GLOBE AMARANTH 
Gomphrena. A showy annual with clover-like heads from July until frost. Sow the seed outdoors in 
May in a sunny spot. Provides cut-flowers for bouquets and Everlasting Flowers for winter usc. 
Globe Amaranth, Mixed. Pkt. 10¢; 02. 25c 
Free-flowering 18-inch plants producing clover blooms of purple-red, pink, orange, and white striped violet. 
GOURDS, ORNAMENTAL 
Quite popular for ornamental use. Climbers, growing 15 to 20 feet, with ornamental foliage and 
singularly shaped fruits. Sow after danger of frost in a warm, sandy, very well-drained location. 
When matured, dry and hard, clean the Gourds and give a light coating of varnish or shellac. 
Small Varieties Mixed. Many interesting and varied forms and colors. Pkt. 10c; Y%oz. 40c; oz. 65c 
GYPSOPHILA ELEGANS 
Baby’s Breath. Feathery panicles of small star flowers, gracefully borne on slender stems on 114-foot 
plants. They are excellent for cutting to mix with other flowers. Sow at intervals where mtended to 
bloom and thin out the plants to permit full development. They are of easy culture, like a sunny, 
well-Iimed soil and bloom in six weeks. For Hardy Varieties see Perennial List. 
White Covent Garden Market, Reselected. ; Pkt. 10c; oz. 35c 
A new, improved, big-flowered pure white stra which is unsurpassed for form of plant and size of 
bloom. A very high percentage of the flowers are 6 to 8-petaled and on nice long stems. This is an 
unusually fine strain and the plants grow 2 feet high. 
HELIANTHUS 
Sunflower. These are free-flowering, and thrive m any garden soil if located in a sunny position. 
Sun Gold. Pkt 15602 35c310z4 95¢ 
Fully double, golden yellow, Chrysanthemum-like 4-inch flowers. Sow outdoors in May for August bloom, Ht. 4 ft. 
HELICHRYSUM 
Strawflower. One of the best of the Everlasting Flowers. They succeed in any good garden soil, 
blooming throughout summer and fall. Sow the seed in May and thin plants to stand 1 foot apart. 
The 214-foot plants are very free flowering with large, double, brilliantly colored blooms which make 
a fine display. Useful for cutting as well as for winter bouquets of Everlastings. For this, cut the 
flowers before the centers open; dry, hanging upside down in a cool, dark place. 
Monstrosum, Mixed. Pkt. 10c; Moz. 55c 
HELIOTROPE e For Plants see page 9 
Started indoors in February or March this will make nice plants for summer pot-plants and bedding. 
Giant Hybrids, Dark Varieties. Pkt. 20c; ~;0z. 60c 
Very large, delightfully fragrant flower heads in dark blue-purple shades on strong plants, growing 2 feet high. 
KOCHIA 
Summer Cypress. Sow in April or May in the garden where to bloom, thinning out to allow room. 
Trichophylla. : ; Pkt. 10c; 0z. 35c 
The light green pyramidal bushes, close and compact, may be grown singly or in the form of a hedge or background 
and may be clipped to resemble an ornamental evergreen. In autumn the 3-foot bushes turn beautiful deep red. 
Ageratum Dianthus Petunia 
ANN UALS Alyssum Dimorphotheca Phlox drummondi 
Balsam, Dwarf Bush Eschscholtzia Portulaca 
FOR Calliopsis, Dwarf Lobelia Salvia, St. John’s Fire 
ROCK- Candytuftumbellata, Dwf. Marigold, Dwarf Snapdragon, Miniature 
Celosia cristata, Dwarf Nasturtium, Dwarf Torenia 
GARDENS Centaurea cyanus, Dwf. Nierembergia Verbena 
Cynoglossum Pansy Zinnia, Dwarf 
(Gourds, 
Ornamental 
Helichrysum monstrosum 
Mixed 
Gypsophila elegans, White Covent 
Garden Market, Reselected 
a) 
Gaillardia Lorenziana, Double 
See page 42 
Globe Amaranth 
