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Seeds of Perennials 
Gaillardia (Blanket Flower) 
Nat. Ord. Compositae 
8785. — Grandiflora. Showy plants for'beds and borders, being covered with flow* 
ers from June until October, a feature quite rare with perennials. From a 
loose cluster of finely lacerated foliage arise numerous straight, wiry flower- 
stems, which terminate in one large daisy-like flower of unusual colorings; 
generally the flowers appear in several circles of highly colored contrasts, 
as crimson and gold, orange and Vermillion, and so forth. Height of plant, 
about 2 feet; space, 1 foot. The old flower-stem should be removed as soon 
as the flowers fade, to ensure a continuity of bloom and strong, healthy 
Plants.Pkt., $ .10 
Galega Officinalis (Goat’s Rue) 
Nat. Ord. Leguminosae 
A new form of this beautiful flower; plants grow’ 4% feet tall. The stout 
stem is elegantly dressed with beautiful loped foliage, and towards the crown of the 
plant appear during July and August large, handsome sprays of pea-shaped flow¬ 
ers. Ideal for cutting. There are so few’ perennials which are in their prime dur¬ 
ing July and August that we strongly urge you to plant this Galega in quantities 
all through the border. Space, 18 inches. 
8790. —Alba. White flowers.Pkt., $ .10 
8795. —Rosea. Deep pink flowers.Pkt., .10 
Gaura (Waving Butterfly) 
Nat. Ord. Onagracea 
A most spectacular plant which, when recognized, cannot fail to impress itself 
so favorably upon the American gardener that we will soon find it used universally. 
Although this is an annual, because it flowers within three months after sowing the 
seed, it can also be used as a perennial in the border. 
As such a plant I have seen it in the past summer, in one of the show gardens 
in Newport, and many other visitors there wore amazed that such a lovely plant 
should be unknown to most of the gardens. From a nest of solid leaves, which re¬ 
main near the ground and which spread to a space of 1 foot, arise several wiry, 
smooth, gracefully waving flowerstalks to a height of 6 feet; the upper third is 
loosely dressed with single white blossoms that remind you at once of white but¬ 
terflies. These flowers open but three or four at a time, but by that method flower 
uninterruptedly from July to frost. 
Picture in your mind a solid, large clump of these, or individually rising above 
a large bed of Pink Phlox or something similar, and the wind waving these slender 
stems to and fro, and you can only reproduce the picture by imagining a myriad of 
white butterflies swarming over your flowers. 
2292. —Lindheimeri.*..Pkt., $ .10; large pkt., $ .25 
Gentiana Acaulis (The Garden Gentian) 
On slender wiry stems about 6 inches tall, borne in profusion to the plant, we 
find large, erect, bell-shaped, deep blue flowers in spring; in bloom more or less 
throughout the year. Plant without flowers, about 3 inches high. Space, 6 inches. 
8797. —..Pkt., $ .25 
Please Order by Numbers only. 
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