HYACINTH. GLADIOLUS. 427 



SINGLE RED. 



Etna. Very fine large truss and flower. 

 Von Schiller. Very deep red. 

 Prince Albert Victor. Rich dark-crimson. 

 Princess Helena. Rosy pink. 



SINGLE WHITE. 



La Grandesse, Snowball, Alba maxima, L'Innocence, 

 Leviathan, Lord Shaftesbury. 



SINGLE BLUE. 

 Blondin, Feruch Khan, King of Blues, Lothair. 



SINGLE YELLOW. 

 Bird of Paradise, Liberia, Anna Carolina. 



GLADIOLUS. 



The experience of the last few years has shown that in 

 the production of seedling Gladiolus we are by no means 

 excelled by English and French growers. We may import 

 high-priced kinds, but from a collection of American seed- 

 ~ngs we can often select. superior flowers. 



There is, however, a difficulty in bringing to public 



