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A FEW FLOWERS 
Hedge Plants. 
Osage Orange. 
One year old.*5 per thousand 
Two years old . ..6 per thousand 
Honey Locust. 
One year old...$4 per thousand 
Two years old... a per thousand 
This and the preceding are the best for defensible hedges and 
for turning cattle. 
California Privet. 
Very ornamental and nearly 
Two to two and a half feet!. 
Norway Spruce. 
18 to 2-1 inches. 
evergreen. 
.$12 per hundred 
.$15 per hundred 
Purple Berberry. 
Handsome violet-purple foliage. Twelve to 
lifteen Inches.$12 per hundred 
Spirsea Van Houttei. 
Large white flowers; a splendid variety.$12 per hundred 
Large plants. 18 per hundred 
American Arbor Vitee. 
is inches.$10 per hundred 
- to 8 feet. 20 per hundred 
Hemlock Spruce. 
15 to IS inches.$15 per hundred 
18 to 24 inches. is per hundred 
2feet .25 per hundred 
11evergreens for hedges lutve been frequently transplanted and have masses of fibrous roots. 
Having been sheared, they are stocky and bushy, in the very best condition for transplanting. 
Gladiolus Cliildsi. 
IlhS is the most important floral introduction which 
this generation has seen, and one which will revo¬ 
lutionize and bring into still greater importance 
the Gladiolus. It is a class of hybrids raised by 
Max Leichtlin, owned and cultivated some years 
by the Mayor of Argentieul, France, and later by 
Messrs. 1 hillock A Son, where they have been seen 
and so greatly admired for several years 
They are much stronger and more vigorous 
than other Gladiolus, the growth being exceedingly 
rank, and the foliage a dark, healthy green. They 
are very tall and erect, often standing four or five 
feet high, with spikes of bloom over two feet in 
length. They branch freely, in most cases each 
stem producing three or four spikes of bloom. 
The flowers are of great substance and of gigantic 
size, frequently seven to eight inches across. The 
form of both the flower and the spike is perfection 
itself, and they last a long time in bloom before 
fading, owing to their great substance and vigor; 
but the most striking feature is their coloring. 
Orchids cannot surpass them in varied and deli¬ 
cate shades, markings and blendings. Every color 
known among Gladiolus is represented, and many 
never before seen, particularly blues, smoky-greys 
and purple-blacks, all having beautifully mottled 
and spotted throats, made up of white, crimson, 
pink, yellow, etc., and in this peculiar network of 
charming spots and colors lies one of its special 
points of unequalled beauty. The flowers are 
much more beautifully colored than Lcmoine’s 
Hybrids, and much larger than any Gandavensis. 
Even the beautiful flowers of the weak-growing 
Nanceianus cannot compare with the regal beauty, 
size and coloring of this class. Price of large 
flowering bulbs, all colors, mixed, 40 cents each; 
$4 per dozen; $30 per 100. 
Gladiolus, Snow White. 
All that need be said about this grand novelty is that it is absolutely Pure Snow White — the only pure 
white Gladiolus in existence. It also has large, well open flowers, and an enormous spike of the most perfect 
and beautiful shape. 20 cents each; $2 per dozen. 
