OF TIIEIR ILLUSTRATED FLORAL GUIDE. 
17 
SPANISH IRIS. 
COLLECTIONS OP THESE EXHIBITED AT THE GREAT LONDON FLOWER SHOWS WERE MUCH ADMIRED. 
The flowers of this section, though smaller than the English varieties, are not the less interesting and 
pretty, and as they are in bloom about a fortnight earlier, and possess a distinct character, they constitute 
a valuable link in the succession between spring and summer flowers. _ 
H3T The varieties which constitute the following collections are the very best in cultivation. From 
the want of space we omit the names and descriptions, but these will be found in former editions of our 
catalogue. 
s. d. a. d. 
644 100 in 25 choice varieties . . . 15 6 647 12 in 12 choice varieties . . .26 
645 50 in 25 „ ... 8 6 648 Fine mixed, 3s. 6 d. per 100 ; 6 d. per doz. 
646 25 in 25 ,, ... 4 6 649 Choice ,, 7s. Gt/. „ Is. „ 
IRIS GERMANICA (Herbaceous Evergreen Perennials). 
These have large handsome flowers, beautifully striped with dark violet-purple, or bronze upon a 
lighter ground ; very free flowering. Ready to send out in November. 
s. d. | , s - d 
650 50 in 50 most superb varieties . , 14 0 652 1 2 in 12 most superb varieties . .46 
651 25 in 25 „ „ . . 7 6 | 653 Mixed varieties . . . per doz. 2 6 
VARIOUS IRIS. 
The following species are so remarkably beautiful, that we commend them to the special notice of 
every lover of flowers. Pavonia and Persiea are fine for pot culture : three roots in a five-inch pot. 
Per doz.— s. 
*2 
654 Pavonia Major, pure white, each petal blotched with bright blue , beautiful 
655 Persiea, white , blue, purple, and yellow , a fine pot plant for early forcing, fragrant as a 
violet ; in bloom out of doors in April ” 
656 Susiana, blush, tinted brown, and netted with dark lines, very distinct and handsome, .each 0 
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 filling 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 op 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 m 
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 cleanest 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 op Purchasing the Varieties op 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, &c. 
OUR OWN SELECTION, READY 
£ 
s. 
cl. 
657 
500 in 25 splendid varieties 
. 5 
5 
0 
658 
250 ditto ditto 
. 2 
15 
0 
659 
100 ditto ditto , 
. 1 
10 
0 
660 
30 ditto ditto 
. 0 
10 
6 
665 Fine mixed Seedlings . 
666 Guernsey mixed Seedlings . 
667 Splendid mixed Seedlings . 
3 SEND OUT END OF OCTOBER. 
£ s. d. 
661 500 in 15 splendid varieties . . 4 10 0 
662 250 ditto ditto . . 2 10 0 
663 100 ditto ditto . .110 
664 50 ditto ditto . . 0 10 6 
125. Gd. per 100 . . 2s. 0 d. per dozen. 
21s. 0</. „ . . 3s. 0d. „ 
25s. 0 d. „ . . 3s. 6r7. „ 
Per do/..— s. d. 
668 Abd-el-Kader, orange, flaked white . . 5 (5 
669 Anna Paulowna, white , blotched violet 5 G 
670 Baviana, orange, feathered violet ... 2 G 
671 Cardinalis, bright scarlet, flaked white 2 0 
672 „ roseus, rose, flaked ivkite. 2 6 
673 Colvillii, purplish lilac. . .7/ per 100. 1 0 
674 Diebitsch, cerise , spotted white 4 G 
675 Duchess of Orleans, red and white. . . 5 6 
Per doz.— s. d. 
676 Elegantissimus, fine rose , spotted ... 2 6 
677 Elfrida, fine 2 G 
678 Emicans, orange scarlet, feathered . . 2 G 
679 Formosissimus, scarlet, flaked white. 2 6 
680 Floribundus, white and blush, 
streaked purple-crimson,\2l6 per 100 2 0 
681 „ Maximus, white, with 
violet feather, large flower 7 G 
