DREER’S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF BULBS. 17 
DAHLIA. 
Of this attractive flower we have several hundred varieties, and are constantly adding all the 
newest and best as they are offered, and rejecting older and inferior kinds. Our collection has 
received numerous prizes at the exhibitions of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, and re- 
ceived the First Premium in 1869. We are now enabled to offer white and yellow varieties (for 
which there has been an unusually great demand) in quantity. The roots will be ready for de- 
livery about the Ist of November. 
12 choice new and rare varieties with names ............cccececccccreccetercstserere $5 00 
eal oh st Lilliput ‘ Se ridge os nanea Soneamnae rains e1eancees > tate 5 00 
12 ‘* older but first-class oo See nas a4 > Gasseuaetee=csToamusr esses daageceme 2 50 
100 ‘* newandoldvarieties ‘‘ Oe sae cas 00 se 5a een scaap eee. cash 20 00 
Single roots 25 to 50 cents each. For varieties and description, see Dreer’s Garden Calendar. 
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, ris- 
ing from three to five feet in height. The colors com- 
prise the most brilliant of orange, scarlet, and vermilion 
tints, upon yellow and orange grounds, including a gra- 
duated 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 marginal streaks of pink, to light rosy salmon 
grounds, with flakes 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-rot- 
ted manure. The bulbs are taken up in the fall and 
placed in a dry cellar, protected from frost. 
GLADIOLUS—IN ASSORTMENTS. 
Where the choice of varieties is left to us, the pur- 
chaser will generally fare better as to quality and price 
—as we have often a large stock of some of the finer 
and high-priced varieties, which we can include in the 
following assortments. 
Invariably our Selection. 
No. 1, 12 good old varieties...........ccccsecseees $1 50 
66 2, 12 choice old Varieties: .< ptcdeccsscoccscees 2 50 
s¢ 3, 12 very choice varieties. . .......0 2.02.00 5 00 
«¢ 4, 12 new and rare Varieties... ..1...5..c0.06 8 00 
** 5, 100 varieties with names (chovce) ....... 20 00 
* 6, 100 mixed varieties. 414: 455.%2dgaee ceo 25 5 00 
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Will be forwarded by mail, carefully packed, without additional cost, except when ordered by 
the 100. 
For varieties and description, see Dreer’s Garden Calendar for 1870. 
MADEIRA; or, Mexican Vine. (Also known as the Mignonette Vine.) 
Of rapid growth, suitable for covering arbors and trellis work. Flowers feathery white, with 
a fragrance resembling mignonette. Price 10 cents each; $1 00 per dozen. 
TIGRIDIA; or, Tiger Flower. 
Native of Mexico, producing flowers of exquisite beauty, and singularly curious shape, the 
colors gorgeous and perfectly contrasted ; in bloom from July to October. Concutrtora. Orange 
and golden yellow, spotted with dark crimson. 
Price 8 cents each; 60 cents per dozen; $4 00 per hundred. 
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