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PETER HENDERSON &" CO -GLADIOLUS. 



'HIS magnificent family contains hundreds of varieties, comprising all 

 imaginable colors, shades and variegations, from the most gorgeous 

 and dazzling to the softest and most delicate shades. They deserve to 

 be grown in every garden, no matter how large or small. For cutting they 

 are invaluable, the flowers lasting in water a week. There is nothing in the 

 floral kingdom so easy of culture and so sure to succeed as the "Gladiolus." 

 They can be planted at any time from May to July 15th, and never fail to 

 flower the same season, and they grow in any garden soil, and commence 

 blooming in July, and by successive plantings every two or three weeks, 

 can be had in flower the entire season until checked by frost. The bulbs 

 can be furnished by us until May 15th. They are easily kept in a paper bag 

 on any convenient shelf until planting time. 



Sl§ii©Ius in fflixtoes. 



Each. 



5c. 



NEW "SNOW WHITE GLADIOLUS. 



NEW GLADIOLUS, 



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(If desired by mail, add for postage 

 10c. per dozen.) 



All Colors Mixed 



Our Extra Fine American Hybrids, Mixed, 



including many new seedlings of great beaut}-. 5c. 



White and Light Varieties Mixed 8c. 



Striped and Variegated Varieties Mixed 8c. 



Pink Varieties Mixed 8c. 



Red and Scarlet Varieties Mixed 5c. 



Yellow Varieties Mixed 8c. 



Scarlet and Pink, with "White Throats, Mixed 10c. 



Per doz. 

 35c. 



50c. 

 75c. 

 60c. 

 60c. 

 35c. 

 75c. 

 S1.00 



Per 100. 



$2.50 



3.50 

 5.00 

 4.00 

 4.00 

 2.50 

 5.00 

 6.00 



Per 1,000. 



$22.00 



30.00 

 46.00 

 38.00 

 38.00 

 22.00 

 46.00 

 55.00 



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A Grand Novelty ! Now offered for the first time. 



/THIS is the best White Gladiolus. The flowers are elegantly 

 (G) formed, and are of great substance, lasting a remarkable 

 ' length of time when cut. The spikes are of good size, set 

 solidly and perfectly with the flowers from bottom to top. The petals 

 are gracefully recurved, and, in many cases, beautifully crimped. 

 The entire flower is a perfect paper-white, with a slight cream shade 

 on lower half of the lower petal. A suggestion only of purple 

 is also sometimes seen on the lower petal. A field in August, 

 under the most trying blazing sun, appeared like a field of snow. 

 If the spikes are cut when the first two or four lower flowers 

 open and are allowed to develop in water, it is positively snow- 

 white. It is a good, strong grower, in many cases producing three 

 spikes from one. To get the largest flowers and spike, cut off 

 all but one spike. The Massachusetts Horticultural So- 

 ciety awarded this Gladiolus the Prize as the best White Gladi- 

 olus introduced, and also three years before, a First- Class Certi- 

 ficate of Merit. Price, 30c. each ; 4 for $1.00 ; $2.50 per doz. 



llemoine's ByM or Butterfly Gladiolus. 



Each. Per doz. Per 100. 



EXTRA Fine Mixed, including many 



new choice varieties 15c. $1.50 $10.00 



Fine Mixed Varieties 10c. 1.00 7.00 



1.00 

 1.25 



2.00 

 3.00 



One dozen each (96 in all) of the above mixtures, all kept separate, for $4.00; 50 each 

 (400 in all) for $15.00 ; 100 each (800 in all) for $28.00. 



(jludiolug Bulbg iq Collection 



For the convenience of customers we have grouped together the 

 following choice selections of Gladiolus, and we can say with safety 

 that they contain some of the grandest varieties in cultivation. 

 Sold thus in collections, we can offer them at greatly reduced rates. 



Surprise Collection, containing 12 choice mixed unnamed, but each 



bulb of a different variety for $0.75 



Bijou " " 12 extra choice seedlings unnamed, 



but each bulb of a different variety 



Rainbow " " 12 choice named varieties 



Elberon " " 12 superb named varieties 



Newport " " 12 new and rare varieties named 



Or full set, 6 Collections, including " Henderson's Best Dozen," 



described below " 10.00 



"Henderson's Best Dozen" Gladiolus. 



Carnation. Well expanded flowers of a fleshy-white color, profusely tinged at the 



edges with the richest carmine ; lower petals blotched purplish carmine. 

 Chameleon. Compact truss of large slaty-lilac flowers, flamed orange, with white 



bands down the middle of each petal; large creamy white blotch, streaked violet. 

 Flamingo. Fiery red, blotch of rich purple ; large spike of well arranged flowers. 

 Pliebus. Brilliant red, with large pure white blotch. 

 Undine. White, tinted with lilac ; small dark violet blotch, slightly flamed with 



lilac-carmine on the edges. 

 Duchess of Edinburgh. Slaty-lilac, white blotch, very large well formed spikes. 

 Gen. Logan. Fine scarlet streaked white, large pure white blotch on lower petals. 

 Africain. Dark slate on scarlet ground, streaked with scarlet and pure white. 

 Meyerbeer. Brilliant scarlet, flamed with vermilion, amaranth red blotch. 

 Hesperide. Blotched and flaked rosy salmon on a white ground. 

 Shakespeare. White, slightly suffused with carmine, large rosy blotch. 

 Martha Washington. Tall growing, branched, flowers clear yellow, lower 



petals tinged with rose. 



Set of 12 (one bulb of each) for $4.00. 



