Choice Flower Seeds 
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WM. ELLIOTT & SONS, NEW YORK 
FORGET-ME-NOT 
GAILLARDI A—Continued 
(Myosotis) 
Charming little plants, producing their beautiful star-like flowers in 
great, profusion ; in valuable for spring garden decoration, thriving best 
in moist, shady situations. Perennials, but will flower the first season if 
started early in a hotbed. 
Alpestris, “Victoria.” Of stout, bushy habit; bright azure-blue 
flowers. 5 to 7 inches. Pkt. 10 ets. 
Picta Lorenziana. A charming double variety; large flowers, two 
inches in diameter, varying in color from sulphur to purple. Annual 
Pkt. 5 cts. 
Aurora. Double; red, tipped yellow. Pkt. 5 cts. 
GENTIANA ACAULIS 
Dwarf-growing perennial. Useful for edgings or rockeries. Pretty 
blue flowers. Pkt. 10 cts. 
Hi no. Pkt. 5 cts. 
Alba. White. Pkt. 5 cts. 
Diet inction. A seedling of the Victoria, flowering in eight to ten 
weeks from sowing the seed. Pkt. 15 cts. 
Kohusta grand iflora (Eliza Panrobert). Fine, pyramidal habit; 
bright blue. Pkt. 10 cts. 
Azorica. Dark blue; very pretty. Pkt. 10 cts. 
GERANIUM 
No flowering plants are so extensively grown as the Geranium, and 
certainly none are more suitable for large beds where a mass of bloom is 
desired. Although perennials, they will flower from seed the first season. 
Zonale. Finest mixed. Pkt. 10 cts. 
Golden and Bronze-Leaved. Rich colors and markings. Pkt. 25c. 
Double. Finest mixed. Pkt. 25 cts. 
Dissit iflora. One of the 
best of all Forget-Me-Nots; it 
is of a remarkably compact 
habit and a profuse bloomer, 
having the appearance of a 
sheet of blue. y 2 ft. Pkt. 10 cts. 
Palustris, True Forget- 
Me-Not. Blue, with white eye. 
Pkt. 10 cts. 
FOUR O’CLOCKS 
(Marvel of Peru) 
Called “Four O’clocks” be¬ 
cause they open their blossoms 
at about that time in the after¬ 
noon. Handsome plants, grow¬ 
ing about 2 feet high, covered 
all summer with hundreds of 
large, sweet-scented flowers of 
various colors. 
Finest Mixed. Pkt. 5 cts., 
oz. 15 cts. 
Rlliott’s Dwarf Mixed. 
Similar to above, except in 
height and size of blooms. 
Plants, when fully developed, 
attain a height of about one foot; 
the foliage is a bright green, 
and flowers range thro u k h 
shades of red, rose, yellow and 
white. Recommendable for 
borders or pot-plants. Pkt. 10c. 
Fragaria Indica 
Pretty, hardy, herbaceous 
creeper, with beautiful yellow 
blossoms and bright red fruit 
like tiny strawberries. Elegant 
for rock work or hanging baskets. 
Seed should be sown very early 
in the house, and plants trans¬ 
planted. Pkt. 10 cts. 
Large-Flowered Pelar¬ 
gonium (Lady Washington 
Geranium). Saved from the 
choicest show varieties. Pkt. 
25 cts. 
Apple-Scented. A favorite 
variety. Pkt. 25 cts. 
GESNERA 
Beautiful greenhouse plants. 
Remarkable for the beauty of 
their foliage, which is singularly 
marked, and their long spikes 
of brilliant colored flowers. Sow 
in a light compost, and keep in 
a warm, moist atmosphere. 
Tender perennial. 
Kobusta perfect a. An 
improved strain of Gesnera 
with handsome foliage: free 
flowering habit and great di¬ 
versity of colors. Pkt. 50 cts. 
Choicest Varieties 
Mixed. Pkt. 25 cts. 
Geum Atrosangui- 
neum, fl. pi. 
Handsome, free- flowering, 
hardy perennial, bearing pro¬ 
fusely large, brilliant scarlet 
flowers all summer: excellent 
for cutting. Pkt. 10 cts. 
Gilia Tricolor 
Pretty dwarf annuals, bloom¬ 
ing in any situation. Grow well 
in pots, and are fine for rock¬ 
eries. Choice mixed. Pkt. 5 cts. 
Glaucium Luteum 
(Horned Poppy) 
Highly ornamental plant; 
silvery foliage and bright yellow, 
Gaillardia Grandlfiora Superba bell-shaped flowers. Pkt. 5 cts. 
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FUCHSIA 
Fuchsias are easily grown from seed, and many improved varieties are 
obtained in this way. Our seed has been saved from a choice collection. 
Single Mixed. Pkt. 25 cts. 
Double Mixed. Pkt. 25 cts. 
GAILLARDIA 
(Blanket Flower) 
Splendid bedding plants, with large flowers of great brilliancy, pro¬ 
duced in great profusion throughout the summer. Excellent for cutting. 
Amblyodon. Rich blood-red. Pkt. 10 cts. 
Grandiflora maxima. Golden yellow. Pkt. 10 cts. 
Grandiflora superba. Splendid variety; dark red, with bright 
yellow border. Pkt. 10 cts. 
New Perennial Hybrids. Flowers much larger than the older 
sorts, and colors more brilliant. Pkt. 10 cts. 
GLOBE AMARANTH (Gomphrena) 
Very handsome and showy everlastings, commonly known as “Bache¬ 
lor’s Buttons.” An old favorite for winter bouquets. Annuals. 
White. Pkt. 5 cts. 
Purple. Pkt. 5 cts. 
Variegated. Pkt. 5 cts. 
Mixed. All colors. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 40 cts. 
Nana compacta. Dwarf varieties of very compact growth. Mixed. 
Pkt. 5 cts. 
GNAPHALIUM LEONTOPODIUM 
(Edelweiss: 
This is the true Edelweiss of the Alps, well known and so much prized 
by tourists in Switzerland. The flowers are pure white, star-shaped, and 
of a downy texture. Pkt. 10 ets. 
