OF THEIR ILLUSTRATED FLORAL GUIDE. 
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639 Pumila CcBrulea, rich blue, very dwarf each 1 0 
640 Atrocffirulea, deep blue , very dwarf „ 1 0 
641 Reticulata, blue „ 1 6 
642 Susiana, blush, tinted brown, and netted with dark lines , very distinct and handsome. . „ 0 9 
THE GLADIOLI. 
This grand Genus may be divided into two really important sections — Summer and Autumn bloom- 
ing : Ramosus and its seedlings flowering in July and August; Gandavensis and its seedlings blooming 
in August, September, and October. As a cut flower for tilling vases, &c ; , the Gladiolus is unsurpassed ; 
a flower-spike cut as it is coming into blossom will continue to develope its flowers in water, and last as 
long as if it had not been cut. 
EARLY-FLOWERING GLADIOLI VARIETIES OF RAMOSUS. 
Culture out of Doors. — Plant for succession in December, January, February, and March. Should 
the soil be well drained, it will simply require deep digging and well working, adding as the work proceeds 
plenty of thoroughly rotted manure ; should it be wet, or of an adhesive character, besides deep digging 
and well working it must be thoroughly drained. Plant the bulbs four inches deep, and, if grown in 
clumps, six inches apart ; but if grown in beds or lines, they ought to be planted six inches apart in the 
lines, and the lines eighteen inches asunder. The first plantings should be protected by a few inches of 
stable litter, or, where it can be obtained, cocoa-fibre, which is the clcanost and best article for this 
purpose. If these are required for in-door decoration, the bulbs may be grown in the reserve garden, 
and when coming into bloom lifted, potted, and placed in the greenhouse or conservatory. So treated 
they will bloom as well as if they had been grown in pots. 
Time of Purchasing the Varieties of Ramosus. — The roots arrive from Holland the latter part 
of October, and as soon after that time as possible they should be procured, and kept in a dry place. 
THE PAXTONIAN SECTION OF EARLY-FLOWERING GLADIOLI, 
For bedding, massing, &c., consists of cheap free-flowering sorts, with rich and strikingly beautiful colours, 
such as would be conspicuous in centres of large beds, flower borders, amongst Rhododendrons, Azaleas, <fec. 
OUR OWN SELECTION, READY TO SEND OUT END OF OCTOBER. 
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651 Fine mixed Seedlings of Ramosus . . . 12s. 6 d. per 100 . . 2s. 0 d. per dozen. 
652 Splendid mixed Seedlings of ditto . . . 21.9. 0 d. „ . . 3s. Od. „ 
653 Beautiful mixed Seedlings from Guernsey . 21s. Od. „ . . 3s. Od. „ 
Per doz.— s. d. 
670 Lindleyana, bright orange, feathered 
white 5 6 
671 Lord Auckland, cerise, flaked white . 3 6 
672 „ Peel, red-lilac, feathered white . 2 6 
673 Magnificus, deep red 2 6 
674 Multiflorus, rose, stained purple .... 5 6 
675 Ne Plus Ultra, deep red, large white 
flake, edged with scarlet 4 6 
676 Orange Boven, vermilion, flaked ivhite 2 6 
677 Prince Albert, bright rose , flaked 
white 3 6 
678 Queen Victoria, bright scarlet, fluted 
white 12/6 per 100 2 0 
679 Ramosus, bright salmon-rose, flaked 
white 12/6 per 100 2 0 , 
680 Rosea maculata, rose, flaked ivhite . . 4 6 
681 Zenobia, bright carmine 4 6 j 
VARIETIES OF GANDAVENSIS. 
Ready to send out early in December. 
The varieties enumerated under this heading are stately in growth, producing long spikes of the 
most beautiful flowers ; these are alike remarkable for their richness and diversity of colours, rangiug 
from white to rose, from rose to deep crimson, and from crimson to bright orange, flame, and scarlet. For 
distant effect, in beds or large masses, they are unsurpassed by any flower ; while at the same time 
their beauty will admit of the closest inspection. Planted in the intervening spaces amongst ever- | 
greens, in lines fronting shrubs, in masses, alternated with roses, or in Rhododendron and Azalea beds, 
the effect they will there produce in autumn cannot be surpassed, standing as they do conspicuously j 
prominent when most other plants have ceased to be effective. The two best scarlet varieties are 
Bowiensis and Brenchleyensis, and they may be had in bloom from the 1st of August to the middle of 
January, so that where cut flowers are in demand during November and December, these Gladioli will 
be found the best and cheapest auxiliaries for furnishing such. When grown for this object, viz., to 
secure a supply of cut flowers, they should be planted in May and June, in a reserved piece of ground. 
Commence planting early in March, and continue doing so at intervals till the middle of June. 
When cold weather sets in, the late plantings which have not bloomed should be lifted with, balls, 
potted or put into boxes, and stood in a cool house, where they will bloom freely. The Gladioli require 
a deep , rich, well-drained soil , and liberal soakings of water during dry weather. 
Per doz.—s. d. 
654 Abd-el-Kader, orange, flaked white . . 5 6 
655 Anna Paulo wna, ivhite, blotched violet 5 6 
656 Baviana, orange, feathered violet ... 2 6 
657 Cardinalis, bright scarlet, flaked white 2 0 
658 „ roseus, rose, flaked white . 2 6 
659 Colvillii, purplish lilac. . .7/ per 100. 1 0 
660 Diebitsch, cerise, spotted white 4 6 
661 Duchess of Orleans, red and ivhite. . . 5 6 
662 Elegantissimus, fine rose , spotted ... 2 6 
663 Elfrida, fine 2 6 
664 Emicans, orange scarlet, feathered . . 2 6 
665 Formosissimus, scarlet, flaked white. 2 6 
666 Floribundus, white and blush, 
streaked purple-crimson, 12/6pcr 100 2 0 
667 „ Maximus, white, with 
violet feather , large flower 7 C 
668 Insignis, rich scarlet, tinged purple.. 4 6 
669 La Ville, rose-lake, white and crimson . 3 6 
AUTUMN-FLOWERING GLADIOLI 
