GLADIOLUS. 



The most attractive of all summer-flowering bulbs are the Gladioli. Wonderful improvements have been made in recent years 

 in the size and beauty of these flowers, and our list comprises only the best, both in mixtures and named sorts. Their cultivation 

 is very simple, us they will thrive in any ordinary garden soil, but amply repay care and liberal feeding by enhanced size and 

 beauty. A succession of bloom may be had from July to October by planting at intervals from April to June. The strongest bulbs 

 should be kepi f >r the latest planting. Plant six inches apart in beds or duuble row and three inches deep. They are very effec- 

 tive when planted among Roses, Paeonies, Shrubbery, etc. In the fall the bulbs should be lifted, dried and stored in a cellar or 

 some other frost-free position for planting again the following spring. 



(^If Gladiolus are wanted by mail add V^ cts. per doz. for postage. Single bulbs mailed without additional charge.') 



FIVE SUPERB NEW GI.ADIOEUS. 



The following are varieties of recent introduction, and are su 



eluded in every first-class collection. 



White Lady. The most beautiful and purest of all while j 

 Gladioli. We have a fine stock of it in extra strong bulbs. 30 

 cts. each ; $3.00 per doz.; $20 GO per 100. 



America. A new variety now offered for the first time, but 

 which has been thorou^jhly tested, and is conceded to be one 

 of the very finest varieties for cutting or bedding ever sent 

 out; color a beautiful soft flesh pink;, growth and general 

 hibit perfect. 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz.; $20.00 per 100. 



Senateur Volland. A most startling variety, with very large 

 flowers of a pure blue, with dark violet blotch and yellow 

 str.^in striped blue. 25 cts. each ; $2 50 l^r doz.; §20.00 per 100. 



One each of the abive 5 new sorts for $1.25 ; 3 each of the above 



ich vast improvement over existing sorts that they should be in- 



Klondyke. Another new sort, also being offered for the first 

 time, and which has had a thorough test, and proven highly 

 satisfactory ; in color it is a clear yellow, with a vivid crimson- 

 maroon blotch in the throat ; a. splendid free grower. 20 

 cts. each; $2.00 per doz.; $16.00 per 100. 



Princeps. This is of exceptional strong, vigorous growth, 

 with immense wide-open amaryllis-like flowers, a'most six 

 inches across, of a rich, dazzling scarlet, marked with white 

 on the lower portion, which serves to intensify the brilliancy 

 of the scarlet. 30 cts. each ; $3.00 per doz.; $20 00 per 100. 



5 new sorts, $3 50; 12 each of the above 5 new sorts, $12.00. 



SEI.ECT STANDARD NAMED 

 VARIETIES. 



Those inarked with an asterisk (*) belong to the Giant type. 

 " 1900." Fiery crimson flowers, with a prominent white 



blotch on each of the lower petals. 6 cts. each ; 60 cts. per 



doz.; $4.00 per 100. 

 Augusta. A lovely white variety. 7 cts. each ; 75 cts. per doz. 

 Brenclileyensis, 1 he best scarlet for massing. 25 cts. per 



doz.; $1.50 per 100. 

 ^Brilliant. Glistening scarlet with carmine and white throat. 



The best scarlet. 10 cts. each ; $1.00 per doz. 

 Ceres. White flaked with purplish rose. 5 cts. each ; 40 cts. 



per doz.; $2.50 per 100. 

 ^Columbia. Large dark scarlet splashed with black; very 



effective. 6 cts. each ; 60 cts. per doz. 

 ^Deborah. Dark blood-red with l.nrge white blotch and a 



white band through each petal. 7 cts. each; 75 cts. per doz. 

 Emma Thursby, Beautifully striped carmine on a white 



ground. 6 cts. each ; 60 cts. per doz. 

 Eugene Scribe. Large, open flowers of a tender rose color, 



l>lazed with carmine. 7 cts. each.; 75 cts. ]^er doz. 

 *Fedora. Exquisite salmon rose with mottled throat. 7 cts. 



each ; 7") cts, jier doz. 

 *Qil Bias. Immense orchid-like flowers of a salmony-rose, 



with a fire red blotch on straw-colored ground. 10 cts. each ; 



$1 00 per doz. 

 *Qeo. Paul. Enormous wide-open, amaryllis-like flower of a 



rich ruby-gnrnet shade. 10 cts. each ; $1.00 per doz. 

 *Henry Gillman. Orange-scarlet with pure white bands. 6 



cts. each ; 60 cts. per doz. 

 Isaac Buchanan. Fine yellow. 7 cts. each ; 75 cts. per doz. 

 Lamarck. Cherry tinted with orange and red, stained pure 



white. 6 cts. each; 60 cts. per doz. 

 May. White ground, penciled with crimson. 5 cts. each; 50 



cts. per aoz.; $3.50 per 100. 

 *nrs. Beecher. Brilliant crimson-scarlet with white throat. 



6 cts. each ; 60 cts. per doz. 

 Octoroon. A lovely salmon-pink. 7 cts. each ; 75 cts. per doz. 

 *Oddity. Deep amaranth, suffused with purplish-blue, marked 



and mottled red and white. 7 cts. each ; 75 cts. )ier doz. 

 *Salem. Fine s.ilmon-pink with dark velvety maroon blotches. 



10 cts. each; SI 00 per doz. 

 Shakespeare. White, slightly suffused with cai-mine-rose ; 



large rose blotch. 7 cts. each ; 75 cts. per doz.; $6.00 per 100. 

 *Wm. Falconer. A grand pink soit, immense lilowers and 



spike. 7 cts. each; 75 cts. per doz. 



One each of the above 22 named sorts for $1.35. 

 Three " " 22 " " 3 76. 



Twelve '■ " 22 " " 14.00. • 



One " " 22 and 5 new sorts, 2.50. 



Special attention is directed to the three fine Hardy Perennials shown in colors on the plates and cover of this Catalogue, and 



described on pages i68 and 169. 



