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Dreer' s Ga?'den Calendar. 







SUMMER-FLOWERING BULBS, 



FRENCH HYBRID GLADIOLUS. 



They are the most state- 

 ly and efiecrive of the whole 

 genus ; being of a robust 

 erect growth', with green 

 sword-shaped leaves and 

 magnificenT flower-scapes, 

 rising from two to four feet 

 in height. The colors com- 

 prise the most brilliant of 

 orange, scarlet, and vermil- 

 ion tints upon yellow and 

 orange grounds, including 

 . a graduated scale of iuter- 



# mediate shades, from white 

 and rosy blush and saJmon 

 ^ rose tints, to a salmon red 

 'fi and nankeen ; from blush- 

 \ white with purple crimson 

 '* throat, and marginal streak 

 of pink, to light rosy sal- 

 mon grounds, with flakes 

 of deep carmine, A suc- 

 cession of bloom may be 

 had from July to Septem- 

 ber, by planting at inter- 

 vals from April to June, 

 preserving the strongest 

 bulbs for the latest plant- 

 ing. Their culture is very 

 simple : they will grow in 

 any ordinary garden mould, 

 but sticceed best in good 

 earth, manured with well 

 rotted horse-dnng. The 

 *--_ \ bulbs are taken up in the 



fall and placed in a dry 

 cellafj^ protected from frost. 



Gladiolus, In Assortments— Invariably our Selection. 



"We have made these selections with reference to contrast of colors, 

 time of flowering, and quality of bloom, and will serve as a guide to 

 those unacquainted with the sorts. The seedlings ofl'ered abound in 

 the finest varieties, which compare favorably with the higher-priced 

 named sorts. The mixtures contain many good sorts. 



No. 



1. 12 varieties named 



2. 12 " '^ . 



3. 12 " " . 



4. 12 mixed varieties 



5. 100 " " . 



Price. ' No. 



Price. 



,...$1.50 ' 6. 12 mixed white and light 



.... 2.50 : colors ...."...$1.50 



.... 5.00 7. 100 mixed white and lisrht 



.... 75 colors 8.00 



.... 5.00 8. 12 choice seedlings 1.00 



! 9. 12 extra " 1.50 



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

 prices will be made when one dozen varieties are selected. Twenty per 

 cent, on one hundred varieties. 



