DREER’S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF BULBS. 21 
SUMMER ELOWERING BULBS 
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BULBS READY FOR DELIVERY IN OCTOBER. 
THE MOST PROMINENT IN THIS SECTION ARE THE RARE AND BEAUTIFUL 
FRENCH HYBRID GLADIOLUS. 
They are the most stately and effective of the whole genus; being of a robust 
erect growth, with green sword-shaped leaves and magnificent flower ¢ scapes rising 
from three to five feet in height. The colors comprise the most brilliant of orange, 
scarlet and vermilion tints upon yellow and orange grounds, including a graduated 
scale of intermediate shades, from white with rosy blush and salmon rose tints, to 
a salmon-red and nankeen ; from blush-white with purple crimson throat, and mar- 
ginal streaks of pink, to light rosy salmon grounds, with fiakes of deep carmine. 
A succession of bloom may be had from July to September, by planting at intervals 
from April to June, reserving the strongest bulbs for the latest planting. Their 
culture is very simple: they ‘will grow in any ordinary garden-mould, but succeed 
best in good earth, manured with well-rotted manure. The bulbs are taken up 
in the fall and placed i in a dry cellar, airing from frost. 
EACH. EACH. 
Adonis, light rosy salmon, carmine Egerie, light orange colored rose.... 25 
MARI ALE a cdr diaied morsenne 25 Ernest Duyal, dark red, violet shade 80 
Agile, bright shaded salmon, eer 25 El Dorado, pure yellow, the inferior 
Amabilis, “yermilion, scarlet. —. eae divisions striped with red, fine..1 00 
Anatole Levanneur, rosy violet, > spot Erato, pale rose, carmine stains...... 75 
ted with carmine. ..... 60 Eugene Domage, very dark ruby scar 
Aristote, light rose, purplish crimson let, the darkest of all... ...'......... 1 25 
stripes .. 20 | Fanny Rouget, flesh-colored rose.... 20 
Archimede, large Tich ‘flamed salmon Galathe, nearly white, with carmine 
WO iad. eek. Esti ateine 20) SiN = hte gk, nets taal ae GA ise peiswe 30 
Bertha Robourdin, pure, white, ‘car- Goliath, large, light red, carmine 
STG BERNE tase savoun coeoed aacosesa 1 00° oo EMRE PRS eae SED ee 25 
Brenchleyensis, very fine rich scarlet 20 Hector, deep pink, flaked with cher- 
Berenice, pink, flaked with cherry, ry ‘scarlet, Sond fori... sisisiscces 25 
MATOON StTIPES... 200. sovcccese seoees 30 | Helene, lilac tinged white, purple 
Calendulaceus, bright nankeen yellow 50) stripes BSE oe le 2A 40) 
Ceres, pure white, stained with pur- |Hebe, salmon tinted white, flaked 
plish rose, large DOD RR eB. Ba 60. TS ee See eee 40) 
Calypso, rose striped and blotched |Imperatrice, blush white, striped 
with carmine.. | yO Ty 11 a eee ee 20 
Canary, clear yellow, ‘shaded with Jenne d’Arc, white, tinged with rose 40 
TORE santas =) 50 | Lelia, peach blossoms, “stained with 
Clemence, “white ground, “With rose lilac, fine.. 40 
and crimson flakeS..... ss sess ses 50| Louis Van Houtte, “velvety carmine, 
Couranti Fulgens, very rich dark iL i 39 
CITIES ee: ce0cls atanse 20) ‘Lord Raglan, rosy, ‘salmon, yermi- 
Comte de Morny, dark cherry, ‘with ST Ae oision, cn ones He adtnoen 60 
WES Naat ate 1 00 Le Poussin, light red, white ground, 
Daphne, light cherry, with dark and very large white stains on 
SEPIA Bape as oe og neds nn apenies ss 3D. the inferior divisions, extra ....1 00 
Diana, white flaked with dark red, |Le Bariole, fiesh, striped with car- 
very fine.. 60. mine and violet, award. UG.2 30 
Don Juan, orange ‘and fire red.. 20 | Lord Granville, pale yellow, striped 
Duc de Malakoff, orange red, blazed | WAM TOSE 52.555 enka chee eames 50 
with lighter stripes, white ground 80| Madam Henrique, creamy white 
Danae, white shaded with violet..... 50) flaked with purple...... ............ 25 
Doctor Andry, rich salmon scarlet ; ‘Madam Rabourdin, rose, flaked with 
marked with dark red............ - 30} carmine, and slightly lined with 
Eugene Verdier, dark carmine, pur- white in the centre of the petals.1 00 
ple shade, dWaris..55 sede 40 Madame Paillet, carmine and violet. 60 
Edith, rose carnation, dark stripes, /Madam Duval, fiesh color and violet 
BBR Eases obs sacaen! codes tases andes ase 30) purplish carmine stains, dwarf...1 00 
Emma, light carmine spotted, dwarf 20, 
