DREER'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF BULBS. 



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Of this attractive flower we have several hundred varieties, and are constantly adding 

 all the newest and best as thev are offered, and rejecting older and inferior kinds Otr col- 

 lection has received numerous prizes at the exhibitions of the Pennsylvania Horticultural 

 Society. We are now enabled to offer white and yellow varieties for which there hi 

 an unusually great demand in quantity. The routs will be ready for delivery about the 1st 

 of November. 



12 choice new and rare varieties, with names * 5.00 



12 " " Liliput, " " 



12 " older, but first-class, " " 



100 " new and old varieties, " " 



Sincrle roots, 2-3 to 50 cents each. For varieties and description, see "Drear's Garden 



5.00 



3.00 



20.00 



Calendar, 



fpETJC-tf HYBRID QMDIOtUS. 



They are the most stately and effective of the whole 

 senus"; being of a robust erect growth, with screen 

 sword-shaped leaves and magnificent flower - 

 ri<in_ r from three to five feet in height The colors 

 comprise the most brilliant of orange, scarlet and 

 vermilion tints, upon yellow and orange grounds, 



Lingagrada ofintermedj 



from white, with rosy-blush and salmon rose tint-, 

 - Unon re 1 and nankeen- from blush-white, 

 with purple crimson throat and marginal streaks of 

 pink, to light rosy salmon grounds, with fl; 

 deep carmine. A succession of bloom may be 

 had from July to September by planting at intervals 

 from April to June, re-erving the strongest bulbs 

 for the latest planting. Their culture is very simple ; 

 thev will crrow in any ordinary garden mould, but 

 I best in good earth, manured with well-r< >tted 

 manure, and in a sunny situation. The bull 

 taken up in the fall and placed in a dry cellar, pro- 

 from frost. 



GLADIOLUS-IN ASSORTMENTS. 



Where the choice of varieties is left to us, the pur- 

 chaser will generally fare better as to quality and 

 price — as we have often a large stock of some of the 

 finer and hi^h-prieed varieties, which we can in- 

 clude in the following assortments. 



INVARIABLY OUR SELECTION. 



>To. l— 12 good old varieties, with names $ 1.50 



No. 2 — 12 choice old varieties, " 2.50 



No. 3— 12 very choice varieties, " 5.00 



No. 4 — 12 new and rare varieties, " 8.00 



No. 5—100 choice, 50 varieties, " 20.00 



- 12 mixed varieties per 100, $5 75 



No. 8 — 12 very fine white and light colors, 



per 100, $8 1.50 



Will be forwarded by mail, carefully packed, without additional cost, except those quoted 

 by the hundred, for which $1.00 must be added for postage. For varieties and description, 

 Bee "Drear's Garden Calendar." 



M/Wm^s 0% MEXICO V1TJE, 



10 cents. 75 cents per dozen. 

 Of rapid growth ; suitable for covering arbors and trellis work. Flowers feathery white, 

 with a fragrance resembling Mignonette. Also known as the Mignonette Vine. 



TiqfllDlAi Oft TIQEB riOW£ft 



15 cents. $1.50 per dozen. 



Native of Mexico ; producing flowers of exquisite beauty and singularly curious shape, 

 the colors gorgeous and perfectly contrasted. Planted in' masses, they make a beautiful 

 effect, blooming from July to October. Preserve the bulbs during the winter in a dry place. 



Coschifloba. Orange, with crimson spots, PAVOHIA. Rich scarlet, spotted with yellow. 



