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SiKBIiECHT & WadLEY'S CATALOGUE OF 
GLOXINI 
GLASIOIiUS. No plant is more useful for making gaj- 
the garden than the Gladiolus forms. Planted at in- 
tervals, from May 1 on, they supply a brilliant display 
in late summer and fall. The tall spikes of flowers are 
very lasting when cut, and the colors include white, 
yellow, scarlet and all intermediate shades. The bulbs 
are not hardy, but can be readily lifted and kept over 
winter. 
G. Gandavensis hybridus. The innumerable varieties 
are fi'om this species. Best bedding Gladiolus, in fine 
varieties, mixed, per dozen, §1. Six fine named varie- 
ties for Al. :■)(); twelve fine unnamed varieties for §2. 
G. Lemoine's Hybrids. Very distinct in shape and col- 
oring, and hardy with a little protection. 
GLOXXmA. Superb summer blooming bulbs, with 
rich or velvety foliage, and flowers of extreme beauty, 
rivalling the best Orchids, and ranging in color from 
pure white through all shades to deep i)urple and crim- 
son, spotted and marked. L looming freely when other 
flowers are scarce, they are doubly valued either for 
decorations or cutting. 
G. (SinnUifiia) speciosa Hybrids. Excellent large flow- 
ering varieties in all shades of color, each, 25 cents. 
Six fine varieties for sl.2.^ ; twelve fine varieties for $2. 
HEIiIiEBORUS nigger. The "Christmas Rose." See 
Hardy Plants. 
HYACINTH. Best varieties in all colors. For de- 
scription, see Bulb Catalogue. Best named varieties, 
$1.50 to J3 per dozen. 
HYACII7THXJS candicans. A snow white summer 
flowering giant Hyacinth, growing three to four feet 
high; they flower in August, and are entirely hardy. 
20 cents each. 
IKIS. These are among the best of our summer flower- 
ing plants, and many of the newer varieties are of the 
greatest beauty, their gorgeous blooms rivalling the 
finest Orchids in elegance of form and delicac.v of tex- 
ture. No garden is complete without an assortment of 
these splendid hardy plants. They continue in flower 
for quite a time, and are much admired for cutting as 
well as for out-door decorating. The onl,y attention 
they require when planted out is division every three 
or four years, and replanting ; they are perfectly hardy 
without protection. 
I. Germanica. The ordinary form; the improved va- 
rieties are ver.v fine. Best named varieties, 25 cents 
each, §3, .50 per dozen; unnamed, 20 cents each, $3 per 
dozen. 
I. iberica. A form of great elegance, somewhat on the 
order of I. Siisiana, but smaller in growth, and entirely 
hardy. Will be found a most desirable flowering plant. 
30 cents each. 
I. Esempferi. The Japanese Iris, and the finest of this 
fine genus. The flowers are of the richest appearance, 
in colors ranging from white to royal purple, with del- 
icate markings and veinings. They are of quite dif- 
ferent appearance from German Iris, being flatter and 
larger — some are as much as eight inches in diameter 
when grown in rich soil. A clump of these Iris makes 
a most distinct and handsome object in a mixed border 
or on the lawn. The foliage is also of neat and grace- 
ful habit, and no detriment after the flowers are gone. 
Best named varieties, .each, 30 cents, per dozen. 
I. Susiana. The " Mourning Bride ;" a distinct and re- 
markably beautiful Iris; the flowers are a wonderful 
mingling of white, black and lilac, in a manner entirely 
distinct from any other species. A most attractive 
plant when in full bloom. 
IMANTOPHYIiLUM (Cliren). See page 132. 
IRIS gc:rmanica. 
