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D. M. FERRY & GO'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 



Gomphrena globosa, flesh, colored 5 



" " orange 5 



'• " striped 5 



" " mixed 5 



Globe Amaranth. 



GI.OXINIA. 



Green-house perennial plants, producing rich and beauti- 

 fully colored flowers. They deserve extensive cultivation. 

 Gloxinia Hybrida, mixed, all choice sorts 25 



GNAPHAILIUM— (Everlasting:). 



An interesting class of immortelles, with rather homely 

 foliage, but beautiful clusters of bright 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 bouquets in conjunction with other ever- 

 lastings and grasses. 

 Gnaplialium foetidum, tender annual, one and a-half 



feet high 10 



" leontopodium (Edelweiss). This is the true Edel- 

 weiss found on the Alps, and so highly esteemed by 

 travelers in Switzerland. Flowers star shaped, pure 

 white, and downy in texture. Perennial 15 



GODETIA. 



Beautiful garden plants, of easy cultivation in any good 

 garden soil, having delicately shaded large blossoms. Hardy 

 annual; one to one and a-half feet high. 

 Godetia rubicunda splendens, a showy variety. Rosy ^ 



lilac flowers, with purple stain in the centre .... 5 



" rosa alba (Tom Thumb), delicately blotched blos- 

 soms, white at the outer portion and rose at the 

 of petals 5 



Godetia r,ady Albemarle, carmine crimson; compact 



habit; very beautiful 10 



" "Whitneyi, Duchess of Albany, a magnificent sort, 

 producing a profusion of large, rich, satiny -white 

 flowers, measuring about four inches across 10 



GOUKDS-CCucurbita). 



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. The foliage is quite orna- 

 mental. Tender annual climber; ten to twenty feet high. 



Gourd, Pear Shaped. 



Gourd, oiange, the well known Mock Orange 5 



" Japanese Nest Egg, white; like an egg; do not 



crack and are not injured by heat or cold 10 



" apple shaped, yellow; beautifully striped 10 



" pear shaped, yellow and green, striped with cream 



color 10 



" pear shaped, ringed (Pyrtformis annulata), ex- 

 ceedingly beautiful fruit with rings running around 



it; green ends 10 



" bottle, handsome and useful 10 



" Corsican, elegant fruit and rapid climber 10 





Godetia Rubicunda Splendens, 



Gourd, Syphon, or Dipper. 



Gourd, siphon, or dipper, useful for dippers 10 



" powder horn, in the form of a powder horn 10 



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



" mixed, ornamental 10 



GRAMMANTHES. 



A charming little succulent plant, producing an abundance 

 of bright scarlet and orange yellow blossoms in the shape of 

 a star. It is especially adapted for rock work, hanging* 

 baskets, edgings, etc. Tender annual; six inches high. 

 Grammanthes gentianoides, rich orange-scarlet 10 



GYNERIUM —(See Pampas Grass). 



GYPSOPHILA. 



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 makiiig 

 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 



HEDYSAKUM— (See French Honeysuckle). 



