NEW GUIDE TO BOSE CULTURE. 



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FINE NAMED GLADIOLUS. 



13 CHOICE STANDARD VARIETIES. 



Gladiolus Plant 

 IN Bloom. 



A Flower of Isaac Buchanan. [See page 38.) 



We ask special attention to the named' Gladiolus described be- 

 low, they are exceedingly fine and will give satisfaction in every 

 respect. They combine choice and exquisite shades of color and 

 marking with large perfectly formed flowers, and full, well-devel- 

 oped spikes. They may be said to represent the highest types of 

 beauty this wonderfully beautiful flower has attained. The prices 

 are as low as compatible with the scarcity and excellence of the 

 varieties and the fine quality of the bulbs sent out. 

 Mt. Blanc. — Large, beautifully formed flowers in full spikes ; 

 ground color, white, finely veined and shaded with violet and amaranth. 25 cents; 

 $3 per dozen. 

 Golden Crown. — ^Yellow is a rare color in Gladiolus, and this is one of the finest ; the 

 spikes are long and full, the flowers large and finely shaped ; color, deep golden yel- 

 low, sometimes with purple throat and marking. 25 cents ; $3 per dozen. 

 Sultana. — An elegant sort ; large full spikes of fine well-developed flowers ; bright satiny 

 rose, flamed with carmine, beautifully variegated with dark purple. 25 cents ; $3 per 

 dozen. 

 Etendard. — Splendid large showy flowers, in long well-filled spikes ; pure white ground, 



beautifully shaded and blotched with rosy lilac and purple. 25 cents \ ^3 per dozen. 

 Spectabills. — Pale carmine, exquisitely shaded with deep crimson, tinged and variegated 

 with violet purple on white ground. 25 cents; $3 per dozen. 



