150 



Dreer' s Ga?-de?i Calendar. 



SUMMER-FLOWERING BULBS. 



FRENCH HYBRID GLADIOLUS. 



They are the most state- 

 ly and efiective of the whole 

 genus ; being of a robust 

 erect growth, with green 

 sword-sbaped' leaves" and 

 magnifieeut flower-scapes, 

 rising from two to four feet 

 inheight. The colors com- 

 prise the most brilliant of 

 orange, scarlet, and vermil- 

 ion tints upon yellow and 

 orange grounds, including 

 ^ a graduated scale of inter- 

 ^' mediate 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 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, 

 reserving the strongest 

 nibs for the latest plant- 

 ing. 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 

 bulbs are taken up in the 

 and placed in a dry 



fall 



cellar, protected from frost. 



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. 



This collection received First Premiums at the Exhibitions of the 

 Pennsvlvania Horticultural Societv. in 1S70, 1S71, 1S72, 1873, and 1S74. 



Gladiolus, In Assortments — Invariably our Selection. 



Xo. Price. 



1. 12 good old varieties for $1.50 



2. 12 choice old varieties for... 2.50 



3. 12 very choice varieties for. 5.00 



4. 12 new and rare varieties 10 



to 20.00 



No. 8. 12 very fine white and light colors, mixed, $1.50, Per hundred $8.00. 



Our mixture contains many as good as some of the better named sorts. 



Xo. Price. 



5. 100 with names, 50 choice 



varieties ....20.00 



6. 100 without names, mixed.. 5.00 



7. 12 Avithout names, mixed... .75 



