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SELECT LIST OP GLADIOLUS— ASTILBE BARBATA. 
GLADIOIaUS, 
GLADIOLUS (HYBRIDS OF GANDAVENSIS). 
No. 
1 
2 
3 
4 
5 
6 
7 
8 
Can be mpplicd as follows ; — 
Assortment of 12 Fine varieties, by name 
12 Choice varieties, by name 
12 Extra choice varieties, by name . 
12 New and extra choice varieties, by name 
25 Extra choice varieties, by name 
50 Extra choice varieties, by name 
25 New and extra choice varieties, by name 
50 New and extra choice varieties, by name 
6s. 
£ 
& 0 
s. il. 
9 0 
0 12 
0 18 
1 10 
1 6 
2 10 
2 10 
5 0 
A descriptioe priced list, including the New varieties, will le puhlisJied in 
Mr. uliam Bull’s Seed Catalogue in December. 
GLADIOLUS (Original Types). 
FOK PLANTING LARGELY IN SHRUBBERIES, &c. 
9 
10 
11 
12 
13 
14 
15 
16 
17 
Blaxdi’.s, white and cannine 
Bren’chleyexsis 
Byzaxtixu.s, criuison purple 
Cabdinalis, scarlet, with white .stripe . 
Coi.viLLr, purplish, lilac, with white stripes 
CoM.Muyi.s, white . . . 
.) red 
Flokibukdu.s, 
Gandaven.sls 
white, flamed witli purplish crimson 
18 PsittacIx\u.s, brownish red and yellow . 
19 RAMO.SUS, rose, shaded with white 
Per (loz. Per 100. 
6 -. d. s. d. 
2 0 12 6 
2 0 15 0 
10 CO 
2 0 12 C 
10 6 0 
10 6 0 
10 6 0 
2 0 12 6 
2 0 12 6 
16 10 0 
2 0 12 6 
GLADIOLUS CRUENTUS. 
A very beautiful species, introduced from Natal. It produces a tall seape, terminating in a 
eiistiehous spike of large broadly-campanulate subringent flowers of a bright blood red colour the 
upper segments uniformly coloured, and the lower smaller ones crimson at the base and scarlet at the 
ape.Y. pie two lateral segments of the lower lip are marbled about half way down with a white zone 
dotted with crimson, which on the exterior edge niiis out into a long point, like the flame of the 
florists’ Tulip. This distinct specie.s has been figured both in the liotaniced Magazine and in the 
Florist and Fomologist, 3s. 6d. and 5s. 
GLADIOLUS PURPUREO-AURATUS. 
This new species has been introduced from Natal ; the flowers are pale golden yellow, with a large 
purple blotch, which is broader at the apex, on the disc of each of the two lower segments. Spikes 
nearly a foot in length, and giving ten to fifteen flowers each. 
This remarkable and distinct species has been figured in the Botanical Magazine, tab. 5,944. 7s. Gd. 
ASTXLBK BAHBATA, 
OENEEALLY, BUT EBBONEOUSLY, KNOWN AS 
HOTEIA JAPONICA, AND SPIR/EA BARBATA. 
Cannot be too highly appreciated as a decorative plant for early forcing, its pretty erect shining 
green foliage, surmounted by numerous beautiful and graceful panicles of white inflorescence, giving 
•the whole plant an elegant appearance, and rendering it at once most pleasing and useful for decora- 
tive purposes. 
Strong imported clamps, 9s. and 12s. per dozen. 
