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E. W. 3UCKWFE. ROCKF'^RD, ILLINOIS. 



Gorgeous Gladioli 



Of Dazzling Splendor. Varieties Easily Grown. 

 Blossoms by Thousands. 



NEW GIANT ORCHID or RAINBOW GLADIOLUS 



This uncommonly beautiful Gladiolus is the grandest achievement in the 

 production of this deservedly popular flower. The flowers are simply marve- 

 lous. Xo description can begin to do them justice. They have all the colors of 

 the rainbow, and are of enormous size, often large as tea plates. Produce 

 freely, stems long and graceful. My price, the season's bargain, 10c. each, 

 $1.00 per doz., postpaid. 



Twelve Named Gladioli — ^Buckbee's Famous Grand 



Astonishingly Low Price — Postpaid 5c. each; per doz. 50c, 



BLOOM OF THE NEW OIAXT GLADIOLUS 

 (I have seen them as large as tea plates.) 



KELWAYS HYBRID GLADIOLI 



The celebrated EngUsh hybridizer has given us a fine as- 

 sortment of Gladioh with immen.se spikes and an endle.ss vari- 

 ety of coloring. 5 cents each; 50c. per doz., postpaid. 



African — Black Crimson. 

 Chameleon — Slate, orange, white and 

 violet. 



Duchess of Edinburgh — Purplish rose 



carmine stripe. 

 Grand Rouge — Flaming scarlet, 

 Isaac Buchanan — Canary yellow. 

 Lord Byron — Red. white blotch, 

 Martha Washington — Yellow, tinged 



with rose. 



Gladiolus Childsii 



(Mixed Colors) 



Tills elegant class of Gladioli i> 

 famed tor size of spike, flower and 

 \-igorous blooming. The colors are 

 varied and exceedingly brilliant. 

 6c. each; 3 for 15c.; 55c. per doz.; 100 

 for si.OO, postpaid. 



May — White, crimson penciling. 



Meyerbeer — Bright scarlet, flamed 

 with vermiUion. 



Octoroon — Salmon pink. 



President Lincoln — Blush white, suf- 

 fused with rose. 



Shakespeare — White, suffused with 

 carmine rose. 



Lemoine's Gladioli 



(Mixed Colors I 

 The noted Butterfly Hybrids. I 

 offer the finest of this type in mix- 

 ture. The rich coloritigs rival ttie 

 finest orcliids. Postpaid, 5c. each; 3 

 for 10c. ; 35c, per doz.; 100 for $2,00 

 Bv express, buyer's expense. SI. 75 per 

 100, 



Buckbee's Famous Rockford Mixed Gladiol 



I am sure that if you have never grown the beautiful Glad- 

 iolus and will take my advice and begin this year, you will thank 

 me for having urged you to try it. 



• I make a feature of Gladioli, importing bulbs as well as raising those that 

 I am sure will be clioiee. My Gladiolus garden is almost a small farm, and in 

 it I am able to discover the varieties that are the best and will be most certain 

 to please. I am now able to offer choice bulbs in mixture of my own growing 

 at exceedinglv low prices. Postpaid, 4 for 10c. ; 25c. ner doz.; 50 for Sl.OO; 100 

 for S1.75, By express at buyer's expense, 51.25 per 100. 



LEflOINE'S QlflNT HELIOTROPES 



Nothing More Exquisite Than Their Perfume. They are In Flower Con- 

 stantly. The New Varieties I List are Charming. 

 PRICE, THIS SET OF 7 VARIETIES ONLY 50c, POSTPAID. ANY 3 FOR 25c. 



Prince Charmant — Handsome 

 foliage, extremely free in 

 bloom, color a lovely tint 

 of bluish mauve' this va- 

 riety has panicles of bloom 

 of enortnous size. Is dwarf 

 and compact ingrowth and 

 a great advance on older 

 sorts. 10c. each. 



Czarina — Dwarf-growing va- 

 riety; a deep indigo blue, 

 with white eye: enormou.s 

 trusses measuring 12 in, 

 across: of the giant^ type. 

 10c. each. 



The Czar — Dwarf -growing 

 variety, with black steirs 

 aitd enormous panicles ci 

 dark velvety bloom, very 

 rich in color! 10c. each. 

 La Giante — One of the finest 

 a-iiong the deep purples. 

 Flowers are of extra size, 

 exceedingly fragrant and 

 very beautiful. .\ great ac- 

 iiuisition in every respect, 

 valuable alike as a pot 

 plant or for outdoor cul- 

 ture. 10c, each. 



NEW 



fLOWERINg 



■>OIELYTRfl OR NEW 6LEED/NC heART*: 



DIELYTRA 



Or New Bleeding Heart 



One of the best herbaceous 'plants in culti- 

 vation, and one of the very first to flower in 

 the spring. An old favorite, bearing long 

 chains of graceful heart-shaped pink flov.er-. 

 Special price, 15c. each, postpaid. 



HELIOTiyjPE 



Le Glain — \ beautiful, deep, intense pur- 

 ple, with a large glistening wliile eye. 

 making it very striking in appearance. 

 The single florets often mea.sure half an 

 inch in diameter, and are borne iit im- 

 mense trusses. One of the most desirable 

 of all the Heliotropes in every respect. 

 10c. each. 



La Duse — Most beautiful foliage — small, 

 stiff and glossy: stems are uniform in 

 height, and support enormous trusses 

 of bloom that are semi-globular in form, 

 making great spread of color, which is 

 blue shading to lavender; the odor 

 Is e.xquisite. 10c. each. 



Mad. Bruanf — Verj- dark purple, with immense trusses of flowers, delightfully fragrant, 



10c. each. 



BUCKBELE'S 

 pI^nT jr'oOD 



tm:s package: con - 



TAINS ELFflUlEHT 

 a PLNN" FOOU FOR 20 

 = PLA.nS FOB ONE fE^R 



Something That 

 Will Help You. 



My plant food has su- 

 perlative merit as an in- 

 vigorator. Its use pro- 

 duces the health and color 

 natural to plant or vine. 

 And it costs but little, 

 25c. per package, 

 postpaid. 



NO GARDEN IS COMPLETE WITHOUT FLOWERING BULBS. SEE PAGES 98 AND 99 



