WM. ELLIOTT & SONS, NEW YORK 



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Summer- Flowering Bulbs 



SUMMER-FLOWERING BULBS AND PLANTS 



GLADIOLUS 



The Gladiolus family contains hundreds of magnificent varieties comprising all imaginable 

 colors, shades and variegations, from the most gorgeous and dazzling to the softest and 

 most delicate tints. They deserve to be grown in every garden. For cutting they are in- 

 valuable, the flowers lasting in water a week. They are of easy culture, grow in any garden, 

 soil, never fail to flower the same season, and by successive plantings every two or three 

 weeks, from April to June, can be had in flower from July until cheeked by frost. The bulbs 

 are easily kept in a paper bag on any convenient shelf until planting time. 



THE SPLENDID NOVELTY, PRINCEPS 



A superb new Gladiolus. This magnificent variety is the largest and most effective of 

 all gladioli. It grows from three and one-half to four feet high under ordinary garden 

 conditions ; its broad, handsome foliage is a grand setting for the brilliant amaryllis-like 

 blooms which open more widely than any other variety, a characteristic it receives from 

 G. a-uentiLs, the mother species. The color is rich crimson with intense shadings in the 

 throat, and broad white blotches across the lower petals. The flowers range from five 

 to six inches in diameter, and can be grown to nearly eight inches under stimulating culture. 

 From three to six of these immense and brilliant blooms are expanded at a time on each 

 spike, which often produces 16 to 18 flowers during its development. Each 35 cts., 3 for 

 $1.00, doz. $3.75. 



White Liady. The most beautiful and purest of all white Gladioli. We are again 

 fortunate in having a fine stock of it in extra strong bulbs which we are able to offer at a 

 reasonable price. Each 40 cts., doz. $4.00. 



African. Darkest crimson-black ; pure white blotch in the throat ; large flower and 

 spike ; striking and effective. Each 15 cts., doz. $1.25. 



Amalthee. Pure white with violet-red blotch ; ground of the corolla velvety violet, 

 the lower petals slightly tinted with lilac. Each 15 cts., doz. $1.25. 



Bicolore. Large flowers of bright rosy salmon, except lower petals, which are ivory- 

 white, suffused with rose at edges. Each 20 cts., doz. $2.00. 

 Brenchleyensis. Vermilion-scarlet ; fine old variety. Each 5 cts., doz. 40 cts., 100 $2.50. 

 Chameleon. Fine, compact truss of large, slaty lilac flowers, flamed orange, white bands 

 down the middle of each petal ; creamy white blotch, streaked violet. Each 10 cts., doz. $1.00, 

 Canary Bird. Finest yellow. Each 20 cts., doz. $1.75. 



Ceres. Pure white, spotted with purplish rose. Each 5 cts., doz. 40 cts., 100 $2.50. 

 Chaipont. Lilac, shaded with purple. Each 15 cts., doz. $1.25. 



Chrysolora. Golden yellow, pure and distinct. The finest yellow variety. Each 30 cts., 

 doz. $3!00. 



Conquete. Large and fine flower of bright cherry-red, with a conspicuous pure white blotch, upper petals striped with delicate rose. Each 

 10 cts., doz. $1.00. 

 Eugene Scribe. Flowers very large and wide ; perfect tender rose, blazed carmine-red ; extra fine. Each 15 cts., doz. $1.25. 

 Fatma. Very large flowers of ivory-white ground, profuse striped and suffused with bright rose salmon ; violet blotch. Each 10 cts., doz. $1.00. 

 Flamboyant. Beautiful spike of large flowers, flery scarlet; very effective variety. Each 15 cts., doz. $1.25. ' 



Grand Rouge. Enormous spike, and flower of the most perfect shape and intense scarlet, with small violet blotch in throat. The grandest 

 of all scarlets. Each 10 cts., doz. $1.00. 

 Isaac Buchanan. Very fine yellow. Each 10 cts., doz. 75 cts., 100 $4.00. 

 John Bull. White, slightly tinged with sulphur. Each 5 cts., doz. 50 cts. 



Lainarclt (de). Cherry, lightly tinted with orange, blazed with red ; center is very well lighted ; very large. Each 10 cts., doz. $1.00. 

 Leander. Large flower of lilac color, beautifully shading off to carmine; distinct white band in each petal, and conspicuous white blotch. 

 Each 15 cts., doz. $1.50. 

 Lioredan. Bright cherry-rose flowers ; creamy white, and slightly shaded with slate color at the edges of the petals. Each 20 cts., doz. $2.00, 

 Madame Monneret. Delicate rose. Each 5 cts., doz. 40 cts., 100 $2.50. 



Martha "Washington. Light yellow, of large size, in a well arranged spike; lower petals tinged with rose. Each 10 cts., doz. $1.00. 

 Meyerbeer. Scarlet, framed with vermilion ; amaranth-red blotch. Each 15 cts., doz. $1.50. 

 May. A lovely pure white flower, faintly flaked with bright rosy crimson ; largely used for forcing. 

 Each 10 cts., doz. $1.00. 

 Napoleon III. Bright scarlet ; white line in each petal. Each 5 cts., doz. 40 cts., 100 $2.50. 

 Octoroon. A beautiful salmon-pink; very distinct. Each 10 cts., doz. $1.00. 



Panorama. Large spike of well-arranged flowers ; beautiful lilac, shaded and mottled with bril- 

 liant carmine ; throat creamy white ; center of petal banded white. Each 15 cts., doz. $1.50. 



Pepita. Bright golden yellow flowers, slightly striped carmine at the edges of the petals toward 

 the end of the flowering season. Each 10 cts., doz. $1.00. 



Shakespeare. White, very slightly suffused with carmine rose ; large, rosy blotch. Each 15 cts., 

 doz. $1.50. 



Snow-White. The only absolutely pure white gladiolus in existence ; has large, open flowers, 

 and an enormous spike of the most perfect and beautiful shape. Each 20 cts., doz. $2.00. 



Wm. Falconer. A grand pink sort, immense flowers and spike. Each 10 cts., doz. $1.00. 



Gladiolus 



ELLIOTT'S 



ECLIPSE 



COUECTIONI 



$3.50 



Can secure one each of the aboTe thirty choice varieties of 

 Gladioli, free by mail or express, to any address in the 

 United States, or countries with which the United States has 

 parcel post communication. 



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