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DREER'S GARDEN CALENDAR. 



Summer Flowering Bulbs. 



The most prominent in this section, are the rare and beautiful 

 FRENCH AND BELGIAN HYBRID GLADIOLUS. 



They are the most stately and effective of the whole genus; 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 

 Vermillion tints upon yellow and orange grounds, including a graduated scale of inter- 

 mediate 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-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 

 horse-dung. The bulbs are taken up in the fall and placed in a dry cellar, protected 

 from frost. 



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Adonis... Light rosy salmon, carmine margin, 



Agl,e... Bright-shaded salmon, large, 



Aristote... Light rose, purplish crimson stripes, 



Amabilis... Vermillion scarlet, 



Archijiede... Large rich-flamed salmon red, 



Bertha RAB0URDiN...Pure white, carmine stain, 



BRENCHiLiENSis...Very fine rich scarlet, 



Calypso... Rose, striped and blotched with carmine, 



C ax art... Clear yellow, shaded with rose, 



Clemence... White ground, richly feathered with rose and crimson 



flakes, 

 Comtesse de Bresson. ..Fine rosy-tinted carmine and scarlet, 

 Couranti FuLGENS...Very rich dark crimson, 

 Coivite de MoRNY...Dark cherry, with white blotches, 

 Daphne... Light cherry, with darker stripes, 

 Docteur ANDRY...Very bright orange, beautiful shape, 

 Don Juan... Orange and fire-red, 

 Due de Malakoff... Orange red, blazed with lighter stripes, white 



ground, 

 Egerie... Light orange-coloured rose, 

 Edith... Rose carnation, dark stripes, large, 

 Fanny Rouget... Flesh-colored rose, 

 Gal athe... Nearly white, with carmine stains, 

 Goliath... Large, light red, carmine satin, 

 Helene... Lilac-tinged white, purple stripes, 

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