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BARR’S GENERAL BULB CATALOGUE, Autumn, 1897 
GLADIOLI, Early-Flow erill"', for Autumn and Winter-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 exceptionally valuable, and is exten- 
sively grown in pots to cut during April, May, and June for Covent Garden Market. All these early 
Gladioli may be grown in pots for indoor decoration. 
Culture Out-doors. — A sunny situation is preferred. Trench the ground, working in plenty 
of rotten manure in the underspit ; plant the varieties marked with an + from October to December, 
and the others from November till February, 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 planted in Autumn, the beds should be lightly covered with fern, wheat-straw, or marsh 
reeds, which should be removed in March. 
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, and remain undisturbed 
till ready to remove indoors. 
MAY AND JUNE-FLOWERING HARDY GLADIOLI, 
tByxantinus, showy brilliant rosy claret, useful for borders, naturalizing or cutting, ht. 2 ft. ... 3 6...0 6 
+ColvUlel, crimson purple, flaked white, very showy, valuable for naturalization, ht. i^ ft 3 6...0 6 
+ ,, “ The Bride,” pure white flowers, most valuable in early Summer for border decora- 
tion and cutting. It is also a grand pot-plant indoors, ht. 2 ft 3 6...0 6 
„ „ extra large roots 4 6...0 8 
JUNE AND JULY FLOWERING HARDY GLADIOLI. 
s. d. 
6 each of 12 beautiful varieties 12/& 18 o 
3 „ 12 „ 6/6 & 9 6 
1 „ 12 „ „ 2/6 & 3 6 
p. doz. — s. d. 
Amsterdam, large salmon-scarlet, with 
white blotches, 1 i ft per ioo, 12/6 1 9 
fAlfred Tennyson, delicate pale salmon- 
rose, with white flakes, beautiful, ij ft... 3 6 
fBlushlng Bride, the most beautiful of all, 
flowers ivory-white, flaked deepcrimson. 
very lovely, early, ij ft per 100, 30/ 4 6 
•( Cardin alls, bright scarlet and white, r J ft. 
per 100, 12/6 1 9 
+Fire King, brilliant orange-scarlet, flaked 
crimson and white, large handsome 
flowers, ij ft 7 6 
Formoslsslmus, brilliant deep scarlet, 
flaked white, ii ft per 100, 10/6 1 6 
-(■Insignia, large rosy scarlet, flaked purple- 
crimson, beautiful, 2 ft. ...per 100, 14/6 2 o 
EARLY GLADIOLI, SPLENDID MIXED, of many 
beautiful shades, valuable for beds and 
borders p. ico, 6/6; p.doz. 1 o 
p. doz.— -8. d. 
No Plus Ultra, deep salmon-rose, shaded 
scarlet, blotched crimson and white, 2J ft. 
per ioo, 8/6 1 3 
Pink Perfection, long graceful spikes of clear 
satiny pink flowers 3 6 
fPrince Rudolph, dark cherry-scarlet, with 
crimson blotch, handsome, ht. ij ft 5 6 
Queen Victoria, bright scarlet, flaked white, 
showy, ht. lj ft per ico, 10/6 1 6 
RamosuB, beautiful salmon-rose, flaked crim- 
son, 2 ft per 100, io/6 1 6 
+Rosy Gem. bright rose-pink, free-flowering, 
valuable for cutting, ht. ij ft. ...p. 100, 12/6 1 9 
•(•Salmon Queen, clear salmon-pink 4 6 
fSarnian Gem, beautiful salmon, with white 
and carmine flakes, ij ft 4 6 
GLADIOLUS NANUS, DWARF EARLY MIXED, beautiful shades of blush, pink, rose, salmon, orange, s. d. 
scarlet, etc. , charming for grouping in beds and borders, ht. 1 ft. 
per iooo, 30/ ; per 100, 31. 6 d. ; per doz. o 6 
GLADIOLI, Autumn-Flowering 1 ( Varieties of Gandavensis). 
Fine Selected Bulbs supplied from December to May. 
3 each of 30 beautiful vars 45/ & 63/ 
1 ,, 30 ,, 17/6 & 24/ 
3 ,, 20 25/ & 42/ 
1 each of 20 beautiful vars 0/ & 15 / 
3 „ 12 ,, ,. 15/, 21/, 30/, 42/ 
1 ,, 12 „ 6/, 9/, 12/, 18/ 
tS~ A descriptive list of named Gladiolus Gandavensis Varieties, free by post on application. 
See Barr’s Daffodil Catalogue for the finest Collection of Daffodils in the World. 
