142 AMATEUR cultivator's GUIDE 



Splcnciid Frcucli and Belgian Hybrids of Gandavensls. 



Thb new hybrid productions of the Gladiolus Gandavensis are, without doubt, the most superb 

 flowering-bulbs in cultivation, producing their magnificent, long, and densely-flowered spikes of 

 bloom, varyinjr from white to rich salmon, and brilliant carmine, to the most intense scarlet or crim- 

 son. A single bulb will often give two or three stems of bluom, and a succession of flowers will be 

 produced for two months. These splendid flowering-bulbs are now considered unsurpassable orna- 

 ments, and one of the finest features of the flower-garden. Having made large additions to our stock 

 from the most extensive growers in Europe and the United States, we are enabled to offer to our 

 patrons the largest and best-selected collection ever offered in America. 



Gener.ai. Tke.atment. — The. bulbs should be planted as soon as the ground is fairly dried in 

 the spring, and all danger of frosfis over ; planting may be made every two weeks until the mid- 

 dle of June to secure a succession of bloom. Plant the bulbs from two to four inches deep, accord- 

 ing to "their size ; the soil should be enriched with well-decomposed manure, and well pulverized. 

 The Gladiolus show to the best advantage when planted in beds four feet wide, setting the bulbs 

 three-fourths of a foot apart each way. The plants should be well staked, and the bloom will be 

 magnificent When the frost has killed the leaves, or before if the leaves, bv turnmg yellow, 

 show the ripening of the bulb, the bulb should be taken up, dried rapidly in fnllsunlight^ the new 

 bulbs separated from the old, and the flowering bulbs (the stocks being cut off about an inch from 

 the crown of the bulb) put up in paper bags, carefully labelled. Should be kept during the winter 

 in a drv, cool cellar, free from frost. 



A discount of five per cent from catalogue prices will be made when one dozen varieties are 

 ordered, ten per cent on two dozen varieties, and fifteen per cent on fifty varieties. The whole col- 

 lection 20 per cent. 



Purchasers will please state whether we may substitute, in the event of our being out of the vari- 

 eties ordered. 



Forwarded by mail to any address in the Union post-paid at catalogue prices. 



Most o-r tliem offered for tUe First Time in this Conntry, 



each. 

 Anais. Middle-sized flower; good shape, white, slightly tinged with lilac, ven,' large sul- 

 phur-white stains, broadly striped with lilac-carmine ; very striking plant ((/;y.ir/). $3.00 

 Appollon. Large flower of a perfect shape; rosy-lilac, with a large stain of light-rose, finely 



striped with white in the centre . . . '1.25 



Bernard Palissy. Large flower; good shape, light cherry-red, blazed and striated wi«h 



carminate-rose on pure white ground i. 25 



Felicien David. Large flower, perfect shape, cherry-rose striped with light-carmine on 



large white ground, very fine spike . 1.50 



Lady Franklin. Large flower, good shape, white slightly tinged with rose, finely striated 



with carmine, and very largely blazed with carminate-rose {d-warj). . . . 3 00 

 Monsieur A. Brohcnirri. Very large flower, perfect shape, rose ground sHghtly tinged 



with orange blazed with red, very large white stain. Plant very remarkable for its 



fresh and pleasing color, and for the perfection and the amplitude of its flowers (fjr/'rrt). 4.00 



Noemi. Flower large, light Hlac-rose, spike very long 1.50 



Princesse Marie do Cambridge. Very large and well-opened flower, unexceptionable 



shape and upright habit ; white with very large light-carmine stains (extra). . . 4 00 

 Reverend Berkeley. Large flowers, of a good shape, disposed in a large spike ; light rose, 



tinged with violet and carminate striped on white ground 1.50 



Sir Wllliann Hooker. Very large and well-opened flower; perfect shape, light cherry 



color, rose-carmine stain on pure white ground. Plant of a gieat effect . . . 3.00 

 Thos. Moore. Large flower, good shape; very fine carminate-rose on white ground, blazed 



and stained with light carmine 3.00 



Thos. Paxton. Large flower ; perfect shape ; red slightly tinged with lighforange color, 



finely striated with carminate-red on white ground ; very brilliant color . . . 3.00 



VARIETIES OF PREVIOUS YEARS. 



Brilliant. Large flower, good shape ; purple-red, very fine color 175 



Cherublni. Large flower, perfect shape ; white ground, largely blazed with carminate- violet . 1.50 

 Oc Candolle. Middle-sized flower ; perfect shape ; lightcherry color, blazed with red ; striped 



with carminate bright rose 1.23 



Eurydice. Large flower ; perfect shape ; pure white, blazed bright carminate-rose. Per/ectioti. 2. 25 



Emilie. White, blazed with rose, with a dark-brown stain 1.00 



Flavia. Very bright red, a color little d.irker than Napoleon III i.oo 



Greuze< Cherry-red, blazed with purple ; growing very strong ; very fine .... 1.00 

 James Carter. Light orange-red, very bright, with a very large and pure white stain (^M'<ir/) 1.25 

 Lord Byron. Very brilliant scarlet, stained and ribboned with pure white ; very showy plant. 1.50 

 Le TItlen. Large flower ; perfect shape ; disposed in a very showy spike, light-red and very 



brilliant : very fine plant 1.75 



Meteor. Dark-red, very brilliant, large stain of a pure white ; very remarkable . . . 1.75 

 Mirabillls. Very light red ; very fine plant 75 



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