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MAKSI-IALL'S FLOWER SEEDS. 
NAME AND DESCRIPTION. 
Height Per Per 
in Feet Duration Ounce Pkt. 
GLOXINIA. Charming pot plants, flowering during summer in the 
greenhouse or window. G. P. . 
Giant Flowering, mixed. Flowers 4 inches diameter. 1 .$0.50 
Erect Flowering. Extra choice strain. 1 . ... .50 
GODETIA. Bushy Annual, with showy large flowers . 1% PI. A. 
Finest Mixed Colors . $0.25 
Collection of Six Sorts. 
’65 
.30 
GOURDS. Thrifty annual climbers, bearing Ornamental Gourds. 20 PE. H. A. 
Apple-shaped . 
Bottle-shaped . 
Dipper. Eowl-sha]Ded, with long, slender neck . . 
Dish-Cloth. (Chinese Loofa, or Sponge Gourd.) Large, elongated 
fruit, spongy inside. IGowers deep golden yellow. . 
Egg. Fruit white, resembles eggs . . 
Plercules’ Club. Enormous fruit, often 4 feet long, thicker at the 
base . 
•Serpent. 'Fruit striped like a serpent, 3 to 5 feet in length and 
very slender .■.. . 
Mixed Ornamental Varieties . . 
Collection of 12 Ornamental Gourds. 
25 .05 
25 .05 
25 .05 
30 .05 
25 .05 
30 .05 
30 .05 
25 .05 
.50 
GRASSES, ORNAMENTAL. A most valuable class of plants for the 
lawn, shrub bed, border or tropical bed. The perennial varieties, 
many of which have variegated foliage, are excellent for borders, 
clumps on lawn or near ponds. The annual sorts are particularly 
pretty on account of the graceful feathery flower-panicles, which 
are used in bouquets. 
Agrostis Nebulosa. Very graceful and pretty . 
Briza Maxima. (Quaking Grass.) Very prett}^ . 
Gracilis. (Small-Quaking Grass.) Yery graceful . 
Bromus Brizaeformis. P'^ine for winter bouquets . 
Coix lachryma. (Job^s Tears.) P^oliage quite broad. Seeds promi¬ 
nent, very large and shiny. 
Erianthus Ravennae. Silvery plumes, resembling Pampas Grass... 
Gynerium argenteum. The famous Pampas Grass, with beautiful 
silvery plumes . 
Hordeum jubatum. (Squirrel-tail Grass.) A pretty variety, with 
bushy panicles of flowers . 
Pennisetum longistylum. An annual grass, with gracefully droop¬ 
ing heads . 
Ruppelianum. I-Iardy perennial grass, growing 3 feet high, with 
violet-tinted silvery plumes. The deep green foliage is long and 
slender . 
Stipa pennata. (Feather Grass.) Flard}^ perennial, with silvery 
white, feathery plumes . 
GREVILLEA Robusta. (Silk Oak), with graceful foliage . 
GUNNERA Manicata. A magnificent foliage plant . 
1^4 
H. A. 
.10 
1 % 
H. A. 
,. . 
.05 
1 
H. A. 
.05 
1 
II. P. 
.25 
.05 
r> 
0 
K. A. 
.20 
.05 
8 
H. P. 
.60 
.10 
10 
IT. P. 
.60 
.10 
3 
H. A. 
.50 
.10 
2 
H. A. 
.30 
.10 
3 
H. P. 
.50 
.10 
H. P. 
.50 
.10 
5 
G. S. 
.75 
.10 
6 
H. P. 
.25 
GYPSOPHILA. (Baby^s Breath.) Extremely useful for bouquets. 
Flowers small, and come in delicate sprays and panicles. 
Elegans alba grandiflora. An improved large-flowering, pure white 
form of the anniml Babv^s Breath, of free and easy growth. 
Rosea grandiflora. Delicate rose . 
Muralis. Bright rose . 
Paniculata. One of the finest for cutting. Pure white flowers, very 
small and borne in large panicles . 
HELIANTUS. (See Sunflower.) 
VA 
H. A. 
.50 
.10 
IV, 
FI. A. 
.50 
.10 
IVj 
T-L A. 
.50 
.05 
2 
I-I. P. 
.50 
.10 
HELICHRYSUM, or Straw Flower. Large, double ^'everlasting'^ 
flowers. 
Large-Flowering, Double, Mixed Colors . 
Collection of Six Colors . 
HELIOTROPE. AVell-known fragrant flowering plants for pots or 
gardens . 
Finest Mixed . 
Lemoine’s Giant Hybrids, Mixed... 
HEUCHERA sanguineus splendens. Long spikes of fiery red flowers. . 
HIBISCUS Africanus. Robust annual, with saucer-shaped flowers... 
Crimson Eye. White flowers, with a crimson spot in center. 
Moscheutos. fSwamp Bose Mallow.) Flowers of a light rosy-red, 
with dark centre . 
114 
H. A. 
.50 
.05 
.30 
114 
G. P. 
.05 
.10 
1 
H. P. 
.15 
2 
T-T. A. 
.25 
.05 
3 
IT. P. 
.10 
3 
H. P. 
.50 
.05 
