. Descriptive catalogue of ornamental trees, plants, vines, fruits, Nurseries (Horticulture) Pennsylvania Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Trees Seedlings Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seedlings Catalogs. GUiVOlO ONE OF THE most beautiful and popular summer-flowering bulbs. The culture of the gladiolus is vei'y simple. They will thrive'^in almost any rich soil, except a stiff clay, but are very susceptible to injury from rank manure. The ground should be well enriched with old manure that is thoi'oughly decomposed, which it is better to apply in the autumn. Plant the
. Descriptive catalogue of ornamental trees, plants, vines, fruits, Nurseries (Horticulture) Pennsylvania Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Trees Seedlings Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seedlings Catalogs. GUiVOlO ONE OF THE most beautiful and popular summer-flowering bulbs. The culture of the gladiolus is vei'y simple. They will thrive'^in almost any rich soil, except a stiff clay, but are very susceptible to injury from rank manure. The ground should be well enriched with old manure that is thoi'oughly decomposed, which it is better to apply in the autumn. Plant the bulbs six to nine inches apart; the larger ones four and the smaller ones two inches deep. Make an early planting as soon as the ground is sufficiently dry and wai'm, and continue to plant at intervals of tw^o weeks during the spring. In this way a succession of bloom may be had from mid-summer until frost In autumn, before freezing, they should be dug and dried, the earth and old roots removed, and then stored in a cool, dry place, secure from frost until spring. The cultivation of the gladiolus is a specialty with us, and our collection includes over 200 of the choicest varieties, representing almost every shade of white, yel- low, buff, pink, carmine, scarlet, crimson and purple, in an endless variety of combiHations. The delicate tints and markings are so exquisitely contrasted and blended that attempts at written de- scriptions are only bewildering, and fail to convej' much idea of the true character and beauty of the fine shaded varieties. They must be seen to be appreciated. We therefore ask those who are not familiar with them to I'epose confidence in us and be willing to trust, in a measure, to our selection, and we guarantee to give our customers the worth of their money, and quite as good, or better, collections than they would be likely to select from a long, bewildering descriptive list. PRICES : I will give 100 bulbs, well assorted, in 50 or 100 finest named varie
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