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ELLIOTT NURSERY COMPANY, PITTSBURG, PA. 
Special Offer of Gladioli 
Gladioli sent postpaid by mail for 10 cts. per doz., and 75 cts. per 100 in addition to prices quoted. Prices good until withdrawn. 
Delivery at any time from November until June 15 
For cutting, for the decoration of the house, or for any purpose for which cut-flowers are used during the summer and fall months, no 
flower can he grown as satisfactorily as the Gladiolus. The spikes of flowers are large, showy and very beautiful, and last a week in water 
after cutting. By planting at intervals from April 1 until June 15, they can be had in blossom from June 25 until frost. For cutting pur¬ 
poses they can be grown in the vegetable garden or any convenient place, and, as they can be planted very closely, a large quantity can be 
grown in a very small space. They are of the easiest culture, failure being practically impossible, and it can be safely estimated that the 
bulbs increase at^ least 50 per cent every season. The bulbs can be wintered in any room or cellar that is free from frost. The bulbs 
offered below are strictly first-class, and are from the largest and best Gladiolus grower in the world. 
8eedllng Gladioli. Superb quality; all colors 
Mixed Gladioli* Best quality; all colors. 
Red and 8car!et Cladloii* Splendid for massing in 
shrubberies and borders. 
White and Light Cladloii, A choice mixture made 
from all named Gladioli; equal to what is gener¬ 
ally sold at four times the price. 
Per 100 
$2 00 
1 75 
1 40 
2 50 
Per 1,000 
$15 00 
14 00 
11 00 
18 00 
White and Light Cladloii. Finest quality D 
made up from the choicest named varieties.$0 
Pink Gladioli. Best quality. 
Yellow and Orange Cladloii . 
Striped and Variegated. 
New Cladloii Childsll. Best quality mixed. 
“ “ “ named varieties _ 
.10 to 50 cts. each, $1 to 5 
Per 100 Per 1,000 
$40 00 
15 00 
40 00 
30 00 
75 
$4 50 
2 00 
00 
4 50 
60 
4 00 
50 
3 00 
00 
XXX MIXTURE 
This is a specially fine mixture, made up of over 100 fine named varieties, and includes also a good percentage of Childsii Hybrids 
the stock for those who want only the very best that can possibly be had. First size, $3 per 100, $25 per 1,000. 
Just 
Gardening Books and Papers. 
. , n l am f, ori 7 t0 say it, 1I bufc * the , re is at P^sent no gardening paper published in America worthy of consideration. For a few years we 
r nt ? ape J> well suited to the needs of our country. Its editor was able and enthusiastic, and had the business management 
it VL ent as V 16 e< * ,tonal tbe success of the paper would have been unqualified; but the editor was allowed to resign and the paper 
iropped into the uninteresting rut occupied by its contemporaries. This is preliminary to recommending the English paper, The Careen, 
be y° nd question the best gardening paper published in the world. It is a weekly, well edited, well printed, and freely illustrated 
nr i * r< vJ n ' a( J e . in tb f. | best gardens in England. Each number also contains a fine colored plate of fiowers of some fine tree, shrub, plant 
q. 1 18 rea,I Y a cheap paper at $4.50 per year. I will be glad to forward subscriptions to the London office for my customers. 
)0v e was written a new* magazine entitled Country Life in America has been published by Doubleday, Page & Co., of 
» . * , e( ’ 0( . by fbat bl & b authority, Prof. L. H. Bailey, of Cornell University. This is hardly a gardening magazine, but consider- 
TMa k ° tG K l ° £ nr<ienin £ otters ail d is altogether the most beautiful and interesting magazine that I find on my library table, 
nf Pniint'rv Z !^Ll iaS *} e0n rU ? lbei lu aca , Ie \ tbe publishers believing that there is ample field for a magazine appealing to the better class 
, . y * , ^ a< i tbat tb J Mr experience has borne out this hope, and the magazine has prospered so that it now has a 
regular circulation of above 50,000 copies. Its continuation on its present scale should be a satisfaction to every country-lover and every 
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w!.m TTr T,? 9 CaIl a. < , 1 t0 tl . ,is ? ap ® r recent| y by one of my clients, ami I was so well pleased with it that I bought all’ the" back 
numbers asi well as subscribing. The price for American subscriptions is $10.00 per year. I will forward subscriptions if desired. 
Rr,hln«r Th. w < ' n Ksrdcning' ever published, and worth more than all other books on gardening and landscape gardening, is Wm. 
insniration nTfhlf V * ft° W , er garden, now in its eighth edition. Whatever success I have made as a landscape gardener I owe to the 
v nc im for hot This'hn k”! °3‘ y teaches f ^ ood gardening, but, what is quite as important, condems bad, giving reasons that are con- 
n l.t This book has done more to improve the gardening in England than all other influences combined, and I wish it were 
arra wremnnt !S '™ its reading by all thoughtful, intelligent people in this country. The hook is very comprehensive, treating of the 
°. f van ° us st >' l " s °, f gardens, and contains descriptions of almost every tree, shrub, plant and bulb of value used in orna- 
Sfi 1)0 ft nmv h 5 o ] U iuP rofuse, y illustrated by the best English artists with pictures made in hundreds of English gardens. The price is 
$6.00. It may be ordered from any bookseller, or I will forward it on receipt of the price. 
hot l f 0k rece " t| y Published in England is Wood and Carden, by Miss jekyll. The book hasn’t mucli to say about culture, 
domfeh toward the 8 hfnf.h™ n8 . f °5 ar K*’”; en t, and the illustrations, from photographs made by the author, are a delight, and should 
read h i ° f Ug I y an , d inartist ' c g« rdens - 11 '-s charmingly written l.y an enthusiastic amateur, and should he 
Liil, tk! l y I ( lo ^ er of a g° od g» rden . as well as by those who know nothing of the pleasures of a garden. The hook can lie 
, any bookseller. A later book written by Miss Jekyll, Wall and Water Cardens, tells most interestingly of two of the most 
. ‘ ' f , na,i ^. iF h i Mt f farden.'ng- T1 ‘e pictures are superb and should do much to improve the gardens of England and America. Still 
J here anrl H Mlss Jek >'l* ls Lill ® s for English Cardens. A friend complains that he finds no good lily illustrations. Weil he will find 
them here and the best and most exhaustive work on lilies yet written. J 
Title Illustration from “Country Life in America” 
