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SELECT GLADIOLI. 
GLADIOLUS. 
(HYBRIDS OF GANDAVENSIS.) 
Tliere are few flowers more showy and beautiful than the Gladiolus, and the varieties of the 
Oandavensis section are perfectly hardy and easily g^o^^^l, 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 ijemarks may be necessary to 
some : — 
The best and safest time for planting is from the beginning of March to the end of April, 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 tliat it should be deeply dug pi'evious to planting. 
Large bulbs should be planted from 3 to 4 inches, and smaller bulbs 2 inches deep. 
During excessively dry weather, copious waterings arc recommended. 
When any bulb.s show signs of growth before the time mentioned above, they should be potted 
and kept in a cool frame imtil the proper season for planting out. 
CHOICE GLADIOLUS. 
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 January, February, or 
March. 
12 choice named varieties, 3s., 6s. & 12s. 
According to Selection. 
25 „ 
JJ 
,, 6s., 12s. & 24s. 
According to Selection. 
50 „ 
„ 1 2s., 24s. & 46s. 
According* to Selection. 
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,, 24s., 45s. & 90s. 
According to Selection. 
GLADIOLUS, Finest Mixed Hybrids. 
The flowers of these magnificent hybrids are of great 
beauty, possessing much diversity of colour, many being 
striped and splashed in the most handsome maimer. 
Invaluable for cutting. 
Various colours, 12s. Gd. per 100 ; Is. dd. per dozen. 
GLADIOLUS BRENCHLEYENSIS. 
This beautiful and showy bright scarlet species is most 
effective when planted in quantity in beds or borders. 
Selected bulbs 6s. 8d. per 100, or 60s. per 1,000. 
GLADIOLUS, SNOW-WHITE. 
A magnificent White Gladiolus, with large and elegantly 
formed flowers of great substance slightly shaded with 
cream, a faint line of purple extending half-way through 
the lower petal. 15s. per doz. 
GLADIOLUS, HARDY HYBRIDS. 
LEMOINEI. — A handsome hybrid early-flowering variety. 
3s. Gd. per dozen. 
UARY LEMOINE. — Very beautiful. 3s. Gd. per dozen. 
LEMOINE'S hybrids. — N amed varieties. 5s. and 7s. Gd. 
per dozen. 
LEMOINE’S HYBRIDS. — Large blotched, choice mixed. 
2s. per dozen ; 15s. per 100. 
