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GLADIOLUS 
Immense blooms on straight 
4-foot stems. Plant some of 
them for a succession of 
flowers, beginning April 25 
around New York and con- 
tinuing to June 25. Effec- 
tive in about 12 weeks after 
planting. 
Dig up every autumn, keep 
from frost and replant next 
spring. 
NATIONAL COLORS 
COLLECTION 
The red and near-blue sorts 
illustrated, with Maid of 
Orleans, pure white. 
; y 30 bulbs, 10 each. $2 70 
wee, 75 bulbs, 25 each, 6 25 

(Ismene) 
Sometimes also called the Pancratium Lily. 
Clusters of large, very fragrant, pearl-white flowers 
all summer. Plant around May 15, and they will 
commence flowering in July. Lift in fall, keep warm 


















and dry, replant in spring. Each 10 100 
Mammoth bulbs..... . $0 25 $2 25 $20 00 
Jumbo bulbs,...... 45 400 3500 
CALADIUMS, Fancy-leaved 
_ Gorgeous, yet soft coloring. For outdoor bedding 
in moist, shady or semi-shady positions, and for 
conservatory decoration. Plant in the garden from 
May 1 on; some gardeners start them indoors in 
pots for planting out later. 
Ten Extra-Choice Named Varieties, 35 ctse 
each, $3.25 for 10, $30 per 100. 
Mixture of Splendid Varieties, 30 cts. each, 
$2.75 for 10, $25 per 100. 
The red Gladiolus is 
| Commander Koehl; the 
| near-blue is Pelegrina. A 
third and wonderful white 
variety is Maid of Orleans; % 
this is not illustrated but is 
in our National Colors 
Collection. For price of 
any of the three separately 
see pages 64 and 65. 
BEGONIAS, Camellia-flowered 
These brilliant flowers, often 5 inches across, are easily grown. 
Merely plant outdoors from mid-May on, 8 inches apart and 3 inches 
deep. They flower earlier if you plant them in pots indoors in late MINIATU RE 


CALADIUM, 
Fancy-leaved 
__ winter and transplant in May. Good for shade. Apricot 
| Yellow (shown below) White Scarlet DAHLIAS 
Pink Crimson Mixed 
Choice bulbs, 25 cts. each, $2.25 for 10, $20 per 100 THREE KINDS ARE 
ILLUSTRATED 
Dwarf plants bearing 
small flowers. Never more 
than 3 feet tall, they need 
little space and no stak- 
ing. The blooms are ideal 
cut-flowers less than 314 
inches across. For flower- 
beds or borders. 
Bishop of Llandaff 
(Right). 40 cts. each, 
$3.60 for 10. 
Baby Royal (Top). 40 
cts. each, $3.60 for 10. 
Blue Boy. Violet-blue. 
(Not illustrated). 50 & 
cts. each, $4.50 for 10. | 
Rosemary (Left). 40 cts. 
each, $3.60 for 10. 
Sylvia. Deep red. (Not 
illustrated.) 50 cts. 
each, $4.50 for 10, 
COLLECTIONS 
5 tubers, 1 each. .$2 00 
10 tubers, 2each.. 3 75 
25 tubers, 5each.. 9 00 
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