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Gaillardia 
DIGITALIS. Foxglove. Valuable plants for 
borders, woods, and wild gardens, with 
lush foliage and long spikes of beautiful 
tubular flowers. Useful subjects for the 
shaded portions of your herbaceous 
border. 
Giant Shirley. A mixture of pink, white, 
purple, yellow. 5 to 6 ft. June. 
DORONICUM. Leopard’s Bane. Excep- 
tionally handsome early-flowering peren- 
nials of very easy culture in ordinary 
garden soil, in sun or semi-shade. Excel- 
lent for cutting. 
Clusi. * Bright yellow flowers on 9-inch 
stems. May. 
Excelsum. Yellow flowers 2 to 3 inches 
in diameter on 214-foot stems. May. 
ECHINOPS Ritro. Globe Thistle. A striking 
plant with handsome, silvery, thistle- 
like foliage and metallic-blue flowers. 
3 to 4 ft. July. 
Taplow Blue. Many heads of brilliant 
blue flowers. Good for cutting. 3 to 4 ft. 
July. 55 cts. each, $1.50 for 3, $5.50 per 
doz. 
EPIMEDIUM. See page 59. 
ERODIUM. See page 59. 
EUPATORIUM. Hardy Ageratum; Boneset. 
Robust plants especially suitable for 
herbaceous borders and wild and wood- 
land gardens. 
Ageratoides. Pure white flowers and dark 
green leaves. 2 ft. Aug. 
Ceelestinum. This pretty plant, with its 
light mauve-blue flowers, is excellent 
when associated with other fall-flowering 
plants. 2 to 3 ft. Aug. 

The Delightful Fragrance of 
an Old-World Garden 
Capture it by planting Scented Gera- 
niums. See page 105. 
Also other perfumed herbs and perennials like 
Bee-Balm, Carnation, Lavender, Lemon Ver- 
bena, the Mints, Pinks, Scabiosa, the 
Thymes, Woodruff. 
Bulbs like Lilies, Lily-of-the-Valley, Tuberoses. 
Annuals like Alyssum, Antirrhinum, Heliotrope, 
Mignonette, Nasturtium, Night-scented Stock, 
Petunia, Sweet Sultan, Ten-week Stock, 
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FUCHSIA, Scarlet Beauty 
It is of upright habit and blooms freely 
during the entire summer. While it will 
stand the full sunlight, it delights in semi- 
shade. The four sepals are deep purple, the 
corolla ruby-red. Requires some protection 
north of Philadelphia. 3-in. pot-plants, 55 cts. 
each, $1.50 for 3, $5.50 per doz. 
FUNKIA. Plantain Lily. Hardy subject 
that is especially suitable as a foliage 
plant in dark and shady places. July. 
Fortunei robusta. Glaucous green foli- 
age. Lilac-blue flowers. 2 ft. 
Lancifolia albo-marginata. Green- 
ye variegated leaves. Blue flowers. 
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Subcordata grandiflora. Large leaves of 
refreshing green and tremendous spikes 
of pure white flowers. ly tome wit. 
55 cts. each, $1.50 for 3, $5.50 per doz. 

Gaillardia + Blanket Flower 
Produce a continual display of richly 
colored flowers from June until October and 
are unsurpassed for their brilliance. 
Goblin. A dwarf variety. Bright yellow 
flowers with a deep red zone. 12 to 15 in. 
Portola. Coppery scarlet flowers margined 
with gold. 21% ft. 
S. & W. Giant Hybrids. A grand strain 
from all the best hybrids. 21 ft. 
Above 3, each, $1.30 for 3, $5 per doz. 
Mr. Sherbrook. Fine variety with large 
flowers of pure yellow, on long stems. 2 ft. 
Ruby. A ruby-red companion of Mr. Sher- 
brook; effective planted together. 2 ft. 
Above 2, 55 cts. each, $1.50 for 3, $5.50 per doz. 

*GENTIANA Clusi. This beautiful mat- 
forming plant, a variety of G. acaulis, 
has 3-inch trumpets of deepest blue. Ex. 
cellent in the rock-garden or any choice 
location. Requires a woodsy soil. 3 in. 
Summer and fall. 75 cts. each, $2.15 for 
3, $8.25 per doz. 
GERBERA. Transvaal Daisy. These beauti- 
ful daisy-like flowers 4 to 5 inches in 
diameter, embrace shades _ of red, 
orange, rose, to white and yellow. Pro- 
tect them with a mulch of leaves over 
winter. 
Jamesoni Hybrids, Single. A splendid 
mixture of all shades. July—Oct. 60 cts. 
each, $1.75 for 3, $6.75 per doz. 
Jamesoni Hybrids, Double. Perfectly 
double flowers of the most beautiful 
pastel shades. 90 cts. each, $2.60 for 3) 
$10 per doz. 
Gypsophila * Baby’s Breath 
ey are essentially for summer bouquets, 
and in the border their light, airy appearance 
will greatly enhance all other perennials. 
Acutifolia. Lilac-rose flowers in light, grace- 
ful panicles. 3 ft. July. 
Bristol Fairy. Graceful; one of the most 
popular varieties for cutting, having huge 
panicles of pure white double flowers. 
4 ft. July, Aug. 1-yr. pot-plants, 55 cts. 
each, $1.50 for 3, $5.50 per doz.; 2-yr. field- 
grown, 75 cts. each, $2.15 for 3, $8.25 per 
doz. 
Pacifica. Rose-colored sort, flowering later 
than Paniculata. 214 to 3 ft. Aug. 
Paniculata. Masses of small, pure white, 
single flowers. 21% to 3 ft. July. 
Repens Bodgeri. % A dwarf variety, excel- 
lent for edgings and the rock-garden. Very 
light pink, double flowers. 1 ft. 



ng. A turn of the hand, 
* 50 cts. per 100 
G eum ° Avens 
_ Beautiful, hardy, low, compact plants 
from which arise the graceful stems bearing 
their bright-colored blossoms. 
Fire Opal. Semi-double, orange-scarlet 
flowers. Striking. 2 to 21 ft. June— Sept. 
Princess Juliana. Very large, semi-double 
flowers of pure orange. June-Sept. 
Wilton Ruby. Novelty. Semi-double, bril- 
liant ruby flowers with orange Overtones. 
11% ft. July—Sept. 
All above Geums, 55 cts. each, $1.50 for 3, 
$5.50 per doz. 

GERANIUM pectinatum. Crane’s-Bill. * 
A very pretty plant of compact habit 
with most attractive small Geranium- 
like leaves and rosy pink flowers. 114 ft. 
Patulum. Large, brilliant blue flowers. 
18 in. June, July. 
HEDERA Helix. % English Ivy. Fine for 
under trees, on banks or against walls. 
214-in. pots, 1-ft. runners, $2.75 per doz., 
21.50 per 100; 3-in. pots, 216-ft. runners, 
55 cts. each, $1.50 for 3, $5.50 per doz., 
$42.50 per 100; 4-in. pots, 314-ft. runners, 
75 cts. each, $2.15 for 3, $8.25 per doz. 
HELENIUM. Sneezewort. Fall-flowering per- 
ennial of easy culture. The flowers have 
warm autumn tints; excellent for cutting. 
Riverton Beauty. Lemon-yellow. 4 to 
5 ft. Aug., Sept. 
Riverton Gem. Crimson-brown, shot 
with gold. 4 to 5 ft. Aug., Sept. 
HELIANTHUS. Perennial Sunflower. Tall, 
choice border plants, fine for naturaliz- 
ing and for providing an abundance 
of cut-flowers in late summer. 
Monarch. Large, deep yellow-orange, 
single flowers. 5 ft. Aug., Sept. 
Soleil d’Or. Double, 3-inch dahlia-like 
flowers of rich yellow. Excellent for 
cutting. 4 to 5 ft. July until late Sept. 
HELIOPSIS. North American Ox-Eve. 
Choice perennial, easily grown, Its only 
requirement being plenty of sunshine. 
Incomparabilis. A grand plant that 
blooms in June and July; if cut back in 
July it will start again in September and 
bloom until frost. The individual flowers 
are 3 inches across and of the richest 
golden yellow. 214 to 3 ft. 
Patula. European Novelty. Richcadmium- 
yellow; 3 rows of erect petals. 
All above Heliopsis, 55 cts. each, $1.50 for 3, 
$5.50 per doz. 

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Gypsophila, Bristol Fairy 
PRICES, unless otherwise noted, $1.30 for 3, $5 per doz., $35 per 100. Purchaser pays transportation beyond 50 miles of N. Y. 
* Dwarf plants for the Rock-Garden and edging the Perennial Border 
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