SUMMER FLOWERING BULBS. 



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DREER'S SUPERB GLADIOLUS. 



{If wanted by mail, add 10 cents per dozen for postage. Single bulbs mailed free at Catalogue price.') 

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

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

 cultivation is very simple, as 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 September by planting at intervals from April to June. The strongest 

 bulbs should be kept for the latest planting. 'Plant 6 inches apart in beds or double rows, and 3 inches deep. They are very 

 effective when planted among roses, shrubbery, etc. In the Fall, before frost, the bulbs should be lifted, dried and stored in a 

 cellar, or some other position away from frost, for planting again the following Spring. 



GLADIOLUS IN MIXTURE. 



Our mixtures are made up from fine varieties, and are all 

 selected first-size bulbs, and are sure to give the best results. 



DREER'S GRAND 

 NAMED GLADI- 

 OLUS. 



The following are sorts which can 

 be depended upon to give good 

 results, each variety being the 

 acknowledged leader of its color : 



Africain. Black crimson, with 

 pure white blotch on throat, the 

 darkest colored of all. 10 cts. each ; 

 |1.00 per doz. 



Brenchleyensis. An old 

 variety, but still the best vermilion- 

 scarlet for massing. 5 cts. each ; 

 30 cts, per doz. ; 81.50 per 100. 



Duchess of Edinburgh. 

 Purplish-rose, carmine stripe on 

 lower petals, one of the finest. 

 10 cts. each ; 81.00 per doz. 



Grand Rouge. Enormous 

 spikes of large flaming scarlet, the 

 finest of its color. 10 cts. each; 

 $1.00 per doz. 



Hesperide. Blotched and flaked 

 bright rosy-salmon on pure white 

 ground. 10 cts. _ each ; 8100 per 

 doz. 



Sunshine. Clear canary-yellow. 

 10 cts. each ; SI. 00 per doz. 



Lord Byron. Brilliant scarlet 

 with a distinct pure white blotch. 

 10 cts. each ; SI. 00 per doz. 



flartha Washington. Fine 

 spikes, light yellow, lower petals 

 tinged with rose. 10 cts. each ; 

 $1.00 per doz. 



May. White ground, penciled 

 with crimson. 10 cts. each ; §1.00 

 per doz. 



Heyerbeer. Bright scarlet- 

 flamed with vermilion, amaranth 

 blotch. 10 cts. each ; 81-00 per 

 doz. 



Octoroon. A beautiful shade of 

 salmon-pink, quite distinct. 10 cts. 

 «ach ; 81.00 per doz. 



President Lincoln. Blush 

 white, suffused with blight rose. 

 10 cts. each ; 81-00 per doz. 



Shakespeare. A fine variety, white, slightly suffused with 

 carmine-rose, large rose blotch. 10 cts. each ; 81.00 per doz. 



Snow White. Grand spike of snow-white flowers, a 

 magnificent variety. ( See cut. ) 20 cts. each; 82.00 per doz. 



Viola. Bright clear pink. 10 cts. each; §1.00 per doz. 



SPECIAL OFFER. One each of the above fifteen 

 Grand Varieties, each variety separate, for 81-00 ; by mail, 

 $1.10. 



Scarlet and Crimson shades mixed. 

 White and Light " " 



Yellow Shades Mixed " " 



Striped and Variegated" " 



Pink " 



Extra Choice Mixed, American 



Hybrids 05 



EACH 



DOZ. 



100. 



. 5 



.25 



81.75 



. 5 



.35 



2.50 



. 5 



.40 



3.00 



. 5 



.35 



2.50 



. 5 



.35 



2.50 



2.00 



Gladioli, Snow White 



.30 

 Lemoine's Butterfly 

 Hybrids mixed. This mixture is 

 made up of named sorts which we 

 imported from the originator. The 

 remarkable richness of the colorings 

 of this class rival the finest orchids. 

 5 cts. each ; 30 cts. per doz.; §2.00 

 per 100. 



Kelway's Choice Hybrids, 

 grown from stock of the celebrated 

 English hybridizer, produce immense 

 spikes in great variety of coloring. 

 5 cts. each ; 50 cts. per doz. ; 

 $3.00 per 100. 



NEW GIANT 



GLADIOLUS. 



(Gladiolus Nanceanus). 



A magnificent new race of extra- 

 ordinary size and remarkable beauty. 

 These new varieties are twice the size 

 of the Gladiolus Gandavensis varie- 

 ties, while possessing theirlong-lasting 

 properties and the beautiful markings 

 of the Lemoinei section. Mixed 

 varieties, 8 cts. each ; 75 cts. per 

 doz.; 8t>.00 per 100. 



Groff's Hybrid Gladiolus. 

 Mr. Groff, the celebrated Canadian 

 Gladioli specialist, has been working 

 for years to produce a strain that 

 would outrival all existing stocks, 

 and for his purpose has grown 

 thousands of the finest-named varie- 

 ties of the Childsi, Lemoinei, Nance- 

 anus, Gandavensis and other hybrids, 

 carefully crossing and recrossing the' 

 finest of each type, growing them 

 from seed, and discarding such as 

 did not reach his ideal in point of 

 size and richness of coloring in flower 



and vigor of growth in plant. This mixture is made up of his 



finest varieties, and should give much pleasure to the lovers of 



fine Gladioli. 



Flowering Bulbs 5 cts, each ; 50 cts. per doz.; $3.00 per 



hundred. 



(See also offer of Groff's Hybrid Gladiolus seed page 70.) 



If Gladiolus are wanted by mail, add io cents 

 per doz. for postage. Single bulbs mailed 

 free at catalogue price. 



