D. M. Ferry & Go's Descriptive Catalogue. 



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Gourd, Hercuies' Club, 

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

 Tender annual climbers ; ten to twenty feet high. 



Gourd, orange, the well known Mock Orange 5 



■' egg shaped, white ; fac simile of an egg; ele- 

 gant 10 



'■ apple shaped, yellow ; beautifully striped 10 



•• pear shaped, yellow and green, striped with 



tream color .'. . 10 



pear shaped {piriformis annulata)^ exceed- 

 ingly beautiful fruit, with rings running round 



it ; green ends 10 



" bottle, handsome and ^seful 10 



'■ Corsican, elegant fruit and rapid climber 10 



■ siphon, or dipper, long, slim handles, useful 



f- r dippers 10 



*' powder horn, in the form of a powder horn. . .10 



■• Hercules' Club, the longest of all the varieties. 10 



mixed, ornamental 10 



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. 

 ■Grammanthes, gentianoides, rich orange-scarlet. 15 



A curious, herbaceous perennial, growing best in rich 

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

 sion of roots. Has curious, cone shaped blossoms. 

 •G^een-house plant. 



Gunnera. 



Gunnera, scabra, large, rhubarb-like leaves, and 

 purple blossoms. One and a half feet high ; 

 curious 15 



GYTVERIV:*!— (See Pampas Grass). 



GYI»SOI»HII^A. 



Delicate, free flowering little plants, covered with a 

 profusion of little star shaped, white blossoms. Well 

 adapted for hanging baskets and edgings, and valuable 

 for making bouquets. Blossom first season, and con- 

 tinue to blossom several years. ZVIake handsome speci- 

 mens dried. 

 Gypsophila, el egans, white and pink flowers; hardy 



perennial ; one foot 5 



'■ muralis, pink flowers; hardy annual; six inches. 10 



HEDYSARITM— {See French Honeysuckle). 

 HEEIA>iXHX'S-i5ee Sun Florrer). 



KEI^ICHRYSVM. 



Large, full, double flow- 

 ers of various colors, from 

 bright yellow to scarlet, 

 shaded and tipped. Pe- 

 culiarlydesirable as dried 

 specimens ; and exceed- 

 ingl}> handsome bouquets 

 may be formed of them 

 for winter, if blossoms 

 be gathered when on the 

 point of expanding. Sow 

 early in spring, in any 

 good garden soil, and 

 thin the plants to one foot 

 apart each way. Hardy 

 annual; six inches to two feet high. 

 Helichrysum, bracteatum (Golden Eternal 



Flowery bright yellow 5 



" nanum atrosanguineum, deep crimson 10 



" compositum album, flowers white 10 



" monstrosum, fl, pi., mixed, eight varieties of 



largest dourle flowers^ mixed 10 



" nanunv fi. pi., mixed, five dwarf growing 



double Jloweritig varieties mixed 10 



" minimum fi. pi., mixed, four varieties of /^^m- 



ti/ul little miniature double flo'u-ers; Jine . . 10 

 " mixed 5 



HEEIOXROI»E. 



Highly valued for the fragrance of their flowers, and 

 duration of bloom, and are to be met with in most gar- 

 dens. They succeed in any rich, light soil, and cuttings 

 of the shrubby kinds, taken off while young, strike 

 readily. Half-hardy perennial; one foot high. 





Helichrysum. 



Heliotrope. 



Heliotropium, Anna Turrell, violet-blue. 

 " Roi des Noirs. black; s/lendid 



