SUMMER FLOWERING BULBS. 



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GLHDIOLUS**^-^ 



i^If -Lijanted by mail, add 10 cents per dozen for postage.') 



The most attractive of all summer flowering bulbs are the Gladioli. Wonderful improvements have been made in recent 

 years in the size and beauty of these flowers, and our list comprises only the best selections, both in our mixtures and named sorts. 

 Their cultivation is very simple, a-; they will thrive in any ordinary garden soil, but amply repay care and liberal feeding by 

 enhanced size and beauty. A succession of bloom may be had from July to September by planting at intervals from April fo June. 

 The strongest bulbs should be kept for the latest planting. Plant six inches apart in beds or double rows, and three inches deep. 

 They are very effective when planted among roses, shrubbery, etc. In the fall, before frost, the bulbs should be lified, dried and 

 stored in a cellar or some other position away from fro?.t, for planting again the following spring. 



SUPERB NEW GI^ADIOI^US "WHITE EADY.'» 



{^Awarded a First-class Certificate of Merit by the Massachusetts Horticulttiral Society August 21, 1897.) 

 This beautiful pure white sort we had the pleasure of seeing in the grounds of the introducer in Europe a year ago, whose 

 description follows, and which our own experience fully indorses: " A really pure white Gladiolus, gained by crossing the best 

 so-called white varieties. Having compared ' White Lady ' with all the newest white varieties of German, English, American and 

 French origin, we are positive that this novelty is the very best white known. The flowers are large, of finest substance and of the 

 purest white imaginable, the lower petals are slightly tinged with pale yellow; this pale yellow is so delicate and so clear that it 

 does not impair the white of the flower in the least, on the contr.Try it enhances upon the while. The buds are light yellow before 

 opening. The plants are of a remarkably strong growth and will generally produce several flower spikes. Height 2^ to 3 feet 

 when in full bloom." (See cut.) Strong bulbs, $2.00 each ; three bulbs for $5 00. 



SREER'S GRAND NAMED GEADIOEUS. 



The following are sorts which can be depended upon to give good results, 

 each variety being the acknowledged leader of its color : 

 AtVicain. Black crimson, with ]3ure white blotch on throat, the darkest 



colored of all. 10 cts. each, §1.00 per doz. 

 !Brencllleyeilsi.S. An old variety, but still the best vermilion-scarlet for 



masking. 5 cts. each, 30 els. per doz., §150 per 100. 

 Duchess of Edillburg'll. Purplish-rose, carmine stripe on lower 



petal-;, one of the finest. 10 cts. each, $1.00 per doz. 

 Grand Koug'e. Enormous spikes of large flaming scarlet, the finest of its 



color. 10 cts. each, $1.00 per doz. 

 Hesperitle. Blotched and flaked bright rosy-salmon on pure white 



ground. 10 cts. each, $1.00 per doz. 

 Isaac Buchanan (Golden Sceptre). Clear canary-yellow. 10 cts. each, 



§1.00 per doz., $6.00 per 100. 

 liOrd Byron. Brilliant scarlet with a distinct pure white blotch. 10 cts. 



each, §1.00 per doz. 

 Martha Washiug'ton. Fine spikes, light yellow, lower petals tinged 



with rose. 10 cts. each, §1.00 per doz. 

 May. White ground, penciled with crimson. 10 cts. each, §1.00 per doz. 

 Meyerbeer. Bright scarlet, flamed with vermilion, amaranth blotch. 



10 cts. each, §1 00 per doz. 

 Octoroon. A beautiful shade of salmon-pink, quite distinct. 10 cts. each, 



§1.00 per doz. 

 President Lincoln. Blush white, suffused with bright roae. 10 cts. 



e.ich, §1.00 per doz. 

 Shalcespeare. A fine variety, white, slightly suffused wilh carmine-rose, 



lar-e rose blotch. 10 cts. each, $1.00 per doz., §7 50 per 100. 

 Snow White. Grand spike of snow-white flowens, a magnificent variety. 



20 cts. each, $2.00 per doz. 

 Viola. Bright clear pink. 10 cts. each. §1.00 per doz. 

 SPECIAL OFFER. One each of the above fifteen Grand Varieties, 



each variety separate, for $1.00; by mail, §1.10. 



GEADIOEUS IN MIXTURE. 



Our mixtures are made up from fine varietie 

 bulbs, and are sure to give the best results. each. 

 Scarlet and Crimson shades mixed 05 



and are all selected first-size 

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This mixture is made 



White and Light 



Yellow Shades Mixed " " 



Striped and Variegated " " , 



Pink " " 



Extra Choice Mixed, American Hybrids . . 



Lemoine's Butterlly Hybrids mixed 

 of named sorts which we imported from the originator. The remarkable 

 richness of the colorings of this class rival the finest orchids. 5 cts. each, 

 40 cts. per doz., §2.50 per 100. 



Kelway'S Choice Hybrids, grown from stock of the celebrated 

 English hybridizer, produce immense spikes in great variety of colorino-. 

 5 cf^. each, 50 cts. per doz., $3.00 per 100. 



NEIJV GIANT GI.ADIOEUS (GUdioIus Nanceanus). 



A magnificent new race of extraordinary size and remarkable beauty. These 

 new varieties are twice the size of the Gladiolus Gandavensis varieties, while 

 possessing their long-lasting properties and the beautiful markings of the 

 Lemoinei section. Mixed varieties, 10 cts. each, §1.00 per doz., $7.50 per 100. 



(.^If Gladiolus are ivanted by mail add 10 cts. per dozen for postage. Single 

 bulbs mailed free at Catalogue price. ^ 



Gladiolus White Lady. 



Bulbs as well as Plants and Seeds are now carried by the Express Companies at a reduction of 20 per cent, from 



merchandise rates. 



