JAMES J. IT. GREGORY & SON'S RETAIL CATALOGUE. 
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j- Vo. Delphinium. Price per pkg. 
Flowers remarkable for their great beauty, diversity of shades 
and striking appearance. 
147 Delphinium Imperial Flore Pleno. (P.) Pure white. 10 
148 - - Formosum. (P.) Flowers blue and white, very large’and 
brilliant; will flower the first season from seed. 10 
149 -Chinese. (P.) Mixed. Two and a half feet..’.'!!!! ‘os 
150 -Elatum. (P.) (Bee Laricspur.) Blue. Two feet.05 
151 -Hybridum. (P.) Fine mixed, splendid.05 
152 -Zalil. (P.) Sulphur Yellow. Plants of branching 1 al ir 
bearing spikes of from forty to fifty blossoms.’ .15 
DOUBLE DAISY (Beilis Perennis). (P.) 
Charming plants for edgings and dwarf beds. Thrive well in 
shady places. 
153 Daisy, Snowball. (See cut.) Large flowered, pure white, and 
extremely double, with very long stems, making them valuable 
for cutting. 15 
154 -; Giant Flowering. The most gigantic flowering of all 
daisies, with very double blooms changing from rose to red.15 
155 - Quilled, Mixed. Each bloom is the nicest little pompon that 
can be seen; the flowers are produced in abundance and in great 
variety of color. 15 
156 -“Longfellow.” Flowers of unusual size, a dark-rose color. 
Of value for bouquets. .15 
157 - Double, Mixed... 10 
EUPHORBIA, (a.) 
. Price per p kg. 
167 Euphorbia Heterophylla. “Mexican 
Fire Plant.” (See cut.) Large bushy 
plants, growing about three feet 
high, with very ornamental dark 
green leaves, which, as the season 
advances, become blazed with 
deep scarlet so that only an edge 
of green is left. Sow early in pots 
or hot-bed, and transplant to‘open 
gound in May. 15 
168 -Yariegata. “Snow on the 
Mountains.” Leaves edged with 
pure white. 05 
Exacum. (A.) 
169 Clusters of violet-purple flowers, 
with yellow anthers, most beauti¬ 
fully cyclamen-scented. Half 
hardy. Blooms incessantly 
through the summer, and if re¬ 
moved to the house will bloom 
freely all winter. 15 
Euphorbia. 
Feverfew (Matricaria). (P.) 
A beautiful, half-hardy perennial, well adapted for beds. 
Erythrina. (P.) 
158 A magnificent, half-hardy shrub, with 
gorgeous spikes of scarltt flowers 
from one to two feet long. Although a 
tropical plant, it grows freely out of- 
doors if placed in a warm situation. 
Protect in a cool, dry cellar during 
winter. ..20 
ESCHSCHOLTZIA. 
(California Poppies.) (A.) 
A veYy showy plant about one foot 
‘high, blooming from June until Septem¬ 
ber. Produces a. brilliant effect at a 
distance when grown in a mass. Hardy. 
159 Esclischoltzia, Mandarin. (See cut.) 
Flowers a brilliant scarlet, with the 
inner side of petal a rich orange.10 
160 -New Double White. Distinguished 
for its abundance of flowers, and the 
length of time which they live.10 
161 -Large Kose-colored. Flowers very 
large, of a brilliant dark rose color, 
shading into pale rose at the base.10 
162 - Finest Mixed . ..05 
Eternal Flower (Helichrysum). (A.) 
The Eternal Flowers are ornamental 
in the garden, and desirable for winter 
bouquets, as they retain their form and 
color for years, if gathered and dried 
when first open. 
163 Eternal Flower, “Fireball.” Color of the lichest crimson ma 
s roon. 
164 -Yellow. 
165 - - Mixed. 
Gloxinia, Scarlet. 
170 Feverfew, Double Dwarf. The flowers 
are large, creamy colored, and very 
double.15 
171 - Double White. Very fine.05 
172 - Golden Feather. One of the orna¬ 
mental foliage plants. Very desirable 
for vases and baskets to mix with 
other plants.10 
Flax. (A.) 
173 Flax, Crimson. (Linum Grandiflorum.) .05 
A beautiful, half-hardy annual,very ef¬ 
fective and showy for bedding purpose. 
Foxglove. (B.) 
174 Foxglove, Large-flowering. Spotted and 
Mixed. Very ornamental amongst 
shrubbery, producing tall spikes of 
showy flowers of purple, rose, white, 
and yellow.05 
Forg-et-me-not (Myosotis). (P.) 
A very pretty little hardy perennial, 
about six inches high. Will thrive best 
in a cool, moist situation, and is well 
adapted for bedding or rock work. 
175 Forget-me-not, Elegantissima. Very 
compact, with silvery, variegated fo¬ 
liage and sky-blue flowers.15 
176 -Alpine, Large-flowered. Flowers 
exceeding other varieties in size; 
sky-blue in color, with a clearly de¬ 
fined yellow eye.15 
177 - Blue. The standard variety.05 
178 -White. (New.) Pure wdiite.10 
.15 
.05 
.05 
Eupatorium. (P.) 
166 Shrubby plants, with white flowers, growing in graceful, feath¬ 
ery sprays. 
.10 
Fuschia. (A.) 
Elegant flowering plants, of easy culture, in pots, for parlor 
decoration or the garden. In the garden they require a slightly 
shaded situation. Soil should be rich. 
179 Fuschia, or “ Ladies’Ear-Drop.” Finest varieties mixed. 
Geranium. (A.) 
180 Geranium. Splendid Mixed. 
.25 
Daisy, Snowball. 
Geum. (P.) 
Handsome, free-flowering, long-blooming, and remarkably showy and hardy. Succeed 
best in a sandy loam. 
181 Geum, Mixed.. .05 
GAILLARDIA. (a.) 
One of the most showy and brilliant of garden flowers, fine for bedding and cutting, 
producing large flowers of rich shades throughout the summer. 
182 Gaillardia. Single, Grandiflora. Splendid Mixed. 
183 - I’icta Lorenziana. Double." Fine for bedding and cutting; flowers very double, of 
various shades, orange, claret, amaranth, sulphur, etc... 
.05 
.05 
GLOXINIA. (F-) 
A superb class of greenhouse and indoor plants, with vigorous foliage, and producing, 
in great profusion, elegant flowers of the lichest and most beautiful colors. They are 
quite easily grown from seed, and deserve extensive cultivation as house plants. Sow in 
March, on the surface, in a warm, moist atmosphere, transplant into shallow pots when the 
second leaf appears. Allow plants to rest through autumn and winter, giving little water, 
re-pot in the spring, and water freely; will blossom second season. 
184 Gloxinia, Hybrida Grandiflora. Scarlet. (See cut.) Flowers large, the edges of the petals 
delicately frilled. Its beauty is enhanced by a velvety, dark green foliage with silvery- 
white venations.35 
185 - Grandiflora. Mixed. .35 
