PETER HENDERSON & GO., NEW YORK.—GLADIOLUS. 
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CHOICE NAMED GLADIOLUS. 
Price for any of the Gladiolus on this page, 10 cts. each, $1.00 per doz.; the set of 50 varieties for $4.00. 
Delivered free to any post office in the United States. 
WHITE GLADIOLUS. 
Diamant. Flowers extra large, fleshy white, of a remarkable freshness, throat 
ivory-white, blotched and streaked carmine, new color of exceptional distinct- 
ness, early flowering; a magnificent plant. 
John Bull. White, lightly tinged with sulphur. 
La Candeur. White, lightly striped with carmine-violet. 
Shakespeare. White, veryslightly suffused with carmine-rose ; large rosy blotch. 
ROSE AND PINK GLADIOLUS. 
Archduchess Marie-Christine. White, slightly tinged with lilac, flamed rosy 
carmine ; large flowers of excellent form, handsome spike. 
Carnation. Large well-expanded flowers of a fleshy white color, profusely 
tinged at the edges with the richest carmine, the lower petals blotched purplish 
carmine ; fine, long, well-furnished spike. 
Elizabeth. Dark rose, flamed with bright carmine-purple; purple-carmine 
blotch, white stripes. 
Eugene Scribe. Flower very large and wide, perfect tender rose, blazed with 
carmine-red. 
Sylvie. White, slightly edged with 
delicate cherry-rose, throat very 
clear; perfectly shaped flowers, 
showing the ivory blotch to great 
advantage. 
FLESH AND SALMON 
GLADIOLUS. 
Calypso. Flesh-colored rose, 
streaked with rose and blotched 
carmine. 
Fatma. Very large flowers of 
ivory-white ground, profusely 
striped and suffused with bright 
rosy salmon; violet blotch on 
creamy ground. 
Feu Follet. Well-opened flowers, 
with ivory-white throat, richly 
tinted and striped with carmine 
at the edges of the sepals. 
Hesperide. Profusely blotched 
and flaked bright rosy salmon on 
a@ pure white ground; handsome 
spike of grand effect. 
Seduction. Splendid spike with 
rosy salmon-colored flowers, very 
bright and open, of a delicate 
pearly rose, throat very clear, with 
large, white blotch, feathered 
carmine. 
SCARLET 
AND DAZZLING RED. 
Brenchleyensis. Bright vermil- 
ion-scarlet. s 
Flamboyant. Beautiful spike of @ 
large flowers, fiery scarlet; very 
effective variety. 
Gen. Phil. Sheridan. Longspike 
of fire-red flowers of large size, 
a distinct white line running 
through each petal, and a large } 
pure white blotch on the lower; 
a remarkably showy variety. 
Lord Byron. Brilliant scarlet; 
blotched and flaked pure white; 
very showy. 
Myerbeer. Brilliant scarlet, flamed with vermilion amaranth-red blotch. 
Romulus. Very brilliant dark red, large pure white blotch, white lines on lower 
petals; very showy. 
VIOLET AND PURPLE GLADIOLUS. 
Cleopatra. Soft lilac, the lower petals of a darker hue, suffused with violet; 
purple feathered blotch. 
Eugene Ramey. Dwarf, splendid spike, very straight and firm, flowers large, 
purplish amaranth, with a sheen of ivory-lilac; edges slightly mottled with 
slate ; novel and distinct shade. 
Phidias. Very brilliant purple ground, slightly tinted with violet, large pure 
white blotch, feathered with carmine-cherry ; very showy. 
LILAC GLADIOLUS. 
Apollon. Rosy lilac, with a large light rose blotch; finely striped white in the 
centre. 
Leander. Extra large flower of lilac color, beautifully shading off to carmine, a 
distinct white band in the middle of each petal and conspicuous white blotch on 
lower petals ; fine spike. 
Panorama. Very large spike of well-arranged flowers of a beautiful lilac, shaded | 
and mottled with brilliant carmine, throat creamy white, centre of each petal 
banded white, new shade of color, very effective, medium height. 
NEW ‘‘SNOW-WHITE” GLADIOLUS, OFFERED ON PAGE 100, 
ORANGE-RED GLADIOLUS. 
Antiope. Light orange-cherry, with a dark carmine olotch on pure white ground. 
Mac-Mahon, Satin orange-colored cherry-rose, striped red ; first-rate. 
Pyramide, Handsome and perfect spike, broader at the lower part than at the 
top; large, well-expanded flowers of the brightest and most delicate orange-rose > 
plant of medium height, exceptionally fine. 
CARMINE GLADIOLUS. 
Dumont D’Urville. Very long spike; a bright cherry, flaked and striped rich 
carmine ; distinct pure white blotch, white stripe in the centre of each petal. 
Eugene Souchet. Fine spike, bright carmine-rose color, relieved by a large 
white blotch and stripes, rising from the intense colors at edges of the petals; 
very fine, effective variety. 
Semiramis. Carmine-rose on white ground, flamed with bright carmine; 
unrivaled variety. 
Zenobia. Rose, slightly tinted with violet, flamed with dark carmine, large white 
blotch feathered with carmine; very fine. 
CHERRY-RED AND 
CRIMSON. 
» Achille. Beautiful currant-red, 
) white stripe in the middle of each 
petal. 
Antonius. Scarlet-cherry, slightly 
tinged with orange, flamed car- 
mine, pure white blotch. 
Lamarck. Very long spike of 
large fl. cherry color, slightly 
tiuted with orange, blazed with 
red, centre very well lighted, with 
a large pure white stain; a very 
fine variety. 
Le Tintoret. Fine cherry-rose, 
flamed with carmine, carmine 
blotched on yellow-tinted ground. 
GARNET AND 
AMARANTH RED. 
Addison. Dark amaranth with 
j _ white stripes. 
Africain. Entirely distinct variety 
of quite a novel color, slaty brown 
on scarlet ground, streaked with 
scarlet and pure white, with con- 
spicuous white blotch; a dark- 
colored variety of remarkable 
effect ; dense spike, 
Constance. Ofsemi-dwarf habit, 
very vigorous, producing regu- 
larly compact and well-furnished 
spikes of amaranth-red flowers, 
with asmall creamy white blotch. 
YELLOW GLADIOLUS. 
Pepita. The most free-flowering 
yellow Gladiolus grown; spike 
fairly compact, flowers bright gol- 
den yellow, becoming slightly 
striped at the edges of the petals 
with carmine as the flowers age. 
Cresus. Very large flower; yellow, shaded darker toward the centre, flamed 
carmine at the edges, and feathered amaranth-red on salmon ground. 
Isaac Buchanan. Finest yellow for massing. 
Martha Washington. Light yellow, lower petals slightly tinged rose, large 
flowers and fine spikes. 
BUTTERFLY GLADIOLUS. 
LEMOINE’S LARGE STAINED HYBRIDS. 
Engeissiri. Very deep pink; lower petals blotched bright maroon. 
Enfant de Nancy. Flowers medium sized, purplish red, lower petals deep 
crimson. Color and blotching entirely unknown heretofore in Gladioli. 
Incendiary. Velvety dark red; magnificently marked. 
Lamartine. Large flowers; rosy flesh, large bright maroon blotch on the lower 
petals. 
Lemoinei. Good-sized flowers, closely set on the spike; upper petals of a 
creamy white color, tinted salmon-red, the lower ones spotted with deep purplish 
crimson, bordered with bright yellow and salmony red. 
W. E. Gumbleton,. Flowers very large and open; purplish rose, streaked with 
rich carmine; spots velvet, surrounded with yellow; an unusually beautiful 
variety. 
Price for any of the above, 10 cts. each, $1.00 per doz.; the collection of 50 varieties on this page for $4.00. 
Delivered free to any post office in the United States. 
