BEST PLANTS FOR GARDEN AND GREENHOUSE. 



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GLADIOLUS. 



The most attractive of all summer flowering bulbs are the Gladioli. 

 Wonderful improvements have been made in recent years in the size 

 and beauty of these flowers, and our list comprises only the best se- 

 lections, 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 plant- 

 ing at intervals from April to June. The strongest bulbs should be 

 kept for the latest planting. Plant six inches 

 apart in beds or double rows, and three 

 inches deep. They are very effective when 

 planted among roses, shrubbery, etc. In 

 the fall, before frosts, the bulbs should be 

 lifted, diied and stored in a cellar or some 

 other position away from frost, for planting 

 again the following spring. 



MIXED VARIETIES. 



EACH. PEK DOZ. PER IOO 



Scarlet and Crim- 

 son, Mixed 5 cts. 30 cts. 



White and Light, 



Mixed 5 



Yellow, Mixed ...5 



Pink and Varie- 

 gated 5 



Ex. Choice, Mixed. 



of the best varieties, containing an elegant 

 assortment, light colors predominating. 

 40 cts per doz., $2.00 per 100, $15.00 

 per 1,000. 



Kelway's Choice Hybrids. From 

 the stock of a celebrated English hybrid- 

 izer. Finest mixed. 50 cts. per doz., 

 $3.50 per 100. 



Named Bedding Vari- 

 eties. 



50 

 50 



40 



$2.00 



300 

 3.25 



250 



This is a mixture 



New Giant Gladiolus. 



NEW GIANT GLADIOLUS. 



(Gladiolus Nanceanus.) 



A magnificent new race of extraordinary size and remarkable 

 beauty. These new varieties are twice the size of the Gladiolus 

 Gandavensis varieties, while possessing their long-lasting prop- 

 erties and the beautiful markings of the Lemoinei section. 

 Charles Baltet. Bluish violet, spotted maroon, with a 



white throat, large flower. 35 cts. each. 

 Comte Horace de Choiseill. Enormous flowers, of a 

 brilliant shade of light scarlet tinged with orange, distinct 

 purple blotch surrounded with a yellow band. 35 cts. each. 

 Dr. H. P. Walcott. Very large flowers of perfect shape 

 and very open, bright madder, lower petals speckled with 

 mnroon at the throat, with a large light yellow blotch in the 

 centre. 50 cts. each. 

 Harry Veitch. Magnificent flowers of deep velvety red, 

 lower petals blotched with light yellow and spotted maroon. 

 50 cts. each. 

 Maurice de Vilmorill. A remarkable color; the gen- 

 eral tint is slate blue flushed with violet, slightly striped with 

 violet on the edges. 50 cts. each. 

 Monsieur Lefebvre. Very large, carmine red flowers, 



throat sulphur yellow spotted red; early. 35 cts. 

 Professor Lambin. Lilac mauve, large yellow blotches 

 surrounded with yellow; a remarkably large flower. 32 cts. 

 each. 

 Pactole. Beautiful yellow, tinged with rose and blotch of a 



darker shade. 25 cts. 

 Vesuve. Deep fiery red, the throat and lower petals deep- 

 ening to black. 25 cts. 



Brenehleyensis. Brilliant scarlet. 

 This fine old variety is unsurpassed for 

 planting in masses or groups in the back- 

 ground of borders, or amongst shrubbery. 

 5 cts. each, 30 cts. per doz., $1.50 per 100. 

 Ceres. An excellent contrast to Brench- 

 leyensis ; ground color pure white, spot- 

 ted with purplish rose. 5 cts. each, 30 

 cts. per doz., $2.00 per 100. 

 Isaac Buchanan. Pure yellow; best 

 for massing. 10 cts. each, $1 00 per doz., $6.00 per 100. 

 Martha Washington. I-ight yellow, tinged rose, large 



flowers and spike. 10 cts. each, $1.00 per doz. 

 Meyerbeer. Brilliant scarlet, amaranth red blotch ; one of 



the finest. 10 cts. each, $100 per doz. 

 Shakespeare. White, slightly suffused with carmine rose, 

 large rosy blotch. 10 cts. each, $1.00 per doz., $7.50 per 100. 

 SllOW White. The best White Gladiolus. The flowers 

 are of fine shape, large in size, and of a pure paper-white 

 color; the spikes are large and set thickly with flowers. 20 

 cts. each, $2.00 per doz., $15.00 per 100. 



Lemoine's Hybrid 



Spotted Gladioli. 



We have procured direct from M. Lemoine some of the finest 



and most distinct of these remarkable varieties. 



Abbe Froinent. Rich crimson with sulphur blotches in 

 lower petals ; very large flower. 50 cts. 



Admiral Gervaise. Buff salmon with purple blotches; 

 very fine. 35 cts. 



Beaurepaire. Rich, deep pink, spotted violet, large flow- 

 ers. 35 cts. 



Ferdinand Bergman. Salmon, with maroon spots, 

 long spike; early. 25 cts. 



Gil Bias. Copper red, spotted scarlet and yellow; very 

 early. 25 cts. 



J. H. l£relag"e. Crimson, spotted brown with white lines 

 and dots, early. 50 cts. 



Lemoine's Butterfly Hybrids. Very beautiful, mixed 

 varieties, remarkable for fine colorings and markings and dis- 

 tinctive form; extra fine sorts, 50 cts. per doz., $3.50 per 100. 



If desired by mail, add at the rate of 10 cents per dozen for postage. 



