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x GLADIOLUS NANCEIANUS. 
These are giant-flowered hybrids of Gladiolus Lemoinei and G. Saundersil, and produce large 
open flowers of elegant outline and brilliant colours and markings, on erect branching spikes. Very free- 
flowering and decorative. Bulbs planted end of March or April flower in August. 
3 each of 12 beautiful named varieties 36/- & 50/- 
1 12 „ „ „ 12/6&17/6 
Finest Mixed Hybrids, a grand mixture of colours per 100, 30/- ; per doz. 4/- 
( A descriptive list of Gladiolus Nancelanus will be found in our Spring Catalogue of Bulbs and Tubers .) 
xGRAND NEW AMERICAN GLADIOLI. 
These are mostly new hybrids raised in Canada by Mr. H. H. Groff, and are remarkable for their tall 
vigorous growth and large handsome flowers, which embrace many fine new colours. At Kew Gardens 
these grand Gladioli have been quite a centre of attraction. Plant from end of March to April. 
Groff’s New Selected Blue and Heliotrope Shades, flowers large pC j d °J'. w 
and beautiful, ranging from lilac and heliotrope to rich pansy-blue per :oo, 45/- 6 o... — 
Groff’s New Yellow Hybrids, mostly soft yellow, primrose and cream-coloured 
shades with maroon or crimson blotch, and containing a few good seifs. ..per 100, 60/- 8 6... — 
Groff’s Selected Dark Hybrids, containing mostly rich dark velvety shades 
of scarlet, crimson, cherry-red, purple, some with a striking blotch, very handsome, 
per 100, 35/- $ O... — 
Groff’s Mixed Colours, containing a great variety of new and beautiful shades, 
per 100, 45/- 6 o .. — 
Afterglow (Groff), so named from its blend of colours resembling a Canadian 
sky after sunset, rose, salmon, fawn, and violet, flowers large and open, very beauti- 
tiful, ht. 4 to s ft — ...3 6 
America, a very beautiful hybrid of G. GandayenBia x Childsii, producing well- 
formed erect spikes, well furnished with very large open flowers, pale silvery shell- 
pink shaded white, with slightly carmine lined centre, ht. 3 ft per too, 25/- 3 6...0 4 
Blue Jay, true (Groff), the Finest Blue Gladiolus, flowers large dark velvety 
purple-blue with white markings, very striking and beautiful, ht. 4 to 5 ft — ...I 6 
Dawn (Groff), flowers large and beautiful, delicate salmon (under glass shading 
to white), with a small red stain on lower petals — ...3 6 
La Luna (Groff), flowers very large and beautiful, opening from a pale yellow to 
creamy white, the interior having a rosy glow, lower petals with blotch of velvety 
scarlet, ht. 3 ft — ...1 6 
Mrs. Francis King, flowers large and beautiful, bright salmon-rose shaded scarlet, 
centre well lighted, lower petals having a handsome velvety crimson blotch ^ 6 ...o 8 
Peace (Groff), flowers of immense size, measuring over 4 in. across, white with 
faint rosy tinge, lower petals prettily feathered purple-crimson, ht. 3 to 4 ft — ...3 6 
VARIOUS BEAUTIFUL GLADIOLI. 
Plant the bulbs from end of March to April, except alatus, segetum, and tristis, which should 
be planted in autumn. each— r. a 
alatus, a remarkably attractive and showy dwarf species, bearing in early summer large 
elegant lemon-coloured flowers, broadly tipped brick-red, ht. 8 in. ; suitable for pot culture 
or warm sunny spots on rockwork per doz. 4/- o 5 
x Childsii, Mixed Hybrids, a fine robust race of Gladioli, resulting from a cross be- 
tween G. Nanceianus varieties and Lemoine’s Butterfly Gladioli, and blooming about 
the same time. The flowers are very large, and produced on long sturdy spikes, and range 
in colour from roses and pinks to reds and fiery scarlets ; valuable for grouping in herbaceous 
borders, ht. 3 to 5 ft per 100, 15/- ; per doz. 2/3 — 
x Excelsior, another beautiful strain, the result of crossing some of the best varieties of 
Gandavensis with Nanceianus. The flowers are very large and open, and range in colour 
from salmon-scarlet to soft rose and blush-rose, with scarlet and cream-coloured blotch or 
crimson blotch on a white ground, ht. 3 to 3J ft. 
Beautiful Mixed Hybrids , per too, 12/6 ; per do?. 1/9 — 
x Mikado, a beautiful break from Gladiolus Brenchleyensis, having the same long hand- 
some spikes but colour a pale blush rose, shading to cream, with lower petal striped crimson 
on a primrose-coloured ground per too, 25/- ; per doz. 3/6 o 4 
x primulinus (Maid of the Mist). \ 
x ,, hybrids j-J« Novelty List, page 8 . 
x princeps J 
segetum, a charming species, producing in summer rosy red pretty flowers with white 
markings, ht. 2 ft per 100, 5/6 ; per doz. -/io — 
tristis (syn. spiralis), bearing in summer graceful spikes of large greenish white sweet- 
scented flowers, prized for cutting per 100, 17/6 ; per doz. 2/6 o 3 
Annuals for Autumn Sowing. 
List of Hardy Annuals suitable for September sowing in the open for early Spring display, sent on application. 
