RETAIL PRICE-LIST FOR 1881. 
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GLADIOLUS. SPLENDID FRENCH HYBRIDS. 
The following magnificent varieties, taken either together or separately, are worthy a 
place in any collection, however choice and select it may be. For richness of coloring and 
form of flowers, they are pre-eminently beautiful, and quite unsurpassed. 
Ambroise VerschafFelt, rosy-carmine, flamed with garnet $ .75 
Africain, dark brown on scarlet ground, white throat 2.25 
De Mirbel, bright rosy-pink, with tint of carmine 1.00 
Diamant, fleshy white, striped carmine, white throat : 1.50 
Horace Vernet, brilliant carmine, deeply tinted vermilion, white throat 1.50 
Jupiter, light red, shading to dark crimson, with blackish tint 1.50 
Le Tintoret, fine rosy-cherry, flamed-carmine, carmine blotched 75 
Le Vesuve, splendid spike, fine dazzling scarlet of the greatest brilliancy 1.50 
Mary Stuart, white, tinged and blazed with bright carmine cherry 75 
Madame Desportes, splendid spike, ivory-white, violet throat 1.75 
Madame Krelage, rosy-ground, flaked crimson 1.25 
Michel Ange, elegant purple-tinted crimson, white throat 2.75 
Orpheus, light ground, blazed with carmine, purple throat 1.00 
Heine Blanche, fine clear white, dark carmine throat 1.00 
A tender bulbous plant of the easiest culture, suitable for 
the summer garden, or for house forcing throughout the year. For gardens in warm lati- 
tudes they may be planted in spring, when danger of frost is past, in good soil, well enriched 
with fine old cow manure or rich compost, setting the bulbs six to ten inches apart and slightly 
under the surface. Where the growing season is short, they must be started in pots in the 
house, and afterwards turned out into the borders when the weather is settled and warm. 
The bloom commences in twelve to fourteen weeks from planting, and usually consists of 
fifteen to thirty flowers, which are pure white and very fragrant. 
Each. Doz. Hund. 
New Double Dwarf, “ Pearl,** splendid variety, extra . . ..10 .75 4.00 
D-A.MLI A.* of summer flowering plants the Dahlia is one of the best, and justly 
termed the glory of the autumn garden. Being tender, the planting should be deterred 
until the weather has become settled and warm in spring, and the roots taken up before 
frosts set in, in autumn. One shoot only should be allowed to a plant, and each plant should 
be supported bv a stout stake during the growing season. The varieties are divided into three 
classes. The *3’//^w”and “Fancy” are large-flowering, and the plants vary in height 
from three to six feet. The “Bouquet” “Lilliputian” or “ Pompon ” have very small 
flowers, and are suitable for bouquets, hence the name. They are often very erroneously 
termed “ Diuarf” which leads at times to much disappointment, as the plants vary from 
three to six or more feet in height. Dwarf Dahlias are distinct from either of the preced- 
ing, and are scarce and not easily obtained. The flowers are as large as the Show varieties, 
but the plants are very stocky and short-jointed, and seldom exceed two or two and a half 
feet in height. Of this class (strictly true) there are as yet but very few colors. 
Each. Doz. 
Show and Fancy, Double, choice colors, assorted 15 1.50 
Bouquet, Lilliputian, or Pompon 15 1.60 
Dwarf, or Tom Thumb, Large-Flowering 15 1.50 
MADEIRA VINE. A tuberous-rooted climbing plant of rapid growth, 
with beautiful, thick, wax-like light green leaves, and fragrant, feathery, white flowers. Its 
culture is simple; the root needs but to be planted and a trellis or strings given it to climb 
upon. The root is tender and somewhat like a potato, and may receive the same treatment, 
as respects frosts, housing, etc. 
Each. Doz. 
Selected Roots .75 
