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DREERS GARDEN CALENDAR. 



suMivm^-nowE^iiNia sljlbs, 



FRESCH HYBRID GLADIOLUS. 

 They are the most state- 

 ly and effective of the whole 

 genus ; being of a robust 

 f^rect growth, with green 

 Sword -shaped leaves and 

 magnificent flower- scapes, 

 rising from two to four feet 

 in height. The colors com- 

 prise the most brilliant of 

 orange, scarlet, and vermil- 

 ion tints upon yellow and 

 orange ^rounds. Including 

 a graduated scale of inter- 

 mediate shades, from white 

 and rosy blush and salmon 

 rose tints, to a salmon red 

 and nankeen ; from blush- 

 white with purple crimson 

 throat, and uiarginal streak 

 of pink, to light rosy salmon 

 grounds, with flakes of deep 

 carmine. A succession of 

 bloom may be had from 

 July to Sept'r, by planting 

 at intervals from April to 

 June, reserving the strong- 

 est bulbs for the latest 

 planting. Their culture is 

 vei;y simple: they will grow 

 in any ordinary garden 

 mould, but succeed best in 

 good earth, manured with 

 well-rotted horse -dung. 

 The bulbs are taken up in 

 thn fall and placed in a dry 

 cellar, protected from frost. 



A discount of ten per cent, from catalogue prices will be made, 

 when one dozen varieties are selected. Twenty per cent, on one 

 hundred varieties. 



This collection received First Premiums at the Exhibitions of the 

 Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, in 18(57, ISoS, 18G9, k 1>70. 



GLADIOLUS, in Assorfments — Invariably our Sdection. 



2fo Price. Xo. Price, 



1...12 ^ood old v.irieties f>>r SI oi 0...IOO vrith names. 25 choice varie- 



2...12 choice old varietie*! for.. 2 50 tie* 20 W 



3. ..12 very choice varieties for. .5 0^> \ 6. ..100 without names, mixetK- 5 Lx' 



4. ..12 iit-w anil rare varietiHs...l(h to 20 00 ' 7. ..12 without name,*, niix^-d 1 Cu 



^;^^ Will be forwarded by mail, carefuUy jached. without addi- 

 tional cost. 



M&^ See next page for varieties of Gladiolus. ^®a 



