GENTIANS BLUE 
—and white, and yellow, and brown; but mostly they are 
of a vivid blueness or a purple richness. They will add the 
final touch of alluring beauty to the rock garden or the 
border. Seed is a bit slow in starting; give it time. Gen¬ 
tians like neither drought nor excessive moisture but always 
deep, loose soil. 
GENTIAN A ACAULIS—ry(l-2)7. Royal blue trumpets of 
startling size on little spreading plants. Variable; always 
good. Pkt. 15c. # 
GENTIANA ANDREWSI—mbltsth(3-4)20. Closed Gentian 
Brilliant blue flowers like sealed vases, in serried clusters 
Easiest species. Pkt. 15c; % oz. 60c. 
GENTIANA ANDREWSI ALBA—Delightful flowers like 
white samite. Pkt. 15c ; % oz. 75c. 
GENTIANA ASCLEPIADEA—rbmsty(4)30. Willow Gentian. 
Bending sheaves of sparkling sapphire. Pkt. 15c. 
GENTIANA ASCLEPIADEA ALBA—Charming, translucent 
pearly white. Pkt. 15c. 
GENTIANA CALYCOSA—rmy(3-4)10. Splendid species. 
Velvety blue bells, white throated, top each stem. Pkt. 20c. 
GENTIANA CRINITA—See bottom of preceding page. 
GENTIANA CRUCIATA—ry(4)12. Four-lobed blossoms, 
bright blue. Heat-resistant. Pkt. 15c. 
GENTIANA HASCOMBIENSIS—ry(3)15. Splendid hybrid, 
with great flower heads of bright mid-blue. Pkt. 20c. 
GENTIANA LAGODECHIANA—ermy(3) 10. A fairly easy 
and showy mid-summer Gentian of great beauty. Spread¬ 
ing, decumbent branches, up-turning in terminal heads of 
big blue flowers. Thrives in any deep, good, garden loam. 
Pkt. 20c. 
GENTIANA LUTEA—bnlth(3)36. Towering spires of clus¬ 
tered golden stars. Spectacular. Pkt. 15c. 
GENTIANA PANNONICA—rblty(3)25. Plump bells of a 
decidedly ruddy violet. Pkt. 15c. 
GENTIANA PORPHYRIO—rbnaty(4)18. Richest ultra- 
marine, with olive-dotted throat. The plant is mostly blos¬ 
som. No Gentian is more beautiful. A hardy and adapta¬ 
ble perennial. See illustration, page 58. Pkt. 20c. # 
GENTIANA PURPUREA—raty(3)20. Rich, velvety, Van¬ 
dyke brown, sweetly perfumed. Pkt. 15c. 
GENTIANA SAXOSA—The only Tasmanian Gentian, a spe¬ 
cies of the higher hills. White blossoms with purple vein- 
ings. 9 inches. Pkt. 25c. 
GENTIANA SCABRA BUERGERI—rmy(3)9. Loosely 
branching pyramids of handsome purple bells. Pkt. 15c. 
GENTIANA SEPTEMFIDA—ermaty(3)12. Comes as near 
as any Gentian can, to being easy. Amazingly jagged flow- 
er-beils of lovely soft blue. Pkt. 15c; oz. 60c. 
GENTIANA SIKKIMENSIS—rnmaty(3)9. Pretty, sprawly 
blue-bells. Himalayan foot-hills. Pkt. 15c. 
GENTIANA STRAMINEA—Siberian species, said to have 
pretty flowers of soft cream yellow. Pkt. 15c. 
GENTIANA STYLOPHORA—bny(3)40. Yellow blossoms 
olive-dotted and sometimes three inches across, on tower¬ 
ing plants. Pkt. 15c. 
GENTIANA VERNA—rh(l)8. Spring Gentian, giving up- 
facing blossoms like wide-petalled azure stars, in mid-spring. 
Variable, but always lovely. Pkt. 25c. 
OFFER 76A8—One pkt. each of the 21 Gentians, for $3.50. 
GENTIAN BLEND—All of the kinds listed here, and others. 
Pkt. 15c; oz. 50c. 
TRUE HARDY GERANIUM 
With their long display of sparkling bloom, the True 
Geraniums are of a pleasantly satisfying dependability in 
rock garden or border. All listed here are enduringly 
winter-hardy. 
GERANIUM ENDRESSI—erbh(8)18. Splendid rose-pink 
flowers from July till frost. Pkt. 25c. 
GERANIUM IBERICUM—bh(2)20. Large blue flowers with 
slight lavender suffuaion, or sometimes with white stria- 
tions. Good. Pkt. 20c. # 
GERANIUM MACRORHIZUM—rdlth(2)9. A charming 
Geranium with blossoms of pure rose. Bulgaria. Pkt- 
20c. # 
GERANIUM MACULATUM—urbnsth(2)25. Large flowers 
of clear lilac-rose. Very good. Pkt. 15c. # 
GERANIU.M PRATENSE—bnh(3)25. Large blue flowers, 
or rarely white. Very satisfactory. Pkt. 15c. # 
GERANIUM PRATENSE ALBUM—Blossoms of diaphanous 
white. A beauty. Pkt. 20c. # 
GERANIUM PRATENSE MIXED—Blue, white, and many 
gay combinations in stripes and splashes. Pkt. 15c. # 
GERANIUM SANGUINEUM—rbh(8)18. Gorgeous blossoms 
of blood red. 8 seeds, 15c. # 
GERANIUM SANGUINEUM ALBUM—Silky petals of the 
daintiest. Most desirable. 8 seeds 15c. 
GERANIUM SANGUINEUM LANCASTRIENSE—erh(8)4. 
Prostrate foliage mats with saucer-flowers above on three- 
inch stems. Coloring is clear, pure pink, with veinings 
of true rose. Native only to the tiny island of Walney, 
off Lancashire coast. A certain proportion of the 
seedlings will vary into the “nanum” variety next described. 
6 seeds for 15c. 
GERANIUM SANGUINEUM NANUM—erh(8)8. Splendid 
form, making great spreading cushions of attractive foliage, 
set with blossoms that glow with purple fire. 6 seeds for 
15c. # 
GERANIUM BLUE BEAUTY—rbh (2-3) 24. Blossoms of 
purest blue-lavender from June to late August. The bushy 
plants are massed bloom. A highly effective and permanent 
hardy perennial that will thrive in full sun or light shade. 
Comes true from seed. Pkt. 15c. # 
GERANIUM WILFORDI—*ernk(3-4)9. Half-procumbent 
Clemons, set with profuse blossoms that seem miniature 
delicately rose-veined. This strain is 
definitely perennial, though it blooms as quickly as though 
It were annual. Pkt. 15c. # s 
OFFER 77A8—One pkt. each of above for $2.10. 
GERANIUM, HARDY BLEND—The above, and 
mixture. Mostly shade-tolerant. Pkt. 15c. # 
GERANIUM—The tender kinds used for bedding, 
plants, are offered under Pelargonium. 
others, in 
or as pot 
About those ‘ y” seeds, to make sure that you will 
have them on hand when the time comes to sow 
in late autumn, why not order them now? 
GEOPRUMNON CRASSICARPUM—€rbdh(3)20. Pinnate 
foliage; racemes of splendid purple flowers; seed pods that 
look like yellow or rose-hued plums. Pkt. 15c. 
*GERARDIA BLEND—obnmath(3-4)20. False Foxglove. 
Exquisite downy flowers, carried airily on slender, branch¬ 
ing plants. Color variable, from soft mauve, through lilac- 
rose, to pure purple. For lavish brilliance of coloring, 
naturalize it in dampish meadows. Naught else, unless it 
be Rhexia virginica, can give there such splashes of vibrant 
vividness. A bit slow in germinating. Pkt. 15c; % oz. 
60c. # 
GEUM ALLOPECUM — enbh(2-4)16. Single flowers of 
golden orange. Good foliage. Rather attractive in a ro¬ 
bust way. Pkt. 10c. # 
GEUM BORISI—rh(2-3)18. Spectacular orange-red. Pkt. 20c. 
GEUM CANADENSE—^bnsth(2)25. Bushy plants, with 
many little starry white blossoms. For naturalizing in 
light shade. Pkt. 10c. # 
GEUM MONTANUM—rh(2)4. A lovely hardy half-creeper, 
with big flowers of richest yellow, or sometimes glowing 
orange. Pkt. 25c. # 
GEUM REPTANS — rbh(y)(3)12. Plumed fern-foliage, 
mounded irregularly; blossoms above of silken glossiness, 
like gorgeous golden suns. Pkt, 20c. 
GEUM RIVALE—mmh(2)28. Nodding purple flowers. A 
beverage is said to be brewed from the roots, tea-fashion. 
Called Wild Chocolate. Pkt. 15c. # 
CILIA, the Cinderella 
Here is a race of easy annuals and hardy perennials, 
mostly of quite unappreciated grace and beauty. Cousins 
on the one side to Phlox, and on the other to Polemonium, 
they range from merely delicate prettiness in Abrotanifolia, 
to sheer splendor in Rubra and Aggregata. 
*GILI.\ ABROTANIFOLIA—eobnx(2)18. Clustered flowers 
of palest blue. Pkt. 10c. # 
GILIA AGGREGATA^—otcbdh(2-4)36. One of the bright¬ 
est things imaginable when in full bloom; many graceful 
stems hung with flaunting scarlet and buff banners. Worth 
sowing every year. Effulgent splendor here. Pkt. 16c. 
*GILIA LACINIATA—eobx(3)25. Branching stems topped 
with clustered upright bell-lets of richest blue-violet. Fern¬ 
like foliage. Argentina. Pkt. 10c. # 
*GILIA LEPTALEA—eox(2-3)18. Clustered rose-colored 
blossoms. Fine foliage. Pkt. 10c. 
*_GILIA MULTICAULIS—eobx(3-4)25. Campanulate flowers, 
lilac or violet, in loose terminal clusters. Plants much- 
branched and floriferous. Pkt. 10c. # 
GILIA RUBRA—eotcbdh—(3)48, Tawny-throated coral blos¬ 
soms in great spikes. Lacy foliage. Magniflcently showy. 
Sow it largely. Pkt. 15c; % oz. 40c. # 
OFFER 78A8—One pkt. each of above for 60c. 
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