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HORTICULTURAL E/TABLi/W\ENT 
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PERENNIAL FLOWERING PLANTS 
Gaillardia 
PORTOLA HYBRIDS. Select seedlings from the 
finest type, and while they will not all be exact¬ 
ly like the Portola, the flowers are unusually large 
and fine, and often very spectacular in appear¬ 
ance. The plants have the same fine habit, but 
there will be some variation in the amount of 
red and gold in the flowers. Rich coppery scarlet. 
Each petal heavily tipped gold. 2>/4-inch pots 
12y 2 c; 4-inch pots, 25c. 
GAILLARDIA 
BURGUNDY. Rich deep mahogany-red. 2% 
inch pots, 121 / 2 C; 4 inch pots 25c. 
Gazania 
The closely matted plants make a complete 
carpet above which are borne myriads of large 
daisy-shaped flowers in brilliant orange, or lemon 
yellow. Much used as a ground cover in park¬ 
ways and over dry rocky places. The Orange and 
Lemon varieties make the most solid mats, and 
are very impressive in full bloom. Very showy 
and distinct are the two new varieties, especially 
fine for narrow borders and rock work, listed be¬ 
low. Orange and Lemon, furnished in flatboxes 
of 100 plants, $2.00 per 100; 50 plants for $1.25. 
NEW HYBRID GAZANIAS. Large flowered 
hybrids in hues of yellow, orange, cream, and 
white on extra long stems. Very beautiful. 2V4 
inch pots, 15e; 4 inch pots, 25c. 
NEW GAZANIA 
White-Gold 
Exqusite flowers with graceful petals, ivory- 
white with gold illumination at the base of each. 
This new colored Gazania is one of the most 
charming additions to our list of perennials. 4- 
inch pots, 35c. 
Helianthemum 
SUNROSE 
f HELIANTHEMUM CHAMAECISTUS HYBRIDS. 
Fine trailing plants with small dark green to 
grey-green foliage and flowers like miniature 
wild roses in shades of red, yellow, salmon, and 
cream. 2V4-inch pots 15c. 1-gal. containers 40c. 
NEW GAZANIAS 
Geum 
Very showy perennials and very easily 
grown, either in sun or shade. Makes a 
splendid bedding plant and is excellent for 
cutting. 
LADY STRATHEDEN. Large double flowers of 
rich golden yellow. 
MRS. BRADSHAW. Splendid double. Bright 
scarlet. 
In 2V4-inch pots, 10c each; in 4-inch pots, 
25c each. 
ORANGE PRINCE. (New). Beautiful large 
double flowers of rich orange. 2'/4 inch pots, 15c; 
4 inch pots, 35e. 
ALPINE SPECIES 
Doubly valuable for the Alpine or rock 
garden, and perennial groups for their 
handsome evergreen foliage and showy 
flowers produced from early spring to 
winter. Crow in shade or sun. 
t GEUM BORISII. One of the finest of this 
showy genus. Neat tufts of foliage and many 
branching 8 to 12 inch stems covered with large 
vivid orange-scarlet flowers. 4-inch pots 50e. 
t GEUM HELDREICHII. Another beautiful spe¬ 
cies with attractive foliage and orange red flowers 
on 8 to 12 inch stems. 4-inch pots 35c. 
Horned Poppy 
GLAUCIUM FLAVUM. Excellent for sunny 
banks and dry beds, producing a display of large 
orange and yellow flowers on 18 to 24 inch 
stems, which are branching and fine for cutting. 
The blue-green foliage is also handsome. 3-inch 
pots 15c. 
Gypsophila 
BABY’S BREATH 
The perennial varieties of Gypsophila 
furnish a fine supply of graceful sprays of 
white blooms for mixed bouquets. 
GYPSOPHILA PANICULATA. Single flowered 
Baby's Breath. 
GYPSOPHILA PANICULATA. Double. Either 
variety, 2Winch pots 10c. 
GYSOPHILA BRISTOL FAIRY. An improvement 
on the well known double form. Strong roots, 
50e each. 
t GYSOPHILA REPENS. A creeping variety with 
soft grey-green foliage, with white to pink flowers, 
growing about 2 to 3 inches high. 2V4-inch pots 
15c. 
Helenium 
All of these are desirable tall growing 
perennials, succeeding in any soil in a 
sunny place. They have broad, spreading 
heads of flowers, useful for cutting, each 
species covering a long blooming season. 
AUTUMNALE RUBRUM. Robust growing 3 to 
4 feet high with bright terra-cotta red flowers 
in August and September. 
AUTUMNALE SUPERBUM. Golden yellow 
flowers during the late summer and fall months. 
About 5 feet high. 
HOOPESI. Pure orange-yellow flowers two and 
one-half inches across. The earliest to bloom, 
coming early in June and continuing throughout 
the summer. Two feet. 
RIVERTON BEAUTY. Rich lemon yellow, with 
large, purplish black cone in center. Summer and 
fall. Four feet. 
RIVERTON GEM. Old gold, changing to wall¬ 
flower red. Summer and fall. Three and one-half 
feet. 
Price 25c each; Set of 5, one each of the above, 
$ 1 . 00 . 
NEW GEUM ORANGE PRINCE 
Heliotrope 
Heliotrope is an old favorite bedding 
plant, and is very useful in many parts of 
the garden, either in masses or as indivi¬ 
dual plants, groups, or as decorative pot 
plants. 
Their delightful perfume makes them 
very desirable in the garden. 
QUEEN MARGARET. Rich violet flowers in huge 
trusses on dwarf, shapely plants. Our most popu¬ 
lar variety. 
SNOW WREATH. White flowers with a faint 
lavender tinge. The most fragrant of all. 
Prices of Heliotrope: 3-inch pots 15c; 4-inch 
pots 25c. Decorative specimen pot plants 50c to 
$1.50. 
HELIOTROPE 
BLACK BEAUTY 
Immense heads of rich 
velvety purple, very frag¬ 
rant, deep green - bronze 
foliage, a most desirable and 
striking novelty. 
3- inch pots 20c 
4- inch pots 35c 
t Especially suited for Rockeries. 
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