12 JOHN LEWIS CHILDS, FLORAL PARK, QUEENS CO. N. Y. 
2 he following fifteen varieties are classed among the most exquisite named sorts known to cultivation. 
Everyone is a rare gem. Enormous spikes of perfect shape , and the softest and most effective colors mingled 
Wmd blended in a manner which no pen can portray r. Most of them retail in Europe at from 50 c. to $ 2.00 each. 
2 n offering them at 10 cents we feel that our customers will not miss this opportunity of adding to their gardenM 
mt least some of these rare beauties. 
Amalthee A most exquisite variety and always attracts 
attention. Pure* white with large violet-red blotches. 
These blotches have a velvety appearance and the lower 
petals are beautifully tinged and penciled. 
Augusta A magnificent variety. Pure snow-white with 
k. couspicucus blue anthers. Introduced by 11 s several 
years ago, and is, next, to Snow White, the finest, white : 
variety. 
Bicolor©- Enormous flower and spike of the most beaut iful 
shape. Color bright rosy-salmon with large pure white 
throat. Its beautiful coloring makes this variety one of 
the most effective in cultivation. 
Oameleon -Compact truss of large slaty-blue flowers 
Kr flamed orange and with white hand down the middle of 
each petal. Large creamy white blotches in throat. An 
extra choice variety. 
Champs de Mars Saitirino with distinct white blotches. ! 
Beautifully bordered. 
Corsair© Very intense, dark, v. lvety scarlet tinted with 
brown at the edges of petals. Compact spike and large j 
flower. A comparatively new, high-priced, and in every 1 
respect a grand variety. 
Chaumont Beautiful lilac, shaded purple. A rare color 
as well as a beautiful one 
Dlaraant Fleshy white of remarkable freshness; throat 
ivory white, blotched and streaked carmine. 
Flamboyant One of the grandest varieties known to cul¬ 
tivation. Flowers large and of intense scarlet color. 
Like a great flaming torch. 
Lord Burleigh Beautiful, fresh watermelon-red with light 
throat. 
Mile. Maries Mies A French variety of the highest class. 
Large, beautiful spike* of delicate rose, flamed with car¬ 
mine and scarlet, blotched with purple. 
Madame de Vatry French white with purplish crimson 
blotch. A well-known and highly esteemed sort. 
Pyramlde Perfect spike, broader at the lower part than at 
the top. Flowers large and well expanded and of deli¬ 
cate orange-rose color. 
Reverend Berkeley A beautifully colored variety, being at 
delicate light rose tinged with violet-carmine, feathered 
and flaked with white. 
Virgil Handsome variety of bright glowing crimson color. 
PRICE OF ABOVE: 10c. each; any 3 for 25c.; 
7 for 50c, or the 15 for $1.00. Any 
variety at 80c. per dozen. 
Five Gladiolus Childs! for 25c. 
Having a large stock of the following five varieties of 
Gladiolus Childsi, (see. description on page 15), we make this 
special offer of 35c. for the collection of five varieties; fine 
large flowering bulbs. They are as follows: 
<$► COLUMBIA, - 
<*► MOHONK, <5>- 
MRS. HENRY WARD BEECHER, <*► — 
-4* WW1. FALCONER, ^- 
-^ HENRY CILLMAN. <$► 
The above Five for only 25 cents, postpaid. 
