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DREER'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF BULBS. 



THE MOST PROMINENT IN THIS SECTION AEE THE RARE AND BEAUTIFUL 



Ereneh Hybrid §lafli©Ims. 



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 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-rotted 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 purchaser 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 these assortments. We offer the fol- 

 lowing assortments. 



Invariably our Selection. 



No 



choice varieties $5.00 



and choice varieties. 8.00 



STo. 1, 12 good old varieties $2.00 i No. 3, 12 very 



" 2, 12 choice old varieties. 3.00 J " 4, 12 new 



Will be forwarded by mail, carefully packed, without additional cost. 

 GENERAL COLLECTION OF GLADIOLUS. 



EACH. 



Adele Souchet, white ground, 

 blazed with carmine $ 80 



Adonis, light rosy salmon, car- 

 mine margin 20 



Aglse,bright shaded salmon, large 25 



Amabilis, vermilion scarlet, 



dwarf. 20 



Anatole Levanneur, rosy vio- 

 let, spotted with carmine 50 



Aristote, light rose, purplish 



crimson stripes 15 



Ar chime de, large rich-flamed 

 salmon-red 20 



Bertha Rabourdin, pure white, 

 carmine stains 75 



Brenehiliensis, very fine rich 

 scarlet 20 



Berenice, pink, flaked with 



cherry ; maroon stripes 30 



Calendulaceus, bright nankeen 

 yellow 25 



Calypso,rose, striped and blotched 

 with carmine 30 



Canary, clear yellow, shaded 

 with rose ... 50 



Clemence, white ground, with 

 rose and crimson flakes 40 



Couranti Fulgens, very rich 

 dark crimson 15 



Comte de Morny, dark cherry, 

 with white blotches, extra 60 



Danae, white, shaded with violet 50 



Daphne, light cherry, with dark 

 stripes 40 



Diana, white, flaked with dark 

 red, very fine 50 



Don Juan, orange and fire-red 15 



Dnc de Malakoff, orange red, 

 blazed with lighter stripes, white 

 ground 80 



Edith, rose carnation. dark stripes. 25 



Emma, light carmine spotted, 



dwarf 15 



Egerie, light orange-colored rose 25 



Ernst Duval, dark red, violet 

 shade 50 



Eugene Verdier, dark carmine 

 purple shade, dwarf 40 



Fanny Bouget, flesh-colored. 15 



Galathe, nearly white, with car- 

 mine stains 25 



Goliath, large, light red, carmine 



stains 25 



Hebe, salmon tinted white, flaked 

 with rose 30 



Imper atrice,blush white, striped 

 with purple ... 20 



Isoline, pale flesh and carmine, 

 with violet stains 25 



James Watt, bright vermilion, 

 large pure white stains, striped 

 with purple 1.00 



Jeanne d'Arc, white, tinged 

 with rose 40 



Delia, peach blossom, stained 

 with lilac, fine 25 



Louis Van Houtte, velvety car- 

 mine, with purple 20 



