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EARLY AND LATE-FLOWERING, AND NEW HYBRID BUTTERFLY GLADIOLI. 
GLADIOLI. 
EARLY-FLOWERING IIAROY GLADIOLI, for Autumn-Planting. 
Bulbs ready from October. 
These beautiful Early-flowering Gladioli are greatly prized as cut flowers from May to July for filling vases, 
&c and on this account, as also for the fine effect they produce in the flower garden, they should be largely 
planted. G. Colvillei, "The Bride,” is esceptionally valuable, and is extensively grown in pots Jo cutdimng 
April, May and June for Covent Garden Market, 
be grown in pots for indoor decoration. 
AU the Gladioli we have enumerated as early-flowering may 
Culture.-A sunny situation is preferred. Trench the ground, working in plenty of rotten manure in lie 
underspit • plant the varieties oi Colvillei, Cardinalls, and Byzantinus from the beginning of October, and the 
others from November till March, at a depth of six inches. If the summer is dry and the weather hot, a good 
soaking of water or liquid manure twice a week greatly benefits the growing plants. When pUnted in autumn 
the beds should be lightly covered with fern or cocoa-fibre. 
Culture for Conservatory Decoration.— Plant three to five bulbs, according to size, in a five 
or six-inch pot, and plunge in ashes in a cold frame or pit, withholding water till the bulbs have started into 
growth • or the pots may be buried in ashes out of doors, as recommended for the Hyacinth, and there 
allowed'to remain undisturbed till ready to remove indoors. It is customary with some to plant several bulbs 
close together in the open border, and when the flower begins to colour, lift without breaking the ball, pot, and 
place indoors. So treated, the flowers expand as if the bulbs had not been disturbed. 
MAY AND JUNE-FLOWERING HARDY GLADIOLI. 
1030 Byzantinus, showy brilliant rosy claret, useful for borders, naturalising, or cutting, ht. 2 ft... 
1031 Colvillei crimson-purple, flaked white, very showy, valuable for naturalisation, ht. i.J ft. ... 
1032 " The Bride," pure white flowers, most valuable in early Summer for border deco- 
ration and cutting. It is also a grand pot-plant indoors, ht. 2 ft.... 
1033 „ " The Bride," extra large roots 
JUNE AND JULY-FLOWERING HARDY GLADIOLI, 
s. d. 
p. 100 . p.doz. 
d. 
6...0 
6 .. .0 
6 . .0 
6.. . 1 
1034 6 each of 12 beautiful varieties is ° 
1035 3 ,, 12 „ 8 6 
1036 1 „ 12 „ 3 ° 
p. doz. — s. d. 
1039 Amsterdam (new), large salmon-scarlet , 
with white blotches , strong grower, ij ft. 2 6 
1040 Alfred Tennyson, delicate pale salmon- 
rose , with white flakes , beautiful , ft. ... 3 6 
1041 Blushing Bride. Ivory-white , faked deep 
crimson , beautiful and early , ft 6 6 
1042 Cardinalis, bright scarlet and white, ft. i 9 
1043 Elegantissimus, fine rose, spotted, 21 in... 1 6 
1044 Fire Kin# (new), brilliant orange- scarlet, 
faked crimson and white , large handsome 
flowers , 1 ^ ft 10 6 
1015 Formosissimus, scarlet, flaked white , 
showy , ft 2 0 
1037 Early Gladioli, Splendid mixed, for beds 
and borders , p. ico, 8 / 6 ; p.doz. 1 
1038 ,, „ Dwarf mixed, charming for beds 
and borders , p. 100 , 5/6 ; p.doz. o 
p. doz.— s. 
1046 Insignia, large rosy scarlet, faked purple- 
crimson , beautiful in beds , borders, etc., 
and for cutting, 2 ft per 100 , 6/6 1 
1047 Magnificus, deep red, handsome, 21 in. ... 2 
1048 Prince Rudolph, dark cherry- scar let, with 
crimson blotch , hajidsome , 21 in 5 
1049 Ne Plus Ultra, deep salmon-rose, shaded 
scarlet, blotched crimson and white, 2 h ft. 1 
1050 Queen Victoria, bright scarlet, faked 
white, shouy, 21 in 1 
1051 Ramosus, beautiful salmon-rose, flaked 
crimson, 2 ft I 
1052 Rosy Gem, bright rose-pink, freefower- 
itig, valuable for cutting, 15 in. p. 100 , 8/6 1 
1053 Sarnian Gem, beautiful salmon, with 
white and carmine flakes , 1 ^ ft 4 
<?. 
d. 
A ETOIX-ELOW ERING GLADIOLI ( Varieties of Gandavensis). 
Bulbs supplied December to May. 
1064 3 each of 20 beautiful vars.... 35 /,' 42 /, 63 / 84 / I 106G 3 each of 12 beautiful vars. ... 15 /, 21 /, 30 / 42 / 
1055 1 ,, 20 ,, ,, ...12/6, 15 /, 20 / 30 / | 1057 1 „ ,, ,, „ ...S/6. 7 / 6 . x0 /° 1 5 1 
R 5 r A descriptive list of Gladiolus Gandavensis Varieties ready in December, free by post on application. 
GLADIOLUS GANDAVENSIS VARIETIES IN SPECIAL MIXTURES. 
1058 Brilliant Reds, and Scarlets, of 
shades in mixture 17 
1059 Roses of shades, in mixture 21 
1060 Whites of shades, in mixture ...21 
1065 Choicest Unnamed French Gladioli. 
per 100 . per doz. 
d. s. d. 
per 100 . per doz. 
s. cl. s. d. 
4 6 
1061 Yellows of shades, in mixture ...30 
1062 Flesh and Salmon shades, mixed? 1 o 3 
1063 Fine mixed, all colours — 10 6 1 6 
1064 Splendid mixed, all colours 15 o 2 3 
These embrace many of the most advanced types, with 
fine bold spikes of large handsome flowers in great variety of brilliant colours. We 
recommend them with the utmost confidence, as they produce a grand display in the flower 
warden, and are of the greatest value where a supply of cut spikes are in demand 21 o 3 o 
1086 Choice UDnamed. Dutch Gladioli. These embrace many rich and varied colours, and have 
large handsome flowers 6 2 6 
1067 BRENCHLEYENSIS, rich vermilion scarlet ( Bulbs supplied \ Good-flowering bulbs 5 6 o 10 
jQgg M ,, <. from November \ Large Selected bulbs 7 6 1 3 
2 QQ 9 ” ” }) ( to May . J Extra large bulbs ...10 6 1 9 
BEAUTIFUL NEW HYBRID BUTTERFLY GLADIOLI (Leinoine s). 
A very beautiful race of Hardy Hybrid Gladioli, the result of crossing G. Furpureo-auratus (see Gladioli 
species) with the best types of the French varieties of Gladiolus Gandavensis. The flowers are very 
distinct in form and their conspicuous markings make them specially attractive and distinct from all the other 
sections of Gladioli. They are vigorous in growth and quite hardy. 
[Barr and Sots, 
