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Rose Hill y^urseries, T^ew Rochelle, AT. Y. 
Gladiolus bulbs 
This very popular family contains innumerable varieties and eomprises every imaRinahle shade of color from the 
most gorgeous and dazzling to the most fadcinating and delicate tints. They are invaluable tov garden ornamentation and 
for the house, as they are extremely durable and lasting. 
the strongest flovi'er. 
very early. $1.50 per 
A WELL GROWN GLADIOLUS SPIKE 
BRENCHLEYENSIS. Red : 
per 100. $1") per 1000. 
COLVILLEI RUBRA. Rose ; 
100, ,fl2 per 1000. 
C. alba. The Bride. Pure white. ?1 per 100, $8 per 
1000. 
EXTRA SUPERFINE, Mixed. This is a mi.xture 
of the very best varieties, and contains an elegant 
assortment, light colors predominating. 30 cents 
per doz., $1.7.") per 100. Uo per 1000. 
HYBRIDUS NANCEANUS, in the following vari- 
eties : 
Comte Horace de Choiseul. Orange yellovi', purple. 
Le Grand Carnot. Large (lower, effective; brilliant. 
Maurice de Vilmorin. Purple, dark red. 
M. Hardy. Cherry red, with yellow. 
P. Ducharte. Dark velvet red. 
President Carnot. Extra large flowers, carmine red, 
yellow bordered. 
Professor liombin. Lilac violet. 
A. R. Smith. Large flower, carmine, orange ; brilliant. 
Above varieties, 50 cents each, $3 per col- 
lection, one of each variety; $30 per 100. 
LEMOINE'S HYBRIDS. Very beautiful, remark- 
able for fine colorings and markings and distinctive 
form ; extra fine sorts. 35 cts. doz., $2.50 per 100. 
La Bien Aimee. 25 cents each, $li.50 per doz. 
Lord Salisbury. Orange flowered. 35 cents each, 
$:i.."iO per doz. 
General Gordon. Bright deep scarlet. 25 cents each, 
$L'.50 per doz. 
Marie. 10 cents each. $1 per doz. 
Queen Victoria. 15 <ents each, $1.50 per doz. 
Superfine. Mixed. .$3.50 per 100. 
Pink Shades. 35 cents per doz., .$2 per 100. 
Scarlet and Crimson. Extra choice. 30 cents per 
doz., $1.75 per 100. 
Snow White. When first opening, frequently "show a 
tinge of purple in the throat, but if cut then and 
put in water, will open fully and of purest snow 
white, every flower opening to the tip. 20 cents 
each, $2 per doz. 
White and Light. 35 cents per doz.. $3 per 100. 
Yellow. 50 cents per doz., $3 per 100. 
RAMOSUS. A dwarf growing variety. 50 cents per 
doz., $3 per 100. 
The following collection was personally se- 
lected by us in Europe. Many of them are rare 
and scarce. 
Ami Berat. Perfect form, fine spikes : bright clear red 
slightly suffused with i>urple. 25 cents. 
Baroness Burdett-Coutts. Magnificent spikes of 
flowers, rose shaded lilac; unusually large. ;iO cents. 
Belisaire. Deep rose, delicately striped salmon. 25 cts. 
Depute Berteaux. Bright red, dark velvety flamed 
ci'inison, blotched with white shaded with purple. 
50 cents. 
Directeur Barnsby. Very large flowers of deep rose, 
striped witli mauve, dark on the edge of petals, 
spotte<l white. 50 cents. 
Docteur Darses. Long spike of large flowers, bril- 
liant, clear red, rich, velvety, marbled with clear 
white. 20 cents. 
Docteur Fieret. Large bright red flowers spotted 
Willi Xajiles yellow. 20 cenls. 
Elegant. A grand spike of flowers; bright rose lined 
with white, striped carmine, spotted red and shaded 
yellow. .50 cents. 
Enchanteresse. A sni)erb, compact spike, with enor- 
mous (iiiely opened flowers of pali' satiiiv lilac, with 
delicate violet lines on some of the petals. 50 cents. 
