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Gilia 
Pkts. 10c and 25c, except where noted 
5951 Capitata. Quick-growing annual, 2 
to 3 feet high, with finely divided foliage 
and clustered, cottony balls of blue 
flowers. 
5952 Tricolor. Birds-Eyes. A dainty 
annual 2J4 feet high, with fringed foli¬ 
age and phlox-like flowers of lilac and 
violet, marked with yellow and purple. 
5953 Coronopifolia. The Standing Cy¬ 
press is a biennial or perennial which 
may bloom the first year from seed. 
The vigorous plants grow 6 feet high, 
bearing small scarlet flowers dotted 
with yellow. Pkt. 25c. 
Gomphrena 
Globe Amaranth 
5961 Mixed. Very pretty Everlasting 
flowers which look like chaffy heads of 
red clover, although white, pink, and 
purple shades may be expected. The 
plants grow 1 Y /l feet to 3 feet high. 
Flowers may be dried for winter bou¬ 
quets. Pkts. 10c and 25c. 
Godetia • Satin Flower 
These are superb garden flowers, 
making bushy plants 1 to 2 feet high, 
with blooms of silky texture, strongly 
resembling those of the azalea. 
5964 Breck’s Double Crimson. 2 ft. Pkts. 
15c and 35c 
5965 Crimson Glow. 1 ft. Pkts. 10c 
and 25c. 
5967 Duchess of Albany. White. 1 ft. 
Pkts. 10c and 25c. 
5968 Breck’s New Lavender. 18 in. Pkts. 
15c and 35c. 
5971 Lady Albemarle. Carmine. 1 ft. Pkts. 
10c and 25c. 
5972 Breck’s Double Mauve. 2 ft. Pkts. 
15c and 35c. 
5974 Mandarin. Pale yellow. 18 in. 
Pkts. 10c and 25c. 
5976 Breck’s Double Pink. Double 
flowers. 2 ft. Pkts. 15c and 35c. 
5978 Rosy Morn. Beautiful coral-pink. 
2 ft. Pkts. 15c and 35c. 
5979 Breck’s Special Mixture. Single and 
double, mixed. Pkts. 10c and 25c. 
59791 COLLECTION, 6 varieties for 60c. 
Gourds 
Annual climbers of quick growth, 
bearing weird, oddly shaped fruits which 
are a source of never-ending interest. 
Enormously popular for table decorations. 
Pkts. 10c and 25c 
5981 Angora. Green, white spotted. 
5982 Apple-shaped. 
5983 Bottle-shaped. 
5984 Dish-Cloth. 
5985 Serpent. Long; green. 
5986 Egg-shaped. 
5987 Powder-Horn. 
5989 Gooseberry-shaped. 
5990 Hercules’ Club. 
5992 Orange-shaped. 
5993 Pear-shaped. 
5994 Turk’s Turban. Small Red China. 
5996 Turk’s Turban. White, red, and 
green striped. 
5997 Small Varieties, Mixed. 
5998 Warted Varieties, Mixed. 
5999 Mixed. All types. 
59991 COLLECTION, 12 varieties for 
$ 1 . 00 . 
Grasses 
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Ornamental Grasses are admired for 
color effect and grace of habit. Many 
have attractive, feathery flower-spikes 
which are useful in dried bouquets. 
Pkts. 10c, except where noted 
6000 Agrostis nebulosa. Cloud-Grass is a 
graceful annual a foot or more high, 
with fine, misty flowers on slender stems. 
6001 Agrostis pulchella. Hairy foliage 
and clusters of flowers in thread-like 
sprays. 
6004 Briza maxima. Quaking-Grass grows 
2 feet high, with 6-inch leaves and 
bronzy flowers in panicles. 
6010 Hordeum jubatum. Squirrel-tail- 
Grass. Very ornamental. Grows 2J4 
feet high, with thick spikes 4 inches 
long, on slender stems. 
6012 Pennisetum longistylum (Villosum). 
Fine, solitary spikes, 2 feet tall, with 
feathery bristles. 
6013 Pennisetum Ruppelii. Fountain- 
Grass is a stout perennial, 4 feet high, 
with nodding, curving sprays of rose, 
purple, and copper-colored flowers. 
Pkt. 15c. 
60191 COLLECTION, 12 varieties for 
$ 1 . 00 . 
Gypsophila 
Baby's Breath 
Frail, quick-growing plants 18 to 24 
inches high, producing great numbers of 
small flowers in loose, graceful sprays. 
Especially valuable for cutting. Also fine 
for mixing with other flowers. 
Pkts. 10c and 25c 
6020 Breck’s Giant White. 
6022 Elegans Rosea. Pink. 
6023 Muralis. Dwarf, trailing plants 
with pink flowers. 
Helichrysum 
Strawflower 
The best-known of all the Everlastings 
or Immortelles, having a superficial 
resemblance to small chrysanthemums. 
Flowers should be gathered when only 
the outer bracts are unfolded, and sus¬ 
pended downward in a cool place to dry. 
They will grow in any sunny situation, 
making plants 2 to 4 feet high. 
Pkts. 10c and 25c 
6026 White 6030 Violet 
6027 Salmon 6031 Rose 
6028 Crimson 6032 Choice Mixed 
6029 Yellow 
60341 COLLECTION, 6 colors for 50c. 
Hibiscus • Rose-Mallow 
6035 Trionum (Africanus). An easily 
grown, sun-loving annual from 1 to 2 
feet high, with showy yellow flowers, 
brown in the center. The curiously 
inflated buds have a glassy appearance. 
Pkts. 10c and 25c. 
Hollyhock • Althea 
Annual Hollyhocks are relatively new 
garden plants. The older varieties are 
biennial, or sparingly perennial. This new 
strain will make blooming plants 4 to 5 
feet high if sown early. 
6038 Double Mixed. Pkts. 15c and 35c. 
6040 Single Mixed. Pkts. 10c and 25c. 
Helichrysum 
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