NEW GUIDE TO ROSE CULTURE. 



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QUR ^ PLENDID ^ EEDLING QuDIOLUS. 



BULBS EXTRA FINE AND PRICES GREATLY REDUCED. 



OUR SPLENDID SEEDLING- GLADI- 

 OLUS are frora the choicest French 

 Hybrid varieties ; they are the result of 

 many years careful hybridization and 

 selection, and can truly be said to rep- 

 resent the finest strains of Gladiolus 

 ever produced — they are fully equal in 

 beauty to the highest priced named 

 sorts. 



DIRECTIONS. — Gladiolus should be 

 planted in Spring after danger of freez- 

 ing is past. If planted at two or three 

 different times, ten days or two weeks 

 apart, you can have a succession of 

 bloom from July till November. Set 

 the bulbs about six inches apart (rows 

 eight to ten inches apart), and three 

 inches deep in a well prepared bed of 

 ordinary garden soil. During the Sum- 

 mer and Fall months they throw up tall 

 spikes of splendid flowers of the most 

 brilliant and gorgeous colors — crimson, 

 'Scarlet, purple, orange, white, &o. , with 

 all imaginable shades and markings. 



They are sure to bloom and should 

 be planted largely, as their wonderful 

 beauty attracts more attention than 

 any flower of their season. 



AFTER THE BLOOM IS OVER and 

 before cold weather the bulbs should 

 be lifted and stored in a dry place se- 

 cure from frost, where they will keep 

 nicely and be ready to plant again next 

 season. 



PRICE BY MAIL, POST-PAID.— Strong 

 blooming Bulbs, all warranted to bloom. 

 10 cts. each ; 3 for 25 cts. ; 6 for 50 cts.; 

 $1 per doz. 



BY EXPRESS.— Purchaser paying ex- 

 press charges. 50 for $3.60; $7 per 

 hundred. 



NOTE.— A border 10 feet by 6 will hold 

 150 Gladiolus. A circular bed 10 feet 

 in diameter holds 250. 



NOTICE.— ^We can't fill orders contain- 

 ing ROSES and OTHER PLANTS for 

 less than $1.00. BUT YOU CAN ORDER 

 Lilies, Gladiolus, Tuberoses, Pansy and 

 other Seeds, FOR SMALLER SUMS; 

 and orders will have careful attention. 



Gladioli s in Bloom. 



