Dreer's garden calendar : 1896 . dreersgardencale1896henr Year: 1896 BEST PLANTS FOR GARDEN AND GREENHOUSE. 97 GLADIOLUS. The most attractive of all summer flowering bulbs are the Gladioli. Wonderful improvements have been made in recent years in the size and beauty of these flowers, and our list comprises only the best se- lections, both in our mixtures and named sorts. Their cultivation is very simple, as they will thrive in any ordinary garden soil, but amply repay care and liberal feeding by enhanced size and beauty. A succession of bloom may be had from July to September by plant- ing at
Dreer's garden calendar : 1896 . dreersgardencale1896henr Year: 1896 BEST PLANTS FOR GARDEN AND GREENHOUSE. 97 GLADIOLUS. The most attractive of all summer flowering bulbs are the Gladioli. Wonderful improvements have been made in recent years in the size and beauty of these flowers, and our list comprises only the best se- lections, both in our mixtures and named sorts. Their cultivation is very simple, as they will thrive in any ordinary garden soil, but amply repay care and liberal feeding by enhanced size and beauty. A succession of bloom may be had from July to September by plant- ing at intervals from April to June. The strongest bulbs should be kept for the latest planting. Plant six inches apart in beds or double rows, and three inches deep. They are very effective when planted among roses, shrubbery, etc. In the fall, before frosts, the bulbs should be lifted, diied and stored in a cellar or some other position away from frost, for planting again the following spring. MIXED VARIETIES. EACH. PEK DOZ. PER IOO Scarlet and Crim- son, Mixed 5 cts. 30 cts. White and Light, Mixed 5 Yellow, Mixed ...5 Pink and Varie- gated 5 Ex. Choice, Mixed. of the best varieties, containing an elegant assortment, light colors predominating. 40 cts per doz., $ per 100, $ per 1,000. Kelway's Choice Hybrids. From the stock of a celebrated English hybrid- izer. Finest mixed. 50 cts. per doz., $ per 100. Named Bedding Vari- eties. 50 50 40 $ 300 250 This is a mixture New Giant Gladiolus. NEW GIANT GLADIOLUS. (Gladiolus Nanceanus.) A magnificent new race of extraordinary size and remarkable beauty. These new varieties are twice the size of the Gladiolus Gandavensis varieties, while possessing their long-lasting prop- erties and the beautiful markings of the Lemoinei section. Charles Baltet. Bluish violet, spotted maroon, with a white throat, large flower. 35 cts. each. Comte Horace de Choiseill. Enormous flowers, of a brilliant shade of light scarlet tinged w
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