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size to flower well requires two or three years. 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 and borders. 
Gladiolus, finest mixed, from fifty choice named 
varieties .25 
V^g^For Bulbs, see Spring Bulbs, in this Catalogue. 
GLAIT'II M (Horned Poppy). 
One of the most ornamental of silver leaved plants. 
The leaves are recurved, elegantly indented, and silvery'. 
Flowers bell shaped, orange. Hardy perennial; one and 
one-half feet high. 
Glaucium, corniculatum. 10 
Gomphrcna, globosa, orange. 5 
14 44 striped. 5 
44 44 mixed. 5 
GLOXINIA. 
Stove perennial plants, producing rich and beautifully 
colored flowers. They deserve extensive cultivation, 
and thrive best in an equal mixture of peat, loam and 
sand. Sow in March, on the surface, in a warm, moist 
atmosphere. When the second leaf appears transplant 
into shallow pots to grow through summer. Allow them 
to rest through autumn and keep in same pots through 
winter, giving little water. In spring, repot and water 
freely; will blossom second season. 
Gloxinia, hybrida, mixed, all choice sorts . 25 
Gnaphauum, Leontopodium. 
Godctia, Lady Albemarle. 
GI.GBE AMARANTH-(Gom- 
plirena). 
A desirable everlasting, valued for its handsome,globu¬ 
lar heads of flowers, which, if cut when well matured, 
GNAPHALir>I—(Everlasting). 
An interesting class of immortelles, with rather home¬ 
ly foliage, but beautiful clusters of bright golden blos¬ 
soms, 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 everlastings and grasses. 
Gnaphalium feetidum, tender annual, one and a 
half feet.10 
44 leontopodium (Edelweiss). This is the true 
Edelweiss found on the Alps and so highly 
esteemed by travelers in Switzerland. Flow¬ 
ers star shaped, pure white, and downy in 
texture. Perennial.15 
Globe Amaranth. 
will retain their beauty for years. Seeds germinate 
slowly. Start in hot-bed, or soak in warm water to soften 
the woolly husk. Tender annual; two feet high. 
Gomphrena, globosa, purple. 5 
“ 44 white. 5 
•• 41 flesh colored. 5 
godetia. 
Beautiful garden plants, of easy cultivation in any 
good garden soil, and remarkable for the delicacy of 
their very fine, large blossoms. Hardy annual; one to 
■one and a half feet high. 
Godetia, rubicunda splendens, a very showy vari¬ 
ety. Rosy lilac flowers, with purple stain in 
the center . 5 
“ rosa alba (Tom Thumb), delicately blotched 
blossoms, white at the outer portion, and rose 
at the base of the petals. 5 
14 Lady Albemarle, intense carmine crimson ; 
compact habit; very beautiful.10 
