OF THEIR ILLUSTRATED FLORAL GUIDE. 



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SPANISH IRIS. 



COLLECTIONS OP THESE EXHIBITED AT THE GREAT" LONDOX FLOWER SHOWS WERE MUCH ADMIRED. 



The flowers of this section, though smaller than the English varieties, are not the less interesting and 

 pretty, and as they are in bloom about a fortnight earlier, and possess a distinct character, they constitute 

 a valuable Unk in the succession between spring and summer flowers. 



ear The varieties -which constitute the following collections are the very best in cultivation. From 

 the want of space we omit the names and descriptions, but these will be found in former editions of our 

 catalogue. 



s. d. s. d. 



644 100 in 25 choice varieties . . . 15 G 647 12 in 12 choice varieties . . .20 



645 50 m 25 ., . . . 8 G 648 Fine mixed, 85. Gd per J 00 ; 6cZ. per doz. 



646 25 in 25 „ ... 4 6 649 Choice „ 7s. Gd. „ Is. 



IRIS GERMANIC A (Herbaceous Evergreen Perennials). 



These have large handsome flowers, beautifully striped with dark violet-purple, or bronze upon a 

 lighter ground ; very free flowering. Ready to send out in November. 



s. d. I s. d 



660 50 in 50 most superb varieties . . 14 0 652 12 in 12 most superb vaiieties . .46 

 651 25 in 25 „ . . 7 G j 653 Mbted varieties . . .per doz. 2 6 



VARIOUS IRIS. 



The following species are so remarkably beautiful, that we commend them to the special notice of 

 every lover of flowers. Pavonia and Persica are fine for pot culture : three roots in a five-inch pot. 



Per doz.— s. d. 



654 Pavonia Major, pxtre white, each petal blotched loith bright blue, beautiful « 0 



655 Persica, lahite, blue, purple, and yellow, a fine pot plant for early forcing, fragrant as a 



violet ; in bloom out of doors in April 2, 0 



656 Susiana, blush, tinted brown, and netted icith dark lines, very distinct and handsome, .each 0 9 



THE GLADIOLI. 



This grand Genus may be divided into two really important sections— Summer and Autumn bloom- 

 ing : Ramosus and its seedlings flowering in July and August ; Gandavensis and its seedlings blooming 

 in August, September, and October. As a cut flower for tilling vases, &c., the Gladiolus is unsurpassed ; 

 a flower-spike cut as it is coming into blossom will continue to develope its flowers in water, and last as 

 long as if it had not been cut. 



EARLY-FLOWERING GLADIOLI VARIETIES OF RAMOSUS. 



Culture out of Doors. — Plant for succession in December, January, February, and March. Should 

 the soil be well di-ained, it will simply require deep digging and well working, adding as the work proceeds 

 plenty of thoroughly rotted manure ; should it be wet, or of an adhesive character, besides deep digging 

 and well working it must be thoroughly drained. Plant the bulbs four inches deep, and, if gi'own in 

 clumps, six inches apart ; but if grown in beds or fines, they ought to be planted six inches apart in the 

 lines and the fines eighteen inches asunder. The first plantings should be protected by a few inches of 

 stable fitter, or, where it can be obtained, cocoa-fibre, which is the cleanest and best article for this pm-pose. 

 If these are required for in-door decoration, the bulbs may be grown in the reserve garden, and when 

 coming into bloom lifted, potted, and placed in the greenhouse or conservatoiy. So treated they will 

 bloom as well as if they had been grown in pots. 



Time of Purchasing the Varieties of Ramosus.— The roots ai-rive from Holland the latter park 

 of October, and as soon after that time as possible they should be procured, and kept in a dry place. 



THE PAXTONIAN SECTION OF EARLY-FLOWERING GLADIOLI, 



For bedding, massing, &c., consists of cheap free-flowering sorts, with rich and strikingly beautiful colours, 

 such as would be conspicuous in centres of large beds, flower borders, amongst Rhododendrons, Azaleas, &c. 



OUR OWN selection, READY 



657 

 658 

 659 



500 in 25 splendid varieties 

 250 ditto ditto 

 100 ditto ditto 

 30 ditto ditto 



665 Fine mixed Seedlings . 



666 Guernsey mixed Seedlings 



667 Splendid mixed Seedfings 



£ s. 



5 5 

 2 15 

 1 10 

 0 10 



TO SEND OUT END OF OCTOBER, 



' 661 500 in 15 splendid varieties 

 663 250 ditto 



663 100 ditto 



664 50 ditto 

 12s. ed. per 100 . 

 21s. Od. „ 

 255. Od. „ 



ditto 

 ditto 

 ditto 



2s. Od, per dozen. 

 3s. Od. ,, 

 3s. 6d. „ 



668 Abd-el-Sader, orange, flaked white . . 

 Anna Paulowna, white, blotched violet 



670 Baviana, orange, feathered violet . . . 



671 Cardinalis, bright scarlet, Jlaked white 



672 „ rosens, rose, flaked white. 

 ^ 673 Colvillii, purplish lilac ... 7/ per 100. 



✓ 674 Diebitsch, cerise, spotted white 



^ 675 Duchess of Orleans, red and white . . . 



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676 Elegantissimns, fine rose, spotted ... 2 



677 Elfrida, fine 2 



678 "EvaicdiUS, orange scarlet, feathered .. 2 



679 Formosissimus, scarlet, flaked white. 2 



680 Floribundus, white and blush, 



streaked purple-crimson, 1 2/6 per LOG 2 0 



681 „ Maximus, white, with 

 violet feather, large flower 7 6 



