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GILSONII—Branches from the root, stout stem 
of dark green streaked with whitish lines; dark 
green glossy leaves are deeply serrate, pointed 
and fluted, underside reddish and very hairy; the 
pedicels are red at the base, and covered with long 
white hairs, the male light pink flowers appear to 
be double. 
GLABRA—One of the 3 with trailing habit, but 
a shorter rounder leaf than Glaucophylla. 
GLAUCOPHYLLA SCANDENS—Smooth, light 
green leaf, deeply veined, edges slightly ruffled; 
flowers a pale brick red, the buds striped with 
white; trailing stems sometimes 6 to 8 ft. long. 
GLOIRE de LORRAINE — Bulbous, Christmas 
flowering, profusion of pink flowers well above 
the foliage, after blooming foliage ripens and 
falls, and bulbs remain dormant until August. 
Melior and Lady Mac are a much improved 
variety of this type. 
GLORY OF CINCINNATI —Another of the 
Christmas flowering type—bulbous. 
GOGOENSIS — Peltate, olive green mottled 
leaves, most distinctive, divided by veins just like 
a spider web; low grower from a rhizome. 
GRANDIS—Same as Evansiana. 
GRAPE LEAF—Same as Speculata. 
GU AT AM ALA—Procumbent type, darker leaves 
than Sunderbruckii, and lighter than Nigricans; 
dark brown spots in young growth of foliage; one 
of the so-called “Star” type; tuft of fringe on 
stem on underside of leaf; cluster of deep pink 
flowers on long stalk. 
GUINEA’S WING—Leaves like Alba Picta but 
longer, and more heavily spotted with silver, a 
wavy almost ruffled edge, young leaves are red¬ 
dish brown at edge; rose pink flowers. 
GUNNERAFOLIA—Same as Palmifolia. 
HAAGEANA — Scharffiana Group; upright 
grower; large hairy leaves, green above red 
under; flowers white tinted pink pendent in large 
clusters like purses in bud; winter bloomer. 
HAIRY THURSTONI—Cross between Metallica 
and Scharffiana; leaf is shiny, rounder than 
Viaude tapers down to a point; underside flushed 
red, prominent red veins; pink flowers. 
HELEN—Leaf similar in size and shape to Pres. 
Carnot, but lighter showing little or no flushing 
of red; free summer bloomer of white flowers 
from leaf axil. 
HELEN W. KING—Coralline Lucerne seedling 
of medium growth; large dark metallic leaves, 
sharply angled at the top, generally silver 
spotted; pink blooms carried in bunches close to 
main stem. 
HERACLEIFOLIA—A Mexican variety of the 
star type. Rose colored flowers, January to 
March. 
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