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Lemoine’s Mew Giant Gladiolus. 
GLADIOLUS HYBRIDUS NANCEIANUS. 
Enormous Flowers the Size of Tea Plates. 
Gorgeous Colors and Marvelous Markings. 
This new race of extraordinarily beautiful Gladiolus represents the grandest 
achievements in the perfection of this genus since its introduction. It is a cross 
between Saundersii and Lemoinei, and has not only retained the long-lasting prop- 
erties and the beautiful spots of the latter, but its flowers have reached ENORMOUS 
DIMENSIONS far SURPASSING any Others. The spikes stand erect with the immense 
flowers looking you straight in the face, much resembling Orchids of the brightest 
hues and most curious designs. 
Comte Horace de Choiseul. Enormous well-opened flowers (6 inches across) of 
perfect shape, of a brilliant shade of light scarlet, tinged with orange and flamed 
with carmine ; the lower petals are most distinctly blotched with a deep shade of 
purple-crimson, surrounded with a broad sulphur-yellow border. $1.50 Each. 
Monsieur Hardy. A vigorous grower, producing a magnificent spike with im- 
mense flowers well opened and beautifully shaped, color purplish-wine-red 
marbled with chestnut-red, the lower petals much sprinkled with crimson on a 
creamy yellow ground. $1.50 Each. 
Monsieur Le Fevre. Enormous flowers of excellent form; color a carmine- 
scarlet striped with cinnabar at the edges; the lower petals are ornamented with 
a large clear light yellow blotch, sprinkled with blood-red. $1.50 Each. 
President Carnot. A marvelously beautiful flower of enormous size (734 inches 
across). The principal color is a satiny rosy red, streaked with carmine at the 
edges. The lower petals have a fiery scarlet spotsurrounded by numerous blood- 
red drops on a straw-colored ground, extending to fine little spots in the midst of 
a scarlet border. The coloring surpasses that of the richest Orchids. $3.00 Each. 
Harry Veitch. Macnificent flowers (7's 
petals painted with light yellow and spotted with rich maroon-red. $3.00 Each. 
inches across) of deep velvety red, lower | 
PETER HENDERSON & CO.—GLADIOLUS. 
GLADIOLUS 
BULBS. # 
HIS magnificent family contains hundreds of 
varieties, comprising all imaginable colors, 
Bele. ‘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 ‘‘G@ladiolus.’’ 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 gar- 
den 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. 
NEW “SNOW WHITE” GLADIOLUS. 
This is the best White Gladiolus. The flowers are elegantly formed, and are of 
great substance. The spikes are set solidly and perfectly with the flowers from bottom 
to top. 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 sometimes seen on the lower 
petal, when the flowers are allowed to develop in the field. Ifthe spikes are cut when 
the first two or four flowers open and are allowed to develop in water in the house, it is posi- 
tively snow white. Itis a good, strong grower, in many cases producing three spikes 
from one bulb. To get the largest flowers and spikes, cut off all but one spike. The 
Massachusetts Horticultural Society awarded this Gladiolus the Prize as 
the best White Gladiolus introduced, aud also three years before a First-Class 
Certificate of Merit Price, 25c. each; $2.50 per doz. 
NEW DOUBLE GLADIOLUS, 
“PRESIDENT DE SEYDEWIT2Z.” 
A yery novel new double variety, produced by an amateur at Breslan, Germany. 
The whole flower is of a soft salmon, tinged with flesh color. $2.00 Each. 
NEW HARDY SWISS GLADIOLUS, 
“TUTgRICENSIS.” 
This variety being perfectly hardy, the bulbs do not require lifting in the fall, 
and consequently grow up early in the spring full of vigor, and produce immense 
spikes of extra large flowers that bloom much earlier than other species, thereby, 
in connection with other varieties, lengthening the display of Gladiolus. In addition 
to this great merit the flowers are of unusual excellence, of great size (4 inches across), 
and from 15 to 18 are borne on tall, straight spikes; the color is unusually rich, 
of a brilliant glowing rosy scarlet, with small white feathers on the lower petals. 
( We have sole control of this variety in America.) $1.50 Each ; $15.00 per doz. 
HENDERSON'S SPECIAL LOW PRICED GLADIOLUS. 
Low Priced Gladiolus in Collections. 
For the convenience of customers we have grouped together the following choice 
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selections of Gladiolus. Sold thus in collections, we can offer them at greatly 
reduced rates. 
Surprise Collection, 12 choice mixed, each bulb of a different variety, for $06) 
Bijou - 12 extra choice seedlings, unnamed, each different “ 0.75 
Rainbow 12 choice named varieties 1.25 
Elberon 12 superb named varieties. ............0....---+. FS PUN) 
Newport 12 new and rare varieties named........ ....... ‘ 3.00 
Henderson’s Best Dozen. A set of 12 most beautiful varieties 4 00 
Or full set, 6 Collections 
LOW PRICED GLADIOLUS IN MIXTURES. 
(If desired by mail, add for postage 
10c. per dozen.) 
All Colors Mixed 
30.00 
35.00 
35.00 
35.00 
20.00 
35.00 
75c. i 45.00 
$1.00 - 65 00 
, for $5.00; 
Extra Fine American Hybrids, Mixed, dc. 50c. 
White and Light Varieties Mixed 5c. 50c. 
Stripedand Variegated Varieties Mixed Sc. 50e. 
Pink Varieties Mixed. .................. 5c. 50c. 
Red and Scarlet Varieties Mixed 5c. 35c. 
Yellow Varieties Mixed. ............... 6e. 60c. 
Scarlet and Pink, with White Throats, &c. 
Lemoine’s Butterfly Gladiolus, Mixed, 10c. 
One dozen each (108 in all) of the above mixtures, all kept separa 
50 each (450 in all) for $18.00; 100 each (900 in all) for $35. 
