WM. ELLIOTT & SONS, NEW YORK 
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Summer-Flowering Bulbs 
SUMMER-FLOWERING 
BULBS AND PLANTS 
GLADIOLI 
The Grand New Pink Gladiolus 
“AMERICA” 
The most beautiful gladiolus yet introduced; spikes two 
to three feet long, erect with a great number of spreading 
blossoms of a color the delicacy and beauty of which it is 
impossible to describe or reproduce. It is an exquisite soft 
lavender pink, very light, almost a tinted white, approaching 
closely the marvelous shading seen only in an orchid. As a 
cut flower, it lasts in water a week or more, the great blossoms 
retaining full size and delicate coloring. Strong flowering 
bulbs, 20 cts. each, $2.00 per dozen. 
HOW TO GROW GLADIOLI 
They succeed in any ordinary garden soil and will repay any care in cultivation bestowed on them. 
The ground should be liberally enriched and dug over to a depth of fifteen to eighteen inches. Plant in 
the open garden from April until June, setting the bulbs seven or eight inches apart and about four 
inches deep. By planting at intervals up to the first of July, bloom can be had all through the summer 
and fall. About the end of October, when the leaves begin to wither, the bulbs should be taken up, dried in 
the open air and stored in a dry place, free from frost, until planting time the next season. 
NEW GIANT GLADIOLI 
(Childsii) 
ATTRACTION. Deep, dark, rich crimson, with a very con¬ 
spicuous large pure white center and throat, beautiful and 
attractive. Each 25 cts., doz. $2.50. 
BRILLIANT. Beautiful orange-red with carmine and white 
throat. Each 10 cts., doz. $1.00. 
CARDINAL/. The most intense scarlet yet seen; very rich and 
showy. Each 20 cts., doz. $2.00. 
DR. SELLEW. Deep, rich, rosy crimson, penciled darker, 
very large spike and flower. Each 10 cts., doz. $1.00. 
IRENE. A pleasing shade of pink, freely flaked with bright 
crimson. Each 20 cts., doz. $2.00. 
MARGINATA. Fine salmon, with crimson and white throat, 
each petal having a delicate margin of slate-blue. Each 
10 cts., doz. $1.00. 
NEZINSCOTT. Bright blood-scarlet, with velvety crimson- 
black blotches and white mottlings in throat. Each 10 cts., 
doz. $1.00. 
PBINCEPS. Rich crimson with very deep shadings in the 
throat and broad blotches on lower petals. Each 20 cts., 
doz. $2.00. 
SPLENDOR. Softest rose with large magenta markings. 
Each 15 cts., doz. $1.50. 
SUNLIGHT (new). Light crimson with large canary-yellow 
throat; mottled velvety maroon, very striking color. Each 
30 cts. 
VARIABTLIS. Enormous size and vigor, being nearly seven 
feet high, with the largest spike ever seen on any Gladi¬ 
olus; flowers range in color from dull, deep pink, flaked 
with blue-black, to a solid blue-black color of smoky hue 
flaked with pink. Each 15 cts., doz. $1.50. 
WILD ROSE. Very bright rose, delicate and pretty. Each , 
30 cts., doz. $3.00. 
Gladiolus, America 
SELECT HYBRID GLADIOLI 
(Gandevensis) 
ANGELE. Snow-white, blotched with pink. Ea. 10c., doz. $1. 
AUGUSTA. Lovely pure white, with blue anthers. Each 
6 cts., doz. 6 0 cts. 
BIIENCHLEYENSIS. Fiery scarlet. Kach 3 cts., doz. 30 cts. 
CANARY BIRD. Finest yellow. Each 15 cts., doz. $1.25. 
CERES. Pure white, spotted with purplish rose. Each 3 
cts., doz. 30 cts. 
CHRYSOLORA. Distinct golden-yellow. Ea. 15c., doz. $1.25. 
CONTRAST. Intense scarlet, with a. large, distinct, pure white 
center; very striking and beautiful. Ea. 2 5c., doz. $2.25. 
CORSAIRE. Dark velvety-scarlet, tinged with brown at the 
edge. Each 10 cts., doz. $1.00. 
DR. HOGG. Mauve suffused rose, with white center. Each 
10 cts., doz. $1.00. 
EUGENE SCRIBE. Tender rose, blazed carmine-red. Each 
8 cts., doz. 85 cts. 
ISAAC BUCHANAN. Very fine yellow. Each 10 cts., doz. $1. 
JOHN BULL. White, tinged with sulphur. Ea. 5c., doz. 50c. 
LAMARCK (DE). Cherry-tinted orange and blazed with 
red; pure white stain in center. Each 5 cts., doz. 50 cts. 
MADAM MONNERET. Delicate rose. Each 5 cts., doz. 50 cts. 
MAY. Pure white, il.'iked, rosy crimson. Ea* 6c., doz. 60c. 
OCTOROON. Beautiful salmon-pink, very distinct. Each 8 
cts., doz. 85 cts. 
PACTOLE. Yellow, slightly tinged with rose at the edges. 
Each 10 cts., doz. $1.00. 
HEINE BLANCHE. Pure white, dark carmine blotch. Each 
5 cts., doz. 50 cts. 
SHAKESPEARE. White, slightly suffused with rose, large 
rosy blotch. Each 10 cts., doz. $1.00. 
SNOW-WIIITE. Absolutely pure white; has large, well-open 
flowers and an enormous spike of beautiful shape. Each 
20 cts., doz. $2.00. 
Rainbow 
Collection 
J17S 
Can secure one each of the above choice varieties 
of gladioli, free b3' mail, to any address in the 
United States, or countries with which the 
United States has parcel post communication. 
