D. M. FERRY & GO'S 



GAZLLAHDZA, Ficta Nana. 



Geranium. Propagation by seed is the only sure way to obtain superior 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 the 

 succeeding spring. The following are all very choice varieties, and seed sparingly. 

 Geranium (Pelargrouium) Diadematum, splendid new variety 

 Odier, all five petals blotched, 

 " Fancy, splendid mixed. 



Zonale, Scarlet, mixed sorts. 



White, all white-leaved varieties mixed. 

 new Golden and Bronze, from Downie, Laird and 

 Lang's celebrated collection. Magnificent, 



GILIA. 



Hardy annual ; grows in almost any situation, in beds, or in rockery 

 Delicate in leaf and flower. 



Gilia capitata, hardy annual, 2 feet high, producing its blue and white 

 flowers in dense heads. Sow in clusters. 

 " tricolor, free-blooming, flowers in loose panicles ; color blue, with yel- 

 low and purple center. 



GLADIOLUS. 



Magnificent plants, with swork-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, which requires two or three years to 

 produce, from seed, of sufficient size to flower well. The bulbs should be 

 taken up on approach of winter, and kept from freezing till warm weather in 

 Spring, and then planted out in groups or borders. 

 Gladiolus, finest mixed, from ^o choice named varieties. 



