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THE DINGEE & OONARD COMPANY'S 



Splendid American Seedling Gladiolus, 



ALL COLORS MIX£D. 



NOTICE^^ALL OVR BULBS ABE EX.TBA FINE THIS YEAB. 



"We have great pleasure in offering our 

 SPLENDID SEEDLING- GLADIOLUS, 

 all colors mixed. They give unbounded 

 satisfaction, and we cordially recom- 

 mend them to all lovers of beautiful 

 flowers. This splendid stock is the 're- 

 sult of 10 years' careful hybridization 

 and selection, and is confidently believed 

 to be the finest strain of these magnifi- 

 cent flowers in the world. Persons who 

 have room cannot do better than plant 

 them by the hundred. Their remarkable 

 beauty will surpass all reasonable ex- 

 pectations. Do not think that because 

 they are unnamed they are poor or 

 cheap; they are really EXTRA CHOICE 

 — and include wonderfully beautiful 

 combinations of color. 



CULTURE.— The culture of the Gladi- 

 olus is very simple ; the bulbs should be 

 planted in the Spring, after danger of 

 frost is past. It is a good way to plant 

 at two or three different times, ten days 

 or two weeks apart. This will give a 

 succession of bloom from July to No- 

 vember. Set them about six inches 

 apart (rows eight or ten inches apart), 

 and three inches deep in a well-prepared 

 bed of ordinary garden soil. During July 

 and August they throw up tall spikes 

 of splendid flowers of the most brilliant 

 and gorgeous colors — crimson, scarlet, 

 purple, orange, white, &c., with all im- 

 aginable intermediate shades and mark- 

 ings. They remain in bloom a long time, 

 and always attract a great deal of at- 

 tention. Before cold weather the bulbs 

 should be lifted and stored in any dry 

 place secure from frost, where they will 

 keep nicely and be ready to plant again 

 next season. 



PRICE BY MAIL POST PAID.— 2 for 

 25 cents; 6 for 65 cents; 12 for $1.25; 

 50 for $4.50 ; 100 for $8.60. 



BY EXPRESS.— PURCHASER PAY- 

 ING EXPRESS CHARGES, FIFTY FOR 

 GLADIOLUS IN BLOOM. $4.00; $8.00 PER HUNDRED; $40.00 



FOR FIVE HUNDRED; $75.00 FOR ONE THOUSAND. 



NOTE.— A border lO feet by 5 will Uold 150 Gladiolus— a circular bed 10 

 feet in diameter holds 250. 



