5 GODETIA DWARF MIXED—ek(3)12. Large, cup-like blos- 
soms im shades of rose, pink, scarlet, lavender and white. 
Glistening, satiny petals. Pkt. 15c; 1% oz. 35c. 
1 GEUM IS A SPLASH OF COLOR 
Brilliant color for rock garden or border. ‘“k’’ culture. 
BORISI—(2-4)9. A dwarf, long-blooming species with big, 
showy, upfacing flowers in scarlet-toned orange. Pkt. 20c; 46 
oz. 45¢c. Plants, each 55e; 3 for $1.40; 10 for $4.20; 25 for 
$9.00. MRS. BRADSHA W—20 inches. Large double flowers of 
flaming scarlet. A striking plant; far-visible. Pkt. 20c; 46 oz. 
45e. Plants, each 55c; 8 for $1.40; 10 for $4.20; 25 for $9.00. 
MONTANUM—(2-3) 8. Foliage of green feathering, set with 
big, single flowers of bright yellow, shading to old gold. Then 
come decorative seed plumes. Rock garden, edging, bedding. 
Pkt. 20c; 4g oz. 50c. PRINCESS JULIANA—18 inches. 
Double flowers of brilliant orange, so deep a shade that it 
hints of scarlet. Plants, each 55c; 8 for $1.40. LADY 
STRATHEDEN—(2-3)20. An _ exceedingly bright golden 
orange; the blossoms semi-double. Pkt. 20c; Y%y6 oz. 45c. Plants, 
each 55c; 3 for $1.40; 10 for $4.20. OFFER 743A—One pkt. 
each of above as offered in seeds, for 70c. OFFER 743BN— 
One plant each of the four so offered, for $2.00. 
3 THE GLADIOLUS GARDEN 
For gay orchid-like blossoms, brilliant hues, delicate blend- 
ings of color tone, the Gladiolus is beyond compare. And, of 
course, there is no better flower for cutting. We offer a mix- 
ture of bulbs blended from the better garden varieties, most 
of them grown separately under name. A particular effort 
is made to keep this blend so that it shows a due proportion 
of all Gladiolus color possibilities. Only the finer large-flowered 
varieties are used in making it up. Wonderful for either 
garden display or cutting. Bulb sizes run from one inch up 
diameter. Order as GLADIOLUS GARDEN BLEND—10 
bulbs for 65c; 25 for $1.25; 100 for $4.50; 250 for $10.00. 
SEEDS GLADIOLUS PEERLESS BLEND—k. Saved from fine 
named sorts, and should produce many interesting and beauti- 
ful variations and color combinations. It is from seeds that 
new varieties come. Pkt. 20c; 3 pkts. for 50c; yg oz. T5c. 
GLADIOLUS BOTANIC SPECIES—Seeds available of follow- 
ing. GLADIOLUS HIRSUTUS—Pink Afrikander. 20 inches. 
Large flowers of pure pink with white splashings. Richly 
fragrant. Downy leaves and stems. Blooms early spring, so 
best grown in pots. 7 seeds for 25c; 32 seeds (customer 
limit) for $1.00. GLADIOLUS PSITTACINUS HOOKERI— 
Great Parrot Lily. A giant autumn bloomer, reaching five 
feet and carrying 14 to 20 large blossoms. Brilliant scar- 
let with orange lip. Good garden species. 7 seeds for 25c; 
32 seeds (customer limit) for $1.00. GLADIOLUS TRISTIS— 
Avondbloem, flowers of soft 
creamy yellow, often with brown- 
purple fiushings. Delightfully 
fragrant after dusk. Perhaps 
best grown in pots. Pkt. 25c; 
8 for 70c. See TREASURE 
CHEST folder, sent on request, 
for other species. 
2 GERBERIA HYBRIDS 
The gloriously beautiful Trans- 
vaal Daisy. Big and graceful 
daisy-flowers of many bright 
hues and blend’ng tones, salmon, 
orange, apricot, yellow, coral 
pink, rose or scarlet. The blos- 
: soms often exceed four inch diam- 
eters, built of many long, slender petals. Quite often the 
flowers are duplex. Wonderful for cutting. North, usually 
grown as a house or conservatory plant, or plunged in gar- 
den in summer. Under glass, blooms late winter and spring. 
As a garden plant, blooms most of the summer. With careful 
protection has been wintered outside at Philadelphia and 
New York. Illustrated above. Pkt. 25c; 3 pkts. for 70c; Wo 
oz. for $1.25; Yy6 oz. $2.25. PLANTS, blooming size, each 75c; 
3 for $2.00; 10 for $6.00. 
2 GESNERIA SCARLET HYBRIDS 
Exceedingly showy plants in the Achimenes-Gloxinia rela- 
tionship. Trusses of most brilliant scarlet blossoms. Long in 
bloom. For pot culture. Pkt. 40c; 3 pkts. for $1.10. 
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5 GOMPHRENA or GLOBE AMARANTH —ecbk (3-4) 20. At- 
tractive flower-heads in white, pink, rose and crimson. A 
showy straw-flower. Pkt. 10c; Ye oz. 25c. 
5 GOMPHRENA RICH ORANGE—Like last, 
larger, and colored rich, burnt orange. Pkt. 15c. 
2 GRAPTOPETALUM PARAGUYENSE — Mother-of-Pearl 
Plant. A decorative house plant, the several branches ending 
in great rosettes of thick, succulent leaves that seem carved 
from mother-of-pearl, in all its pink-hinting, translucent, sil- 
very glossiness. Plants, each 45c; 3 for $1.15. 
2 GREVILLEA ROBUSTA—vw. Silk Oak, but a better name is 
Silk Fern. Decorative pot plant with feathery, silky, fernlike 
“fronds.” Grown for graceful foliage effects. Easier and more 
adaptable than any Fern. Pkt. 20c; 3 pkts. for 50c. 
3 GLORIOSA 
, The Glory Lilies grow with 
fair ease from seeds sown in 
spring in open ground beds. 
In autumn, dig the tubers and 
store them over winter in sand 
but flowers 
( and in a cool cellar. Two-year-old 
eS tubers will bloom. May be treated 
oO either as a summer garden bulb, 
AY fj 
Gladiolus fashion, or it may be grown 
as a pot plant. Illustrated opposite. 
PLANTI—Wavy blossoms in_ those 
melting tones that lie between gold-orange and rose. Pkt. 25c; 
8 pkts. for 70c. ROTHSCHILDIANA—Big blossoms in _iri- 
descent crimson, sometimes gold-edged or rose-tinted. Pkt. 
25c; 3 for 70c. Tubers, each $1.15; 3 for $3.25. SUPERBA— 
Exceedingly showy, vigorous, relatively easy. Blossoms in 
varied rich combinations of red and gold, petals much crisped. 
Pkt. 25ce; 3 for 70c. GLORIOSA AVALON BLEND—A blend 
of hybrids and species that includes about every Gloriosa col- 
or application. Rich beauty here. Though the Gloriosas are 
African, the blossom effect is extravagantly oriental. Good 
tubers, each $1.00; 3 for $2.75. 
5 THE ORNAMENTAL GOURDS 
Summer vines, quick from seed, fine for covering fences 
and trellises. Yellow flowers, then ornamental fruits in great 
diversity of form and coloring. The fruits are used for decora- 
tive effects, centerpieces and the like. They may be dried for 
the winter. Inclusive blend. Pkt. 15c; % oz. 35c; 1 oz. 60c. 
3 GIANT GLOXINIAS 
A showy pot plant. Deep, 
wide bells, upfacing, each on 
its own stem. Colorings rich 
and varied, sometimes ail one 
tone, or again dot-sprinkled, 
marbled or splashed with 
some darker, contrasting 
shade. Bulbs (tubers) in fine 
mixture, available February 
through May at each 40c; 3 
for $1.00; 10 for $3.00. Potted 
plants (growing bulbs) ready 
April through July, at each 
55¢c; 8 for $1.40; 10 for $4.20. 
GLOXINIA COLOR COL- 
LECTION—One bulb each of 
six different colors and com- 
binations, each one marked with name, for $2.00. Order as 
OFFER 748CN. 
GLOXINIA PEERLESS STRAIN—An excellent strain; large 
flowers in wide color range. Pkt. 50c; 3 for $1.40; 10 for $4.20. 
GLOXINIA TRIUMPHANT—A magnificent blend of what we 
believe to be the very best in Gloxinia. It is based on the 
superb Swiss Beauty Strain, but to that we have added the 
top selections of other specialists, and in particular one 
splendid group from a German grower! All this gives added 
color range and richness. The immense, bell-like blossoms 
are carried in the desired, erect, up-tilted position over the 
thick, velvety foliage rosettes. Pkt. 90c; 3 pkts. for $2.50; 
10 pkts. for $7.50. 
GLOXINIA SCARLET VELVET—Beautiful scarlet blossoms. 
Usually true from seed. The Panzer strain. Pkt. 65c. 
GLOXINIA BLUE SLIPPER—w. An interesting variant in 
which the fairly large flowers of rich blue are in a form 
that suggests a slipper. Free-blooming, and desirable for pot 
culture. Pkt. 60c. 
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