CARTER AND CO.’S GARDENER’S VADE-MECUM EOR 18G2. 
BULBS FOR SPRING PLANTING. 
GLADIOLI. 
Bulbs ready to send out at the'end of October. 
Wo hare great pleasure in introducing to the notice of our Customers the following splendid collections of Gladioli, which 
havo been selected by us from the stocks of the most celebrated Erench and Dutch cultivators ; we wish also to call attention 
to their moderate •price. 
Pot culture.— Pot in light turfy loam and sand, with good drainage, mixing this compost with well-rotted leaf-mould, 
in about the proportion of one-third ; prepare a bed of litter from the stable, wliich cover with tan or any dry and light 
composition, and place a frame on it, in which plunge the pots : give plenty of air, and withhold water until the bulbs 
have made root and the leaves appear ; it may then be carefully given, when there is no danger of frost. Should the winter 
prove very severo, bank the frame up well with dung or litter, and cover the lights with straw or Bass Mats. If it should 
not be convenient to cany out the above directions, the following will bo found a very good method of cultivation : pot in 
sandy loam as above, and place the pots in Greenhouse or Conservatory, near tho glass, taking care that the degree of tem- 
perature is sufficient to keep out frost. 
Garden culture. — Prepare your beds or borders by well digging them a spit deep, burying a stratum of good leaf- 
mould or rotten manure at the bottom. The surface soil should be rendered open by mixing sand with it and being well 
broken in digging : plant the bulbs in clumps or rows according to fancy, about six inches deep, taking care to cover them 
ono inch deep with sand previous to re-covering with mould. After the roots aro planted, rake the ground well, giving it a 
southern inclination if possible; keep free from weeds, and stir surface occasionally; in severe weather covor the bed with 
two or three inches of dry litter. In tho later stages of growth, tho bulbs should be kept moderately moist. 
French Seedlings from Gandavensis. 
These varieties, from their free-flowering habits, strong trusses of bloom, and magnificent richness of colour, arc among 
the handsomest Autumnal ornaments to the garden, and beyond a doubt the finest ol all tho Gladioli tribo. 
Fine free-blooming varieties from Gandavensis ( for Clumping). 
The following seedlings from Gandavensis are more robust in liabit than tlie Ramosus varieties, and are richer in colour. 
All weak-growing kinds we have discarded, and offer the under-mentioned splendid varieties at an unprecedontedly low price. 
For centres of beds, planting among the Rhododendrons or in Shrubberies, their clfeot is magnifieont. 
s. d. 
Brenchleycnsis, vermilion doz. 6 0 
Courantii fulgens, crimson, 2 6 
Don Juan, orange red, yel. spots 5 0 
Emma, carmine, shaded 5 0 
Fanny Rouget, rose, wh. 8f car. 3 0 
s. d. 
Fulgens aurea picta doz. 3 6 
Gandavensis, scarlet and yellow 2 6 
Madame Coudere, car., shaded 3 6 
Madame Henrincq, yel. lilac 5 0 
s. d. 
Monsieur Blouet, rosy carmine doz. 3 0 
3 of each qf the above 10 sorts, 9s. 0 d. 
6 do. do. do. 17s. 6 d. 
12 do. do. do. 32s. (id. 
Newer varieties from Gandavensis ( for Clumping) 
Adonis, yellow and carmine ...doz. 6 0 
Aglae, salmon 5 0 
Archimede, red, carmine striped 5 0 
Aristote, carnation rose, varieg. 5 0 
Comtesse de Bresson, red, var. 6 0 
Daphne, cherry, striped carm. doz. 7 0 
Egerie, salmon and dark rose... 6 0 
Gil Bias 6 0 
Itelene, french white, pur. stri. 6 0 
Janaire, orange red 5 0 
Monsieur Corbay, pur. striped doz. 6 0 
Pollonia, rose and carmine ... 5 0 
3 of each of the above 12 sorts, 17s. 
6 do. do. do. 32 s. 
12 do. do. do. 58s. 
Selected varieties of French Seedlings from Gandavensis. 
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Berenice, beautiful rose red, variegated 10 0 
Calendulaceus, salmon rose 10 0 
Canari, light yellow, rose striped 10 0 
Chateaubriand, cherry red, variegated 10 0 
Docteur Andry, bright orange 10 0 
Edith, carnation, striped 10 0 10 
Endymion, rose, tinted purple 10 0 1 0 
Esope, red, purple striped 10 0 1 0 
Eugene Verdier, crimson, purple spotted 10 0 10 
Fischerianum, striped rose 10 0 1 0 
Galathee, carnation striped 10 0 1 0 
Goliath, light red, carmine striped 10 0 1 0 
Gassendi, carmine, spotted 10 0 10 
IKibe, carnation, striped carmine 10 0 10 
Impdratricc, carnation striped 10 0 10 
Jeanne d’ Arc, white, tinted rose 10 0 10 
John Bull, white spotted 12 0 13 
Le Bariole, carmine striped 10 0 10 
Leon Leguay, rose, carmine spotted 10 0 1 0 
Madame A. Lebfevre,yf)je light rose 10 0 1 0 
Madame Binder, pure white, rose striped 
Madame Eugenie Mesard, rose striped 
Madame Victor Verdier, rose, violet spotted ... 
Mars, bright scarlet 
Mathilde de Landvoisin, white, carmine striped 
Mazeppa, rose, yellow striped 
Melas, rose, red var 
Monsieur Vinchon, salmon, red and white 
Nemesis, clear bright rose, white stripe 
Neptune, red, variegated carmine 
Ninon de l’Enclos, carnation and rose 
Oracle, brilliant cherry rose 
Osiris, purjtle and white 
Othello, light orange red 
l’egasc, carnation and chamois 
Penelope, french white, carmine striped 
Premices de Kontrouge, bright red 
Rebecca, while and lilac 
Sulphureus, sulphur-coloured 
Vesta, white and carmine 
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