J. WILKINSON ELLIOTT, PITTSBURGH, PA. 
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IMPROVED GAILLARDIAS. 
I consider the Gaillardia 
one of the most beautiful and 
desirable hardy plants in cul¬ 
tivation, and have had a large 
stock of Kelway’s famous 
strain grown for my custo¬ 
mers. I offer these plants for 
less than they have ever before 
been sold either in this country 
or in Europe. 
Though such an ornamental 
addition to the herbaceous 
border, the perennial Gaillardia 
is content with extremely 
simple treatment. Dig the soil 
deeply and enrich with well- 
rotted manure. We recommend 
the Gaillardia for bedding pur¬ 
poses as well as for borders; give 
a moderate amount of room and 
peg down, and a grand effect is 
to be obtained. Everyone will 
have noticed how grandly 
Gaillardias have thriven 
through the recent drouths ; 
they seem hardly to need water, 
but we recommend watering 
liberally to insure the finest 
flowers. The Gaillardia which 
Kelway & Son have been so 
successful in improving and 
popularizing is, of course, 
simply invaluable as a cut flower on account of its being so 
lasting when gathered, and so brilliant and beautiful. The 
gay blossoms are obtainable in perpetual profusion from 
June to November, and the greater the drought and scarcity 
of other flowers, the more the utility of the perennial 
Gaillardia is demonstrated. Mr. Robinson, in the “English 
Flower Garden,” recommends that they should be planted 
in bold groups, and remarks that no plants have finer effect 
in a bed by themselves, and we quite agree with him. Extra 
strong fine plants in a splendid assortment of colors. 
15 cents each ; $1.25 per dozen ; $7.00 per 100. 
BOWL OF GAILLARDIA FLOWERS.—From “The Garden.” 
PYRETHRUMS. 
The Pyrethrums are so simply and easily cultivated 
that they may be recommended to all who possess a 
garden, whether small or large. They are perfectly 
hardy, and absolutely invaluable for cut flowers through 
the summer and autumn months; the flowers are bright 
and elegantly born on long stems most convenient for 
vase decoration. In form the double varieties are somewhat 
Aster or Chrysanthemum-like, and as their chief beauty is 
in the months of May and June they may be well designated 
“Spring-Chrysanthemums,” possessing the advantage over 
the Chrysanthemums of being able to withstand the severest 
winter without protection. The single-flowered varieties are 
veritable “Colored Marguerites,” and possess a range of 
color and hardiness that Marguerites might envy in vain. 
Nothing can surpass the Pyrethrum for profusion of flower 
in the season; flowers succeed flowers without stint, and the 
blossoms are not injured by storm or sun. Their position 
should be the bonier or in beds. The plants may, with 
advantage, be cut down after June, which will keep up a 
greater succession of bloom through the autumn. Pyre¬ 
thrums grow freely in any ordinary garden soil; a good 
rich loam suits them perhaps best, and in order to 
secure size, brilliancy, and number of flowers, plenty 
of ordinary well-rotted manure may be added to well- 
trenched, well-drained soil, and plenty of water may 
be given when they are in bud in the dry summer 
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IMPROVED GAILLARDIAS. 
HIBISCUS MOSCHEUTUS. 
I wish to call attention to this extremely showy and 
satisfactory plant. It grows wild in the Jersey swamps, 
but thrives in any garden soil and is equally desirable as 
a garden plant or naturalized along the edges of brooks 
and ponds, or planted among wild or cultivated shrubs. 
It is of the easiest culture and will thrive in almost any 
position. The plant grows four to five feet high, is very 
bushy, and in August aud September is covered with im¬ 
mense single flowers six or eight inches across, ranging 
from pure white to deep rose in color. 
Per doz. Per ioo. 
Hibiscus Moscheutus, in separate colors, white 
blush pink and deep rose; each 15 cents. $ 1 50 $10 00 
Hibiscus Moscheutus, mixed colors, strong plants 
at a specially low price. 1 00 5 00 
