DREEIT3 DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF BULBS. 



UAttLIA, 



Of this attractive flower we have several hundred varieties, and are constantly adding all the 

 newest and best as they are offered, and rejecting older and inferior kinds. Our collection has 

 received numerous prizes at the exhibitions of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. We are 

 now enabled to offer white and yellow varieties i for which there has been an unusually great 

 demand, in quantity. The roots will be ready for delivery about the 1st of November. 



iee new and rare varieties, with names $5 00 



12 - - " Lilliput, - - 



12 let bat first-class, •• •• 



new and old varieties, " " 



Single roots 25 to 5U cents each. For varieties and description, see Dreers Gar len Cal 



FgE.ycE Hybrid Gzg@iOLT-s, 



3 I 



2 50 



They are the most stately and effective of the 'whole 

 genus: being of a robust erect growth, with green 

 sword-shape 1 I aves and magnificent flower scapes, ri- 

 sing from 3 to 5 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 marginal streaks of pink, to light rosy sal- 

 mon grounds, with flakes of deep carmine. A succession 

 of bloom may be bad from July to September by plant- 

 ing 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 pur- 

 chaser 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 

 following assortments : 



INVARIABLY OUR SELECTION. 



No. 1 — 12 good old varieties, with names 



No. 2 — 12 choice old varieties, " 



No. ?> — 12 very cb'jicd varieties. " 



No. 4 — 12 new and rare varieties, " 



No. 5 — 100 varieties f choice), " 



— 10(1 mixed varieties 



N-. 7— 12 '• " 



For varieties and de- 



Will be forwirdel by mail, carefully packed, without additional cost, 

 scription, net l)reer's Garden Calendar. 



MADEIRA; or* Meiicaii Tine* 



(also kxowx as the mignokette VINE. J 



Of rapid growth, suitable f-r covering arbors and trellis work. Flowers feathery white, with 

 a fragrance resembling mignonette. Price. 10 cents each: 81 per dozen. 



TIGRIDIA; or, Tiger Flower. 



Native of Mexico : producing flowers of exquisite beauty and singularly curious shape, the 

 colors gorgeous and perfectly contrasted. Planted in masses, they have a beautiful effect; bloom- 

 ing from July to October. Preserve the bulbs during the winter in a dry, warm place. 



CoN-cniFt.ORA — orange, with crimson spots. Pavoxia— rich scarlet, spotted with yellow. 



Price, 10 cents each; *1 per dozen. 



