SELECT GLADIOLI. 
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GLADIOLUS. 
(HYBRIDS OF GANDAVENSIS.) 
T)iere are few flowers more showy and beautiful than the Gladiolus, and the varieties of the 
Oandavetms section are perfectly hardy and easUy gl•o^vn, 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 liighly decorative plant, a few remarks may be necessary to 
The bent and safest time for planting is from the beginning of AprU to the end of May, when a 
continuous bloom may bo 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. 
Largo bulbs 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 until the proper season for planting out. 
LEMOINE’S GLADIOLUS. 
This beautiful tribe of plants should 
be largely planted everyivhere. 
Orders are booked throughout 
the year at the following prices, 
and the bulbs supplied in Janu- 
ary, February, or March. 
choice named varieties, 3s., 
4s. 6d., 6s. & 9s. 
According to Selection. 
, ,, 6s., 9s., 12s. & 18s. 
According to Selection. 
, ,, 12s., 18s., 24s. & 36s. 
According to Selection. 
„ 24s.,35s.,45s. & 70s. 
According to Selection. 
GANDAVENSIS, Finest Mixed Hybrids. 
The flowei’ij of these magnificent liybrids are of gi*eat 
beauty, possessing great diversity of coloiu', many being 
striped and splashed in the most handsome manner. 
Invaluable for cutting. 
Various colours, 12s, Qd. per 100 ; Is. 9f/. per dozen. 
LEMOINE’S HAKDY SPOTTED HYBRIDS. 
These Gladiolus are of the easiest culture, and succeed in 
every soil. The flowers of this new race are of large 
size, perfect shape, and the most beautiful colours. 
Finest mixed blotched varieties. Is. Grf. per doz. ; 
10s. 6rf. per 100. 
Finest named varieties, 3s. 6rf., 6a. & 7s. 6ii. per doz. 
LEMOINEI. 
A hand.some hybrid early-flowering vaiicty. 2/6 per doz. 
MARIE LEMOINE. 
Very beautiful. 2s. 6J. per dozen. 
BRENCHLEYENSIS. 
This beautiful and showy bright scarlet species is most 
effective when planted in quantity in beds or borders. 
Selected bulbs, 6s. 6rf. per 100, or 60s. per 1,000. 
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