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very effective way is to plant them in clumps of threes a foot apart 

 every way. But, to bring them out to the best advantage, a mixture 

 of other subjects is advisable, and for this purpose there is nothing 

 so o-ood as the canna, because of the grandeur of its leafage, m which 

 resnect the gladiolus is deficient. As this noble flower thrives in 

 peat, an effective mode of displaying it is to plant in April a collection 

 of the most showy varieties in the front of an American bed, where 

 they will have the advantage of a rich background of rhododendron 

 leafage. 



BEST ONE HUNDRED GLADIOLI. 



Achille,Adolp7ie Brovgniart, Anais, Apoilon, Argus, Belle Gabrielle, 

 Bernard de Jussieu, Calypso, Garminata, Charles Dickens, Clemence, 

 Cuvier, Comte de Morny, Diana, Chateaubriand, Cheruhin, Due de 

 MalaJcoff, Dr. Lindley, Edulia, El Dorado, Endymion, Etendard, 

 Eugene Scribe, Eurydice, Felicien David, Fenelon, Flore, Florian, Ful- 

 ton, Galilee, Homer, Irruperatriee Eugenie, James Watts, James Veitch, 

 John Waterer, Lady Franklin,La Fiancee, Lord Byron,Lord Granvdle, 

 Lord Raglan, Madame Desportes, Madame Dombrain, Madame de Se- 

 vigne, Madame Domage, Madame Furtado, Madame Vilmorin, Madame 

 Adele Souchet, Madame Basseville, Madame Binder, Madame de 

 Vatry, Madame Haquin, Madame Rabourdin, Madame Rougier 

 Chauviere, MacMahon, Maria, Mary Stuart, Marechal Vaillant, 

 Mathilde de Landevoisin, Meyerbeer, Michel Ange, Milton, Mohere, 

 Monsieur Camille BemarcHn, Monsieur Lebrun d'Albanne, Mozart, 

 Napoleon III., Nemesis, Newton, Ninon de VFnclos, Ophir, Oracle, 

 Oscar, Penelope, Princess Clothilde, Princess Mary of Cambridge, 

 Princess Mathilde,Prince of Wales, Princess of Wales, Princess Ahce,_ 

 Racine, Rebecca, Rembrandt, Peine Victoria, Rev. M. J. Berkley, Rot 

 Leopold, Rubens, Semiramis, Sir J. Paxton, Sir W. Booker, Shake- 

 speare, Schiller, Stephenson, Stewart Low, Thalie, Thomas Methven, 

 Thomas Moore, Ulyssc, Tirana, Vesta, Vicomtesse de Belleval, Virgil, 

 Walter Scott. 



TWENTY-FOUR SPLENDID CHEAP GLADIOLI FOR GROUPING. 



Aristotle, Brenchleyensis, Boiviensis, Chateaubriand, Cardinalis, 

 Couranti fulgens, Daphne, Den Juan, Dr. Andry, Fanny Rouget, 

 Formosissimus, Floribundus, Gil Bias, Gandavensis, Imperatrice, 

 Janire, John Bull, Madame Coudere, Mars, Mons. Blouet, Mons. 

 Vincheon, Mons. Georgeon, Queen Victoria, Triomphe d'Enghein. 



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