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NEW GLADIOLUS, ‘“‘SNOW WHITE.” 
We take great pleasure in calling the attention of our 
customers to this very fine Gladiolus. It was first exhib- 
ited at the Massachusetts Horticultural Society show in 
1879, by its originator, J. F. C. Hyde, of Newton, Mass., 
and as ‘‘Hyde’s White” it won various prizes, until in 
1881 it secured the ‘‘ prospective prize” as the best seed- 
ling, flowering and foliage plant, for which any competi- 
tor must be shown for three consecutive years. It is un- 
deniably the best White Gladiolus yet introduced. The 
flowers are well formed and of excellent substance, 
petals gracefully recurved and often beautifully crisped, 
nearly the entire flower is a perfect paper white with a 
slight cream shade on the lower petals. A faint line of 
purple extends about half way through the lower petal. 
The plant is very vigorous in growth, giving an average 
of three stems to each bulb. 25 cts. each; $2.50 per 
dozen. 
COLLECTIONS OF CHOICE GLADIOLI 
AT SPECIAL LOW PRICES. 
COLLECTION No. 1. 
[0 FINE NAMED VARIETIES, - - 50 CENTS, 
Napoleon III. Bright scarlet, white line in the center. 
Mad. Monneret. Soft rosy pink; late variety. 
Marie Lemoine. Long spike of fine, well-expanded 
flowers; upper divisions of a pale creamy color, 
flushed salmon-lilac; lower divisions spotted pur- 
plish violet, bordered deep yellow. 
Angele. Soft mother-cf-pearl color. 
Le Titien. Very briliiant rosy scarlet. 
Noemi. Light rosy lilac. 
Sylphide. White, flamed with carmine. 
Isaac Buchanan. Best yellow. 
Ceres. Pure white, large purplish-rose blotch. 
Eugene Scribe. Fine vigorous sort; flowers stand well 
and of good substance, 
COLLECTION No. 2. 
10 EXTRA FINE VARIETIES, 
75 CENTS. 
La Candeur. White, lightly striped 
with carmine. 
Conde. Light orange-red, white 
blotch. 
Phebus. Brilliant red, with large 
white blotch. 
Meyerbeer. Brilliant scarlet, flamed 
with vermilion; amaranth-red 
blotch. 
Romulus. Very brilliant dark ted; 
large pure white blotch; large 
white lines on the lower petals. 
Amalthee. Pure white, with large 
violet-red blotch; ground of the 
corolla velvety-violet. 
Astree. Pure white, with distinct 
violet-carmine blotch; throat suf- 
fused with pale lilac. 
Coquette. Large and fine flower of 
bright cherry-red, with a conspicu- 
ous pure white blotch. 
Reine Victoria. Pure white, 
carmine blotch. 
Addison. Deep amaranth. 
dark 
COLLECTION No. 3. 
10 Superfine Named Varieties, 
a P $1.50. 
WitGS Shakespeare. White, very slightly 
Ss suffused with carmine-rose; large 
rosy blotch. 
Bicolore. Large flowers of bright rosy-salmon, except 
lower petals, which are ivory-white. 
Africain. An entirely distinct variety of quite a novel 
color—slaty-brown on scarlet ground, streaked 
with scarlet and pure white, with conspicuous 
white blotch; dark colored; dense spike. 
Fatima. Very large flowers of ivory-white ground, pro- 
fusely striped and suffused with bright rosy-sal- 
mon; violet blotch on creamy ground. 
Baroness Burdett-Coutts. Delicate lilac tinged with 
rose; flamed rosy-purple; spike very long. 
Hesperide. Profusely blotched and flaked, bright rosy- 
salmon, on a pure white ground. 
Reine Blanche. Pure white; dark carmine blotch. 
Van Spandonk. Fiery red; splendid. 
Talma. Rosy-carmine flowers, flamed with bright car- 
mine and striped scarlet and pale violet; blotch 
amaranth-red, speckled sulphur-yellow 
Pepita. Bright golden-yellow flowers, slightly striped 
carmine at the edges of the petals. The most 
free-flowering yellow variety of all, 
MIXED GLADIOLI. 
Extra Superfine Quality. 
doz.; $2.50 per 100. 
Red and Scarlet Varieties. 
100. 
Light Colors. No scarlet or dark. 
$3.00 per 100. 
White and Light. 
light and white flowers. 
100. 
Pink Striped and Variegated. 
per 100. 
Yellow Varieties. 
All colors mixed; 40 cts. per 
30 cts. per doz.; $2.00 per 
50 cts. per doz.; 
Very desirable for those in want of 
50 cts. per doz.; $3.75 per 
50 cts. per doz.; $3.75 
60 cts. per doz.; $4.00 per 100. 
