. Illustrated catalogue of plants, bulbs, trees, Nurseries (Horticulture) Kentucky Louisville Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Trees Seedlings Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs. New French Gladiolus. Amaryllis Defiance. LONGIFOLIA, ALBA AND ROSEA. Hardy, either color. 50 cents each. OLGA. Best blooming, white amaryllis. $2 each. ATAMASCO. Small-flowering. 50c per dozen; 10c each. PEARL. White, striped with carmine rose, well-opened flowers, large. 75 cents each. VALOTTA PURPUREA. Purplish scarlet. 35 cents each. Begonia. (TUBEROUS ROOTED.) Very few plants can compare with
. Illustrated catalogue of plants, bulbs, trees, Nurseries (Horticulture) Kentucky Louisville Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Trees Seedlings Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs. New French Gladiolus. Amaryllis Defiance. LONGIFOLIA, ALBA AND ROSEA. Hardy, either color. 50 cents each. OLGA. Best blooming, white amaryllis. $2 each. ATAMASCO. Small-flowering. 50c per dozen; 10c each. PEARL. White, striped with carmine rose, well-opened flowers, large. 75 cents each. VALOTTA PURPUREA. Purplish scarlet. 35 cents each. Begonia. (TUBEROUS ROOTED.) Very few plants can compare with the splendid varieties as now offered. They will be found admirably adapted for summer and autumn decoration of the conservatory and house, for they, produce in utmost profusion mag- nificent flowers of large size and great variety of color. The colors are bright carmine rose color, scarlet, bright . orange, etc. The plants attain a height of ten to eight- een inches. The tubers are dried off in winter and started again in spring, and bloom the entire season until frost. Seeds, mixed colors, 20 cents per packet. SINGLE FLOWERING. Strong bulbs. Per dozen, $; lo to 50 cents G3ch. DOUBLE FLOWERING. Extra fine. Perdozen, $; 50 cents to $1 each. N. B.—The best success is attained by planting dry bulbs in the open ground as soon as weather permits and the ground gets warm, which is here the beginning of May, a stronger growth will be obtained than if started in pots and then planted out. Gladiolus. The gladiolus is the finest and most showy of our summer bulbs, with tall spikes of flowers some two or more feet in height. The flowers are of almost every desirable color. Their culture is simple. Set the bulbs from eight to ten inches apart and cover about three inches. Plant at different times, from middle of April until the' middle of June, and you will have a succession of bloom. The cut flowers will last at least a week fn water. The bulbs are taken up in the fall and kept
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