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[General Collection of Hardy Plants—Continued.] 
ioned scarlet Geum, having 1 larger heads and more numerous flow¬ 
ers of a bright dazzling scarlet; the flowers are double, lasting 
from May to October. This can be highly recommended as a first- 
class perennial, and no collection can be complete without it. 
25 cents each ; $2.50 per dozen. 
Gunnera Scabra. A gigantic species from damp, shady ravines 
of the Andes, producing leaves from four to five feet in diameter. 
It forms a noble plant in moist, shady situations, beside running 
streams, etc. $1.50 each. 
Gunnera Manicata. One of the finest hardy decorative plants. 
The leaves attain an enormous size; splendid for tropical effects 
in shady places. $1.50 each. 
Gaillardias. This plant has hitherto been placed with the rank 
and file of herbaceous plants, but for the future will take a much 
more prominent position. They are all hardy, very free blooming, 
will thrive in ordinary border, and are very useful for cutting, the 
flower lasting a week in water. They grow about two and a half 
feet in height ; are of a bushy habit, and produce myriads of blos¬ 
soms from June to October; they vary in color from the palest 
primrose to the deepest crimson. 25 cents each ; $2 per dozen. 
Gentiana Acaulis. (Gentianella.) Charming cushions of 
glossy evergreen foliage, from which issue numerous erect bell¬ 
shaped flowers of intense blue. 30 cents each ; $3 per dozen. 
Gentiana Andrewsii. (The Closed Gentian.) A native sort ; 
grows about two feet high, producing numerous flowers in terminal 
and axillary clusters; the flowers never expand, remaining, as it 
were, in bud, and are about two inches in length, of a rich purplish 
blue, striped inside with white. 25 cents each ; $2.50 per dozen. 
Geranium Pratense. A tall-growing kind, with large purple 
flowers. 25 cents each ; $2.50 per dozen. 
Geranium Richardsoni. A robust native variety ; large flow¬ 
ers of reddish purple. 20 cents each ; $2 per dozen. 
Geranium Sanguineum. A highly-ornamental border or rock 
plant; the flowers are large, of a deep crimson purple, and are pro¬ 
duced in the greatest profusion all summer. 25 cents each ; $2.50 
per dozen. 
Geranium Endresse. This is one of the brightest and most 
effective of this family ; the flowers are exceedingly numerous, of 
a bright rose color. 25 cents each ; $2.50 per dozen. 
Geranium Ibericum. The best of the strong-growing varie¬ 
ties, forming pretty symmetrical bushes two feet in height, pro¬ 
ducing large flowers, of a rich purplish-blue color. 25 cents each ; 
$2.50 per dozen. 
Glechoma Hederacca Variegata. (Ground Ivy.) A pretty 
variegated form of the well-known Ground Ivy, the leaves being 
edged with pure white ; a very useful plant for carpeting the 
ground under larger plants, or for vases and hanging baskets. 
15 cents each ; $1.50 per dozen. 
Globularia Tricasantha. Dark blue flower ; a fine border plant. 
20 cents each ; $2 per dozen. 
Gypsophila Cerastoides. Six inches high ; flowers pure white, 
larger than any other of this genus. It has proved a first-class 
border or rock plant; is hardy, and easily grown. 20 cents each ; 
$2 per dozen. 
Gypsophila Acutifolia. Of spreading habit, producing innu¬ 
merable small white or pink flowers. 15 cents each; $1.50 per 
dozen. 
Helianthemum Vulgare. (Rock Rose.) A genus of ornamental 
evergreen flowering shrubs, forming compact bushes from three to 
nine inches in height, covered with large flowers of every shade of 
color, both single and double; invaluable for hot, dry situations. 
15 cents each ; $1.50 per dozen. 
Helianthemum. Double crimson. 25 cents each ; $2.50 per 
dozen. 
Helianthemum. Rosy buff. 25 cents each ; $2.50 per dozen. 
Helianthemum. Yellow. 25 cents each ; $2.50 per dozen. 
Helianthemum Hyssopifolia. 25 cents each ; $2.50 per dozen. 
Helianthemum Rhodanthemum. 25 cents each; $2.50 per 
dozen. 
Heracleum Giganteum. (Giant Parsnip.) A majestic foliage 
plant often attaining a height of ten feet or more. 75 cents each. 
Heracleum Barbatum. Another variety of Giant Parsnip, 
growing quite tall. 75 cent6 each. 
Hibiscus Moscheutos. (Rose Mallow.) This plant grows from 
three to four feet high, forming a bushy plant with many branches, 
producing numerous large rosy flowers three inches across, and it 
blooms from June to October. A very desirable, bold free-blooming 
plant for shrubbery, the hardy border, or isolated on the grass. 
25 cents each. 
Hydrangea Paniculata. A splendid hardy Hydrangea. 25 cents, 
50 cents and $1 each. 
Perennial Sunflowers., These form a very important group, 
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