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Gaillardia, Portola Hybrids 
Gaillardia - Blanket Flower 
The Gaillardias are wonderful for cut 
flowers, blooming right through until 
frost, and adapt themselves to almost 
any kind of soil. 
829 PORTOLA HYBRIDS. A superb new 
variety bearing flowers of immense 
size on long stems. The colors range 
through shades of bronze-red with 
golden tips; very robust. Hardy peren- 
nial. Pkt., 15c. 
830 BURGUNDY. A brilliant coppery 
scarlet, sometimes yellow tipped. Pkt., 
20c. 
®831 GOBLIN, This is the first dwarf, 
compact variety of Gaillardia especial- 
ly suited for the rockery. The neat 
plants reach a height of 12-15 inches 
and are covered with large showy yel- 
low bordered red flowers. Pkt., 15c. 
Gerbera - Transvaal Daisy 
832 JAMESONI. Large daisy-like blooms 
on long stems in shades of yellow and 
red, attracting attention everywhere. 
Thrives well as a pot plant or in 
the open, if provided with winter pro- — 
tection. Height, 18 inches. Half-hardy 
perennial. Pkt., 40c. 
Geum - Avens 
Geums have become indispensable bor- 
der plants. The sorts named below 
bloom from early summer till late au- 
tumn, and the flowers, both for their 
purity of color and graceful poise, are 
nae prized for cutting. Hardy peren- 
nial, 
®833 DOUBLE, MRS. BRADSHAW. The 
orange-scarlet flowers are very large 
and full, comes quite true from seeds 
and blooms the first year. This is a 
great advance over any other Geum 
seedling. Height, 18 inches. Pkt., 10c. 
®834 DOUBLE LADY STRATHEDEN. 
Fine, rich golden-yellow flowers, which 
match in other respects the popular 
scarlet variety, Mrs. Bradshaw, ard 
will become as general a _ favorite. 
Height, 18 inches, Pkt., 15c. 
835 ORANGE QUEEN. This very fine 
new variety of a shade intermediate.be- 
tween that of Mrs. Bradshaw and Lady 
Stratheden, a bright orange-scarlet, has 
been in large demand during the past 
season. Pkt., 15c. 
WHEN ORDERING, SEE PAGE 64 OF THIS CATALOG 
Mec GU LEE O UG 4S Sib EDS 
Gypsophila - Baby's Breath 
Pretty free-flowering plants, succeeding in 
any garden soil. Their misty white panicles of 
bloom are largely used for mixing with other 
cut flowers. 
836 PANICULATA. Single. White flowers, fine 
for bouquets; blooms first year if sown early. 
Hardy perennial, Pkt., 10c; 4 0z., 25c; 02z., 
60c. 
6387 PANICULATA, Double. Pure white, giving 
a very large percentage of double flowers. 
Hardy perennial. Pkt., 20c. 

2079 COLLECTION 
Twelve Easily Grown Hardy 
Perennials 
AGROSTEMMA. Mullein Pink. 
COLUMBINE. Long spurred. 
COREOPSIS. Mayfield Giant. 
DELPHINIUM. Hybrid. 
DIANTHUS. Pheasant’s Hye Pink. 
FOXGLOVE. Shirley Strain. 
CANTERBURY BELLS. Cup-and-Saucer. 
GAILLARDIA. 
PLATYCODON. Bellflower. 
POPPY. Orientale, 
SHASTA DAISY. Conqueror. 
SWEET WILLIAM. 
One pkt. each of these 12 varieties, 
“Walue $1.90, for $1.50. : 
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- able for dry sunny places, that are 
~ clipped over 

a 
Hibiscus 
(Rose Mallow or Marsh Mallow) 
839 GIANT FLOWERING. Mixed. 
Showy, ornamental shrub, grow- 
ing to a large size and blooming 
the first year from spring sown Be 
seed. Hardy as an oak and will — 
thrive in any soil. The flowers 
often measure 8 to 10 inches 
across, are gorgeous in color 
and bloom in great profusion — 
from late July to frost. Mixed 
colors. Pkt., 15c. 
Hollyhock 
840 DOUBLE WHITE. An improv- 
ed strain producing perfect dou- 
ble flowers. Pkt., 15c; 14 0z., 75c. 
841 NEWPORT PINK. Pure pink; 
flower very double. Pkt., 15c; %4 
OZ, 75c. : 
842 DOUBLE SCARLET. Very 
brilliant. Pkt., 15c; 4% oz., 75c. 
843 DOUBLE YELLOW. A bright 
lemon color. Pkt., 15c; 1% 0z., 75c. 
844 DOUBLE MIXED. Comprises 
all shades. Pkt., 15c; %4 oz., 65c. 
845 SINGLE HOLLYHOCKS. Mix- 
ed. PEt., 10c; %4 oz., 25c. 
 Iberis - 
Hardy Candytuft 
Low evergreen, shrubby peren- 
nial plants which are very valu- 























well-drained. The plants should be 
after flowering, in 
order to keep them compact and 
Ssightly. Easily raised from seed. 
®847 JUCUNDA. Pink. Very 
dwarf. Pkt., 35c. 
®848 SEMPERVIRENS. A splen- 
did shrubby plant bearing dense 
clusters of china-white | blos- 
soms, which cover almost entire- 
ly the. dark, shining evergreen 
foliage. It is a good» border 
plant, fine for dry walls, and the 
rock garden. Will grow either 
‘in a sunny or half-shaded posi- 
tion, 10 to 12 inches. May and 
early June. Crop failure. 
®849 GIBRALTARICA. A _ very 
showy and large flowering vari- 
ety with lilac-pink blossoms. A 
less hardy sort, needing protec- 
tion in winter, It must be given 
the hottest and driest position. 
Prefers a light soil: 10 to 12 
inches. May and June. Pkt., 15c; 
mg oz., 40c. 
