li. Sheppard & Sons' Catalogue of Plants. 
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GLADIOLUS. 
{See Ciit oil paK*' 30 .) 
No plant blooms so freely, with little or no care, as the Gladiolus. The varieties 
arc now so numerous, and many of them so much resembling each other, that we 
do not give a descriptive list of varieties. No garden, however small, should be 
without them. We offer, this season, a choice collection of seedlings, surpassing 
many of the named varieties in beauty, and at one-half the price. Price, named 
varieties, 25 to 50 cts. each ; S3.00 per doz. Seedlings, to cts. each; $1.00 per doz.; 
55.00 per hundred. 
CHOICE ZONALE GERANIUMS. 
Clytie. Crimson, suffused magenta, edged with orange-crimson; white eye; 
flowers large and fine. 
Emperor. Hright crimson-scarlet ; flowers large, and trusses very fine. 
Edith George. Rich, reddish pink, trusses very large and globular, fine over- 
lapping jietals. 
Favorite. Cerise-scarlet of a most pleasing tint; flowers large and of the finest 
form. 
Ferdinand Kauffer. Deep, rith nmgcnta-purple, orange-scarlet in upper petals: 
very bright and distinct. 
Imogen. Salmon, of a beautiful soft shade ; flowers and trusses well formed. 
Kate Farmer. Soft rosy salmon ; flowers and trusses finely formed. 
Kate Greenaway. I-ovely, large, round-shaped flowers, of a beautiful bright pink. 
Mr. C. L. Teesdale. -Scarlet, distinct ; size of pip and truss monstrous. 
P. N. Fraser. Hright scarlet, small, white eye, flowers and trusses large and 
well-formed. 
Surrey Scarlet. Soft scarlet, white eye, fine form and substance. 
Snowball. A pure white in all seasons, pip large and round ; trusses large. It 
is much the finest white yet introduced. Price, 75 cts. each. 
Zelia. Rich crimson, tinted purple and orange ; flowers large, trusses enormous. 
Price, 35 ct.s. each ; 53.50 per doz. 
GERANIUMS. 
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Brutus. 1 )ark scarlet ; very fine, single. 
Cleopatra. Flowers of a brilliant sh:ide of carmine-scarlet, trusses of fine form; 
very free-flowering. 
Corregio. Crimson, tinted purple; fine. 
Dante. Deep rose-pink, white center. 
Diana. Orange-scarlet, large zone. 
Eureka. The finest single white; trusses harge, and stand well above the foliage. 
Fanny Catlin. A beatttiful variety ; color, soft rosy salmon ; large, white eye ; 
immense trusses ; a strong grower. 
Gathorn Hardy. Orange-scarlet; very fine. 
Guinea. Brilliant orange-yellow ; very distinct. 
Gen. Grant. Brilliant scarlet ; fine bedding variety. 
