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 FRENCH HYBRID GLADIOLUS— Continued. 



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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. 



Gladiolus in Assortments- 

 our Selection. 



-Invariably 



We have made these selections with reference to con- 

 trast of colors, time of flowering, and quality of bloom, 

 and will serve as a guide to those unacquainted with the 

 sorts. The seedlings offered abound in the finest varie- 

 ties, which compare favorably with the higher-priced 

 named sorts. The mixtures contain many good sorts. 

 No. Price. 



A — 12 varieties named $t oo 



B— 12 



C-I2 

 M— 12 

 N — 12 

 O — 12 

 P— 12 



Q— ico 



R— 100 



" 2 OO 



" 3 co 



mixed 75 



" light colors I 00 



" seecMirgs 1 00 



" very choice 1 50 



" 3 50 



" light colors 600 



Not less than 50 at 100 rates. 



Named Varieties. 



On purchaser's selection a discount of ten per cent, 

 from catalogue prices will be made when one dozen va- 

 rieties are selected. Twenty per cent, on one hundred 

 varieties. 



Price. 



Rosy salmon, carmine margin 10 



Rosy lilac, large stain of rose 



Rose, crimson stripes 



Fine satin rose, flamed with bright 



Violet, shaded cherry and 



Adonis. 

 Apollon, 

 Aristote 

 Arsinoe. 



crimson 



Bernard de Jussieu 



purple 



Bijou. Cherry, flamed scarlet 13 



Brenchiliensis. Richscarlet 10 



Calypso. Rose, blotched with carmine 15 



Canary. Clear yellow, shaded with rose 20 



Canova. Long spike of very large white, carmine 



spotted flowers 75 



Celine. White and rose ground, carmine stripes. 20 

 Ceres. Pure white, stained with purplish rose... 20 

 Charles Dickens. Light rose, blazed and striped 



with carminate rose 25 



Cherubini. Large flower, perfect shape, blazed 



with carminate violet 20 



Citrinus. Light yellow, lower petals dark yellow. 



Cleopatra. Lilac, tinged with violet 



Colbert. Red, white blotch 



Couranti Fulgens. Dark crimson 



Delicatissima. White, slightly tinged with car- 

 mine lilac 



Diana. Wh'te, flaked with red 



Don Juan. Orange and fire-red 



Dr. Lindley. Light rose, blazed with cherry 



Due de Malakoff. Orange red, blazed with 



lighter stripes 



Edith. Rose carnation, dark stripes 



Eldorado. Pure yellow, red stripes 



Erato. Pale rose, carmine stains 



Etendard. White, blazed with lilac 



Eva. White, slightly tinged with rose and pale 



lilac 



Felicien David. Cherry rose, striped with light 



carmine, on large white ground 60 



Fulton. Transparent velvet-like vermilion, bright 



purple stain, large flower 15 



Galathe. White, carmine stains 20 



Goliath. Light red, carmine stains 



Horace Vernet. Bright purple red, large pure 



white blotch 



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35 



75 



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GLADIOLUS. 



Henrietta. White, tinted and blazed with lilac ; 

 dwarf 5o 



Ida. White, tinged with rose, large flower :o 



Imperatrice. Blush, striped purple 15 



Isoline. Pale flesh, violet stain 25 



Imperatrice Eugenie. White, blazed with rosy 

 violet; large flower, perfect shape ~- 



James Carter. Orange red, pure white throat... 



James Watt. Bright vermilion, large pure white 

 stain, striped with purple — 



Jeanne D'Arc. White, tinged with rose 



John Bull. Pinkish white 



John Waterer. Light cherry, blazed with red,, 

 white stains, striped 



La Candeur. Very long spike of large well- 

 opened flowers, of a perfect white, lightly striped 

 with carmine violet 



La Fiancee. Pure white, bluish-violet stain; 

 large and perfect v 



Leonora. Cherry, tinged with orange 



Le Poussin. Light red, white ground, and very 

 large white stains 



Lord Byron. Brilliant scarlet, stained and rib- 

 boned with pure white 



Lord Granville. Pale yellow, striped with rose. 



Lord Raglan. Salmon, vermilion spots 



Louis Van Houtte. Velvety carmine 



MacMahon. Cherry, tinted salmon - 



Madame Binder. White, carmine stripe 



Madame de Sevigne. Light cherry, largely 

 stained and lined with white 



Madame de Vatry. White, purplish-carmine 

 stains ; very large - - 



Madame Desportes. White, slightly striped 

 with violet 



Madame Henrique Creamy white, flakedvrith 

 purple 



40 



3° 



75 



n 



25 



15 



