MISS MARY E. MARTIN, FLORAL PARK, NEW YORK. 



/^Udiolus ^ 

 v-T ^ Ro%>ers 



are about the most 

 beautiful and useful 

 of our summer flowers. 

 The spikes are large, 

 like a flaming torch, 

 soft and delicate, and 

 varied in a hundred 

 hues, also marked like 

 orchids. 



Cut the spikes and 

 place in water when 

 the two lower flowers 

 first open. 



All the flowers wil 

 open perfectly and re- 

 main in bloom over a 

 week. 



Plant Bulbs 4 inches 

 deep in ordinary soil 

 as soon as you can 

 work the ground in 

 the spring, and up till 

 July 1st. 



Gladiolus Bulbs^ 



Superfine American Seedlings. 



No finer selection of these grand flowers can be made than this 

 mixture. Deep, rich crimsons, snow whites, soft pinks, pearly 

 whites, variegated, marbled, blotched, striped and spotted. 3 for 

 10c., 2Sc. per dozen, $1.50 per 100, by express. 



Second size, all blooming bulbs, same quality as first size. 12 

 for 15c., 25 for 2Sc., 100 for $1 . 



Yellow Mixture. These contain a good many Isaac Buchanan, 

 the best of all the yellows. The shades of color run from light to 

 deep yellow. 3 for 1 Oc. , 5 for 1 5c. , 12 for 30c. 



White Mixture. My white mixture is very carefully grown and 

 contains many of the best whites known. It is composed largely of 

 the best named kinds. 3 for lOc, 5 for 1 5c., 12 for 30c. 



Scarlets. Fine for bedding or borders, very brilliant. 3 for 6c,, 

 12 for 20c., $1 per 100 by express. 



Hybrid GUdiolus ChUdsii. ^ ^'^^ ^^ f°Ss?' 

 The flowers are very open and the colors very brilliant and 

 unusual. Finest quality ; all kinds mixed. 6c. each, 3 for 15c., 

 for 2Sc., 36c. per dozen. 



Grace Hastings. A mammoth Childsii ; sparkling soft rose 

 pink, with rosv, carmine throat. A lovely variety, one of the very 

 best. 10c. each, 3 for 2Sc., 6 for 36c. 



^ric-a-brac Cotlectton/' ^ ^ ^ 



"^ Curious Species and Hybrids. 



Saundersoni. Magnificent species. Sparkling crimson, Sc. each 



Dracocephalus, Dragon's head. Old gold and bronze, 5c. " 



Childsii. Mammoth hybrids, 6c. " 



Ingleside Hybrids, 10c. " 



Butterfly or Orchid, 3c. " 



1 each of the above five beautiful and curious sorts for 20c. 



