RETAIL PRICE-LIST FOR 1882. 
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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 $ .76 
Africain, dark brown on scarlet ground, white throat 1.60 
De Mirbel, bright rosy-pink, with tint of carmine 1.25 
Diamant, fleshy white, striped carmine, white throat 1,25 
Horace Vernet, brilliant carmine, deeply tinted vermilion, white throat 1.25 
Jupiter, light red, shading to dark crimson, with blackish tint 1.25 
Le Tintoret, fine rosy-cherry, flamed-carmine, carmine blotched 60 
Xjemoinei, creamy white and purple crimson, bordered with yellow 1.00 
Le Vesuve, splendid spike, fine dazrling scarlet of the greatest brilliancy 1.25 
Mary Stuart, white, tinged and blazed with bright carmine cherry 75 
Marie Lemoine, pale cream and salmon-lilac, spotted violet and bordered with yellow, 1.00 
Matador, brilliant carmine red, striped and blotched with pure white 1.00 
Madame Krelage, rosy-ground, flaked crimson 1.25 
Orpheus, light ground, blazed with carmine, purple throat 1.00 
Heine Slanche, fine clear white, dark carmine throat 1.00 
TUBEIOSE. A tender bulbous plant of the easiest culture, suitable for the 
summer garden, or for house forcing throughout the year. For gardens in warm latitudes 
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 
bouse, 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 arc pure white and very fragrant. 
Each. Doz. Hund. 
Double Dwarf, Dear!, splendid variety, extra flowering bulbs . . 10 $1.00 $0.00 
Double Dwarf, Pearl, good flowering bulbs 8 .76 6.00 
DAHLIA. 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 deferred 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 sup- 
ported by a stout slake during the growing season. The varieties are divided into three 
classes. The *\Sh(nv'' and '■'Fancy'"* are la^e-flowering, ami 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 "Dwarf" which leads at times to much disappointment, as the plants vary from 
three to six or more feet in height. Dahlias are distinct from either of the preceding, 
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 1.50 
Dwarf, or Tom Thumb, Large-Flowering 15 1.50 
MADEIIA ¥IME. 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 10 .75 
