GLADIOLUS. 
They deserve a place in every garden. For cutting they are invaluable, the flowers lasting In 
water a week. They are of easy culture, grow in any garden soil, never fail to llower the same 
season, and by successive plantings every tw-o or three weeks, from April to June, can be nati m 
riower from ,Iuly until cheeked by frost. 
SELECT NAMED VARIETIES. 
The following varieties are selected from a long list of named 
Gladiolus as being the finest large flowering sorts, all worthless kinds 
being discarded. Postpaid, 
Each. Doz. 
ATTQUSTA. I.,ovely pure white, with blue anthers 05 .50 
BBENCSI^E'S'IlZrSIS. Vermillion-scarlet 04 .30 
CEBES. Pure white, spotted with purplish-rose 04 .!!0 
CADTAB? BIRD. Very finest yellow 10 1.00 
EMMA THUBSBY. Striped carmine, on white ground 07 .75 
EVGEITi: SCRIBE. Tender rose, blazed carmine-red 08 .85 
OEK. PHIL. SHEBIDABT. Fiery red with white lines 07 .75 
QI^OBY OP BBIGHTWOOD. Scarlet with lemon throat... .08 .85 
ISAAC BUCHANANT. Very fine yellow 08 .85 
JOHN BUIiI^. White, slightly tinted sulphur 05 .50 
IVAMABCK (DE). Cherry, tinted orange, blazed red 04 .40 
MADAME MONNEBET. Delicate rose 04 .40 
MAY. A lovely pure white flower, finely flaked rosy-carmine .04 .40 
MBS. KBEIiAG-E. Fiery red, white blotch with carmine... .07 .75 
N^APOIiEON HI. Bright scarlet, white line on each petal.. .04 .30 
OCTOBOOK. A beautiful salmon-pink; very distinct 07 .75 
FBOI.IFIC PINK. A fairly good pink variety 04 .30 
BEINE BIiANOHE. Pure white, dark carmine blotch 05 .50 
SHAKESFEABE. White, suffused with crimson-rose 08 .85 
THAIiIA. White, flamed and streaked with carmine 07 .75 
GIANT FLOWERED GLADIOLUS. 
This giant race of Gladiolus produces large flower spikes of great 
variety and beauty, much stronger and more vigorous growers than the 
older sorts. They are tall and erect, often standing 4 feet high with 
spikes of bloom 20 inches long. Each. Doz. 
AMEBICA. Large flower, flesh pink, beautiful j 15 .... 
BBIIiIiIANT. Orange-red, with carmine and white throat.. .10 1.00 
BI.ANCKE. Pure snow-white, with faint marks of soft rose .15 .... 
COI^ITMBIA. Light orange-scarlet, blotched and penciled.. .OB .60 
DEBOBAH. Dark red, tinged with amaranth 08 .85 
BLUE JAY. A rich deep Indigo shade 25 
EVA. Ueautiful rose shaded with slate; throat mottled 08 .85 
PLOBIDA. Dark crim.son, very early 05 .50 
PBINCEPS (Amarylli's Flowered). Rich crimson 20 
HENBY GILLMAN. Salmon-Scarlet, with pure white bands .05 .50 
LITTLE BLUSH. Dwarf habit, spike of blush-white 07 .75 
NEZZNSCOTT. Blood-scarlet, crimson-black blotches 08 .85 
ODDITY. Amaranth-red, suffused with purple-blue 07 .75 
SALEM. Fine salmon-pink, maroon blotches 07 .75 
VABIABILIS. Deep pink flaked blue-black 12 .... 
WM. PAIiCONEB. Beautiful clear light pink 08 .So 
GLADIOLUS IN COLORS. 
Each. 
Red and .scarlet shades **'-9i 
.05 
.07 
.06 
.06 
Doz. 
$0.35 
.40 
.50 
.50 
Per 100. 
$1.50 
2.00 
4.50 
3.50 
2.50 
Pink shades 
Yellow shades 
Striped shades 
White and light shades 
Each and dozen prices by mall, postpaid. 
Price per 100 by express, at buyer's expense. 
MAY'S ROYAL MIXED GLADIOLUS. 
In this mixture we have placed many of the best named varieties. 
By carefully growing for a series of years, and rejecting the poorer 
kinds each season, we have produced a strain which, for size of bloom 
and brilliancy of coloring, is unsurpassed 
Large bulbs, guaranteed to bloom, 3 for lOc, doz. 30c., 50 for 91.OO 
or 100 for $2.00, postpaid; Tjy express, at purchaser's expense, 100 for 
$1.50, 1,000 for $14.00. 
Second size bull) which will flower the flrst summer if 
early, 5 for 10c., doz. 15o^ lOO for $1.00, postpaid; 'by express, 
75c., 1,000 for $6.75. 
planted 
100 for 
MONARCH 
of the 
EAST. 
The Great Ploral 
Curiosity. 
The magnificent flowers 
of this remarkable plant, 
as shown In the illustra- 
tion, actually come out of 
the dry Tralh, without Its 
being placed in soil or 
water. The only treat- 
ment it requires is to sim- 
ply place the large, flat, 
round bulb on a table or shelf 
in a warm room, and very 
soon It begins to show a 
head, and within two or three 
weeks a most 
CUBIOUSLY rOBMED TLOWEB 
16 to 20 Inches long, develops, of 
a red browh color, tipped with 
red and yellow, while the inner 
part of the flower is equally as 
brilliant, entirely different from 
any other flower known, thriving 
entirely upon the nourishment 
contained within the bulb. After 
flowering, the bulb should be 
planted in the open ground, where 
it throws up elegant dark green 
umbrella-shaped foliage on a 
stout stalk, spotted with a gran- 
ite-like color, and sometimes 
reaches a height of 3 feet, 
which itself forms a fine or- 
namental subject in the gar- 
den, partcularly when planted 
In May or June in a moist and 
sheltered place. In the au- 
tumn the leaf fades, when 
water should be lessened, and 
as soon as it has died off, the 
bulb should be lifted out of 
the soli, cleaned up, and 
placed In a dry condition in 
a warm room, when the pre- 
vious year's display may be 
repeated. Price, extra larg'e, 
strong' bulhs, 25c. each, post- 
From Central 
ASIA 
Produces a 
Beautiful 
Flower 
out of the dry bulb 
without being 
placed in soil or 
water, as shown in 
the illustration. 
paid. 
Monarch of the East. 
Li. L. may & CO., ST. PAUL, MINN. 
