OF THEIR ILLUSTRATED FLORAL GUIDE. 



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639 Puinila Coerulea, rich blue, very dwarf . . , each I 0 



640 „ Atrocoerulea, deep blue, very dwarf. „ 1 0 



641 Reticulata, /j/)c Zi/hc „ 1 6 



642 Susiana, 6/M«/i, iuiWirown, a7i<i ne<<ec< c/ar/t /mes, very distinct and handsome. . „ 0 9 



THE GLADIOLI. 



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

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

 in August, September, and October. As a cut flower for filling vases, itc, the Gladiolus is imsurpassed ; 

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

 long as if it had not been cut. 



EARLY-FLOWERINO GLADIOLI VARIETIES OF RAMOSITS. 



Cultdue out of Doous. — Plant for sviccession in December, January, February, and March. Shoidd 

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

 plenty of ihoronykly 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 fom' inches deep, and, if grown in 

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

 lines, and the lines eighteen inches asunder. The first plantings should be protected b^' a few inches of 

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

 purpose. 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 conservatory. So treated 

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



Ti.ME OF Pdrch.\sing THE VARIETIES oif Ramosus. — The roots anlve from Holland the latter part 

 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, iSic, 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, iSic. 



OUR OWN SELECTION, READY TO SEND OUT END OP OCTOBER. 







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651 Fine mixed Seedlings of Ramosus . 



652 Splendid mixed Seedlings of ditto . 



653 Beautiful mixed Seedlings from Guernsey 



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654 h.hi-e\-KAdLeT, orange, Jlahed white .. 5 6 



655 Anna Paulo wna, w/iite, blotched violet 5 6 



656 Baviana, orange, feathered violet ... 2 6 



657 CsLTdiiRalis, briglit scarlet. Jlaked white 2 0 



658 ,. Toseas, rose, flaked ivhiie. 2 6 



659 Colvillii, ;j«/;;foA /(Vac. . .7/ per 100. 1 0 



660 Diebitsch, cerise, spotted white 4 6 



661 Duchess of Orleans, rerf a«(i wAfVe. . . .5 6 



662 Elegantissimus, fine roue, spotted ... -2 6 



663 Elfrida, fine 2 6 



664 "Emicans, orange scarlet, feathered .. 2 6 

 'EormosissimxLS, scarlet, flaked tvhite. 2 6 



666 Floribundus, white and blush, 



strcalcedpurple-crimson,\2l()p(ir 100 2 0 



667 „ Maximus, white, with 

 violet fealhei, large flower 7 6 



Ip.signis, rich scarlet, I inyed purple. . 4 6 



liO.'^iXie, rose-lake, while and crimson. 3 6 



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670 Lindleyana, bright orange, feathered 

 white 5 



671 Lord AvLM.a,Tii, cerise, fialced white. 3 



672 „ Peel, red-lilac, feathered white . 2 



673 Magnificus, deep red 2 



674 Multiflorus, rose, stained purple 5 



675 Ne Plus Ultra, deep red, large while 

 flake, edged with scarlet 4 



676 Oia.nge "Bo-ven, verinUion, faked white 2 



677 Prince Albert, bright rose, faked 

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678 Queen Victoria, bright scarlet, faked 

 white 12/6 per 100 



679 Eamosus, bright salmon-rose, faked 

 white 12/6 per 100 



680 Kosea maculata, rose, faked white . . 



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681 Zenobia, bright carmine 4 



AUTUMN-FLOWERING GLADIOLI VARIETIES OF GANDAVENSIS. 



Read;i to send out earl;/ in December. 



The varieties enumerated under this heading are stately in growth, producing long spikes of the 

 most beautiful flowers ; these are alike remarkable for their richness and diversity of colour.~, ranging 

 from white to rose, from rose to deep crimson, and from crimson to bright orange, flame, and scarlet. For 

 distant eSect, in beds or large masses, they are iinsurpassed by any flower ; while at the same time 

 their beauty will admit of the closest inspection. Planted in the intervening spaces amongst ever- 

 greens, in lines fronting shrubs, in masses, alternated with roses, or in Rhododendron and Azalea beds, 

 the effect they will there produce in autumn cannot be surpassed, standing as they do conspicuously 

 prominent when most other plants have ceased to be effective. The two best scarlet varieties are 

 Bowiensis and Brenchlej-ensis, and they may be had in bloom from the 1st of August to the middle of 

 January, so that where cut flowers are in demand duiing November and December, these Gladioli wUl 

 be found the be.st and clieapest auxiliaries for fmnishing such. When grown for this object, viz., to 

 secure a supply of cut flowers, they should be planted in May and June, in a reserved piece of ground. 



Commence planting early in March, and continue doing so at intervals till the middle of June. 

 When cold weather sets in, the late plantmgs which have not bloomed should be lifted with balls, 

 potted or put into boxes, and stood in a cool house, where they will bloom freely. 7'lie Gladioli require 

 a dee2>, rich, wtll-drained soil, and liberal soukings (f water during dry weather. 



