DREEE-S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF BULBS, 



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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 col- 

 lection has received numerous prizes at the exhibitions of the Pennsylvania Horticultural 

 Society. We are now enabled to otter white and yellow varieties (for which there has been 

 an unusually great demand) in quantity. The roots will be ready for delivery about the 1st 

 I N >vember. 



12 choice new and rare varieties, with names $ 5-00 



12 • " - Liliput, " " 5.00 



12 " older, but first-class, " " 6 - 00 



lot " new and old varieties, " " 20.00 



Single roots, 25 to 50 cents each. For varieties and description, see " Dreer's Garden 

 Calendar." m ^ m „ . 



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They are the most stately and effective of the whole 

 genua; being of a robust erect growth, with green 

 sword-shaped leaves and magnificent flower scapes, 

 rising from three to five 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 tint<, 

 to a salmon re 1 and nankeen ; from blush-white, 

 with purple crimson throat and marginal streaks of 

 pink, to light rosy salmon grounds, with flakes of 

 deep carmine. A succession of bloom may be 

 had from July to September by planting 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, and in a sunny situation. The bulbs are 

 taken up In the fall and placed in a dry cellar, pro- 

 tecte 1 IV >m 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 in- 

 clude in the following assortment-. 



INVARIABLY OUR SELECTION. 



Xo. 1 — 12 good old varieties, with names $ 1.50 



No. 2 — 12 choice old varieties, " 2.50 



No. 3 — 12 very choice varieties, " 5.00 



Xo. 4 — 12 new and rare varieties, " 8.00 



No. 5—100 choice. 50 varieties, " 20.00 



Xo. 6— 12 mixed varieties per 100, $5 75 



Xo. 8— 12 very fine white and light colors, 



per 100, $8 1.50 



Will be forwarded by mail, carefully packed, without additional cost, except those quoted 

 by the hundred, for which $1.00 must be added for postage. For varieties and description, 

 see "Dreer's Garden Calendar." 



MAMIWi 0% MEXICO VITIS, 



10 cents. 75 cents per dozen. 

 Of rapid growth ; suitable for covering arbors and trellis work. Flowers feathery white 

 with a fragrance resembling Mignonette. Also known as the Mignonette Vine. 



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15 cents. $1.50 per dozen. 



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

 the colors gorgeous and perfectly contrasted. Planted in masses, they make a beautiful 

 effect, blooming from July to October. Preserve the bulbs during the winter in a dry place. 



CONCHI FLORA. Orange, with crimson spots. Pa-VONIA. Rich scarlet, spotted with yellow. 



