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D. M. Ferry &. Co’S Descriptive Catalogue. 
FUCHSIA 
Well known, half-hardy, perennial, deciduous shrubs, 
worthy a place in every garden. The varieties are now 
numbered by hundreds, and 
some are exceedingly beau¬ 
tiful. They are as easily 
grown from seed as cut¬ 
tings, and from seed many 
improved varieties are ob¬ 
tained. Sow in March, in 
shallow pots, simply press¬ 
ing the seed into the soil ; 
prick out in crocks four 
inches in diameter, when of 
convenient size, where they 
can continue to grow till 
they bloom. As soon as 
they have flowered, select 
such as have good points, 
and change into larger pots. 
When frost appears protect 
the plants. 
Fuchsia, double, finest 
mixed, front the/inest specimens .25 
Fuchsia, double, white corollas, very beautiful. 25 
GAIIXARDIA. 
Showy and universally admired perennials, flowering 
the first year, and among the gayest ornaments of sum¬ 
mer flowering beds. 
Gaillardia, picta nana, one foot high ; flowers 
creamy yellow .. 5 
“ picta Lorenziana, one of the most striking and 
valuable of the annual novelties introduced 
of late years For general decorative pur¬ 
poses, as well as for bouquets, it is invaluable, 
its gay colored flowers being abundantly pro¬ 
duced, and without intermission, from July 
until frost sets in. In a strict botanical sense, 
it is not double, but it is so entirely different 
from the old single Gaillardia, that the blooms 
would scarcely be recognized as belonging to 
the same species. The colors offered (in 
mixture) are sulphur and golden yellow, 
orange, claret and amaranth, and arc pro¬ 
duced quite as freely as any of the older sorts 25 
** Richardsoni, grandifiora hybrida, the larg¬ 
est and most beautiful flowers of the species ; 
blossoms orange colored.10 
OERANXU N-(Pelargonium). 
Probably the Geranium is better known and more 
universally admired than any other plant grown. The 
constant succession and durability of bloom till frost 
comes, the brilliancy of the scarlet and other colors, and 
the exquisite markings of the leaves of some of the va¬ 
rieties. render them very desirable for pot culture and 
bedding. No garden seems complete without a bed of 
them, and in every collection of conservatory or parlor 
plants we are sure to find the Geranium. Propagation 
by seed is the only sure way to obtain superior varie¬ 
ties. Sow in March, in gentle heat, in well drained 
pots. Water moderately, and as soon as the third leaf 
appears, pot singly in two inch crocks, exchanging for 
larger ones as the plants require. As soon as the 
weather will permit, plunge the pots in open border, 
and on apptoach of frost, remove to cover. They will 
blossom the succeeding spring. The following are all 
very choice varieties, and seed sparingly. 
Geranium (Pelargonium) diadematum, splendid 
variety ... 5 ° 
Geranium < Pelargonium) Odier, five petals blotch¬ 
ed .. ....50 
“ (Pelargonium) fancy, splendid mixed ....25 
“ double, finest double varieties mixed. .. . 50 
“ Zonale, scarlet, mixed sorts. 25 
“ white,ail white leaved varieties mixed 25 
“ golden and bronze; magnificent.. ..50 
" apple scented, very fragrant . 25 
GIV.IA. 
Hardy annual, one to two feet high; grows in almost 
any situation, in beds or in rockery. Delicate in lenf 
j and flower. 
Gilia, capitata, dense, globular heads of clustered 
blossoms of azure blue. Two feet high. 5 
“ tricolor, flowers blue, with yellow and purple 
center. Sow in masses. One foot high. 5 
GLADIOIAS. 
Magnificent plants, with sword like leaves, snd long 
spikes of flow¬ 
ers, of every 
conceivable col¬ 
or and shade. 
T h e varieties 
arc now num¬ 
bered almost by 
thousands, each 
year bringing 
forth new and 
choice selec¬ 
tions which 
have been pro¬ 
duced f r o :n 
seed, which is 
the only meth¬ 
od of obtaining 
new varieties. 
The plant and 
flower are from 
a bulb, which Gladiolus, 
requires two or three years to produce from seed of 
sufficient size to flower well. 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 
For Bulbs, see Spring Bulbs, in this Catalogue. 
GI.AUCHIM— (Horned Poppy). 
One of the most ornamental of silver leaved plants 
The leaves are recurved, elegantly indented, and sil¬ 
very. Flowers bell shaped, orange. Hardy perennial; 
one. and one-half feet high. 
Glaucium, corniculatum.. 
GLOBE AMARANTH- 
(Goinplirena). 
A desirable everlasting, valued for its handsome, 
globular beads of flowers, which, if cut when well ma¬ 
tured. will retain their beauty for years. Seeds germi¬ 
nate slowly. Start in hot-bed. or soak in warm water to 
soften the woolly husk. Tender annual; two feet high. 
Gomphrena, globcsa, purple . 5 
“ white . .. . s 
“ “ flesh colored.5 
orange. 5 
" “ striped. 5 
mixed. 5 
GLOXINIA. 
Stove perennial plants, producing rich and beautifully 
colored flowers. They deserve extensive cultivation. 
