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OTHER VARIETIES. 



Per Doz. 

 GANDAVENSIS. (The original, and type of the foregoing 



varieties.) Bright scarlet and yellow 15 cts. each. $1 50 



FLORIBUNDUS. White and blush, striped with purplish crim- 

 son 20 cts. each. 2 00 



PSITTACINNUS. Parrot-colored, red, orange and green 



10 cts. each. 1 00 



GLADIOLUS SEEDLINGS. Very fine colors , 2 00 



GLADIOLUS EAMOSUS.] 



Although an old variety, its culture is not generally understood, 

 even among professional florists. We have found it one of our most 

 valuable winter-blooming plants, as a bouquet flower. The bulb 

 should be potted in June, in 5 inch pots, and as soon as the pots are 

 filled with roots, shift into 7 inch pots ; remove to the green-house 

 upon the approach of cold weather. Bloom from December to April. 

 Price 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. 



TIGEIDIA, or TIGEE PLOWEE. 



Natives of Mexico, producing flowers of exquisite beauty, and 

 singularly curious shape, and the color of each variety gorgeous and 

 purely contrasted, in bloom from July to October. After frost, take 

 up the bulbs, and keep in dry place away from frost, until the time 

 of planting in the Spring. The following are the most distinct and 

 beautiful varieties. We have imported several of the so-called new 

 varieties, but find them no improvement. Price, 10 cents each ; 

 60 cents per dozen; $4.00 per 100. 



CONCHIFLORA. Orange and golden yellow, spotted with dark 



crimson, 

 PAVONIA. Rich scarlet, tinged and spotted with yellow. 



THE DOUBLE TUBEEOSE 



Is one of the most delightfully fragrant and beautiful of the 

 summer-flowering bulbs, throwing up tall spikes of double white 

 flowers two to three feet high, which remain in bloom a long period. 

 It is now an indispensable article in making up a bouquet or basket 

 of flowers at any time during the year, as by skillful management a 

 succession of flowers can be obtained. For early flowers they can 

 be started in February or March, in the green-house or hot-bed, and 

 for a succession they can be planted at intervals as late as July. 

 For flowering in the open borders, they can be planted about the 

 1st of May; they will then bloom in September. The bulbs we offer 

 this season are very fine, and are certain to flower. 



1st quality started in pots for early flowering, $3 per dozen. 



1st " dry roots, $1.50 per dozen ; $10 per 100. 



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