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WILLIAM BULL & SONS’ SEED CATALOGUE. 
GLADIOLUS. 
(HYBRIDS OF GANDAVENSIS.) 
There are few flowers more showy and beautiful than the Gladiolus, and the varieties of the 
Gandavmsit section are perfectly hardy and easily grown, whilst their erect and stately growth, and 
long spikes of flowers, developing themselves successively, never fail to win admirers. 
To facilitate the cultivation of this highly decorative plant, a few remarks may be necessary to 
some : — 
The best and safest time for planting is from the beginning of AprU to the end of May, when a 
continuous bloom may be assured from July to September. ' 
Soil is not much a point for consideration, so long as it is not stiff and consolidated ; but it is 
important that it should be deeply dug previous to planting. 
Large btUbs should be planted from 3 to 4 inches, and smaller bulbs 2 inches deep. 
During excessively dry weather, copious waterings are recommended. 
When any bulbs show signs of growth before the time mentioned ,above, they should be potted 
and kept in a cool frame untU the proper season for planting out. 
This beautiful tribe of plants should 
be largely planted everywhere. 
Orders are booked throughout 
the year at the following prices, 
and the bulbs supplied in Janu- 
ary, February, or March. 
12 choice named varieties, 
3s., 4s. 6d., 6s. & 9s. 
According to Selection. 
25 ditto 6s., 9s., 12s. & 18s. 
According to Selection. 
50 ditto 12s., 18s., 24s. & 36s. 
According to Selection. 
100 ditto 24s., 35s., 45s. & 70s. 
According to Selection. 
GANDAVENSIS, Finest Mixed Hybrids. 
The flowers of these magniflcent hybrids possess great 
diversity of colour, many being striped and splashed in 
the most handsome manner. Invaluable for cutting. 
Various colours, 1«. 9d. iier dozen ; 12a. 6d. per 100. 
LEMOINE’S SPOTTED HYBRIDS. 
Finest mixed blotched varieties, l.i. 6d. pec dozen ; 
10s. 6d. per 100. 
Finest named varieties, 3s. 6<f., 5s. and 7s. 6d. per dozen. 
BRENCHLEYENSIS. 
This beautiful and showy bright scarlet Gladiolus is 
most effective when planted in quantity in beds or borders. 
Selected bulbs, 6s. per 100 ; 50a. per 1,000. 
Extra Selected bulbs, 7a. 6rf. per 100; 70s. per 1,000. 
NANCEIANUS. 
Flowers are of enormous size and of gi-eat beauty, 
are as hardy as the Gandavensis section. 
Finest varieties, named, G.«., 12s. and 18s. per dozen. 
,, ,, mixed, 21s. per 100. 
They 
HYBRIDS. 
immense spikes of 
LEMOINE’S GLADIOLUS 
CHILDSII 
Of very robust growth, producini 
flower in great variety of colour. 
Finest varieties, named, 6s., 12.v. and I8.v. per dozen 
Choice mixed, 3s. Gd. per dozen ; 21s. per 100, 
