SEED CATALOGUE - 1936 
GAILLARDIA • Blanket Flower 
PERENNIAL VARIETIES 
Showy and handsome for beds and borders. The flowers are a most peculiar 
combination of shades, varying between gold and maroon. Pkt. 
Grandiflora, Burgundy. Large, wine-red flowers. Upright habit. 
Large pkt. 75 cts.. .$0 25 
Grandiflora, Dazzler. Produces large flowers, often 4 to 5 inches across, 
of bright golden yellow with rich maroon-red center. The plant is 
vigorous, throwing up a profusion of long, erect flower-stalks which 
provide excellent material for cutting.Large pkt. 40 cts.. . 15 
Grandiflora, Portola Hybrids. A superb strain of upright habit, 
bearing flowers of very large size, the colors ranging through shades of 
bronzy red with golden-tipped petalage.Large pkt. 40 cts... 15 
Grandiflora, Tangerine. Fine new variety of compact habit. Flowers 
showy orange-red, on long stems.Large pkt. 40 cts.. . 15 
Grandiflora, Superb Mixed. Showy variations of crimson and gold .... 
25 cts... 10 
ANNUAL VARIETIES 
An exceedingly popular and showy annual, producing throughout the summer 
an abundance of large, handsome flowers of various colors. 
Amblyodon. Large, single, salmon-red flowers, deep crimson cen- Pkt. Moz- 
ters; very showy and fine for cutting. 2 feet.$0 10 $0 30 
Picta. Single-flowered. Fine mixture of colors. 1 foot. 10 25 
Picta, Indian Chief. New. Bronzy red. Shown in color on 
page 36.Large pkt. 25 cts... 10 
Lorenziana, Double, Finest Mixed. Beautiful colors, flowering 
all summer. Fine for bedding or cutting. 1 3^ feet. 10 25 
Lorenziana, The Bride. White, double; fine for cutting. 10 30 
Gaillardia grandiflora 
GLOXINIA 
Hybrida grandiflora. An unsurpassed strain, 
containing the spotted hybrids as well as the 
finest self-colored sorts. Pkt. 50 cts. 
GILIA 
This is a very graceful annual, growing 
about 2 feet high, with fine feathery foliage 
and bearing freely, over a long season, globu¬ 
lar heads about 1 inch across. 
Capitata. Pale mauve flowers Pkt. J4oz. 
gracefully poised on long 
stems.$0 10 $0 25 
Tricolor, Lavender and white 
flowers with black threat. . . 10 25 
GODETIA 
An attractive hardy annual, deserving 
more extensive cultivation. The plants are 
of distinct and graceful habit, and the long 
trusses of double, azalea-like flowers are 
excellent for cutting. 2 feet. Pkt. Large pkt. 
Tall Double Crimson.$0 10 $0 25 
Tall Double Mauve. 10 25 
Tall Double Rosy Morn.. . 10 25 
Tall Double Mixed. 10 25 
Gilia capitata 
ORNAMENTAL GOURDS 
Gourds grow luxuriantly and are useful for 
covering arbors, fences, etc. The fruits they 
bear are very ornamental and keep well. 
15 to 20 feet. Large 
Pkt. pkt. 
Apple-shaped.$0 10 $0 25 
Bottle-shaped. 10 25 
Calabash or Pipe. 10 25 
Dipper-shaped. 10 25 
Lufla (Dish-rag). 10 25 
Egg-shaped. 10 25 
Hercules’ Club. 10 25 
Orange-shaped. 10 25 
Pear-shaped. 10 25 
Fine Mixed. 10 25 
COLLECTION; One pkt. of each, 75 cts. 
GLOBE AMARANTH 
Gomphrena 
Sometimes called “Bachelor’s Buttons.” 
Flowers resemble clover-heads and can be 
dried and used in winter bouquets. 2 feet. 
Pink, White, Purple, and Mixed, each, 
pkt. iO cts.; large pkt. 25 cts. 
Gypsophila paniculata 
GREVILLEA - Silk Oak 
Robusta. Really a greenhouse plant, but can be successfully grown as an annual. 
It is a neat little shrub, with delicate fern-like foliage. Very useful for table 
decoration and in foliage groups. Pkt. 10 cts.; large pkt. 25 cts. 
GYPSOPHILA • Baby’s Breath 
Feathery panicles of tiny star-shaped flowers, gracefully and daintily borne on 
slender stems. A charming effect may be had by mixing sprays of Baby’s Breath 
with other long-stemmed cut-flowers. 
ANNUAL VARIETIES 
Elegans alba grandiflora. This is an improved, large-flowering, pure white Pkt. 
form of the annual Baby’s Breath, of free, easy growth. Several sowings 
should be made during the season to keep up a supply.Oz. 25 cts. . .$0 10 
Elegans rosea. A pretty blush-pink form of the above and equally as valu¬ 
able for cutting.Oz. 30 cts... 10 
Muralis. A lovely little rock or edging plant with rose-pink flowers. 
Moz. 30 cts... 10 
PERENNIAL VARIETIES 
Paniculata. One of the favorite hardy perennials. White flowers; fine for 
bouquets. Blooms first year if sown early. 2 feet.34oz. 25 cts... 10 
Paniculata fl.-pl., Snow-White. The double-flowering Baby’s Breath, and 
one of the finest hardy plants for cutting.Large pkt. 75 cts... 25 
Repens, White. An elegant trailing plant for the rockery, with clouds of 
small white flowers in July and August.Large pkt. 40 cts... 15 
Repens rosea. A rose-flowered form of the above.Large pkt. 40 cts. .. 15 
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