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D. M. FERRY & CO’S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 95 
GLADIOLUS 
No flower has gained more rapidly in public favor, for in addition to the great intrinsic merit of the flower, it is easy of 
cultivation, and blooms freely. The culture is very simple. 
full sunlight, and are only liable to injury from rank manure. 
inches and the small ones two inches deep. 
They thrive in almost any good soil, except a stiff clay, require 
Plant the bulbs six to nine inches apart, the large ones four 
Make an early planting of the smallest bulbs first as soon as the ground is suffi- 
ciently dry and warm. Continue to plant at intervals of two weeks during the spring and early summer: in this way a suc- 
cession of bloom may be had from midsummer until frost. 
In autumn, before freezing, they should be dug and dried, the 
earth and old bulbs removed, and then stored in a cool, dry place, secure from frost until spring. S, 
GHoice Namep GLADIOLUS 
10cts each, $1.00 per dozen, postpaid. 
These named varieties are selected with special 
Bee to beauty of flower, range of color and habit 
of plant. 
Africain, dark crimson, one of the best. 
Ajax, beautifully striped. 
Angele, white, showy and effective. 
Brenchleyensis, rich, dark scarlet, very brilliant. 
Chameleon, large, slaty-lilac. 
Ceres, white, spotted rose. 
Crystal Palace, long spike of pure white flowers, 
lower petals striped with purplish-violet. 
Duchess of Edinburgh, purplish-rose. 
Eugene Scribe, tender rose, blazed with carminate- 
red, beautiful. 
Grand Rouge, intense and briliiant scarlet; very large 
and effective. 
Hesperide, white ground blotched with crimson-sal- 
mon. 
Isaac Buchanan, one of the best yellow sorts. 
John Bull, white tinged with purple. 
La Candeur, white, lightly striped with carmine-violet. 
Lamarck, cherry colored, slightly tinted with orange, 
blazed with red, center very well lighted, very large, 
white stain. 
Lord Byron, brilliant scarlet, blotched and flaked 
pure white. 
Madame Monneret, bright clear pink. 
Marie Dumortier, white, slightly streaked with rose, 
violet-purple blotch. 
Martha Washington, pure, light yellow, lower petals 
slightly tinged with rose; stately and beautiful. 
May, white, slightly striped with crimson. 
Norma, pure white, sometimes tinged with pale lilac, 
extra fine. 
Octoroon, salmon-pink. 
Pepita, bright golden yellow, slightly striped carmine; 
the most free flowering yellow. 
Pheebus, brilliant red, with a large white stain. 
Princess of Wales, white, flaked carmine. ‘ 
Shakespeare, white, blazed with rosy-carmine, large, 
rose colored stain. . 
Snow White, the best white Gladiolus. 
Butterfly Giadiolus 
Lemoine’s Large Stained. 
10cts each, $1.00 per dozen, postpaid. 
A distinct race of this matchless class of plants 
characterized by the variety and strength of color of 
their flowers. The flowers last remarkably well, and 
no collection can be complete without them. All the 
varieties on this list are of decided merit. 
Enfant de Nancy, purplish-red, lower petals deep 
crimson. 
Incendiary, fiowers very large, vermillion, rose colored 
throat, two lower petals scarlet-purple. 
Lafayette, flowers large, yellowish-salmon, large crimson 
blotches on lower petals. 
Marie Lemoine, long spikes of fine, well expanded flowers, 
upper divisions of a pale cream color, flushed salmon-lilac, 
loner divisions spotted purplish-violet, bordered deep yel- 
ow. 
W. E. Gumbleton, flowers large and open, purplish-rose, 
streaked with deep carmine; spots velvet, surrounded with 
yellow, unusually beautiful. 
GLADIOLUS MIXTURES 
These mixtures must not be confounded with the common 
mixed sorts. We recommend this stock with perfect confi- 
dence, as it is composed only of choice varieties. Single and 
dozen prices include postage. The 100 rate is by express at 
purchaser's expense. 
Extra Fine American Hybrids mixed..... or "40 $2.50 
Shades of Pink mixeds ts 5 50 3.00 
66 Red 6 RPS a ee 4 35 2.00 
“ Yellow® "Samos Stereo 2k. oe. 6 60 3.50 
White and Light Varieties................. 6 60 3.50 
Striped and Variegated mixed... ....... 6 60 3.50 
Lemoine’s Butterfly Varieties mixed..... ee 60 3.00 
Giant Flowered Gladiolus 
A class of hybrids between Gladiolus Gandevensis and Glad- 
iolus Saundersoni, which for varied and exquisite beauty has 
never been equaled. The flowers are of gigantic size, fre- 
quently eight inches across, borne on spikes four to five feet 
high, the upper two feet being covered with flowers. In color 
and markings they afford the widest range of any cultivated 
flower. Every color and shade known among Gladiolus is 
represented, and some which have never been seen before, 
particularly blues, purple blacks and whites, mottled with 
crimson, pink, yellow and white, making each flower surpass- 
ingly beautiful....... 12cts each, $1.25 per doz., postpaid. 
GLADIOLUS FROM SEED—Gladioli are easily grown from 
seed and few plants better repay the care bestowed upon 
them. When the seed is of good quality, scarcely any two 
flowers will be alike, all will be beautiful and some are sure 
to compare favorably with the very best named sorts. We 
have secured some of Groff’s celebrated hand hybridized 
seed and offer it feeling certain that those who plant it will 
be well rewarded with not only beautiful flowers but some 
which are distinct from any in cultivation. The seed should 
be sown early in spring in carefully prepared soil either out 
of doors or in boxes in hot beds. When the tops die down 
the bulblets should be taken up and stored in a dry cellar 
till spring, when the outer covering should be picked off and 
the bulbs set in rich mellow soil. 
Groff’s Hybrid Gladiolus Seed.... ........... ... Pkt. 35cts 
