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f£ ^^-"^'/i )y !/ 1'^^^ GLADIOLUS. Named Sorts. 



^".^f^^^ ^fW i^s^-^ ^ ^ Africain. Darkest crimson, with pure white blotch in throat 10 $1.00 



WM^y' ll W j'^^ \ -M^^--' Amalthee. Pure white with violet red blotch; lower petals tinted lilac . .10 1.00 



•^S|r-*".^^'~^*»|f^-,^-..^- «d&^^ Brenchleyensis. Vermillion, scarlet an excellent varietj- 5 .50 

 ^^mk I ' v'fw >' iBI!^^ Cameleon. Slaty-lilac, flamed orange with white bands through middle of 



^^S^Sfk ' ' .^Jp^BBp^ Ciceron. Lilac, excellent 15 1.50 

 ^^^^5^L^>ii-*L,^°^)^l^«B Duchess of Edinburgh. Purplish-rose with carmine stripe on lower 



^^ -\\\v\\\\M\\#''' ' lllllIlM i/Mj I ^rnKp" divisions; without exception, one of the finest varieties 10 1.00 



^^^MHKm\hjn Eugene Scribe. Tender rose, blazed carmine-red. Extra fine 10 1.00 



^^^^Hfiil||/|jHH|^^^HB^|^^V^ Flamboyant. Fieiy-scarlet. Very large flowers 12 1.25 



^^^^^^^K^^^^^^mJ^^^^ 'sa^c Buchanan. Very fine yellow 8 .75 



^^^^^^Bij^^^ ^^^^KK^M John Bull. White, slightly tinged with sulphur 5 .50 



^^^m Madame Monnerit. Delicate rose 5 .50 



^^^f May. Pure ■white, flnelj- flaked, bright rosy crimson. Superb spike . . . 10 1.00 



^^f Octoroon. Beautiful salmon-pink, very distinct 10 1.00 

 ^^ ^.^ Pepita. Bright goldon-yellow, slightly striped carmine at the edges of the 



^^^^ petals toward the end of the flowering season 10 1.00 

 a^ Shakespeare. White; very slightly suffused with carmine rose, large 

 yT'-'f^ Snow-White. The only absolutely pure snow-white gladiolus in existence. 



^ Mf\ Large flower and enormous .spike 20 2.00 

 ^V^J Collection. I bulb, each above 16 varieties, $ 1 .25. 

 =^ii^J Gladiolus in Mixtures. 

 •me^ These bulbs are all selected first size and adapted to either bedding or forcing. 



^p White and Light varieties mixed 5 50 $3.00 



^^ Scarlet and Red; extia fine varieties 5 30 1.75 



Pink and Rose, all shades 5 50 3.00 



Yellow and Orange, all shades .5 50 3.50 



Striped and Variegated, extra fine . .5 50 3.00 

 Mixed All Colors. 



Fine Quality .5 25 1.50 



Extra Superfine Quality 5 30 2.00 



. T^j W GLOXINIAS. . ' 



From a superb collection of upright flowered varieties. 

 This Gorgeous Exotic is as easily grown and cared for as is pure white, with throats of blue, scarlet, rose, or crimson ; or 

 m/',ny of the common flowers. They are the most magnificent thetubesareof bright color with white throat. The bulbs should 

 table decorations we have in summer. Keep the bulbs in pots be started in a warm place— greenhouse, hotbed, or sunny win- 

 in the house, or on the veranda, in boxes or little frames out- dow. They will bloom till la:te in summer, when they should be 

 side, and you can cut the flowers all summer. Their green dried off, letting th« leaves die; the pots can be kept over winter 

 7eaves are surmounted with a cluster of lovely trumpet-shaped in a cellar free from frost. Price, splendid mixtures, strong 

 gpwers. The coloring is exquisite ; the groundwork of many bulbs, 15 cts. each; dozen, $1.50. By mail, postpaid. 



