60 F. E. MCALLISTER CO., 69 CORTLANDT ST., 
NEW YORK.— SUMMER FLOWERING BULBS. 
Tall Growing. 
Auguste Ferrier. Broad, moderately dark bronze leaves, 
medium height. 
Brenningsii. Green and yellow foliage, red flowers, 4 
feet. 
Caledoniensis. Light green leaf, red flower, 5 feet. 
Discolor. Bronze leaf, red flower, 5 feet. 
Ehemanni. Liglit, wide green leaves, crimson flowers, 
3 inches long; fine. 
Noutonii. (Giant Cardinal Flowered). A new sort of 
beauty, immense spikes of cardinal colored flowers. 
Premices de Nice. Light green leaves, large yellow 
flowers, medium. 
Robusta. Tliis variety, with good cultivation, will 
grow fully ten feet high, with immense leaves, four 
feet long by one and a half feet in width, of dark 
bronze and green colors. 
^ Price, any of the above varieties, 10c. each; $1.00 
per doz. 
GLADIOLUS. 
GLADIOLUS. 
If ordered by mail, add 10c. per dozen for postage. 
The gladiolus is the most beautiful of the summer 
flowering bulbs, bearing tall spikes of flowers of almost 
every desirable color, brilliant scarlet, crimson, creamy 
white, striped, yellow and blotched. They may be 
planted from the first of April until June, and will do 
well in any good garden soil. Before hard frost, take 
up the bulbs, remove the tops, allow them to dry in the 
air for a few days, and store in some cool place, safe 
from frost, until spi-ing. 
Named Varieties. 
African. Slaty-brown on scarlet ground, streaked with 
scarlet and pure white. 
Angeli. White, showy. 
Brenchleyensis. Vermilion scarlet. 
Ceres. White, spotted rose. 
Emma Thursby. White ground, carmine stripes through 
petals, blotch on the lower divisions. 
Eugene Scribe. Beautiful i-ose, variegated. 
Gen. Phil. Sheridan. Fire red, white lines running 
through each petal, and a large pure white blotch on 
the lower divisions. 
Isaac Buchanan. Yellow. 
John Bufl. White. 
La Candeur. White. 
Lamark. Cherry, white throat. 
Le Poussin. Light red, white blotch. 
Lord Byron. Brilliant scarlet, blotched pure white. 
Marie Dumortier. White, violet blotch. 
Martha Washington. Light yellow, of large size in a 
well-arranged spike, lower petals tinged with rose. 
Meyerbeer. Brilliant scarlet, flamed vermilion, red 
blotch, finest of all the red gladioli for florists" use. 
Mme. Monneret. Delicate rose. 
Napoleon III. Scarlet, striped white. 
Princess of Wales. White, flamed carmine rose. 
President Lincoln. Blush white ground, suffused with 
bright rose. 
Shakespeare. White, suffused carmine rose, large rosy 
blotch; best forcing sort and finest of all the glad- 
ioli for florists' use. 
Snow White. Extra fine. 
Sunshine. Yellow, new and of special merit. 
Price, any of the above varieties, 10c. each; $1.00 per 
dozen. 
Gladiolus in Mixture. 
White and Light. Extra choice. Each, 8c.; doz. 75c.; 
per 100, $4.00 ; 1,000, $30.00. 
White and Light. A choice mixture of seedlings and 
named varieties. Each, 5c.; doz. 50c.; per 100, $2.50; 
1,000, $20.00. 
Light Colors. No red or dark colors. Each, 4c.; doz.; 
35c.; per 100, $2.00; 1,000, $15.00. 
Various Shades of Pink. Each, 4c.; doz.; 35c.; per 
100, $2.00; 1,000, $15.00. 
Various Shades of Red. Each, 3c.; doz., 25c.; per 100, 
$1.25; 1,000, $10.00. y- - i 
Various Shades of Yellow. Each. 3c.; doz., 25c.; per 
100, $2.f 0; 1,000, $20.00. 
Choice Mixtures. Each, 3c.; doz., 25c.; per 100, $1.25; 
1,000, $10.00. 
DIELYTRA SPECTABILIS 
Or Bleeding: Heart. 
DIELYTRA SI'iiCTABll,IS. 
A well-known ornamental spring flowering plant, 
with green foliat^e and bearing racemes of pink and 
white heait-shaped flowers. Plant as soon as the 
ground can be worktd. They may be left undisturbed 
for years. 
lOc. each; $1.00 per doz. 
