GLADIOLUS. 



Splendid French anil Belg:ian Hybrids of Gandavcnsis. 



The 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, varying 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 bloom, and a succession of flowers will be 

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

 ments, and fine 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.\l Treatment. — The bulbs should be planted as soon as the ground is fairly dried in 

 the spring, and all danger of frost is over ; planting may be m:\de 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 boom will be 

 magnificent. When the frost has killed the leaves, or before, if the leaves, by turning yellow, 

 show the ripening of the bulb, the bulb should be taken up, dried rapidly in full sunlight, 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 dry, cool cellar, free from frost. 



A discount of five pei 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 varie- 

 ties ordered. 



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



NE\V VARIETIES FOR 186 9. 

 Offered for the First Time in this Country. 



PRICE. 



Antonius. Fine spike of large, well-opened, perfect flowers, cherry colored, slightly tinged 

 with orange, blazed with carminate-red ; very fine pure white stains ; charming 

 little plant *ii.oo 



Argus. Long spike of large, well-opened flowers, glittering fire-red ; centre and lower divis- 

 ions v^rtf pur* whit; : admirable, brilliant plant . 3.50 



Circe. Fine spike of large, well-opened perfect flowers, of a fine rose slightly tinged with 



lilac, largely blazed with bright carmine ; centre well lighted ; very fine plant . 1.75 



Cornelie. Handsome spike of large light-cherry-colored flowers ; centre very transparent, 



bright-cherry-colored, darkening towards the border i 75 



Fenelon. Tall plant, with long and large spikes of large well-opened flowers of a tender 

 rose tinged with violet and blazed with bright carmine ; very fine, vigorous vari- 

 ety . . 2.50 



Homer. Vigorous plant ; very long spikes of very large, perfect flowers, of a light amaranth, 



blazed with very bright purple ; magnificent plant (perfection) . . 4 00 



Jenny Lind. Fine long spike of handsome flowers of a tender rose, blazed with bright car- 



minate-cherry color ; centre transparent ; charming variety 2.00 



Mme. Desportes. Very vigorous plant ; very large and wide spike ; flowers very large, well- 

 opened, of a very pure white ; the inferior divisions slightly striped with violet ; 

 splendid variety 4.00 



Mme. Dombrain Small, vigorous plant; very long spike of large, perfect, well -inserted 

 flowers of a carminate violet, blazed with bright purple ; well-lighted in the cen- 

 tre : charming little variety ........... 3.50 



Mary Stuart. Very vigorous plant ; very long spike of large, well-opened, and well-inserted 

 flowers, white, very slightly tinged with rose, and blazed with very bright, car- 

 minate, cherry color ; first-rate variety (perfection) 4.00 



Michel-Ange. Vigorous; long spike of large well-opened flowers ; dark crimson, slightly 

 blazed with brownish purple on the superior divisions ; centre well lighted ; white 

 stains; first-rate variety, as well for its peculiar color, as for the elegant inser- 

 tion of the flowers on the spike, which makes them resemble Lilies . . . 8.00 



Mr. Legouve. Vigorous plant ; very long and wide spike ; flowers very large, perfect, very 

 bright fire-red ; the superior divisions divided by a white line ; on the inferior 



divisions a pure white stain ; plant of a grand effect 4.00 



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