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them withstand the sun better than our ordinary kinds ; none of them have flowers above 

 the ordinary size ; none of the flowers have colors or shadings which would cause particu- 

 lar notice." — W. E. Endicott, in Popular Gardening. 



" Last November I was attracted to your Gladiolus by an article by \V. IC. Endicott in 

 Popular Gardeiiing. I ordered some from an Eastern seedsman, and planted them early to 

 try them in the hot sun. To-day has been ninety-five degrees in the shade, and yet each flower 

 is fresh and good. I have some four hundred varieties all named, and will say that yours 

 are all you claim for them. 'Santa Rosa' stands the sun the best of any Crladiolus I ever 

 saw, and I have grown Gladiolus for fifteen years. If you get out anything better than 

 these let me know, as I shall want them. I am well pleased with my investment. May all 

 your efforts be crowned with success." T. S. Moore, Terre Haute, Ind. 



"The Gladiolus Bulbs you sent me last year (California strain) were very fine, and they 

 certainly endure our hot sun better than most of ours. They also keep longer in water." 



M. Crawford, Cuyahoga Falls, O. 



" For the past sixteen years I have been purchasing the best-named Gladiolus gan- 

 davensis as sent out from year to year, for which I have paid large sums of money, but shall 

 not buy any more in the East, as from a small lot of your second-class mixed seedlings I 

 obtained more really grand first-class flowers — and among them a purer white than I had 

 ever seen before. The colors and shadings are brilliant in the extreme, and they stand the 

 sun wonderfully, the first flower remaining fresh for many days until the last one is open, 

 while the Eastern varieties often fade before noon." 



J. P. Stani^ey, Santa Rosa, Cal. 



The Gladiolus you sent me were the finest among several hundred that I Lad growing » 

 last season." Seth Windquist, Russellville, Oregon. 



" Our Gandavensis and Lemoinei varieties have at one time usually five blossoms, and 

 as they drop more follow. We notice in yours that the full stem blooms at one time." 



J. W. Adams (Nurseries), Springfield, Mass. 



" I am much pleased with your Gladiolus." 



T. S. Moore, Terre Haute, Ind. 



Hybrid Clematis. 



No hardy flower except the Rose and the Lily is so magnificently beau- 

 tiful as the new Hybrid Clematis ; seedlings of which have been grown at the 

 rate of ten thousand a year for several years, and some of the best ones in 

 existence secured. Some of these are mentioned below : 



1. A double variety, with broad snow-white sepals; flow^ers, five to six 

 inches in diameter ; in bloom almost constantly throughout spring, summer 

 and fall. 



2. Another double white seedling; the fiowers resemble those of the 

 White Water Lily ; grows freely and blooms abundantly. 



3. A double light sky-blue seedling 01 Jackmanni ; a perfect rosette of 

 hundreds of gracefully arranged narrow sepals. 



4. A double dark purple hybrid seedling ; very large flowers. 



5. A seedling of Clematis Coloradoensis the branches and leaves of w^hich 

 are pale green ; the large clusters of white flowers are followed by the orna- 

 mental feathery carpels which are, by their untisual light color, very con- 

 spicuous. 



6. Handsome seedlings produced by crossing Clematis crispa, C. coc- 

 cinea and others. Prices on application. 



