Gaillardia 
BLANKET FLOWER 
Perennial Varieties 
One of our most dependable summer flowering 
perennials valuable in the border and for cut- 
ing. The math are often 3 to 4 inches across. 
250 Giant Har Hybrid, Mixed Colors. 
yt y Bor 500 seeds, 50c; pkt., 10c 
2252 Grandifiora Portola Hybrids. This superb 
strain bears flowers of very large size, bronze- 
red with the characteristic golden-tipped petal- 
age. A splendid cut flower; also fine for peren- 
nial borders. : es 
2253 Bremen. This is the Gaillardia glorified. 
All coarseness and stiffness has been bred out. 
The flowers are deep, rich red, on strong stems 
about 18 inches high. Fine for cutting. 
2254 Burgundy. The shining wine-red_ flowers 
(about 214 inches in diameter) are produced on 
long stems by bushy plants 22 feet high. They 
flower from June until the Autumn, and if sown 
in March blooms will appear the same year. 
Price of above, per 500 seeds, 75c; pkt., 25c 
Annual Varieties 
Very showy garden annuals, | to 2 feet high. 
Grown in masses they are especially effective; 
large flowers, 2 to 3 inches across, produced from 
early summer until frost, unrivaled for cutting. 
2255 Lorenziana, or Double-fiowering. Large, 
round heads composed of numerous fibrets of 
crimson garnet, lemon-orange, etc. 
2260 Mixed Single Varieties. 
Price of above, per 500 seeds, 25c; pkt., 10¢ 
GERANIUM—Giant Flowering Hy 
brid (TP) 
The colors include scarlet, crimson, rose, 
salmon, pink, white and the new auriole types. 
These stand the hot sun, and, although peren- 
nials, they will flower the same season, if the 
seed is sown indoors early in the spring; 12 to 
18 inches high. 
2285 Single Giant-flowering Hybrids. Mixed 
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GERBERA, Transvaal Daisy (TP) 
They are half hardy perennials, usually grown 
as greenhouse plants. The daisy-like blossoms, 
3 to 4 inches across, being borne on 12 to 18-inch 
stems, are unsurpassed as cut flowers. 
2270 Adnet's New Hybrids. A French strain of 
incomparable delicacy and richness, in which an 
infinity of tints, from pure white through yellow, 
orange, salmon, rose, cerise and ruby red to 
violet are represented. 
Per 100 seeds, 75c; pkt., 25c¢ 
GEUM (P) 
Geums are hardy perennials, producing dwarf 
tufted plants, from which rise graceful stems, 2 
feet high, bearing beautiful double flowers, 
which are borne freely throughout the entire 
summer. They are also valuable for cut flowers. 
2286 Lady Stratheden. Fine, double yellow. 
2287 Orange Queen. The beautiful, double, 
orange flowers are borne freely throughout the 
entire summer. Excellent for cut flowers. 
Beautiful, double, 
2288 Mrs. Bradshaw. 
son-scarlet flowers. 
Price of above, per 500 seeds, 75c; pkt., 25¢ 
crim- 

ORNAMENTAL GOURDS 
GLOBE AMARANTH (A) 
The flowers are useful for dried winter bou- 
quets; 2 feet high. 
2290 Mixed Colors. 
2291 Rubra. Purplish-red. 
Price of above, per 500 seeds, 25c; pkt., 10c 
odetia 
Satin Flower (A) 
Showy garden annuals of compact growth, 
about 1 foot high, bearing flowers 3 to 4 inches 
across, of exquisite colors and shades that glis- 
ten in the sunlight like satin. i. 
2309 Charming. The color is a glowing, deep 
satiny pink. It is an ideal bedding plant and 
attains a height of about 18 inches. 
2312 Crimson Glow. Intense, crimson. " 
2313 Gorgeous. The most freely flowering of all 
the Godetias. It grows about 1 foot high and 
bears large, satiny crimson flowers. 
2315 Sybil Sherwood. Glorious shade of bright 
salmon-pink, softened by an edging of white. 
2316 White Pearl. Large, white flowers. 
2320 Finest Mixed Varieties. 
Price of above, per 1000 seeds, 50c; pkt., 10c 
2321 Collection of Godetia, 
GRASSES (P) 
2360 Ornamental. 
ful plumes for mixing with flowers when dried. 
Mixed varieties. 
Per oz., 85¢; 2 oz., 50c; pkt., 10c 
5 varieties.......... 40c 

Ornamental Gourds (A) 
Favorite annual climbers, of rapid growth, im- 
mune from insect pests. 20 to 30 feet. Greatly 
in demand for children’s gardens. 
GOURD CROWN OF THORNS 
2336 This is considered one of the most curi- 
ous varieties, sometimes known as the Holy 
The fruit is ivory 
or Sugar Bowl Gourd. 
white, bowl shaped, having ten prongs ex- 
tending from the ridges or angles; the shell 
is hard and durable; the prongs are hollow 
when inside fiber dries away Pkt., 25¢ 

2332 African Pipe Gourd. This produces the Or- 
namental Gourds from which are made the 
African Calabash pipe. A leaflet ‘Directions for 
Growing and Pipe»Making” sent free on request. 
2333 Giant Bottle Shaped. (Chinese water bottle. ) 
2334 Chinese Loofa. (Dishrag Gourd.) The fi- 
‘brous interior cam be used as a sponge. 
2335 Dipper-shaped. 
2337 Hercules’ Club. Green fruit, 2 to 5 feet long. 
2338 Julius ''Knob Kerrie.’ To the ball-like base, 
4 inches in diameter, is attached stem 2 feet long. 
2342 Mock Orange. Golden orange. 
2344 Powder Horn. Green fruit. 
2347 Spoon. Small, yellow with green. 
2348 Turk’s Turban. Red, lower portion green, 
striped white. 
2349 NestEgg. White egg-like fruits. 
2350 Mixed Ornamental Varieties. 
Price of above, per oz., 35¢; pkt., 10c 
wel proiectics of above 12 varieties Ornamental 
ourds 
THE FIRST GOURD BOOK 
This publication is based upon long experi- 
ence in gourd-gardening and is designed to 
aid the amateur in the cultivation, harvest- 
ing, curing, arrangement, exhibiting, etc. 
Price, 50c 
Gypsophila 
Baby’s Breath 
Perennial Varieties 
2362 Double-flowering. (G. paniculata fl. pl.) 
A new type bearing in profusion double white 
flowers which last long in perfection; 60 per cent 
come double, the balance single. 
Per 1000 seeds, 75c; pkt., 15¢ 
2364 Paniculata. A favorite hardy perennial, 
the feathery foliage and white flowers are 
laryely used in making bouquets. : 
Per 1000 seeds, 50c; pkt., 10¢ 

Annual Varieties 
2366 ‘Paris Market.'' A pretty garden annual, 
of great value for bouquets, vases, etc. This 
improved large-flowering variety of G. elegans 
forms branching plants about 2 feet high, cov- 
ered all summer long with clusters of snow-white 
flowers half an inch across. 
Per oz., 60c; 1000 seeds, 25c; pkt., 10¢ 
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