Dreer's Garden Calendar 



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FRENCH HYBRID GLADIOLUS. 



Thev are the most stately and effective of our summer flowering bulbs, 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 comprise the most brilliant of orange, scarlet, and vermilion tints 

 upon yellow and orange grounds, including a graduated scale of intermediate shades, from white 

 and rosy blush and salmon rose tints, to a salmon red and nankeen ; from blush-white with 

 purple crimson throat, and marginal streak of pink, to light rosy salmon grounds, with flakea 

 of deep carmine. A succession of bloom may be had from July to September, by planting at 

 intervals from April to June, preserving the 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 btilbs are taken up in the tkll and placed in 

 a dry cellar, protected from frost. 



Gladiolus in Assortments — Invariably our 

 Selection. 



"We have made these selections with refer- 

 ence 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 offered abound in the finest va- 

 rieties, which compare favorably with the 

 higher-priced named sorts. The mixtures 

 contain many good sorts. 



h'o. Price. 



1. 12 varieties named. $1 50 



2. 12 " " 2 50 



3. 12 " " 5 00 



4. 12 mixed varieties 75 



5. 100 " " 5 00 



6. 12 mixed white and light colors 1 50 



7. 100 " " " " 8 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 himdred varieties. 



Price. 



Achilla. Currant-red, white lines 



Adonis. Eosy salmon, carmine margin. 

 Alcyon. White, flamed carmine rose... 

 Apollon, Bosy lilac, with a large stain 



of light rose; fine 



Aegus. Long spike; glittering fire-red 



centre, and lower divisions pure white. 



Akistote. Rose, crimson stripes 



AE.SINOE. Fine satin rose, flamed with 



bright crimson 



Berenice. Pink, flaked with cherry ; 



maroon stripes '.. 



Bernard de Jussiec. Violet, shaded 



cherry and purple 15 



Bertha Rabouedin. Pure white, car- 

 mine stain 20 



Bijou. Cherry, flamed scarlet 15 



Brenchiliensis. Rich scarlet 10 



Calypso. Rose, blotched with carmine. 15 

 Canary. Clear yellow, shaded with 



29 

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 25 



20 

 50 



.$1 25 



20 



Canova. Long spike of very large 

 white, carmine spotted flowers 75 



Celine. White and rose ground, car- 

 mine stripes T 20 



Ceres. Pure white, stained with pur- 

 plish rose 35 



Charles Dickens. Light rose, blazed 

 and striped with carminate rose 20 



Cherubini. Large flower, perfect shape, 

 with ground largely blazed with car- 

 minate violet 40 



CiTEiNus. Light yellow, lower petals 

 dark vellow 35 



Clemence. White, with crimson flakes. 

 COMTE DE MORNY. Dark cherry, white 



blotches 



COUBANTI FULGENS. Dark crimson 



CcviER. Amaranth, blazed with purple. 



Daphne. Light cherry, dark stripes 



De Candolle. Cherry, blazed with red. 

 De Lamarck. Light cherry color, 



blazed with red; white stains 



Delecatissima. White, slightly tinged, 



with carmine lilac 75 



Diana. White, flaked with red 30 



DiDON. White, suffused with lilac 1 W 



Don Juan. Orange and fire-red 10 



Dr. Lindley. Light rose, blazed with 



cherry 50 



Due DE Malakoff. Orange red, blazed 



with lighter stripes 20 



Edith. Rose carnation, dark stripes 15 



Eldorado. Pure yellow, red stripes 20 



Elvire. Pure white, flamed carmine ; 



very delicate 1 50 



Eeato. Pale rose, carmine stains 25 



