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[General Collection of Hardy Plants—Continued.] 
ioned scarlet Geum, having 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 arc 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-ornamcntal border or rock 
plant; the flowers arc 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 Hederacea 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 aozen. 
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 cents 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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