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Title: Dreer's garden calendar : 1883
Identifier: dreersgardencale1883henr (find matches)
Year: 1883 (1880s)
Authors: Henry A. Dreer (Firm); Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs
Publisher: Philadelphia, Pa. : Henry A. Dreer
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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DREER'S GARDEN CALENDAR. FRENCH HYBRID GLADIOLUS— Continued. 113 strongest bulbs for the latest planting. Their culture is very simple ; they will grow in any ordinary garden mould, but succeed best in good earth, manured with well-rotted horse-dung. The bulbs are taken up in the fall and placed in a dry cellar, protected from frost. Gladiolus in Assortments- our Selection. -Invariably We have made these selections with reference to con- trast of colors, time of flowering, and quality of bloom, and will serve as a guide to those unacquainted with the sorts. The seedlings offered abound in the finest varie- ties, which compare favorably with the higher-priced named sorts. The mixtures contain many good sorts. No. Price. A—12 varieties named $t oo B—12 C-I2 M—12 N —12 O —12 P—12 Q—ico R—100 " 2 OO " 3 co mixed 75 " light colors I 00 " seecMirgs 1 00 " very choice 1 50 " 3 50 " light colors 600 Not less than 50 at 100 rates. Named Varieties. On purchaser's selection a discount of ten per cent, from catalogue prices will be made when one dozen va- rieties are selected. Twenty per cent, on one hundred varieties. Price. Rosy salmon, carmine margin 10 Rosy lilac, large stain of rose Rose, crimson stripes Fine satin rose, flamed with bright Violet, shaded cherry and Adonis. Apollon, Aristote Arsinoe. crimson Bernard de Jussieu purple Bijou. Cherry, flamed scarlet 13 Brenchiliensis. Richscarlet 10 Calypso. Rose, blotched with carmine 15 Canary. Clear yellow, shaded with rose 20 Canova. Long spike of very large white, carmine spotted flowers 75 Celine. White and rose ground, carmine stripes. 20 Ceres. Pure white, stained with purplish rose... 20 Charles Dickens. Light rose, blazed and striped with carminate rose 25 Cherubini. Large flower, perfect shape, blazed with carminate violet 20 Citrinus. Light yellow, lower petals dark yellow. Cleopatra. Lilac, tinged with violet Colbert. Red, white blotch Couranti Fulgens. Dark crimson Delicatissima. White, slightly tinged with car- mine lilac Diana. Wh'te, flaked with red Don Juan. Orange and fire-red Dr. Lindley. Light rose, blazed with cherry Due de Malakoff. Orange red, blazed with lighter stripes Edith. Rose carnation, dark stripes Eldorado. Pure yellow, red stripes Erato. Pale rose, carmine stains Etendard. White, blazed with lilac Eva. White, slightly tinged with rose and pale lilac Felicien David. Cherry rose, striped with light carmine, on large white ground 60 Fulton. Transparent velvet-like vermilion, bright purple stain, large flower 15 Galathe. White, carmine stains 20 Goliath. Light red, carmine stains Horace Vernet. Bright purple red, large pure white blotch 8
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3° 35 75 «s GLADIOLUS. Henrietta. White, tinted and blazed with lilac ; dwarf 5o Ida. White, tinged with rose, large flower :o Imperatrice. Blush, striped purple 15 Isoline. Pale flesh, violet stain 25 Imperatrice Eugenie. White, blazed with rosy violet; large flower, perfect shape ~- James Carter. Orange red, pure white throat... James Watt. Bright vermilion, large pure white stain, striped with purple — Jeanne D'Arc. White, tinged with rose John Bull. Pinkish white John Waterer. Light cherry, blazed with red,, white stains, striped La Candeur. Very long spike of large well- opened flowers, of a perfect white, lightly striped with carmine violet La Fiancee. Pure white, bluish-violet stain; large and perfect v Leonora. Cherry, tinged with orange Le Poussin. Light red, white ground, and very large white stains Lord Byron. Brilliant scarlet, stained and rib- boned with pure white Lord Granville. Pale yellow, striped with rose. Lord Raglan. Salmon, vermilion spots Louis Van Houtte. Velvety carmine MacMahon. Cherry, tinted salmon - Madame Binder. White, carmine stripe Madame de Sevigne. Light cherry, largely stained and lined with white Madame de Vatry. White, purplish-carmine stains ; very large - - Madame Desportes. White, slightly striped with violet Madame Henrique Creamy white, flakedvrith purple 40 3° 75 n 25 15

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