GILIA Jil-i-a 
Uncommon. Delightful. For cutting,' display and pots. 
Coronopifolia, New Hybrids. A magnificent strain 
of this lovely plant, producing long spikes of the most 
brilliant flowers interspersed with fine, Larkspurlike 
foliage. The colors include vermilion, salmon, apricot, 
pink, yellow, etc. Succeeds best treated as a half hardy 
annual (See photograph). 
34 oz. $3.00 Vp oz. $1.75 Pkt. 50c. 
Californica. New. Shrublike perennial, 3 feet in 
height, with spikes of bright pink, Phloxlike flowers. 
Makes a rare pot plant for greenhouse culture or may 
be used in the border with a little Winter protection. 
Pkt. 75c. 
Capitata. Pale mauve flowers of globular form, grace¬ 
fully poised on long stems. Height 134 feet. Annual. 
Oz. $1.50 oz. 50c. Pkt. 15c. 
Tricolor. Lavender and white flowers with black 
throat. Height 1)4 feet. Annual. 
Oz. $1.00 34 oz. 35c. Pkt. 10c. 
Tricolor rosea. Rosy mauve and white with yellow 
calyx, graceful annual for cutting. Height 134 feet. 
Oz. $1.50 34 oz. 50c. Pkt. 15c. 
Nivalis. Beautiful and delicately scented, snow white 
flowers with orange throat. Annual. Height 134 feet. 
Pkt. 25c. 
Liniflora, Bunch of Lilac. A charming and easily 
grown annual; long lasting cut flower; lovely lavender- 
blue flowers in bunches. Height about 15 inches. 
Oz. $2.50 34 oz. 75c. Pkt. 15c. 
Liniflora, White Swan. A pure white companion 
to the above, 12 to 15 inches high. An uncommon 
cut flower. Easily grown annual. 
Oz. $2.50 34 oz. 75c. Pkt. 15c. 
IVlicrantha (Fairy Stars.) A mixture of lovely pastel 
shades; tiny, single, starlike flowers. Annual. 
Oz. $2.50 34 oz. 75c. Pkt. 15c. 
Aggregata. A biennial worth sowing every year. 
One of the brightest flowers for the border and cutting. 
Brilliant scarlet. Height 3 feet. ... Pkt. 35c. 
GILLENIA Jil-lee-ni-a ( Bowman's Root) 
Perennial. Borders and rockeries. 134 feet. 
Trifoliata. Elegant plant for a shady place in rockery 
or border. Flowers white, tinted pink; foliage 
Lla Spirealike. Likes moist, peaty soil. 
Pkts. 75c. and 50c. 
GLAUCIUM Glaw-see-um (Horned Poppy) 
Perennial. For borders and display. Height 2 feet. 
Burbank’s Hybrids Mixed. Large flowered. 
Pkt. 25c. 
GILIA coronopifolia 
N ew Hybrids 
GOLDEN FIELDS 
(Baeria gracilis ) 
A nnual. For bedding and mass 
planting. 
Showy golden yellow, star¬ 
shaped flowers, growing 6 to 
8 inches high. Looks very 
attractive planted in masses. 
Likes dry, sunny places. 
Oz. $3.00 H oz. $1.00 
Pkt. 20c. 
GLADIOLUS Glad-i-oh-lus 
Bulbous Plant. For cutting and display. 
Easily grown from seed. Sow indoors in February- 
March and plant outdoors in May. 
Trivett s Annual Mixed. Blooms the first year from 
seed. The flowers are of good size and the color 
range quite extensive and effective. 
^ „ . .2 Z - $4.50 34 oz. $1.25 Pkt. 25c. 
Wonder Hybrids. The finest strain of large Hybrids. 
In beautiful mixture of colors. Will bloom in 5 months 
from seed. ... ... ... ... pkt. 5 q c 
Primulinus Hybrids. A fine mixture of the Primu- 
hnus types, grand for cutting. 
Oz. $2.50 34 oz. 75c. Pkt. 15c. 
Sweet-scented. Rich pink flowers with yellow 
throat; fragrant; good cut flower. ... Pkt. 35c. 
Tristis. Pale, creamy-yellow, small flowers on long, 
wiry stems; fragrant in the evening. Good for green¬ 
house forcing. ... i/ 8 OZ . $1.25 Pkt. 35c. 
GLOBULAR IA Glob-u-lay-ri-a 
Perennial. For edging, massing, rockeries. Prefers 
common soil. 
Blue Button. Close creeping plants covered with 
[3 small, round, buttonlike flowers of violet blue. 
“ Height about 3 inches. Pkt. 50c! 
Trichosantha. Dark blue, hairy, globular flowers 
[3 for ed £ in g> mass planting, etc. Height about 
9 inches. . Pkt. 50c. 
GLOBE-AMARANTH. See Everlasting Flowers. 
GLORIOSA Glo-ri-oh-sa 
Greenhouse climbing plant. Height about 5 feet. 
Superba. Rich, glowing orange red with yellow base. 
Sow seed singly 34 inch deep in pots during February- 
March in a temperature of 75 degrees. 
GLORY OF THE SUN. 
Pkt. (15 seeds) 50c. 
See Leucocoryne. 
GOLDEN NUGGETS 
(Eriophyllum wallacei ) 
Annual. For rockeries, in dry, sandy places. 
13 rin y> compact plants only a few inches high, 
forming mats of gray foliage covered with golden 
yellow flowers. Likes sandy soil. ... Pkt. 35c. 
GOLDEN EAR DROPS. See Dicentra chrysantha. 
GOLDEN FEATHER. See Pyrethrum. 
GLOXINIA Glox-in-i-a 
Greenhouse flowering pot plant of rare beauty. 
These exquisite flowers may easily be raised from seed at small expense, as only a limited 
amount of heat is required. If the seed is sown in April, the plants will start blooming in 
the following August or September. 
GIANT GOLD MEDAL VARIETIES 
Gold Medal Giants Mixed. Superb colors. ... ... ... Pkt. $1.25 
Trivett’s Upright Mixed. This type holds the blossoms upright, well above the 
foliage. Superb colors mixed. ... ... ... ... ... Pkt. $1.00 
Trivett’s Oriental Mixed. Splendid mixture of beautiful shades, all spotted and 
marked with contrasting colors. ... ... ... ... ... Pkt. $1.25 
Trivett’s Imperial Hybrids. A grand mixture of choice, dark leaved hybrids. 
Pkt. $1.50 
Trivett’s Pastel Pink. A lovely shade of delicate pink. An uncommon shade in 
Gloxinias. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... Pkt. $1.25 
Azure Blue. Flowers exquisitely tinted with sky blue on a white ground. A very 
lovely shade. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... Pkt. $1.25 
King George V. A bright scarlet crimson variety which has been much admired. The 
massive flowers, which are of the largest size, are perfect in form and show to great 
advantage over the beautifully recurved foliage. ... ... ... Pkt. $1.25 
Her Majesty. This exquisite Gloxinia is still unsurpassed by any other white variety. 
The flowers are as pure as newly fallen snow and are borne on short stems, just clear of 
the elegant foliage. ... ... ... ... ... ... • • • Pkt. $1.25 
Duchess of York. Flowers of a rich dark blue, each petal edged with a broad band 
of white. ... ... ... ... ... ... ••• • • • Pkt. $1.25 
PERENNIAL GLOXINIA, (so called) See Incarvillea 
“I can sincerely recommend your strains of 
flower seeds to those who desire the best. They 
have always been satisfactory to me, both under 
glass and in the garden.” 
MR. GEORGE FERGUSON 
Superintendent-Head Gardener to 
MRS. HAROLD I. PRATT 
T.T.S. GOLD MEDAL GLOXINIA 
ALL ITEMS MARKED [3 IN THIS CATALOG ARE SUITABLE FOR ROCK GARDENS 
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