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OUR OWN SELECTION, READY TO SEND OUT END OP OCTOBER. 
£ 8. d. \ £ s . 
5 5 0 1173 500 in 20 splendid varieties 4 4 
2 15 0 1174 250 ditto ditto 2 10 
1 5 0 1175 100 ditto ditto 1 1 
0 14 0 1170 50 ditto ditto 0 10 
1177 Fine mixed Seedlings of Ramosus 12*. 6 d. per 100 2s. 0 d. per dozen. 
1178 Splendid mixed Seedlings of ditto 21$. 0 d. „ 3s. 0 d. „ 
1179 Beautiful mixed Seedlings from Guernsey... 21s. 0 d. „ 3s. 0 d. „ 
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1169 500 in 50 splendid varieties 
1170 250 in 50 ditto ditto 
1171 100 in 25 ditto ditto 
1172 50 in 25 ditto ditto 
Per doz.— *. 
1180 Amsterdam, orange, rose, and white ... 3 6 
1181 Batavia, brilliant dark red, white spots. 4 6 
1182 Baviana, orange, feathered violet 2 6 
1183 Cardinalis, bright scarlet, flaked white... 2 0 
1184 „ roseus, rose, flaked white ... 2 G 
1185 Cavaignac, delicate rose and white 4 G 
1186 Christina, rose-pink and carmine 3 G 
1187 Colvillii, purplish lilac 7/ per 100 1 0 
1188 „ alba , pure white, Jine 5 6 
1189 Crocata, bright orange, feathered white 4 G 
1190 Duchess of Orleans, red and white 3 6 
1191 Duke of Devonshire, dark rose 4 6 
1192 Elegantissimus , fine rose, spotted 2 G 
1193 Elfrida, blush, flaked rose-purple, fne ... 2 6 
1194 Emicans, orange scarlet, feathered 2 6 
1195 Ernest Maltravors, bright salmon 4 6 
1196 Fanny Esler, pink, shaded lilac 4 G 
1197 Formosissimus, scarlet, /Inked white 2 G 
1198 Floribundus, white anil blush, streaked 
purple-crimson 12/G per 100 2 *0 
„ Anna Paulowna, white, fea- 
thered violet, large J. lower 7 6 
„ Madame Eistori, beautiful.. 5 6 
„ purpureus, while, shaded 
purple.... 4 6 
roseus, white , shaded rose . 4 G 
„ ruber, white, shaded red ... 4 G 
„ variegatus, beautifully va- 
riegated 4 6 
1205 General Von Welden, bright violet rose... 4 6 
1206 Insignis, rich scarlet, tinged purple 4 G 
1207 Jenny Lind, scarlet and white 4 G 
1208 La Fille du Regiment, orange-rose 4 6 
1209 La Ville de Versailles, extra Jine 4 6 
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1201 
1203 
1203 
1204 
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1210 Lamartine, salmon and carmine 4 
1211 Lindley, vermil lion-scarlet and violet ... 4 
1212 Lord Clarendon, red, feathered white ... 3 
1213 Lord John Russell, bright orange 7 
1214 Lord Peel, scarlet and crimson 4 
1215 Magnificus, deep red 2 
1216 M. Blanche Bourlon, extra fine 4 
1217 M. Charles do Belleyne, extra 4 
1218 Mohamet Ali, vermilion and carmine ... 4 
1219 Meline, dark red and carmine 4 
1220 Monstrosus, bright rose and crimson ... 4 
1221 Multiflorus, rose, stained purple 3 
1222 Ne Plus Ultra, deep rose, blotched white 4 
1223 Orange Boven, vermilion , flaked white 2 
1224 Oscar, brilliant scarlet and white 4 
1225 Paulowna, bright orange-scarlet 4 
1226 Prince Albert, bright rose , flaked white 3 
1227 Princess Sophia, brighlrose 3 
1228 Professor Blume, orange-rose 4 
1229 Queen Victoria, bright scarlet, flaked 
white 12/6 per 100 2 0 
1230 Ramosus, salmon-rose, flaked crimson 
12/6 per 100 2 
1231 Robin Hood, bright rosy lilac 4 
1232 Rosea maculata, lively rose 4 
1233 Rosoa superba, brilliant rose 4 
1234 Rouge clair, orange-red 4 
1235 Sir Joseph Paxton, bright rose 4 
1236 Sir Robert Peol, scarlet, blotched white... 4 
1237 Speciosus, pale orange rose 4 
1238 Trimaculatus, rose, spotted white 3 
1239 Unique rouge, dark orange-rose 4 
1240 Von Siebold, bright orange-rose 4 
1241 Washington, bright rose-lilac 4 
THE GLADIOLI, AUTUMN FLOWERING VARIETIES OF GANDAVENSIS. 
In the whole range of Flora’s kingdom no plant is capable of so much adaptation, and may be used 
for so many and such varied purposes as the Gladioli. If in autumn there is a scarcity of colour in the 
conservatory, the Gladioli, Gandavensis varieties, will supply the want in endless variation of shades, by 
lifting them out of the borders. If vases and jardinets have to be furnished with cut flowers, the spikes 
of the Gladioli associate well with any other plant, and produce an effect which no other flower can do 
to the same extent. If flower-beds have to be extemporised for a festive occasion, Gladioli will meet 
the want: the spikes have simply to be cut off with a portion of the foliage, placed in bottles of water, 
and these buried in the soil ; so treated they will maintain a display for weeks. If the colour wanted is 
scarlet, Brenchleyenais and Bowiensis furnish this in perfection ; if a rose colour is required, Fanny 
Rouge will meet the want ; when the effect desired is a velvety carmine, Louis Van Houtte will supply 
it. ; il it is purple, Osiris will do your behest ; a white, Imperatrice, or, if you prefer, the Prince Imperial. 
Nemesis, Penelope, Mars, Goliath, Gil Bias, and John Bull — even Lord Granville — will contribute their 
services on moderate terms. 
Now-a-days it is thought but a trifle to pay two or three guineas for a Tricolor Geranium — at best 
but a passing pleasure : the investment has scarcely been made when it is announced that a fresh 
candidate is in the market, the description pointing out its superiority to the one just purchased ; two or 
three guineas are again expended, and this is repeated several times a year. And should an accident 
occur that the labels get displaced, the resemblance is frequently so groat that even those most learned 
in such matters could only replace them as a perad venture. Now, suppose one of those grand novelties 
were allowed to pass by, and 500 or 1000 Gladioli purchased instead (which can be done almost at the 
price of one of those plants), the flower-garden and borders could thus be furnished, and in addition a 
reserve piece of ground might be prepared by trenching and manuring, and Gladioli planted thickly in 
groups of three or more to be lifted or cut as required. In the borders never less than six to twelve 
roots should be planted in a group ; in the centre of which, if the plants require support, a stake can be 
placed, and the whole group fastened to it so that the support is not seen. 
We have spoken only of a few of the cheap Gladioli; but the amateur florist who enters into the 
detailed beauties of the individual flower, and prides himself upon the variety and extent of his 
collection, will find the most unlimited scope for his fancy in the list subjoined. 
There are few establishments, indeed, where the demand for cut flowers in November and December 
does not exceed the supply. Hence vases are filled with foliage which ought by right to be flowers ; but 
the latter, in the ordinary arrangements of the garden, are not produced. With little or no labour and 
a trifling outlay of two or three guineas, abundance of flowers may be supplied at the period named, as 
follows : — Plant the cheap varieties of Gladioli, such as Brenchleyensis and Bowiensis, for this special 
object in a reserve piece of ground trenched and well manured — the first planting, 10th June; second, 
25th June; and third, first week in July — putting the roots in groups, so that in autumn they can be 
lifted, placed in boxes or flower-pots, and put imder glass. There they will continue blooming as freely 
as those which flowered in the open garden in September. The Gandavensis section of the Gladioli 
should not be planted early in the open ground unless in warm well-drained situations. We never plant 
ours till after the 1st May. In a very few days they are up, and as they receive no check we have few 
