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CLIBRANS, IMPORTERS AND GROWERS OF FLOWER BULBS. 
Gladioli. 
Early Flowering Varieties. 
lit bloom from June to August. 
For grace ami beauty these compare favourably with any other section of the Gladiolus. They embrace the most delicate and beautiful 
combinations of colour, are of dwarf branching habit, free blooming, flowering from June to August, or by gently forcing will bloom in April 
or May. They are specially adapted for growing in pots for conservatory decoration in the spring and early summer, as well as for general 
erfect in the open borders, their bright and rich colourings making tliem very effective in the flower garden, or when cut for decorative 
GLADIOLUS COLVILLI ALBA (THE BRIDE). 
purposes. These are very suitable for planting in 
beds, shrubberies, woodland walks, &c,, and being 
cheap a grand display may be had at a small cost. 
Colvilli alba (The Bride) is a beautiful variety, and 
the best for forcing and cutting. For out-door culture, 
plant the bulbs from October to December in a sunny 
position, mixing plenty of well-rotted manure with the 
soil. 
per 100 perdoz. 
s. d. 
s. d. 
Ardens (Fire King) beautiful fiery 
scarlet, with pink and magenta 
flakes each, 8d. — 5 0 
Byzantinus, rich purple, yellow stripes, 
very early and free flowering, 
suitable for clumps in borders ... 2 0 0 5 
Cardinalis, scarlet, white spots on 
each petal, a good standard variety 8 6 15 
Queen Wilhelmina, clear fleshy tint, 
lower petals marked with pale 
yellow blotch, surrounded by rosy 
carmine band ... each, ,Sd. — 2 0 
Colvilli, rosy purple, shaded with a 
darker hue, a fine decorative species 3 0 0 6 
Alba (The Bride), an early pure 
white variety, unequalled for forc- 
ing. The flowers on account of 
their purity and delicacy are in- 
valuable for cutting, for which 
purpose they are grown in enor- 
mous quantities ... per 1,000, 30/- 3 6 
Communis, red, a pleasing colour ... 3 0 
alba, white, and very early ... 4 6 
Deiicatissima (Blushing Bride), lovely 
white, with beautiful pink carmine 
flakes ... 6 0 
Duke of Albany, rich crimson, flaked 
white shading to magenta ... ... 0 0 
Fairy Queen, bright reddish crimson 
with white flakes, flowers well 
formed, free blooming 4 0 
Floribundus, white and rose, flaked 
with violet, very free flowering ... 8 0 
Formosissimus, orange-scarlet, flaked 
magenta, with white streaks in 
centre ... <) o 
Insignis, large crimson flowers, flaked 
with purple, most u.seful for forcing — 
No Plus Ultra, delicate rose, flaked 
white, with magenta shading, a 
splendid variety for cutting ... 10 0 
Queen Victoria, salmon-scarlet, feath- 
ered pure white, a fine variety ... 10 0 
Rosy Gem, delicate rosy pink, free- 
1 flowering, and most invaluble for 
I) cutting 0 0 
Samian Gem, beautiful salmon colour, 
white and crimson flakes ... ... — IS) 
Finest Mixture, early flowering va- 
rieties 3 0 0 6 
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0 6 
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1 0 
1 6 
0 0 
1 3 
1 6 
4 0 
1 6 
1 6 
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Gladiolus Princeps. 
(The best and largest Gladiolus in existence.) 
This magnificent variety is the largest and most effective and graceful of all Gladioli. It grows from 3J to 4 feet high under ordinary 
garden conditions ; its hand.some foliage is a grand setting for the brilliant Amaryllis-like blooms which open more widely than any other 
variety. The colour is rich crimson with intense shadings in the throat and broad whit blotch s ac ss the lower petals. The flowers 
le petals are very wide and much 
range from 5 to 0 inche i 
rounded, forming an almo; 
which often produces 16 t 
water. It blooms norm; II 
Strong bulbs, l/-each. 
neter, and can be grown to nearlv 8 inches 
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