. The best of flowers and vegetables to date. Nursery stock Indiana New Albany Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock; Flowers; Plants, Ornamental; Vegetables. SUMMER FLOWERING BULBS 55 Gladiolus. The Gladiolus is the best §j known and most popular of all summer flowering bulbs. Few bulbs of any sort can surpass it in beautv, and the richness and brilliancy of the stronger col- ors and extreme delicacy of the -\ lighter tints are not to be de- scribed on paper. The spikes reach a height of from three to five feet, and for a foot
. The best of flowers and vegetables to date. Nursery stock Indiana New Albany Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock; Flowers; Plants, Ornamental; Vegetables. SUMMER FLOWERING BULBS 55 Gladiolus. The Gladiolus is the best §j known and most popular of all summer flowering bulbs. Few bulbs of any sort can surpass it in beautv, and the richness and brilliancy of the stronger col- ors and extreme delicacy of the -\ lighter tints are not to be de- scribed on paper. The spikes reach a height of from three to five feet, and for a foot or more are covered with great heavy, waxy flowers, whose surface glist*ens in the sunlight like the finest silk. It is a bulb for everybody; the culture is the very easiest, they may be grown closely together and take upverv little room, and with onlvaiittlo attention in the matter of planting them ll^^Afe rightly, a profusion of gorgeous \\VU On flowers may be confidently Mk looked for. Besides these vir- tues it possesses another which recommends it to every one who posesses even the smallest flow- er garden—the bulbs are ex- ceedinglv cheap; for while some Wk\V S J extraordinarily fine new vane- nMBv Ml tiesare vet comparatively high in price, splendid mixtures made up of really fine varieties may be obtained for a song. In making out your spring order, do not fail to include Gladiolus; and quantities of them too, for thev can be put in the ground In all sorts of out-of-the-way places,and among beds of other plants where they will take up FltCS4Jl\IUl no extra room, thrusting their sword-like stems through the foliage of the other plants and opening their flaming chalices In the hottest summer weather, when their beauty Is es- pecially appreciated because it is especially needed. They are almost hardy and may be planted any time from April till July, in any good garden soil. Loosen the ground thoroughly and deeply and plant them five or six inches apart each way, and as
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