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Tender Plants and Bulbs 
Vick’s Garden and Floral Guide 
GLADIOLUS 
There are no other summer-flowering bulbs so satisfactory, needing so little 
attention and thriving so well in almost any ordinary soil as the Gladiolus 
Our list is a selection of the cream of hundreds of varieties which are grown 
on our own farm, under our own supervision, and this year are unusually 
fine and large. Set the bulbs from three to six inches apart in rows, or for 
massing six inches apart, and about four inches deep. Plant from middle of 
April to first of June. In the fall, before hard frosts, take up the bulbs, remove 
the tops, and dry in the air for a few days ; and store in some cool dry 
place, secure from frost until spring. 
Varieties quoted at 10 cents each, $1.00 per dozen. 
“ “ 15 cents “ $1.50 “ “ 
Postage prepaid. 
Addison. Dark amaranth, with white stripes. Each, 10 cents. 
Angele. White; showy and effective. Each, 15 cents. 
Augusta. Fine white, with small violet stripes in throat; blue anthers. Each. 
10 cents. 
Bajazet. Dazzling scarlet, streaked profusely with biood-red, center violet- 
brown. Very rich. Each, 10 cents. 
Brenchleyensis. Vermilion-scarlet. Fine old variety; very vigorous and a 
free bloomer. Each, 10 cents. 
Ceres. White, marbled and striped with rose and purple. Each, 10 cents. 
Eugene Scribe. Flowers large and wide, rose, blazed with carmine-red. 
. Each, 10 cents. 
Isaac Buchanan. Fine yellow. Each, 10 cents. 
May. Pure white, flaked bright rosy crimson. Fine spike. Each, 10 cents. 
Madame Monneret. Delicate rose, carmine blotch. Each, 10 cents. 
Napoleon III. Bright'scarlet, white line in each petal. Each, 10 cents. 
Octoroon. Beautiful salmon-pink. Very distinct. Each, 15 cents. 
Princeps. A grand new variety. Grows from 3 to 4 feet high. Color rich 
crimson, with intense shadings in the throat and broad white blotches on the 
lower petals. Flowers from 4 to 6 inches across, with well rounded petals. 
Each, 30 cents ; dozen, $3.00. 
** IOOO.** Color a deep scarlet, the lower petals almost pure white, 
throat blotched with violet-purple. It is quite distinct and beautiful. Each, 
10 cents ; dozen, £1.00. 
New Seedling Gladioli Groff’s Hybrids 
The originator of this magnificent strain spent fifteen years in hybrid¬ 
izing, selecting, and breeding from various species, to secure vigor of plant, 
freedom of bloom, size and form of flower, substance of petal, and brilliancy 
and permanency of color; and the results he has obtained arc wonderful, for 
never before were such magnificent flowers seen among Gladioli, The plants 
arc larger, heavier, and more robust in every way, than any other strain ; while 
the flowers grow to an immense size, often measuring six and seven inches 
across. 
Groff’s Mixed Hybrids. All shades, in grand mixture. Each, 5 cents ; 
dozen, 50 cents ; 100, $3.00; prepaid. 
Groff’s Selected Red Hybrids. All shades of red, scarlet, and crimson. 
Each, 10cents; dozen, 70 cents; 100, $4.50. 
Groff’s New Blue Hybrids. Includes all the shades of clematis, lilac, and 
heliotrope; a beautiful strain. Each, 10 cents ; dozen, $1.00; 100, $7.00. 
VicK’s Named Mixture 
I his is a mixture of over 150 named varieties, to which we are adding every 
year. 1 hey comprise every class, and will furnish a profusion of bloom from 
July till frost. Many of these varieties cost us several times as much as we offer 
the mixed at. Each, 10 cents ; dozen, $1.00 ; hundred, $7.00; charges prepaid. 
First Quality Mixed. Seedlings of all coiors in fine assortment. Each, 
5 cents ; dozen, 30 cents; hundred, $2.00; charges prepaid. 
Choice Mixed Seedlings. Dozen, 25 cents; twenty-five for 50 cents; 
hundred, $1.50 ; charges prepaid. 
Light and White. All shades. Dozen 40 cents ; hundred, $2.50; charges 
prepaid. 
Red and Scarlet. All shades. Dozen, 30 cents; hundred, $2.00; charges 
prepaid. 
Silk NEW BEAUTIFUL GLADIOLUS 
NOVELTIES. 
V.’e list for the fi rst time, six grand novelties of the Groff Hybrids. To fully 
de>ciibe the.r be».w..os wow! ! t. ke this whole page, so we simply give the 
colors, assuring our friends that they are the finest six varieties ever offered in 
a collection for coloring and size of flowers. For exhibition purposes, will win 
the first prize every time and for house decoration or the garden will astonish 
your friends. 
The Collection for $1.00. 
America. The Grand New Gladiolus. The flowers are of immense 
size, beautiful flesh-pink color, and, as a florist who saw it said, it is “ fine 
enough lor a bride's bouquet." Each, 20 cents ; dozen, $2.00. 
Baron Hulot. Large sized flower, well arranged on straight spike, color, dark 
violet bordering on blue. Each, 20 cents ; dozen, $2.00. 
Jane Dieulafoy. Flowers, large creamy white, lower petals stained maroon. 
Each 20 cents ; dozen, $2.00. 
Mephistopheles. Flowers of large size, dark red, stained with black and 
yellow. Each 20 cents ; dozen, £2.00. 
Rosella. Large well opened flowers, light rose, stained purple and white. 
Each, 20 cents ; dozen, £2.00. 
Snowbank. Fine spike of well formed flowers, pure white, with the excep¬ 
tion of a slight stain of red at base of petals. Each, 20 cents ; dozen, $2.00. 
MONTBRETIA 
The Montbretias are among the brightest and best of our summer-flowering 
plants, and no garden should be without them. The bulbs, planted in groups 
six inches apart, throw up large spikes of star-shaped flowers of a rich orange 
and red color. The spikes are from twenty to thirty inches high. They flower 
freely the first season. 
Crocosmiaeflora. Deep golden orange, dotted with purple. Three for 10 cts.; 
dozen, 23 cents; $1.75 per 100. 
TUBEROSE 
The Tuberose is a beautiful, pure white, wax-like, very sweet-scented, double 
flower, growing on tall stems, each stem bearing a dozen or more flowers. Our 
Tuberoses arc all first sized, and splendid bulbs. 
New Dwarf Tuberose Pearl. Each, 5 cts.; six for 25 cts.; dozen, 50 cts. 
CINNAMON VINE. A very pretty running vine, with flowers of 
cinnamon fragrance. Hardy. Each, j 5 cents ; two for 25 cents. 
