuals. 



Helichrysum bracteatum (Golden Eternal Flower), Bright yel- 

 low; 13^ feet. 

 '' nanum atrosanguineum, deep crimson; 1^ feet. 



" compositum album, flowers white; 1)^ feet. 



" '■ maximum, large, full, double flowers, of 



many colors; fine. 



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