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ALBANY NURSERIES 
PAEONIA, continued 
beauty with age and may be planted in almost 
any situation. We recommend fall planting. They 
succeed best in rich soil and will be benefited by 
a mulch of rotten manure during the winter, 
which may be lightly spaded into the soil in the 
spring. Many of them are very double and have 
a delicate and refreshing fragrance. They are 
easily cultivated and require but little protection. 
Blossoms from 4 to 8 inches in diameter. Foli- 
age rich, glossy, deep green color. 
Adolph Rousseau. Very large; deep, brilliant 
pink. One of the best red varieties and is a 
free bloomer. 
Delicatissima. A late flowering variety of rare 
beauty. Full, double immense blossoms, deli- 
cate, clear pink, passing to blush white center. 
Very fragrant, blooms freely. 
Edulis superba. Bright violet-rose, silvery re- 
flex. Eragrant and early. 
Festiva maxima. Extra large, in clusters, fra- 
grant, the finest early white. It is pure white, 
except for a few flakes of crimson on some of 
the center petals. Full double flower, as near a 
perfect paeony as one could desire. 
Felix Crousse. Very bright red; large ball-shaped 
flower. 
Marie Lemoine (Calot.) Large, sulphur white, 
creamy center; double, massive flowers; strong 
stems; one of the finest, very late. 
Modeste Guerin. Deep cherry rose, bright, 
showy; very large, distinct and fine shaped; fra- 
grant, one of the best. 
Rubra triumphans (Delache.) Bright carmine. 
Also other choice named varieties. 
AMARYLLIS 
A beautiful class of plants with large, droop- 
ing, bell-shaped, lily-like flowers, varying in 
color from the richest crimson to pure white 
striped with crimson or scarlet. 
CANNA 
Indian Shot Plant. Stately and highly orna- 
mental plants, for both flowers and foliage. 
They attain a height of 2 to 5 feet and may be 
grown singly or in masses. Leaves green or 
brownish red; flowers scarlet; crimson, yellow, 
cream, etc., variously marked. 
New Large-flowering French and American. Not 
so tall as the old-fashioned sorts, but with 
flowers of great beauty; everywhere popular. 
These sendlings vary in color, ranging through 
all shades of yellow and orange to richest crim- 
son, scarlet and Vermillion. Some are plain and 
some spotted. 
CROCUS 
A universal favorite and one of the earliest 
garden ornaments. Should be planted about 2 
inches deep. Colors blue, white, yellow and 
striped. 
DAHLIAS 
Through interest aroused by Dahlia Shows and 
Dahlia Societies and by the introduction of a 
number of new varieties, both elegant and ex- 
quisite, the cultivation of the Dahlia is again 
being given the attention it deserves. There is 
nothing that, with the same amount of money 
invested, will give more show of stately and 
brilliant autumn flowers than the Dahlia. It is 
especially fine for borders, and makes fine beds. 
No flowering plant produces a finer display for a 
continuous period. Early in the eighties the in- 
troduction of the original Cactus Dahlia Juarezi 
founded a new race known as the Cactus varie- 
ties. 
Within a few years the new Paeony flowered 
Dahlia has made its appearance. Its immense 
flowers and graceful forms are a great improve- 
ment over the old single varieties. They are 
valuable for cut flowers, and make a splendid 
show for decorative work in the garden. We 
have the following: 
Cactus Dahlias. 
Paeonia Flowered Dahlias. 
Decorative Dahlias. 
Show Dahlias. 
Pompon Dahlias. 
GLADIOLUS 
The Gladiolus is the most attractive of all the 
summer flowering bulbs and deserves a place in 
every garden, as it is sure to flower and do well 
with little care. They are the easiest thing to 
grow imaginable, but they do appreciate full sun- 
shine. 
Set bulbs about four to six inches deep when 
early garden is made, and additional plantings 
two weeks apart will give a long period of bloom, 
from July to November. 
Cut when first flowers on the spikes are open- 
ing, and then place in water indoors, buds open 
to the end of the spike, affording beautifully 
decorative boquet for ten days. No other flower 
is more lasting, or more satisfactory in its rich 
coloring. 
We list the following: 
America. Exquisite soft pink with lavender 
tints. Robust grower and splendid spike of 
flowers. We specialiy recommend this. 
Attraction. Presents a most charming contrast 
with its deep crimson flowers and white throat. 
Augusta. Pure white, throat delicately shaded 
with lavender. Splendid as a cut-flower. 
Baron Hulot. A rich velvety blue, greatly ad- 
mired, and a decided novelty. 
Glory. Unique in having flowers with daintily 
ruffled petals. The color a rich cream with mingled 
apricot and red markings in throat. Apsolutely 
distinct. A vigorous grower. 
Klondyke. Primrose yellow, set off by a 
striking maroon blotch. 
Madam Monneret. Fine spikes of a delicate rose. 
Valuable as a late bloomer. 
Mrs. Francis King. A beautiful light scarlet, 
with pencillings of a deeper shade. Flowers un- 
usually large— individual blooms, sometimes six 
inches in diameter. We recommend this one. 
Pink Augusta. New but already tremendously 
popular. Clear pink, early blooming in the gar- 
den ahd excellent for florists’ forcing. 
Princeps. Brilliant crimson with white blotches 
on lower petals. An open flower of immense 
size. No finer gladiolus grown. 
We also carry a good line of imported Gladi- 
olus both named and in general assortment. 
