DREER'S SELECT GLADIOLI 



Gladioli hold an ever increasing interest, not alone for their rainbow splendor in border and garden, but even i jj 

 more for their value as satisfactory and long-lasting cut flowers. Nor is the cost at which all this beauty is | i 

 spread great in either time or money, for their cultural requirements are of the simplest, and with a little care j 



the number of bulbs may be vastly increased from season to season. No other garden flower gives so mm h . j 



and takes so little. j - L. 



SEVEN SUPERB FRENCH GLADIOLI 



The seven sorts offered here are possibly the most meritorious, surely among the most interesting, of the aBjmj 

 many varied and beautiful introductions of Lemoine and the other French Gladiolus hybridizers. 



Casablanca. Purest white, without tinting, the lower petals dotted and splashed with a rich 

 purple that shows up most effectively against the light background. Fine large well-expanded 

 flowers. 20 cts. each; $2.00 per doz.; $12.50 per 100. 



Charlemagne. Very large, open flowers on massive spikes; sunrise red, flaked darker and 

 marked with creamy-white blotches, densely dotted with purple-carmine. 20 cts. each; 

 $2.00 per doz.; $12.50 per 100. 



Emile Aubrun. An introduction of outstanding quality. In color, copper bronze with an 

 underlying suffusion of begonia rose, deepening to brilliant cherry red in the throat. Very 

 large in bloom and spike, altogether a most unusual flower. 15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz.; 

 $10.00 per 100. 



Etendard. Immense orchid-like flowers, upper petals rich, cream-tinted rose, lower petals 

 marked with large fiery-red blotches, margined with bright yellow; an exceedingly rich color 

 combination. 20 cts. each; $2.00 per doz. ; $12.50 per 100. 



Eugene Lefebvre. One of the Lemoine's giant varieties with beautifully formed flowers of 

 brightest rose, the throat marked and spotted with vivid amaranth on cream. Makes a 

 magnificent showing in the garden. 20 cts. each; $1.75 per doz.; $10.00 per 100. 



Jean de Tallis. One of Lemoine's introductions producing enormous flowers of pure salmon, 

 with large rich maroon blotches. A handsome and striking variety. 20 cts. each; $2.00 per 

 doz.; $12.50 per 100. 



Mme. Mounet-Sully. Splendid flowers of milk white, vividly marked on the lower petals 

 with bright red orange. A truly wonderful variety. 20 cts. each; $2.00 per doz.; $12.50 per 

 100. 



Collection Offer 



1 each of the above 7 French Gladioli for $1.15; 3 each for $3.25; 6 each for $6.00; 

 12 each for $11.50. 



NINE NEWER AMERICAN GLADIOLI 



We have chosen from the recent introductions of American growers, nine sorts of really out 

 standing quality; kinds that will please and surprise those familiar only with the older varieties. 



Betty Nuthall. The Glory of the Garden, a sparkling iridescent orange pink deepening to 

 coral on the petal reverse. The lower throat is golden orange, lined with carmine rose. The 

 flowers are often more than six inches across and of splendid substance and placement. 

 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz.; $17.50 per 100. 



Dr. F. E. Bennett. A vivid, fiery scarlet, so bright that it is hard to imagine anything brighter. 

 One of the finest red Gladioli ever sent out. Tall heavy spike with many massive blooms. 

 Will stand up in the hottest weather. 10 cts. each; 90 cts. per doz.; $6.00 per 100. 



Joerg's White. Truly a giant in every way. Great creamy white flowers, deepening to ivory 

 in the throat. A rugged sort, sure to bloom, and holding up well in even the hottest weather. 

 25 cts. each; $2.25 per doz.; $16.00 per 100. 



Kirchhoff's Violet. Deep rich velvety blue. This is the strongest growing of the dark blue- 

 purple sorts in both spike and bloom. A vigorous variety, thriving and flowering anywhere that 

 Gladioli will grow. 25 cts. each; $2.25 per doz.; $16.00 per 100. 



Minuet. A beautiful clear light lavender, almost the shade of a Cattelya Orchid. A tall strong 

 grower, with flowers of largest size and wonderful texture. It is the standard of perfection for 

 lavender Gladioli. 20 cts. each; $2.00 per doz.; $12.50 per 100. 



Mrs. P. C. Hornberger. Many Gladioli have been described as snowy white, but very few of them have been without a least a faint 

 overlay of ivory, or flushing of pink. This sort is really as white as new snow, with not even a throat marking. Fine, large ruffled 

 flowers on good spikes. 15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz.; $10.00 per 100. 



Mrs. P. W. Sisson. Immense blossoms of purest cameo pink, shading to soft creamy pink jn the throat. The blooms are perfectly 

 placed on tall and willowy but sturdy stems. An outstanding sort. 10 cts. each; $1.00 per doz. ; $7.50 per 100. 



Primrose Princess. Stately spikes carrying seven or more immense well-opened blooms. The lower petals are rich amber in color, the 

 upper ones lightening to a clear delicate primrose. One of the loveliest of the yellow sorts, and possibly the largest flowering. 20 cts. 

 each; $2.00 per doz. ; $12.50 per 100. 



W. H. Phipps. Clear pink, overlaid with a warm glow of salmon rose, the lower petals often faintly flecked with ruby. The flowers 

 are large and well-formed, borne in splendid spikes, with sometimes as many as twenty blooms open at one time. No variety so far 

 introduced surpasses it in this respect, and with its brilliant live-coal coloring it becomes a truly glorious exhibition sort. At the Atlantic 

 City Show it was used repeatedly with striking effect, always exciting favorable comment. 15 cts. each; $1.25 per doz.; $8.50 per 100. 



Collections of Newer American Gladioli 



3 each of the above 9 sorts, 27 bulbs $4-00 I 12 each of the above 9 sorts, 108 bulbs $13.50 



6 each of the above 9 sorts, 54 bulbs 7-00 | 25 each of the above 9 sorts, 225 bulbs 26.00 



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Emile Aubrun 



