Recent Novelties and Other Rare Flowers 
Heliopsis, New Double 
Golden Yellow 
Exacum affine atrocaeruleum 
A fragrant and charming pot-plant for the greenhouse or living- 
room. Small, dark lavender flowers with golden yellow stamens, 
contrasting wonderfully with the light green foliage. From seed sown 
in February, the plants will bloom in June and continue until autumn. 
Pkt. 75 cts., 3 pkts. $2. 
Fuchsia hybrida, Double Dwarf, Early-flowering Mixed 
The great improvement in this strain is that it produces lovely 
blooming plants in five months from seed. These plants produce 
from 85 to 90 per cent fully double blooms with white, lilac, pink, 
light and dark blue corollas. They are quite dwarf and bloom 
over a long period. Aside from being show'y pot-plants, Fuchsias 
are excellent for window- and porch-boxes and do quite well in 
shade. Pkt. $1, 6 pkts. $5. 
Gaillardia, Portola Hybrids (perennial) 
Geum, Prince of Orange 
A very desirable shade of rich orange, reproducing itself true from 
seed. Sturdy plants with long, strong stalks. Splendid for cutting and 
most attractive in the border. Pkt. 50 cts., 5 pkts. $2. 
Gentiana Hascombensis (perennial) 
This lovely new Gentian will grow in either sun or shade. 
Individual flowers 1 inches across, of bright mid-blue slightly 
speckled with white toward the base. In great trusses showing 
nine and often more fully developed flowers. Pkt. $1. 
Gypsophila pacifica (Perennial) 
A new hardy pink Baby’s Breath. Thrives in any soil. The 
second year the seedlings form dense bushes 4 feet high, and 
the thread-like stalks, on strongly ramified stems, bear myriads 
of tiny pink blooms in slender, spreading panicles. Pkt. 
50 cts., 5 pkts. $2. 
Heliopsis, New Double Golden Yellow (perennial) 
Introduced by the famous French hybridizer, Lemoine. 
This remarkable strain is a great improvement over the now- 
existing single and semi-double sorts. Brilliant golden yellow 
flowers, double the size of the ordinary varieties, on excep¬ 
tionally stout stems. Height 3 to 4 feet. Will bloom the first 
year from seed if started not later than March. Pkt. 35 cts.. 
3 pkts. $1. 
A superb development bearing flowers of largest size on long stems. The 
colors range through shades of bronzy red with the characteristic golden 
edged petalage and robust vigor of the well-known Portola. A splendid 
cut-flower. Pkt. 25 cts., 5 pkts. $1. 
Hardy Gaillardias in Their Latest Developments 
The gay and varied colorings of these lovely new hybrids will bring a 
wealth of color to the garden. Once established, they will bloom abundantly 
from early summer until fall. Flowers of the largest size on long, rugged 
stems. 
Light shades with red center. Pkt. 35 cts. 
Golden yellow, perfect flowers. Pkt. 35 cts. 
The King. A brilliant mixture of gold, crimson, and brown. 
Enormous flowers. Pkt. 35 cts. 
Semi-double Giant in all the lovely Gaillardia colors. 
Pkt. 35 cts. 
Bremen. Glittering deep copper-red with dark brown disc and a 
narrow edge of yellow. Fully 3 inches across. Often blooms the first 
year from seed if sown early. Pkt. 35 cts. 
COLLECTION: One pkt. each of the above 5 varieties, $1.50 
Gentiana Farreri (perennial) 
A rare species from China, wdth very large sky-blue flow r ers in August. 
Pkt. $2. 
Geum, Prince 
of Orange 
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