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Choice Flower Seeds 
WM. ELLIOTT & SONS, NEW YORK 
GLOXINIAS 
Charming greenhouse plants, producing flowers of the most exquisite and gorgeous colors, 
ranging from the purest white through all the shades of crimson and purple. 
Grand Duchess of Saxony-Weimar. Magnificent new Gloxinia with large brilliant light 
scarlet flowers, which show a narrow but a very distinct undulated white edge; flowers mostly six- 
lobed, strictly upright, forming a veritable bouquet. Pkt. 25 cts. 
Hybrid a ereeta. International mixture. Erect, large-flowering varieties in splendid mix¬ 
ture. Pkt. 25 cts. 
Princess Maude. Pkt. 25 cts. 
Punctata. Tigered and spotted hybrids from a grand collection. Pkt. 25 cts. 
Gouville's Strain. Elowers of immense size, beautifully tigered and spotted. In original 
packages, 75 cts. 
GODETIA 
Godetias are profuse and constant bloomers, 
and their delicate tints of crimson, rose and 
white render them very attractive. Annuals. 
Bijou. Dwarf, pure white flowers marked 
with a dark rose spot. Pkt. 5 cts. 
Duchess of Albany. Pure white; large 
size. Pkt. 5 cts. 
Fairy Queen. Blush, with carmine spots. 
Pkt. 5 cts. 
GYPSOPHILA 
Lady Albemarle. Brilliant dark crimson. 
Pkt. 5 cts. 
The Bride. Crimson and white; fine. Pkt. 
5 cts. 
White Pearl. Dwarf; pure white. Pkt. 5 
cts. 
Fine Mixed. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 50 cts. 
GOLDEN FEATHER. See Pyrethrum. 
Godetia 
Pretty free-flowering plants, succeeding well 
in any garden soil. 
Muralis. A charming little plant, covered 
with beautiful pink blossoms. Fine for rock¬ 
eries. Hardy annual. % foot. Pkt. 5 cts. 
Paniculata (Baby’s Breath). White, fine 
for bouquets. Hardy perennial. 2 feet. Pkt. 
5 cts. 
HELIANTHUS. See Sunflower. 
GREVILLEA ROBUSTA 
(Silk Oak) 
A very beautiful and graceful decorative plant, 
with fern-like foliage; excellent for table dec- 
option. 3 to 5 feet. Pkt. 10 cts. 
Gloxinias 
Ornamental Gourds 
Rapid-growing annual climbers, very 
useful for covering verandas, etc. The 
fruits are curiously shaped, and often 
very highly colored. 10 to 20 feet. 
Hercules’ Club. Club-shaped green 
fruits. 2 to 4 feet long. Pkt. 5 cts. 
Loo fa. Sponge or Dish Rag Gourds. 
Pkt. 5 cts. 
Nest-Egg. White, shaped like an egg. 
Pkt. 5 cts. 
Orange. The well-known Mock 
Orange. Pkt. 5 cts. 
Pear-Shaped. Striped fruits, very 
showy. Pkt. 5 cts. 
Powder Horn. In the form of a 
powder horn. Pkt. 5 cts. 
Siphon, or Dipper. Makes an ex¬ 
cellent dipper. Pkt. 5 cts. 
Sugar Trough. Large, round fruits. 
Pkt. 5 cts. 
Mixed Ornamental Varieties. 
Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 40 cts. 
ORNAMENTAL GRASSES 
Ornamental Grasses serve the double purpose of rendering the mixed flower-bed or 
border attractive during the summer, and for the use of the spikes or panicles in a dried 
state in winter bouquets. For large beds or groups on lawns nothing gives a finer effect. 
Agrostis nebulosa. A very graceful 
and pretty grass, charming for borders. 
Annual. 1% feet. Pkt. 5 cts. 
A vena sterilis (Animated Oats). Droop¬ 
ing, very graceful. Annual. 2 feet. Pkt. 
5 cts. 
Briza maxima (Quaking Grass). Very 
pretty. Annual. 1% feet. Pkt. 5 cts. 
Briza gracilis (Small Quaking Grass). 
Very delicate and graceful. Annual. 1 foot. 
Pkt. 5 cts. 
Bromus brizseformis. An elegant 
Briza-like grass. Pkt. 5 cts. 
Coix lachry in a (Job’s Tears). 2 feet. 
Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 25 cts. 
Eragrostis elegans (Love Grass). Very 
graceful and beautiful. Annual. 1 foot. Pkt. 
5 cts. 
Erianthus Ravenna 1 . A stately and 
picturesque grass, resembling the 1’ampas 
with its silvery white plumes. Half-hardy 
perennial. 7 feet. Pkt. 10 cts. 
Eulalia Japonioa. One of the most 
beautiful of the tall-growing grasses. 5 feet. 
Pkt. 10 cts. 
Gymnothrix latifolla. Splendid orna¬ 
mental grass. Half-hardy perennial. 10 feet. 
Pkt. 10 cts. 
Gynerium argenteum (PampasGrass). 
The finest ornamental grass in cultivation. 
Half-hardy perennial. 10 feet. Pkt. 10 cts. 
Lagurus ovatus (Hare’s Tail). Small 
white plumes. Annual. 1 foot. Pkt. 5 cts. 
St ipa pennata (Feather Grass). One of 
the prettiest and most interesting. Peren¬ 
nial. 2 feet. Pkt. 10 cts. 
Collection of twelve varieties of Ornamental Grasses, 50 cents. 
For those inexperienced in flower gardening we have selected collections put up 
which will flower the same year as sown. 12 pkts. 50 cts. 
Gourds 
