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GLADIOLUS SCARLET BRENCHLEYENSIS. 
Large handsome spikes of brilliant scarlet. 
Extra. Large Bulbs. — 85s. per 1,000 ; 9s. per 100 ; is. 3d. per doz. 
Good Flowering Bulbs. — 60s. per 1,000; 6s. 6d. per 100; is. per doz. 
NEW GLADIOLUS. 
Carters Blue King.— A superb Gladiolus. Colour 
deep blue or indigo ; flowers as large as the Gandavensis 
section ; flowering at latter part of July. Height 3 to 4 ft., 
and often producing 24 flowers on each spike. Price 
7s. 6d. per doz. ; 9d. each. 
Princeps. — This superb variety is without doubt one of the 
finest of the Gladiolus, both in point of size and colouring ; 
the blooms are of rich crimson with white stripes on lower 
petals, and are of immense size. Price 7s. 6d. per doz. ; 
9d. each. 
Hollandia. — The pink Brenchleyensis. Strongly re- 
commended. This is a sport from the popular scarlet 
variety. Colour a most delicate pink, inclined to pale 
primrose. Summer flowering. Price 20s. per 100; 
3s. per doz. 
America see Photograph, page 266). Autumn Flowering. A 
beautiful soft flesh pink, very light and much like Enchan- 
tress Carnation, except slightly tinged with lavender, which 
gives it the delicate Colouring of the most beautiful I, Celias. 
Price 7s. 6d. per doz. ; 9d. each. 
CANDICANS. 
HYACINTHUS 
Very effective white bell-shaped flowers, they make a splendid background for Gladiolus. Height about 4 feet. 
Per 100, 7s. 6d. ; per doz., Is. 3d. 
LILY OF THE VALLEY. 
Carters Finest Selected Crowns, for forcing.— In bundles of 25, 
per 1,000, 90s. ; per 100, 9s. 6d. ; per 25, 2S. 6d. 
Good Flowering Crowns. 
per 1,000, 65s. ; per IOO, 7s. ; per 25, 2s. 
Fortin’s Giant, the largest and most beautiful strain. This variety, however, 
will not force, and can only be brought on slowly to ensure its reaching perfection. 
Price, 16s. per 100; per doz. 2s. 3d. 
Imported Clumps, for open ground. — Very fine, per doz., 12s. 6d. ; 
each is. 3d. 
By availing ourselves of the modern method of cold storage we are enabled to 
supply forcing roots of this pretty decorative plant through the winter months. One 
advantage these retarded roots have over those handled in the ordinary way is the 
quick time in which the flowers are produced. YVe have seen dormant crowns put 
into strong heat and brought into beautiful bloom within three weeks, but we 
recommend six weeks as the average time for a perfect flower spike. 
RETARDED LILY OF THE VALLEY. 
We have made arrangements by which a continuous supply during winter may 
be assured. 
Giant Flowering Retarded Crowns for ai.l Seasons. 
per 1,000, 95s. ; per ioo, ios. 6d. ; per bundle of 25, 2s. 6d. 
MONTBRETIAS. 
We anticipate a great future for these charming autumn-flowering tuberous plants, and when more generally known, they will 
meet with universal cultivation. Easily grown in the open border. Plant from January to March. 
Per 100. Per do/. 
Pottsii.— A showy hardy plant, producing 
a spike 2j feet high of orange-scarlet 
flowers ... ... 3 6 
Crocosmise flora. — Large bold flowers, 
deep orange-scarlet ... ... ... 4 6 
George Davidson.— Golden yellow, 
fine handsome flower 21 o 
Rosea. — Soft pink, beautiful 6 6 
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Elegans. — Yellow, striped vermilion ... 6 6 
Etoile de Feu. — Vermilion 6 6 
Rayon d’Or. — Yellow and Brown ... 5 o 
Pyramidalis.— Apricot 6 6 
Eldorado. — Reddish orange ... ... 6 6 
Mixed Varieties 5 o 
Germania. — Large flower, orange- 
scarlet 17 6 
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A CURIOUS PLANT FROM CENTRAL ASIA. 
MONARCH OF THE EAST. (As originally named and offered by us.) 
This remarkable plant exhibits one of those extraordinary traits in nature that few are able to understand, for the magnificent 
flower actually comes out of the dry bulb without being placed in soil and water. 
The flower sheath sometimes reaches a length of nearly two feet, is of a red-brown colour, tipped with red ami yellow, whilst 
the inner parts of the flower are equally as brilliant. The bulb of this extraordinary plant needs only to be placed in some fancy 
receptacle, without water, in a warm room, or on the mantelshelf, when, without showing either leaves or roots, the flower makes its 
appearance, early in the year, thriving entirely upon the nourishment contained within the bulb. Large bulbs, 9d. each, 7/6 per doz. 
Decorated China Bowls for placing these bulbs in, price 6d., pd., and is. each. 
C^tfonde™, BAYNES FA BN, LONDON, S.IV- 1912, 
