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CARL PURDY, UKIAH, CALIFORNIA 
GAURA Lindheimeri is a most hardy plant, with strong, leafy stems growing from 
3 to 4 feet in height, bearing a very large number of white flowers, flushed with pink, 
throughout a long season. They make a most excellent background for such tall plants 
as perennial phlox, Michaslmas daisies, or anything of that habit. No plant stands 
heat or drought better, and after the first season, the Gaura will live through the Cali- 
fornian summer with ease if necessary. It is especially adapted to the hotter sections, 
although it thrives in the coastal regions. Sit., full sun or light shade. PL, winter. 
Prop., seeds or divisions. Flowers second year from seed. Any soil will do. Especially 
sun-loving and drought-resisting. 15 cts. each, $1.25 per doz. 
G. coccinea is a very pretty sort, with bright rose or pink flowers. It grows a foot 
or so high, and flowers very freely. Excellent for sunny places. Cult., same as preceding. 
15 cts. each, $1.25 per doz. 
GENTIANS are well-loved plants, but many of them difficult to grow. I have had 
the lovely G. acaulis for years in a lightly shaded place in loose soil and it thrives. The 
leaves are tufted at the base, and the flower-stems, hardly 3 inches high, bear large, 
tubular flowers. The flowers are an intense dark blue and are always greatly admired. 
Sit., light shade. PL, October to March. Soil, loose and mellow. Prop., by divisions. 
25 cts. each. 
GERANIUM sanguineum is a Herb Robert which forms clumps a few inches high, 
with pretty rose-colored flowers borne above the foliage. It is daintily attractive. 
Sit., light shade. Soil, any garden loam. Prop., divisions. PL, October to March. 
15 cts. each, $1.25 per doz. 
GEUM, Mrs. Bradshaw is one of the best hardy plants lately introduced. Its foliage 
suggests the strawberry and the 
flower is like a large brilliant 
red strawberry flower. Flowers 
are borne in abundance on tall 
branching stems. Sit., sun, or 
batter, light shade. Soil, any 
garden loam, but it is an ex- 
cellent rock-plant. PL, Octo- 
ber to March. Prop., seeds. 
Flowers second season. 15 cts. 
each, $1.25 per doz. 
GILLIFLO WERS. See 
Brompton Stocks on page 30. 
GLADIOLI are the best of 
the summer-flowering bulbs, 
and whether in clumps in the 
garden or cut for decoration, 
they are invaluable. For cut- 
flowers they should be cut as 
soon as the first buds show 
color. Sit., sun, or if the cli- 
mate is hot, plant where they 
get shade in the heat of the 
day. Soil, any garden loam 
moderately manured with old 
manure and well drained; a 
sandy soil is the very best. 
Prop., by planting the tiny 
offsets which appear on the 
bottom of the bulbs. PL, from 
October to June. 
The best results arc had by 
planting some in the fall and 
then, beginning in March, suc- 
cessive plantings as long as the 
bulbs can be kept sound. This 
distributes the flowering sea- 
son in a like manner. Plant not 
less than 6 inches apart and 3 
inches deep. Stake to hold up 
possess rare beauty the stems. Dig after they ripen 
